Date:  Wed, 31 Jan 1996 11:23:35 -0800

From:  SETH SKLAREY <crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IX.NETCOM.COM>

Subject: Re: expressions



I had a friend who used to say:



"I don't chew my cud twice." He was a city boy who had moved to rural south

Florida.



Seth Sklarey

crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ix.netcom.com



>>>"If ice freezes on high water, the water will come back and get it."

>>>

>>>"Go back and lick your calf over again."

>>

>>This reminds me of my grandmother-in-law who, after visiting my husband and

>>me for the first time, said of me in a later discussion, that I'd "been

>>around and wore shoes." This was said as a compliment and I defined it as

>>referring to someone who had more experience or sophistication. I've never

>>heard it before or since. Comments?

>>

>>Rima

>

>"Been around and wore shoes" reminds me of an expression I read about from

>alleged Arkansas dialect (re Bill Clinton): "He's been to Memphis."

>

>Miriam Meyers

>Metropolitan State University

>mmeyers[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]msus1.msus.edu

>

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