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Post by Randy on Aug 15, 2012 15:29:49 GMT -5
My Dad, (RIP) used to use a word that I never understood. "Hunyock" I guess is a stupid person. A European slang word probably a cross between Hungarian and Pollock, according to Webster. You never hear words like this anymore. Of course, I remember when gay meant happy or pleased.  So anyway, I was going to call the people who "snipe" on Evilbay "Hunyocks", but if you get "sniped" on Evilbay, that makes you the person who was asleep at the throttle...no? ;D |
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Post by jimrh on Aug 15, 2012 19:20:08 GMT -5
Hi Randy. I've been sniped so many times on ebay I can't even remember. But I still manage to get some bargains. I've pounded my computer desk and screamed at the monitor many times. I have a friend who says other bidding sites avoid sniping by extending the bidding for 3 minutes if there are any bids during the last 30 seconds on an auction. (Or something to that effect) I've never heard the term Hunycock, I think I'll Google it. My folks were both born and raised in a tiny coal mining town, Hanna Wyoming. I used to call their words and phrases "Hanna sayings". They were from the blend of diverse immigrants from everywhere in the world. But over the years I've been hearing many of them on tv, and some in old movies from the 40's. I should write them down so they are not forgotten. One was "I didn't know that guy from Adam's off ox." I have NO IDEA what that means. Does anyone out there know? I'm preparing to photograph SOME of my camera collection and post it. Bear with me. Computers hate me. We'll see what happens. I must say that I really enjoy this site. I'm still new to it, but love it! JIM
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2012 19:25:49 GMT -5
Those old sayings trip my trigger.
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Post by Randy on Aug 15, 2012 21:51:30 GMT -5
My Mom used to say "melts my butter" Wayne.
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Post by vintageslrs on Aug 16, 2012 14:17:06 GMT -5
My Dad (RIP) also used many choice words...many of them Italian and some an Italian/English combo.
And I use them all today!
Bob
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Post by grenouille on Aug 17, 2012 5:49:03 GMT -5
My Dad (RIP), he does not say much, as and when necessary, he gives an order
Hye
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Post by daveh on Aug 18, 2012 18:25:59 GMT -5
I can't recall hearing hunyock used in Britain.
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Post by Mark Vaughan on Aug 20, 2012 21:35:05 GMT -5
I had to chime in on this one. Mine used several funny words: instead of 'idea', he'd say "eye-uh-dee". One day he came home from our local camera store in New Braunfels, TX (Seidel Camera) announcing that he'd purchased a case of "Ag-a-fer" film (say it quickly - and he meant Agfa). Anyone he didn't think much of was a "No-count" (of no account), and anyone he disliked was an "in-grate". We sent two much loved cameras in for CLA one summer - a A-1 and an AE-1 Program - and they got lost so the shop awarded us a brand new "Ree-ko" XR-P (Ricoh).
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Post by Randy on Aug 20, 2012 22:35:26 GMT -5
My Mother called potatoes "bertaters" and wash was "worsh". When Dad threw together something to eat he called it "liqdab" pronounced Lick Dab.
What's funny is when I used to travel down south, it didn't matter what kind of pop or soda they had, it was called "ROC COKE COLA"....
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Post by hansz on Aug 21, 2012 3:14:55 GMT -5
This thread is soooo American (or English???).
I suspect you all never heard of my dad's (RIP) 'soduju, doen!'...
Hans
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2012 10:30:46 GMT -5
You can tell folks over 40 who grew up in this area. The enjoy a nice cold "pop." Later arrivals call it "soda."
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Post by jimrh on Aug 22, 2012 19:45:20 GMT -5
It was always "pop" in Michigan. We had new neighbors move from St. Louis MO, when I was 15, and it's the first time I ever heard someone call it "soda". (That was about 1971) Since my folks were born and raised in Wyoming, we called a paper bag a "sack" not a bag. When I say gunny sack, I get strange looks. When we're eating a lot, my Ma would say we were gutsin' Nobody in Michigan ever heard that one before!
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Post by John Farrell on Aug 22, 2012 21:52:52 GMT -5
My dad was a Scot, his english was different to the sassenach variety. He called the singer Vera Lynn "greetin Vera". In scottish english, greeting means crying.
Here in New Zealand's south, carbonated waters were called "soft drink" or "pop".
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Post by Randy on Aug 22, 2012 22:09:33 GMT -5
It was always "pop" in Michigan. We had new neighbors move from St. Louis MO, when I was 15, and it's the first time I ever heard someone call it "soda". (That was about 1971) Since my folks were born and raised in Wyoming, we called a paper bag a "sack" not a bag. When I say gunny sack, I get strange looks. When we're eating a lot, my Ma would say we were gutsin' Nobody in Michigan ever heard that one before! Being an ex-truck driver, I've heard the sack thing before. "Do y'all want that in a sack?" |
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Post by hansz on Aug 23, 2012 4:14:03 GMT -5
A paper bag in Dutch is een 'papieren zak' - same sound.
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