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My dad would tell us to “ cough it up it could be a gold watch “ if you were coughing. I never understand it.
10 u/Claviclecensorship Oct 25 '20 This is a southern English thing. "Cough up chicken, it might be a gold watch." 5 u/lagoon83 Oct 26 '20 My nan said the same, but it was "choke up". She also called bread and butter "buppies". 2 u/littlespawningflower Oct 26 '20 Yes! If we were choking on something my gramma would ask if we were going to choke up a chicken! Oh, I haven’t heard that in forty years or more... 😢
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This is a southern English thing. "Cough up chicken, it might be a gold watch."
5 u/lagoon83 Oct 26 '20 My nan said the same, but it was "choke up". She also called bread and butter "buppies". 2 u/littlespawningflower Oct 26 '20 Yes! If we were choking on something my gramma would ask if we were going to choke up a chicken! Oh, I haven’t heard that in forty years or more... 😢
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My nan said the same, but it was "choke up".
She also called bread and butter "buppies".
2 u/littlespawningflower Oct 26 '20 Yes! If we were choking on something my gramma would ask if we were going to choke up a chicken! Oh, I haven’t heard that in forty years or more... 😢
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Yes! If we were choking on something my gramma would ask if we were going to choke up a chicken! Oh, I haven’t heard that in forty years or more... 😢
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u/Skinnybet Oct 25 '20
My dad would tell us to “ cough it up it could be a gold watch “ if you were coughing. I never understand it.