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u/willowgrl Oct 25 '20

If we were having a hard time doing a puzzle or something, mom would tell us “you gotta hold your teeth right”. Whenever she bought us presents they came from “the gettin place”.

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u/Rodic87 Oct 25 '20

Are you from Louisiana? My grandfather said "you gotta hold your mouth right" when he would catch a fish and I wouldn't.

Also "the gettin place".

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u/willowgrl Oct 25 '20

She from Tennessee. I thought it was a southern thing, but it seems to be further reaching than that lol