“Language is the Archives of History”
This is the lost post from yesterday at Blogger which Rick found, and I am so grateful!!
The rain continues, but I love the sound. It distracts me, and I stop often to listen. Strangely, the rain seems to invite a sort of quiet, a perfect day for reading, for lying on the couch with a good book as raindrops provide the background music.
I have nothing whatsoever scheduled for today. It’s a grand feeling. It means I have another day all to myself. That may seem greedy as I now have many days like today, but for most of my life my days were scheduled with school, work, chores or errands, and I’d like to even the score.
In many ways I have become obsolete. The words and phrases of my youth have disappeared. When was the last time anyone ever asked for a church key? I remember calling dibs for a window seat in the car. I wore thongs on my feet. We got blitzed at parties. Couples made out at the drive-in. Some couples even went all the way which might have resulted in the family way and the girl going to her aunt’s. Some people were stuck up; others were finks. Life was cool, a gas and groovy.
My mother taught me lots of words. She used the word kibosh, and from her I also learned nosh. In a jiffy is another and so is before you can say Jack Robinson. I used robbed Peter to pay Paul the other day and must have dragged that one from the way back of my memory drawer. I wonder if kids get in hot water anymore.
When I worked, I knew the current slang as kids were in and out of my office all day. I do admit, though, when I first heard the word ho, I thought of a garden and couldn’t imagine why two girls would fight over one being called a garden hoe. As I listened to their sides of the story, I learned the meaning from the context. I’m so glad I didn’t ask.
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March 31, 2010 at 11:27 am
How on earth did he find this text? I thought they deleted everything.
My day today is very much like Yours yesterday, but without the rain. They have promised that all day, so it´ll probably turn up tomorrow when they say it´ll be sunshine all day 🙂 🙂
It´s market day in Falköping tomorrow so I´ll try to take some photo´s then. I have friends selling spices then, but I doubt I´ll be allowed to take photo´s of them though 🙂 🙂
I can´t understand a word kids say today 🙂 I just tell them that I´m from the stone age and that they have to talk slowly and easy to me 🙂
I´m glad You got started so fast after what happened yesterday!
Take care now!
Christer.
March 31, 2010 at 6:03 pm
@Christer:
All day yesterday, I looked over and over in my Google Reader tab for Coffee to no avail. There it was this morning, so I blocked, copied and emailed the text to Kat. The representation in the Reader is not very good for the old site. I’ll have to see how nice it is for the new one. I told Kat I was sad that we don’t get to “fly our colors” by saying publicly that we follow the blog on WordPress like we did on Blogger. I think the HTML for the page might be more squishable than she thinks. But I could be wrong. My blog is on Blogger, so I am no expert.
March 31, 2010 at 11:36 am
Dear Kat,
My heart actually sank yesterday as I had visited earlier in the morning and was just waiting for an update. KTC has been there everyday for the time I’ve been a reader (a few years). It didn’t make sense. I made an inquiry with Josh (you may want to email him and update him – I gave him update after reading Zoey & Me)…
I ramble I know but I am so happy that you are back and that you haven’t lost any of your wonderful memories and stories. I was so very concerned yesterday.
Now to put it behind us – move on, as “they” like to say and get on with it.
I
March 31, 2010 at 11:42 am
Linda,
I am just hoping that, like you, the word will be passed along. I was so happy Z & Me wrote that. It will be slow going for a while while I learn the ins and outs of Coffee’s new home. I’m so glad you found me.
March 31, 2010 at 11:37 am
hooray!!! don’t let the Man keep you down! the mental picture i got of you running around with thongs on your feet was priceless.
March 31, 2010 at 11:40 am
Christer,
Rick has it sent to him so he had the whole text, and I was really glad. Now all of the place once known as Blogger Coffee is saved.
I can’t wait for your pictures-you know how I love them.
I was so distraught yesterday I thought It would take a while, but here I am. I need to figure out the music after I repost the links.
March 31, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Greg,
I refused to let Coffee die. It has been so important to me and has given me the opportunity to know you.
I’m glad I amused you!!
March 31, 2010 at 1:01 pm
I have been following your blog almost every day for some years now, selfishly and without letting you know. Now is the time to say how much I really enjoy it and…how worried I was yesterday.
“Don’t let the turkeys get you down” !!!!
March 31, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Mulaud,
Thanks so much for finding me and letting me know you’ve been out there. I am much more upbeat today as I wend my way through the new site learning all the stuff I used to know for Blogger.
They will not get me down!!!!
March 31, 2010 at 5:05 pm
I remember my wife jokingly asking me “how come you don’t say ‘far out’ anymore”? Oh well. . . I guess we do get older. I got drunk one night and said “farm out” and that got a few laughs. So it stayed with me. Are you going to explain how the google gave you a black eye? I’m rolling up my sleeves right now. Christer and I plan to take em on. I think he shaved his head for the occasion. I really had to stop laughing to comment on your describing the word “ho”. OH KAT, you’re sooo innocent (yeah I bet!).
March 31, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Z&Me,
I had infringed on two songs too many: an Elton John and a Fairport Convention. There had been two other times that happened, and I seleted the posts, but that wasn’t enough this time.
I grew up with the word slut-ho was just too new then.
March 31, 2010 at 7:00 pm
hate that this happened to you, but maybe some real good will come out of it, we all tend to stay with the familiar – learning something new is very beneficial.
also glad to see some people coming out of the shadows here:)
we really don’t bite: hard.
i use old timey sayings all the time my dolls say:
pull up your britches, put on your jammies are favorites
so is neat-o.
xoxoxoxo to you and the whole coffee gang
March 31, 2010 at 8:26 pm
splendid,
People are e-mailing me, writing to me on Facebook and commenting on my other blog so they are hunting me down. If you could, would you also post a short note with the new address?
Put on your jammies is a new one for me.
So glad you found me!!
April 1, 2010 at 12:08 pm
“When was the last time anyone ever asked for a church key?”
Couple nights ago, when my sister had to lock the church after a social event.
Cheers
April 1, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Ha!!!
April 1, 2010 at 11:22 pm
The other day I used, “….will take a month of Sundays”. lol. My friend goes, “How old ARE you?” 🙂
April 2, 2010 at 9:35 am
Perovskia,
I use that myself so I had to laugh at your friend’s question. Yup, I’m old too!!