03-08-2019, 09:36 PM
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Old People’s Words, Phrases And Sayings?
When l told my daughter ‘l had a fall’. She said, ‘You fell’. ‘Oh ok, l fell, now just please, get me to the hospital quick’!Yesterday, l met five of my lovely school friends that l have known since l was 5. We meet annually.
They asked how l was.... ‘l didn’t think, l would be able to drive today as four weeks ago, l had a fall and cut my knee badly’.
‘A fall?’ my best friend in the infants said, ‘That is what old people say’!
‘Oh, no!’ I replied, ‘My daughter said, almost the same thing’!
I thought about it and said, ‘At least, l don’t say, Arthuritis as some older people say and l don’t say, ‘In them days’, instead of, ‘In those days’!
It seems, when we reach a certain age, some people take on a different lingo.
So l ask, can you think of any words or phrases associated with ‘older people’.
03-08-2019, 09:57 PM
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Re: Old People’s Words, Phrases And Sayings?
Originally Posted by Baz46
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• When I was a boy …• We never used to do that in my day
• I remember when …
• I can't keep up with all this technology
There are I am sure probably many, many more but those are all I can recall at the moment.
They are great but you forgot... ‘Bring back the birch’!
03-08-2019, 10:04 PM
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Re: Old People’s Words, Phrases And Sayings?
I have to admit to believing nobody came back for a second time when that kind of punishment was used. However, having been in receipt of the cane and slipper in my final years at school I am not exactly all in favour of punishment of that nature.
03-08-2019, 10:11 PM
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Re: Old People’s Words, Phrases And Sayings?
Originally Posted by Ray Cathode
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It was a matter of pride to get the tawse in my day.
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