And that's when Shawnee chortled.

It's funnier that way

See, I'd have known that if you hadn't missed the post-punch line

And South Philadelphians say "yous", pronounced "yooze"

Olfactooooey!

Olfactooey! :lol:

you missed two hos

we need a word for those little whistle novelties that you blow on and they curl out. I suppose we call them something in English, but nothing can beat what they call them in Spanish: "tocasuegra" or, literally, "mother-in-law ticklers"

I don't recall there being a large number of Scotsmen in South Philly, but I don't get there much.

We have one. Sniglet.

From what I know, southerners say "y'all," northeasterners say "yous" or I've seen it written as "youse," and mid-westerners say "you guys." A few years after moving from Hawaii to Texas, I was still using "you guys" for the you plural form. A friend said, there are girls here too.

Sorry, I would use the word "store" with it too. But you know what would be interesting? To make a poll, asking southerners. It could be a regional or perhaps a usage in your area.

I see where you got your humor from. Your grandma is a funny woman. :)

Guys in the plural form can refer to people in general. Just as Muchachos refers to groups of mixed gender while muchachas refers to groups of women only.

Thank you, she was. We lost her the day Princess Diana died. We joked that St Peter was all aflutter about this amazing woman who had showed up at the gates, and LOOK, there's Princess Di too! I bet my grandma cracked a joke or two for her, and they got along famously (if you believe in that sort of thing.)

She was an amazing woman. Independent, strong, funny, loving. I miss her all the time. If I believed in guardian angel types, I would believe in her. When she divorced my grandpa she never remarried, and was perfectly happy living her life on her own terms.

I would like more words for snow. I am jealous of the Eskimos. They can have the seal blubber, but I want the words.

We need a word to describe the act of screen-spraying caused by the unfortunate interaction of reading humorful things on the interwebs and imbibing beverages both hot and cold