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SMART ALECK SAYING
I HAD MY TONGUE ON MY EYE TEETH
SO I COULDN'T SEE WHAT I WAS SAYING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
A LITTLE HOARSE
SPOKEN WITH LARYNGITIS:
I SLEPT IN A BARN LAST NIGHT AND CAME OUT A LITTLE
HOARSE.
Submitter comment:
HEARD FROM A YOUNG MAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
IN MIAMI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAYING
I KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR GRANDMOTHER WAS SOLD FOR BEFORE
THEY BOUGHT HER.
Submitter comment:
MEANING: I HAVE BEEN LIVING LONGER THAN YOU HAVE,
THEREFORE I'VE EXPERIENCED MORE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOUNG MAN:
IF YOU DO NOT CEASE TO ANTAGONIZE ME
I SHALL BE FORCED TO POUNCE UPON YOU
WITH ALL MY PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DEXTERITIES
DISFIGURING AND IMMOBILIZING YOU BEYONG ALL
POSSIBLE RECOGNITION, SINCE YOU ARE BUT A TINY BIT
OF PROTOPLASM.
DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
GRAFFITI
KEEP THE BABY, FAITH!
Submitter comment:
SEEN AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY (DETROIT, MICHIGAN)
ON A FENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON KEEP THE FAITH!
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-15-1967
ALLAH BARAK. GOD BLESS THOSE WHO ARE PARTAKING IN
THIS (OFTEN SAID AT DINNER OR WHEN PEOPLE ARE
IN A GROUP).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
SURPRISE
HOLY COW! MM
THAT'S THE WAY THE BALL BOUNCES! MM
THAT'S THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WAY TO GO, MAN!
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A SAYING PREVALENT AMONG ATHLETES. IT IS A
FORM OF VERBAL CONGRATULATIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
SOLEMN PYATHEEK--WHICH IS LEBANESE FOR "GOD BLESS
YOUR HANDS," IS USED AS AN EXPRESSION OF YOUR APPRECIATION
FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
Data entry tech comment: AGREEMENT OF PRONOUNS?
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
LET US BE UP AND DOING WITH A HEART FOR ANYTHING,
STILL ACHIEVING, STILL PURSUING, LEARN TO LABOR
AND TO WAIT.
Submitter comment:
THIS WOMAN'S MOTHER SAID THIS EVERY MORNING WHEN SHE
WOKE HER CHILDREN UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): LONGFELLOW?
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SWEETS TO THE SWEET
Submitter comment: HEARD HER MOTHER SAY IT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-09-1967
THAT'S THE WAY THE COOKIE CRUMBLES. MM
THAT'S THE WAY THE GINGER SNAPS. MM
THAT'S THE WAY THE BALL BOUNCES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-10-1965
WISH FOR OLD AGE
MAY ALLAH MAKE YOUR BEARD GROW LONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; OFFICE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-08-1970
MIND YOUR P'S & Q'S
THE INFORMANT STATES THAT THE EXPRESSION, "MIND YOUR
P'S AND Q'S" WAS STARTED BECAUSE OF MARKS ON
ALE MUGS. THESE MARKS WERE FOR PINTS AND QUARTS.
THE BARTENDER THEN HAD TO BE CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE
A DRINK WAS ONE PINT OR ONE QUART OF ALE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quantity or weight Liquid BELIEF -- Explanation of a name SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 03-15-1967
IRISH SAYING
MAY YOU BE IN HEAVEN A HALF HOUR BEFORE THE DEVIL
KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-23-1967
WHEN TWO PEOPLE WALKING ARE SEPARATED, THEY SAY
"BREAD AND BUTTER." THAT MEANS NO DISAPPOINTMENT WILL
COME TO THEM.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; LUNCHROOM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-09-1967
WHEN TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING AT ONCE, THE FIRST
ONE TO SAY "YOU OWE ME A COKE" IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE
THE OTHER ONE BUY THEM A COKE. (SOFT DRINK(
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MIND YOUR P'S AND Q'S
THE INFORMANT TOLD THIS STORY AS TO THE ORIGIN
OF THE EXPRESSION "MIND YOUR P'S AND Q'S." SHE SAID
THAT IN LONDON THERE IS AN ALE HOUSE WITH THAT SIGN
ABOVE THE DOOR, AND INSIDE WRITTEN ON THE WALLS,
AND LOW CEILING, THE BARTENDER KEEPS A RUNNING
TALLY OF HOW MUCH SOMEONE OWES. HENCE, THE
EXPRESSION MEANS TO WATCH THE TOTAL MONEY OWED
FOR YOUR PINTS AND QUARTS.
Data entry tech comment: I THOUGH THEY USED LITERS!
Where learned: HIGHLAND PARK ; ILLINOIS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quantity or weight Liquid CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quality Medium of exchange BELIEF -- Explanation of a name SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 03-20-1967
CHILDREN SHOULD BE SEEN AND NOT HEARD.
Submitter comment: FROM PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-09-1967
WHILE I LIVED IN IRELAND I NOTICED THAT THE PEOPLE
WOULD SAY THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN WE (AMERICANS) WOULD.
FOR EXAMPLE: THE TIME IS HALF-TWO, INSTEAD OF TWO
THIRTY AND I'LL SEE YOU TUESDAY A WEEK, INSTEAD OF
I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |