Do you ever catch yourself using an expression or phrase from decades back? I just caught myself telling my husband he made a better door than a window, LOL How that popped into my head I don't know!

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Susan Emo, Kingston and the 1000 Islands Area (Sotheby's International Realty Canada - Brokerage)

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Sometimes - also - I've been known to use expressions or phrases learned in my youth in the UK that bewilder some folks in the USA!

Oct 24, 2015 01:40 AM

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Susan,

I have not heard that expression. I find myself translating expressions that I like from French into English. I had no idea you were Irish. A

Oct 24, 2015 03:20 AM

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"pshaw" and "I'll be a Monkey's Uncle" that you even know those!

Oct 24, 2015 02:48 AM

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Susan I do but I'm trying to think of one. Oh yes..."I'll tape that" and I still call a smartphone a cell phone.

Oct 24, 2015 02:26 AM

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Susan Emo

I said that very same thing to my husband just this week one day!

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Yes, I occasionally do.

Oct 24, 2015 01:02 PM

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Great throw back expressions - I talked today about something growing like topsy

Oct 24, 2015 11:48 AM

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That's hysterical. Yes, I often use the term. "E ticket" for a crazy drive or ride....Disneyland hasn't had tickets for decades. LOL

Oct 24, 2015 09:59 AM

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Yes, that is one of the privileges of getting older, we have lots of expressions to confuse the young folks with.

Oct 24, 2015 09:57 AM

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Golee and gee wiz Susan, not me.

Oct 24, 2015 09:00 AM

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I have never heard that expression before, but now I know what it means.

To answer your question...No.

I do however wish there was a translation to today's teen conversation and slang.

Oct 24, 2015 08:03 AM

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Yes, "I'll tape it for you". And "Cool!" though younger people use that one too.

Oct 24, 2015 07:53 AM

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Yes and it's the same with music. We listen to Deep Track, Classic Vinyl and all of the oldies stations. We still say what every generation said before us, "our music was the best"

Oct 24, 2015 06:23 AM

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I hate myself but sometimes I say something is totally bitchin".

Oct 24, 2015 05:52 AM

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Susan, have not thought about it until you asked. Probably do unconsciously. Still call my smartphone my cell phone!

Oct 24, 2015 05:35 AM

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I have been caught saying "Jeepers!" quite often....I think my grandmother used to say it. Better than swearing!

Oct 24, 2015 04:58 AM

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Sometimes I catch myself saying something my mother said to me as a child.

Oct 24, 2015 04:37 AM

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Is saying "thats cool" still cool?!

Oct 24, 2015 04:22 AM

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LOL

I actually caught myself yesterday before I said to a colleague standing in the middle of an aisle of the office --- "you make a better door than a window".

Phone dial?

Service station?

Give me some time -- I'm sure I have lots more.

Oct 24, 2015 01:16 AM

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Sometimes - also - I've been known to use expressions or phrases learned in my youth in the UK that bewilder some folks in the USA!
Susan,

I have not heard that expression. I find myself translating expressions that I like from French into English. I had no idea you were Irish. A
"pshaw" and "I'll be a Monkey's Uncle" that you even know those!
Susan I do but I'm trying to think of one. Oh yes..."I'll tape that" and I still call a smartphone a cell phone.
Susan Emo

I said that very same thing to my husband just this week one day!
Great throw back expressions - I talked today about something growing like topsy
That's hysterical. Yes, I often use the term. "E ticket" for a crazy drive or ride....Disneyland hasn't had tickets for decades. LOL
Yes, that is one of the privileges of getting older, we have lots of expressions to confuse the young folks with.
I have never heard that expression before, but now I know what it means.

To answer your question...No.

I do however wish there was a translation to today's teen conversation and slang.
Yes, "I'll tape it for you". And "Cool!" though younger people use that one too.
Yes and it's the same with music. We listen to Deep Track, Classic Vinyl and all of the oldies stations. We still say what every generation said before us, "our music was the best"
I hate myself but sometimes I say something is totally bitchin".
Susan, have not thought about it until you asked. Probably do unconsciously. Still call my smartphone my cell phone!
I have been caught saying "Jeepers!" quite often....I think my grandmother used to say it. Better than swearing!
Sometimes I catch myself saying something my mother said to me as a child.
LOL

I actually caught myself yesterday before I said to a colleague standing in the middle of an aisle of the office --- "you make a better door than a window".

Phone dial?

Service station?

Give me some time -- I'm sure I have lots more.