Comments on: The Wonderful World of Cowboy Slang

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:14:03 +0000

Bill, Never heard the back end of that saying – thanks for sharing. It’d be fun to live in Texas just for the conversations.

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:08:11 +0000

One of my favorites over the years – “Yea, and if a bullfrog had wings…”. The extended version is “If a bullfrog had wings, he wouldn’t bump his butt when he lands.” or something close to that. Used to address the “what if” ponderables often hanging in the air.

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Rita - You'll Make A Lot Of People Rich — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:28:29 +0000

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By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:02:18 +0000

Jean, Frog strangler. I love it! Could you have your husband do a podcast? Thanks for your kind words and for visiting Word Sell.

By: Jean Gogolin

Jean Gogolin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:00:00 +0000

Hi Brad,
Found you through the ProBlogger contest (I entered too) and love your literate blog. I’ll bet you even know the difference between “lay” and “lie” and “it’s” and “its.”

My Alabama husband has two expression for a really hard rain:
“a real frog strangler” and “like a cow pissin’ on a flat rock through a briar bush.” Both of ‘em sound better with his accent.

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What Kind of Writer Are You? — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:01:33 +0000

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By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:22:48 +0000

Joanna, Look forward to reading your examples, whenever you get to them. (No cheating and looking in the Scots dialect book!)

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:01:49 +0000

Brad, these are brilliant, thanks for sharing them. I loved “crooked enough to sleep on a corkscrew” – it’s got a great rhythm and pattern as well as the visual metaphor. Fab!

As usual my mind goes blank when asked to think of examples – I’ll try and jot some down when I think of or come across them and save them up for a post

Joanna

By: Brad Shorr

Brad Shorr — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:25:30 +0000

Jean, That’s a good one! That expression packs a lot of meaning into not too many words. Thanks for sharing.

By: Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk

Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:22:31 +0000

Great expressions! Thanks. One I use a lot is “The good Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise.” Even if we plan to do something, we can never be sure of external circumstances.