Yesterday , I was very surprised that no one had heard of the term "open fall" . That made me think about it's origin.
Now I should have gone to Mr Google before I wrote the post. Well, guess what? Mr. Google hasn't heard of "open fall" either.
So now I wish Dad was here so that I could ask him if he knew the origin of the saying. He would probably say, "I have no idea where it comes from".
So I remember another term Dad used. If someone was feeling out of sorts...grumpy he would use the term "crakin around". Usually it was Mother who got described with this term.
Okay, I said, "I'll be smarter this time and check with Mr Google." I was sure Mr google would have this term.
Well, you guessed it. Mr Google has never heard of this term either.
I'm wondering if these were terms that Dad made up himself. ? Dad had a good vocabulary and was an avid reader.
Has any body heard the term "crakin around"?
Definitely not me.
ReplyDeleteGoogle is a youngster. Your Dad had good terms. Betcha some neighbor farmers had the same vocabulary. It's not open fall in KC: we got up to 26 degrees (F) today. Good weather to stay in the barn. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeleteI agree that it was a localized term.
DeleteNo. But both make sense completely!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting Hiawatha house.
DeleteNo, It is new to me. Take care, have a great new week!
ReplyDeleteI think it was probably very rural.
DeleteNot me! My fave phrase is JB's 'holy liftin snappers!' He doesn't know where that came from, either!
ReplyDeleteThat one will catch your attention.
DeleteHere in Seattle it’s hard to get through a day without hearing something about the Kraken, our new ice hockey team. So, if I heard “crakin around”, I’d probably attribute it to a hockey fan. By the way, are you sure Google is a “Mr”? 😊
ReplyDeleteDidn't know you had a hockey team by that name. You're a rabble rouser to catch that I only attributed mr Google as male.
DeleteThey are probably his own terms or used by a limited family circle.
ReplyDeletei THINKIT WAS THE COMMUNITY THAT USED THEM.
DeleteI googled the word "kraken" to see if that spelling might bring up a definition. Here's what I found: Verb. kraken. (transitive) to crack, break open (a shell) (intransitive) to make a creaky sound, like something being cracked.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if that's what your dad was saying. Mmm?
I think you're probably right. Dad's first language was German and the way you spell it could be German.
DeleteFamily culture is often rich the way yours was! I hope the terms are passed along in the family.
ReplyDeleteThe terms are not likely to survive as I'm probably the only one who remembers them.
DeleteNope! I think your dad made up his own language!
ReplyDeleteSome people do that like my son-in-law.
DeleteNope I haven't heard of that one either:)
ReplyDeleteI'll bet you could dig up a few Finnish sayings that were used in your community.
DeleteNO, but I like it.
ReplyDeleteIt was a negative term.
DeleteI have of 'get cracking'. I wonder that is where he took it from. His open fall sounds like what we call 'Indian Summer'.
ReplyDeleteThe term was always used in a negative way.
DeleteI thought of you today. I am reading Ivan Doig's 'The Sea Runner'.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm going to have to find the Sea runner.
DeleteI'm as ignorant as everyone else about the terms.
ReplyDeleteBut I'll bet you've got lots of local terms used there.
DeleteI never thought my language was too difficult to understand until I married someone from another culture whose English is a second language. We've been married just shy of 20 years and I still get the occasional question of what a particular phrase means and I have to pause and ponder where it came from. English is full of phrases that can't be taken literally.
ReplyDeleteNever heard the saying.
ReplyDeleteBut Ireland will have many such terms that are localized.
DeleteI don't find terms amymore that were used hardly thirty five to forty years ago .I was much into old Urdu literature as little girl so I know the terms existed in reality. Your father too might have had learned them from his readings
ReplyDeleteNope. I've never heard of open fall or crakin around. Then again, I'm sure you haven't heard a lot of the phrases we say in Hawaii either.
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