Old Sayings and Modern Counterparts

[Trees]

At those moments Mum would say "Did your last servant die of shortness of breath?

...oh for a servant just to help pick things up after the family don't think too many of us have a useful maid these days

[jaybelnz]

I just though of "go and tell your mother she wants you!"

Today some might say someting like Get Lost.... Or some such uncouth remark that I can't put on here!!

  Jeanne

[dobfarm]

If you get one them annoying spam phone calls, say now't and listen for 5 seconds , then you say !- " Is that you I'm talking too, its me, me and her are going on a 3 month vacation " - then put the phone down.

[MaxD]

Not quite in the spirit of the title but as a grandparent I find some of the expressions used by daughter and grandchildren initially incomprehensible.  An example (or is it a regional thing) when I were a lad (fake northern accent) we would invite friends simply to "come to my house" or "see you at your house".  Now it is "come to mine", "see you at yours".

(must just mention the relative of my then future wife who was referred to as Harry Von.  Found out much later it was Our Yvonne - we (in the south) never said "our X and our Y"

[Trees]

  reminds me of this 1881 census entry for an ancestor
Phillipa BRAY   Head   W   54         Cornwall Stawsell *

Now that took an age to work out where she was from but bear in mind the lady was living in Gateshead but had a heavy Cornish accent
turned out she was from St Austell

[KGarrad]

And I've always thought that particular town was pronounced as "Snozzle"?!

[[Ray]]

Similar in 'Erts is Snorbuns (StAlbans)

[[Ray]]

The old wild west dance used to be called a Doasido aka Dozidoe

Always wondered where the name came from.

The dance "caller", in effect, is saying
DO  AS  I  DO

DUH

[Trees]

omm we are getting a bit off topic but if does eat oats and deer eat oats and little lambs eat ivy a kid 'll eat ivy too  can become dosey dotes and...kiddley etydo etc!