Does every family have its unique sayings? Dad, who never, ever swore at home used to say ‘Sufferin’ taters’ with great regularity. It was a way of sort of bemoaning his fate or expressing misery. Needless to say he was ragged about it on occasion. I have never heard it anywhere else and as a phrase it doesn’t Google so I assume it was unique to Dad. Heaven knows where he got it from.
I wonder what phrase will my children recall me regularly using.
{smiling}
ReplyDeleteMy dad and I were just talking about phrases like this yesterday and the things we say when we're put under pressure (or pain). I have some words that come from my mouth when in those situations; like son-of-a-bear {the boys nearly laughed their heads off when I said that one}.
I've also been known to say "whoopsy-daisies" and "goodness gracious".
Sufferin' taters sounds too cute. I like that one. I wonder if my dad ever heard that one...his memory would come up with "cotton pickin'" or something like that.
Oh...I recall him saying that he remembered his daddy say "dadblamit"; ever hear of that one?
I must ask Gaz. I wonder if his answer will be 'Wotthehellarchiewotthehell'. At least we know where that comes from.
ReplyDeleteThe phrase that I associate with you would have to be 'this of course is true', although you use it much less frequently than you used to. Also, humming 'some enchanted evening'.
ReplyDeleteThanks Helen - This, of course, is true!
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