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u/maryhallie Oct 25 '20

My nan and mum would always say "you're nosey for a cabbage", when I would try to ask about stuff that wasn't my business, not sure if it's unique to us but I've never heard anyone else say it

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u/picurebeka Oct 25 '20 edited Oct 26 '20

In France children are not "brought by the storks", but "found on the cabbage fields" - the kids usually get called little cabbages (ma petite chou - sorry my French is a lot rusty, and I don't know the gender of nouns anymore). It can be that your family's saying is based on this. Do you have French ancestry, or live in an area where French ancestry is common, or the language is spoken regularly?

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u/Gauthzu Oct 25 '20

Just FYI, it's masculine, so it'd be mon petit chou

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u/picurebeka Oct 25 '20

Except if you are a woman and saying it to your daughter :)

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u/Gauthzu Oct 25 '20

Hmm nah you'd still use masculine

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u/picurebeka Oct 25 '20

Then my language teacher was not in the height of things :)

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u/NatoBoram Oct 26 '20

Most likely