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AbnerBunny

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66. Yes indeed!
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 11:18 AM
5 hrs ago

I used it once (and only once) at a meeting in another state, when I offered to chair a sub-committee. The looks of disbelief were pretty funny! Now I rarely use it, and only in Kentucky!

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More WVlaserguy Yesterday #1
Thank you WVlaserguy. I forgot about those. debm55 Yesterday #2
Yun's Traildogbob Yesterday #3
Guess where I live? "Slick as a smelt." (slippery) "Nummer'n'a pounded Hake." (Stupid) GPV Yesterday #4
Minnesota? debm55 Yesterday #5
Not a bad guess, but no. :) How about, "Jeezum crow, bub GPV Yesterday #6
Boston debm55 Yesterday #9
Much closer. ;) GPV Yesterday #27
Maine? boonecreek 7 hrs ago #51
"Can't go out ta haul, so I'm headed upta camp" GPV Yesterday #8
Maine yorkster Yesterday #15
"Git those taters from the dooryahd and stick 'em down cellah." GPV Yesterday #10
I give up what area/state are you using. Now I am think of the south. debm55 Yesterday #13
Lol. I'm from downeast Maine. :) GPV Yesterday #26
I've heard dooryard in Vt and downcellah yorkster Yesterday #18
Thank you yorkster. debm55 Yesterday #23
Sounds like SE Louisiana LeftInTX Yesterday #25
Just scrolled down to this. boonecreek 7 hrs ago #52
hodad DBoon Yesterday #7
Interesting . Thank you DBoon. debm55 Yesterday #11
I don't think I've heard this saying... SWBTATTReg Yesterday #12
Thank you SWBTATTReg. What state/area used the term.? debm55 Yesterday #14
St Louis, midwest, but mostly in STLMO SWBTATTReg Yesterday #16
Thank you . debm55 Yesterday #17
I don't care to. AbnerBunny Yesterday #19
Thank you AbnerBunny debm55 Yesterday #22
Now see, I would have taken it to mean I don't want to. debm55 20 hrs ago #40
Are you in Kentucky? I heard from someone down there. 10 Turtle Day 12 hrs ago #49
Yes indeed! AbnerBunny 5 hrs ago #66
Pop (soda) catbyte Yesterday #20
Thank you catbyte. debm55 Yesterday #21
Pop Is Used In Chicago, Too ProfessorGAC 20 hrs ago #42
Sorry. I am shocked I tell you, very shocked debm55 20 hrs ago #44
If someone is from the Lower Peninsula VGNonly 4 hrs ago #67
In Wisconsin it was bubbler for drinking fountain. LeftInTX Yesterday #24
It's a bubbler in much of New England, or "bubblah" JenniferJuniper 23 hrs ago #35
That's different . thank you LeftinTex debm55 20 hrs ago #41
Fixin' to. Lunabell Yesterday #28
What area are you from? It sounds like a southern state. debm55 23 hrs ago #30
Yessireebob. N.Fl. But originally Nashville,Tennessee. Lunabell 21 hrs ago #36
Thank ya Lunabell debm55 21 hrs ago #39
We used pop for soda in Washington, DC Dale in Laurel MD 23 hrs ago #29
Oh you do? that's fun knowing. Here in SW PA if you ask for a soda. you will get a pop with a scoop of ice cream. debm55 23 hrs ago #31
"Soda" did sort of imply ice cream. Dale in Laurel MD 23 hrs ago #33
Thank you Dale in Laurel MD debm55 6 hrs ago #56
Chicago, Too ProfessorGAC 20 hrs ago #43
thank you ProfessorGAC. debm55 20 hrs ago #45
Christmas, BarbaRosa 23 hrs ago #32
Thank you BarbaRosa. That's different. Thank you. debm55 23 hrs ago #34
Oly Pop coprolite 21 hrs ago #37
Thank you. coprolite debm55 21 hrs ago #38
"Get sick" meaning vomit. 3catwoman3 19 hrs ago #46
Thank you 3catwoman3, debm55 19 hrs ago #47
Jockey box meaning glove compartment in a car KitFox 15 hrs ago #48
Thank you KitFox and thank you for your selections. debm55 6 hrs ago #57
Buffalo, N.Y. Niagara 7 hrs ago #50
Wow, thank you very much Niagara. debm55 6 hrs ago #58
Finally came up with one. boonecreek 6 hrs ago #53
Thank you very much boonecreek. Love it. Speaking Chicagoese. debm55 6 hrs ago #59
Chipped Ham PennRalphie 6 hrs ago #54
thank you PennRalphie. We use to say Kennywood's Open (Kennywood is an Amusement Park) all the time. Still use it . I debm55 6 hrs ago #62
"So don't I" for "so do I." I thought someone was Tanuki 6 hrs ago #55
Thank you very much Tanuki. Husband is from Boston. He still calls it a frappe. debm55 5 hrs ago #64
Sunbreak (Pacific Northwest) subterranean 6 hrs ago #60
Thank you subterranean . That is very interesting. debm55 5 hrs ago #65
Da kine Bobstandard 6 hrs ago #61
Thank you Bobstandard. Very ininteresting. debm55 5 hrs ago #63
Cattywampus VGNonly 3 hrs ago #68
Thank you very much VGNonly. debm55 3 hrs ago #69
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