Perry: you didn't specify which youngster is you...So not only does Taekwondo help keep me young ...
-gailr
BD is obviously looking for the Woman from Ipanema . . .Over 18 are welcome. I don't want any trouble.On the other hand, look on the bright side, Dude. Now you can start appealing to all those girls who like older men.
Brazilian dude
I remember that song, my dad used to play it all the time. His father and stepmother/stepdaughter have a son who ends up being his half brother and his grandson and great-grandson. Then he and his wife have a baby and it only gets more complicated after that.I Am My Own Grandpa
It's funny how some people take offense to this ma'am/sir business. It's used quite a bit here in Texas as well as the rest of the South. My husband "yes ma'am's" and "no ma'am's" me as well as his 8 year-old daughter and I do, too. It's just a common way of addressing others with courtesy and respect. It's heard more often in small towns but still used quite a bit in the big city.As you may know from your visits here, Dude, it is a sad day the first time a woman is (at least up north!) "ma'am'd". The most horrible thing about being "ma'am'd" is that, somehow, everyone she ever meets, from that day forth, can somehow sense that she has been "ma'am'd" and will refer to her as such.They just did. A boy stopped me on the street and asked, "Senhor, que horas são?" (Sir, what time is it?). I need not tell you I instantly remembered this thread.Now that's funny, wait until they start calling you sir.
Brazilian dude
More socially damning than the Scarlet Letter: it's the Blue-Rinse M...
I still remember the day I was happily minding my own business when suddenly--and without provocation--some smart-assed, chicken-chested, inbred, beardless-wonder bag boy "ma'am'd" me! But I'm not bitter about it...
-gailr
On the other hand, look on the bright side, Dude. Now you can start appealing to all those girls who like older men.
The 3rd person reference reminds me to wonder again why parents, in teaching talk to toddlers, are so often observed referring to themselves in the 3rd person rather than first. Seems that would add to the confusion of learning language. My brother and his wife did this, resulting in my niece referring to herself by her own name rather than "I"....from the earliest I called her Nana, and she called herself Nana or Nanny...
Yes'm, also reminds me how I learned by visiting Southern relatives the practice of asking for repetition through "Sir?" or Ma'am?" to one's elders, a practice unknown in the North.It's funny how some people take offense to this ma'am/sir business. It's used quite a bit here in Texas as well as the rest of the South.
Allow me to revert back to my ghetto days for a moment if you will, by allowing me to say, "Get down with your bad self, gailr!" O.K., now I feel better. And remember, like in Yoga, breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth...that's it...good...
I still remember the day I was happily minding my own business when suddenly--and without provocation--some smart-assed, chicken-chested, inbred, beardless-wonder bag boy "ma'am'd" me! But I'm not bitter about it...
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