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MOTHERS TELL THEIR SONS THAT IF YOU DON'T WASH YOUR
EARS, YOU'LL GROW POTATOES IN THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 01-20-1970
A POPULAR, TRADITIONAL SAYING IN A GAS STATION IS
"FILL 'ER UP!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HEAD
WHILE ALL ABOUT YOU ARE LOSING THEIRS
PERHAPS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION.
Submitter comment: CONVERSATION
Where learned: OHIO
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
SHE LOOKS LIKE IF YOU TOUCHED HER, SHE'D BREAK.
Submitter comment: SAID OF A WOMAN WHO IS MADE UP PERFECTLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
SHE'S SO SKINNY THAT IF SHE TURNED SIDEWAYS AND STUCK
OUT HER TONGUE, SHE'D LOOK LIKE A ZIPPER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
I'M SO HUNGRY THAT EVERY TIME I SWALLOW, MY STOMACH
SAYS 'MUCH OBLIGED.'
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN MELTED AND POURED INTO THOSE PANTS.
Submitter comment: SAID TO SOMEONE WITH TIGHT PANTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; TELFORD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
EXCLAMATION OF APPROVAL: "AIRBORNE!!!"
Where learned: OKLAHOMA ; LAWTON
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A RIDDLE TALE
WHAT IS YOUR SISTER DOING? (ANSWER): SHE IS
MOURNING LAST YEAR'S LAUGHTER.
Submitter comment:
THE SISTER IS NURSING THE BABY OF LAST YEAR'S LOVE
AFFAIR.
INFORMANT WAS SIMPLY COMMENTING AFTER HEARING OF
SOMEONE WHO WAS GOING TO HAVE A BABY.
SAID WHEN YOU MEET SOMEONE EXPECTING A BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AN EXPRESSION
WHEN A MAN HAS OVEREATEN OR WHEN HE IS NERVOUS AND
OVER-ANXIOUS, SLOVAK WOMEN SAY TO EACH OTHER:
"HE WILL HAVE KITTENS!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-22-1970
SMOKING LAMP
THERE IS A TRADITION CONCERNING THE SMOKING LAMP WHILE
ON SHIP IN THE NAVY. WHEN IT IS AFTER HOURS AND SMOKING
IS NOT PERMITTED, IT IS SAID THAT THE "SMOKING LAMP IS
OUT," AND WHEN SMOKING IS ALLOWED, IT IS SAID THAT "THE
SMOKING LAMP IS ON." NO SUCH LAMP EXISTS, BUT IT IS
UNDERSTOOD BY ALL AND CONSTANTLY REFERRED TO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
NEW CLOTHES
WISH A PERSON HEALTH IF THEY HAVE NEW CLOTHES SO
THEY MAY BE ABLE TO WEAR THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-28-1970
I'VE LIVED A LONG TIME, BUT YOU CAN BE CERTAIN,
THAT NOTHING IN THIS WORLD IS FOR CERTAIN, AND
THAT'S CERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 09-19-1969
TAUNT-INSULT
ARABIC INSULT: DAMN THE BOAT THAT BROUGHT YOU OVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
TAUNT
AN INSULT: WHERE DO YOU GO ?--YUBA U.?
OR WHERE ARE YOU GOING AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, YUBA U.?
Submitter comment:
YUBA IS A HICK TOWN TRADING POST IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN.
ASKING SOMEONE IF THEY ARE GOING TO YUBA UNIVERSITY
IS MEANT AS AN INSULT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
CAMPUS EXPRESSION
I CAME HOME WITH THE FROGS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A POPULAR SAYING AT AQUINAS COLLEGE IN GRAND
RAPIDS, (MICHIGAN). IT IS A STATEMENT, USUALLY SARCASTIC,
USED MOSTLY BY THE GIRLS.
IT ORIGINATED AMONG GIRLS WHO WOULD WALK BACK TO THEIR
DORMITORY ALONE FROM A CAMPUS MIXER WITHOUT A MALE
COMPANION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
QUESTION: ARE YOU THE GUY
THAT TOLD THE GUY
THAT I WAS THE GUY
WHO GAVE THE GUY
THE BLACK EYE?
ANSWER: NO, I'M NOT THE GUY
THAT TOLD THE GUY
THAT YOU WERE THE GUY
WHO GAVE THE GUY
THE BLACK EYE.
REPEATED QUESTION:
IF YOU'RE NOT THE GUY
THAT TOLD THE GUY
THAT I WAS THE GUY
THAT GAVE THE GUY
THE BLACK EYE.
THEN WHO WAS THE GUY
THAT TOLD THE GUY
THAT I WAS THE GUY
WHO GAVE THE GUY
THE BLACK EYE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TAUNT-SARCASTIC
COMMENT MADE TO A PERSON WHO HAS JUST SPILLED OUT HIS
TROUBLES TO A FRIEND: "OTHER THAN THAT, MRS. LINCOLN,
HOW WAS THE PLAY?
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
SAME OL' EXPRESSION
"THAT'S A BUNCH OF SAME OL'-SAME OL'."
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION MEANS THAT SOMETHING HAS BEEN HEARD BEFORE.
FOR EXAMPLE, A WOMAN WHO THINKS SHE KNOWS THE LATEST
GOSSIP MIGHT SIMPLY KNOW A STORY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN
CIRCULATED.
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
A SAYING USED WHEN SPEAKING OF A DECEASED FRIEND:
"HE'S DEAD AND IN HEAVEN, SO THE HELL WITH HIM."
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |