tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post7556153645133449947..comments2024-03-28T12:20:33.105-04:00Comments on Sightings Over Sixty: Tootle on DownTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-48829292245963490302016-03-22T08:10:51.703-04:002016-03-22T08:10:51.703-04:00Welcome ... any friend of Gigi's is a friend o...Welcome ... any friend of Gigi's is a friend of mine! Actually, just last week a student down at the community college reported to me, "Everything is copacetic." I was "dumbfounded." (Is that another one?)Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-12012600385522657092016-03-21T20:51:58.374-04:002016-03-21T20:51:58.374-04:00I just recently heard someone use 'cattywampus...I just recently heard someone use 'cattywampus' (catawampus) and remarked what an old-fashioned word - but I loved hearing it again! Then there's 'copacetic' - which my (now deceased) dad used - and which I never hear, but use frequently.<br />(Btw, Aloha! Came over from Gigi Hawaii blog)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-21130057611231118782016-03-17T17:53:07.079-04:002016-03-17T17:53:07.079-04:00I don't always get to it, but I enjoy reading ...I don't always get to it, but I enjoy reading your thoughts and observations...but I'm just an old fogey, too!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10950879962350722811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-78843916721681349272016-03-15T21:57:30.886-04:002016-03-15T21:57:30.886-04:00All the words are part of my history too. I'v...All the words are part of my history too. I've probably used scalawag the most recently. I think I said it to one of the grand girls. Haha. Some words just feel good to say and calling someone a scalawag works even if you or they don't know the real meaning behind it. Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894294588507668479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-32557126472433390332016-03-15T11:29:41.671-04:002016-03-15T11:29:41.671-04:00"Sup, bro...Dat post was Totes Awesome!"..."Sup, bro...Dat post was Totes Awesome!" I believe we should stick with Tootle.Lynn - Encore Voyagehttp://www.encorevoyage.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-44516496221636283482016-03-15T00:59:03.795-04:002016-03-15T00:59:03.795-04:00My boss in Germany was from the UK and she used to...My boss in Germany was from the UK and she used to give orientations and tours for the new soldiers who would come to the base. She would always tell them, she would be around in the morning to "knock them up". The look on their faces? Priceless. The one that always got me (my parents retired to Beaufort SC and never had a slang issue except for this one), is when my retired dad used to say he was going to "carry your mother to the store"Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195838412173806659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-36325466327409170582016-03-14T17:24:54.643-04:002016-03-14T17:24:54.643-04:00The most embarrassing thing is to be told by a stu...The most embarrassing thing is to be told by a student that something you commonly used, in my case "fricking" actually was a "dirty word" in their vocabulary. I said it in one class and I thought the entire group of eighth grades were going to throw up.<br />I use Toodles often- since Disney uses it often on their Clubhouse show. Tootles was one of Peter Pan's lost boys. Yes, I do watch Disney Clubhouse with the two year old.<br />My Nana used to say Toot a loo to us when she left. Even reading those words brings back a sense of joy.<br />Isn't language terrific?Janettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10054888725603183006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-78136004777552443852016-03-14T10:44:24.086-04:002016-03-14T10:44:24.086-04:00I haven't used that term in so long, but I did...I haven't used that term in so long, but I did use it! I love Cindi's comment about Good golly gumdrop, which I didn't notice two weeks ago on Downton. I have to adopt it now. I'm already grieving the loss of Downton Abbey and Julian Fellowe's clever turn of a phrase.<br />Carol<br /> Carol Cassarahttp://carolcassara.com/spring-cosmetics-giveaway/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-79770539103907862892016-03-12T23:37:11.643-05:002016-03-12T23:37:11.643-05:00Oh sure, I remember Bab-O Cleanser and there were ...Oh sure, I remember Bab-O Cleanser and there were others, Old Dutch Cleanser, preceding Comet. <br /><br />Language is indeed always evolving and not fixed as we might think -- even the spelling of words, often dropping letters -- especially any that are silent in verbal pronunciation. There are still some more letters we should drop as would help with spelling and with people learning English as a second language. I remember seeing Chaucer in high school in original old English, or other writings I've seen and some words are hardly recognizable i.e. whythe, or something like that for 'with'. <br /><br />I think of all the euphemisms used as I was growing up in place of the actual word which we dare not say aloud and I don't hear those substitute words much any more. Unacceptable curse words, for example, required using instead gosh, darn, shoot, goldarn, heck to name a few. I sometimes said, "sh-h-h-... dragging it out until my Mom would arise to the fear of what she thought I might be about to say and would either give me a look or verbally chastise me. I would say, "But Mom, I was only going to say shoot!" joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-32271954132444517732016-03-12T17:17:17.006-05:002016-03-12T17:17:17.006-05:00We watched Downton Abbey, too, but as far as I kno...We watched Downton Abbey, too, but as far as I know we haven't picked up any sayings from it (tho' that a good one!) I have never heard of baboe, but Kathy, B says you are absolutely right -- it's a cleaner like Comet, she confirms, although she admits she hasn't heard of it in quite a while.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-86631717860800298332016-03-12T13:00:43.514-05:002016-03-12T13:00:43.514-05:00Hi Tom! I'm afraid I've been guilty of th...Hi Tom! I'm afraid I've been guilty of the tootle word myself now and then. I also, and God only knows where I got it from is "lollygag". I actually use that one quite a bit. But the word that drives my husband Thom crazy is baboe (I'm not even sure how to spell it!) Long before using Comet to clean, I was raised to use baboe....and I still use it when I want that kind of cleaner. Thom thinks I made the word up and that it never existed, but that's what my mom called it and I still say it! Do you (or anyone else?) remember that word?? ~KathyKathy @ SMART Living 365.comhttp://smartliving365.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-78179067991325999122016-03-12T11:53:11.430-05:002016-03-12T11:53:11.430-05:00Here's a new slant. I know that my sayings hav...Here's a new slant. I know that my sayings have changed since I started watching Downton Abbey. (and other British movies on PBS as well as in the theater....i.e James Bond) Why, just two weeks ago Lord Grantham said 'Good golly gumdrop' or something to that effect when he learned something nice was going to take place.<br />Perhaps that's where B heard the word. And many more.<br />Now, I have to pop off and see to a few errands.<br />Tootle Loo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-2811976590963841162016-03-12T10:27:07.051-05:002016-03-12T10:27:07.051-05:00Very interesting discussion about vocabulary. Whe...Very interesting discussion about vocabulary. When I was a kid, I used to read Webster's Dictionary for fun. Lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-54311148515740990032016-03-11T10:21:46.266-05:002016-03-11T10:21:46.266-05:00I've used the expression Tootle, but now I won...I've used the expression Tootle, but now I wonder what came first, the word or the little engine who could? BTW I used to read that book to my little brother. It was his book. Girls weren't always encouraged in those days.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-17892533307088565862016-03-11T09:46:35.357-05:002016-03-11T09:46:35.357-05:00I think "tootle" is a splendid word, but...I think "tootle" is a splendid word, but would definitely identify you as being a bit long in the tooth. I never realized that "toodle oo" came from the french for toute-a-L'heure,it must have been a wartime thing.Anonymoushttp://www.maddyathome.comnoreply@blogger.com