I mean "Bless My Boots, and Call Me Sally". Bonnie Provence Shiro Idabel,Ok >From: "Bonnie Shiro" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect >Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:49:57 -0500 > >Make that Sally, and you got one I say a lot. LOL > >Bonnie S > >>From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> >>Reply-To: [email protected] >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect >>Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:17:45 -0500 >> >>Well knock me down and call me Shorty. >>Jim G >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "John at Cox" <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:50 AM >>Subject: [TXREDRIV] Red River Dialect >> >> >> > Enjoyed reading about tow sacks, bar ditches, poke, et cetera. I >>wonder if list members can't supply a lot of other good examples of our >>parents' "folk language" that we genealogists should preserve. such as >>"go >>butt a stump" for "go to H___," "fine as frog hair," "useless as >>hip-pockets >>on a hog," "mama-sow mean," "sucking on hind teat," and such. >> > >> > >> > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >> > >> > >> > >> > ============================== >> > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> >>==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >> >> >> >>============================== >>New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors >>at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >>http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >> > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >