Did your Grandparents Use Words Not Heard.... - Page 3

1Snickers · ‎03-19-2016

@Maltichonmom17 Finally now I know what Snickelfritz means!

My Father would call me that occasionally, and I have my Granddaughter. Once someone asked what it meant and I had no idea.

The rascal and chatterbox works well for my Granddaughter!

2blonde · ‎03-10-2010

My parents were mostly Polish, and the most ethnic I can remember is a head scarf being called a babushka (sp?). The living room was the "front room," and the sofa was a "couch." My neighbors (German descent) called the toilet a "comode."

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Mary Bailey · ‎03-09-2010

@2blonde wrote:
My parents were mostly Polish, and the most ethnic I can remember is a head scarf being called a babushka (sp?). The living room was the "front room," and the sofa was a "couch."

My grandparents used those words, plus: davenport for sofa

& Grampa said "bumming" was just roaming around, I tell DH I'm going bumming when I'm going out shopping.

there are a couple for bodily functions too. LOL

Havarti · ‎03-08-2014

Window covering were curtains or drapes or the shades.

If we did something stupid my mother would call us a dumbcluck.

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Pook · ‎03-20-2010

My Slovak grandmother and her family would call a paper bag a poke and a purse a pocka book.

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

My mother and her parents were PA Dutch. ( German)

I heard just about all the the phrases mentioned...Pocketbook, redd up a room, Davenport, couch, commode.

I used think it was funny that my grandparents used to ask me to fetch something for them.

froggy · ‎03-10-2010

@IamMrsG wrote:
My maternal grandparents were country farmers, i.e., "country" as in walk-behind-the-mule to plow the fields. My grandmother used terms like "out yonder" for somewhere distant outside and "ice box" for the refrigerator. Grandpa was a man of very few words.

Hmm. I still say "out yonder". My parents were both from the South and used a lot of these terms.

froggy · ‎03-10-2010

@2blonde wrote:
My parents were mostly Polish, and the most ethnic I can remember is a head scarf being called a babushka (sp?). The living room was the "front room," and the sofa was a "couch." My neighbors (German descent) called the toilet a "comode."

Yep, my parents said commode also.

GrailSeeker · ‎12-01-2012

@Ms tyrion2 wrote:
I had several aunts of grandmother age.
They said Davenport for sofa or couch and pocketbook for purse.

I also heard the couch called a davenport when I was little. I read many years later that the term had come from a manufacturer in Davenport, Iowa! Funny.