tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post5628586948786359668..comments2023-09-05T05:36:02.930-06:00Comments on .: Good Advice!Ysabeau Wilcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01684128551495819812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-61931325311406209542008-01-02T15:31:00.000-06:002008-01-02T15:31:00.000-06:00I was just googling "it's making down" because I w...I was just googling "it's making down" because I was afraid it no longer existed. It's a Pennsylvania Dutch-ism I remember from my youth, as are a number of the other cocktail napkin sayings you quote. As you can tell from context, it means "it's raining hard." "Outen the lights" is another I remember and still use (living now in Hawaii).Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13190476493261896676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-74614445688150479612007-12-11T18:34:00.000-06:002007-12-11T18:34:00.000-06:00The only one I've ever heard before is "hope it gi...The only one I've ever heard before is "hope it gives what it looks like" which I believe is an in-joke for dairy farmers. At least, it was the dairy farming side of my family that used it. These all read just like my last boyfriend used to talk. He was raised somewhere around the Ozarks and said "you-uns" and "over-hauls" (for overalls) and "varmints" in regular discourse. My favorite saying of his was "Well, you'll just have to get glad in the same britches you got mad in!"Erika Hamerquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09721599229029331587noreply@blogger.com