LizzieMaine
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My grandfather would always "set out on the piazza" in the evening and listen to the ballgame. I never heard the word "porch" until I started school.
I hear a lot of hunters (not in the know) who refer to the rifle caliber 30-06 Springfield as thirty-odd-six rather than thirty-aught-six. Bit off topic-Paisley said:Aught-(number) for a year whose third digit is zero. I even used it today: "Just like we used to do it back in aught-three."
Avalon said:Another thing my friends get a kick out of is that I call movies "pictures".
davestlouis said:My grandfather always referred to his car as a "machine"...as in,let's take the machine to the store. He sat on a davenport, not a sofa, ate dinner at mid-day and supper in the evening. I'm sure I'll think of more.
rumblefish said:I hear a lot of hunters (not in the know) who refer to the rifle caliber 30-06 Springfield as thirty-odd-six rather than thirty-aught-six. Bit off topic-
It bothers me because I like the sound of aught, and I try night to let my New York accent pronounce auwwwt.
Paisley said:Aught-(number) for a year whose third digit is zero. I even used it today: "Just like we used to do it back in aught-three."
Wally_Hood said:Which puts me in mind of Jethro Beaudine refering to "them double nought secret agents" on The Beverly Hillbillies.
Fedoration said:...a sticky situation...