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[smoochy]

our couch was always the davenport. My grandpa called a suitcase a grip, grandparents complained of rheumatism, someone they knew had apoplexy and flu or a bad cold was "the grippe"

central Indiana 

[JeanLouiseFinch]

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@SurferWife wrote:

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@Desertdi wrote:

"Ice box" comes to mind...

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I still say that to this day.

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100%, @SurferWife.  Me too!

[Queen of shop]

@smoochy  I'm chuckling here. because there are still some very old Italians where I grew up that say so and so has the grip. They never say a cold or the flu. So funny to read your post. I grew up east coast.

I also heard the oldtimers call luggage a valise. As a inside joke with Hubs, I'll call our luggage a velise. It cracks him up.

[Elodie2]

A few words from back in the day...

Egad -  Yikes

Boob Tube - TV

Stories - Soap Operas

Frock - Dress

Bosom - Breasts, Boobs, Girls

Fiddlesticks -  Dammit

[Elodie2]

@smoochy Ah, fond memories.  My grandmother would talk about my grandad's rheumatism and her vertigo. She also used the word dysentery rather than diarrhea. So quaint!

[Tinkrbl44]

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@smoochy wrote:

our couch was always the davenport. My grandpa called a suitcase a grip, grandparents complained of rheumatism, someone they knew had apoplexy and flu or a bad cold was "the grippe"

central Indiana 

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@smoochy 

I recall sitting on someone's davenport and I looked at the table next to it and what did I see? 

Crochet doilies!

Anyone remember doilies?  

[ID2]

I still call a love seat a settee.

[SoCal Bred]

@Tinkrbl44 

I still use a few crochet doilies around my house that my mom made years ago.

[50Mickey]

@Queen of shop    My grandmother called a suitcase a valise. She called soap operas "crying women stories."

Reckon: Reckon when it's going to rain? 

[Group 5 minus 1]

There is a diff between a cellar and basement.