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Hi all! Some of my favorite childhood memories are of hearing my daddy imitate Andy Griffith as I was growing up in West Tennessee in the late '60s.
Of course, it was sometimes mixed with one of his other favorite performers, Brother Dave Gardner, but I knew the difference, and "them's hard sayin's," so I won't get off of our family-friendly topic.
I was hoping maybe that folks could comment or even educate us on some of their favorite sayings, such as short sentences and phrases that you might not hear anywhere but on TAGS or, at least, that you might not hear as well said as on TAGS. For instance, I've heard Allan say that he likes to say "SUCK IN THAT GUT!!," like Barney did.
Anyhow I'll go first:
I remember hearing the question come up as to why Barney called Andy "Ange."
I think I know why. I can remember hearing tv and movie cowboys call Indians "injuns." I also recall hearing members of my family teasing one another and one of the names often called was "Idgit" which I soon learned was an apparently less offensive way to say "Idiot." The interesting thing these three words have in common are the pairing of the "d" with the then-following long "e" sound.
1. An(dy)
2. In(di)an
3. I(di)ot
I think Don Knotts either devised this countrified corruption or just heard it from someone else who had.
Whaddya Think? And Who's Next?
Of course, it was sometimes mixed with one of his other favorite performers, Brother Dave Gardner, but I knew the difference, and "them's hard sayin's," so I won't get off of our family-friendly topic.
I was hoping maybe that folks could comment or even educate us on some of their favorite sayings, such as short sentences and phrases that you might not hear anywhere but on TAGS or, at least, that you might not hear as well said as on TAGS. For instance, I've heard Allan say that he likes to say "SUCK IN THAT GUT!!," like Barney did.
Anyhow I'll go first:
I remember hearing the question come up as to why Barney called Andy "Ange."
I think I know why. I can remember hearing tv and movie cowboys call Indians "injuns." I also recall hearing members of my family teasing one another and one of the names often called was "Idgit" which I soon learned was an apparently less offensive way to say "Idiot." The interesting thing these three words have in common are the pairing of the "d" with the then-following long "e" sound.
1. An(dy)
2. In(di)an
3. I(di)ot
I think Don Knotts either devised this countrified corruption or just heard it from someone else who had.
Whaddya Think? And Who's Next?
Tags: Word, phrase, saying, slang, vernacular
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Permalink Reply by Big Jeff Pruitt on -
Sorry I accidentally used some HTML and my diagrams of the three wordsdidnt come out right. I'll try it again:
1. An(dy)
2. In(di)an
3. I(di)ot
Again, sorry. I'm doing this on my iPod Touch and my options and functions are limited.
Ahll See Ye.
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Permalink Reply by Thelscuz on
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Great topic, Big Jeff.
One of my all-time favorites is: Nip it in the bud!
Another is Malcolm Meriwether's, Aren't you kind?
Also, Andy's (usually to Barney): You beat all, you know that?
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Permalink Reply by Melissa Backward on
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Compelshin and singing acapella are two of my favorites.
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Permalink Reply by Sandra Sils on -
We use the phrase "sure, Mike, sure". Barney used it in the episode where he drank the spiked spring water from the crock before meeting the governor. We also will say "2 & 2 make 4" and like Melissa we use the word "compelshun" quite often as well as inarculated. Oh, and "it's definitely no fun when those iron doors clang shut."
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Permalink Reply by Big Jeff Pruitt on
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Wow, so many responses in less than a day!
Having started this topic obviously qualifies me as terribly interested, and the temptation is great to bombard with examples.
But I guess, since it's going so well I'll just limit myself to sprinkling a couple in here and there (assuming it goes on long enough).
Here's a couple I thought about using as a name for my own local chapter of the TAGSRWC:
"Beat to the socks" from "Andy's Vacation"
—or—
"Punch Supreme" from "Andy's Rival"(We could make an initiation of having to drink some! Haha!)
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Permalink Reply by Al Becker on -
'Beat to the socks', by Andy is one that I had to look up the meaning, Big Jeff.
Seems it's listed under 'Black-American' slang, and was a segment of a lyric from a Fats Waller song. Also, it has been attributed to Kerouac, as related to the 'Beat Generation.'
Fascinating!
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Permalink Reply by Big Jeff Pruitt on
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Yeah, it seems that we Americans owe a lot of our culture from the mid-to-late 20th century to minstrel and blues tradition. Oh well, they say there's nothing new under the sun :)
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Permalink Reply by albert wbmutbb on -
"whiff and a whisker"
(Barney says this to Andy when he's going on about Asa's lack of gun screws and is reffering to just how close the hardware store is in proximity to where Asa is and works.)
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Permalink Reply by Keevy Hazelton on -
"Come on in the house!," when answering the door.
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There's Aunt Bee to Opie, regarding the milk he wasn't drinking:
"We can't put it back in the cow!"
and Barney's comment about all the pains he went to getting ready for his date (which was broken),
"Heartaches! Nothin' but heartaches!"
And this coming from a guy who took Juanita to Morelli's (where everybody goes, according to Andy)!
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Permalink Reply by Big Jeff Pruitt on
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You just tried to bribe me is ahwl (all). - Andy
Well, don't git yer fur to flyin', Mister! - Jim
From the Guitar Player episode
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Permalink Reply by Big Jeff Pruitt on
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Desperate attempt to keep this thread going:
1. Let's be fair about that thang.
2. Ain't no great shakes to asking a girl to go to the dance.
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