Friday, December 22, 2006

And the Winners Are . . .

The lucky winners of our Country Colloquialism Contest:

1st -- Karin of DoubleDutyDiary

The first thing I thought of when I read about this contest was a plaque that rests above the kitchen table in my Oma's (grandma's) house in New Jersey. It's written in the country German (Platdeutch), as opposed to the formal German (Hochdeutsh), as my grandparents were both born and raised on rural farmland in Northern Germany. So it's just perfect for the country angle of your contest.

Anyway, the text is written in "low" German, with very pretty script writing, and an illustration of a glamorous woman. So, until you ask for a translation, you'd never know that it really says:

This is my kitchen and I do as I damn well please.


2nd -- Jean

My mother would get exasperated with dealing with her six kids and the thing I remember most hearing her say was, "Sometimes I just want to get my bonnet and leave!" Guess the reason I remember it so vividly was because I was afraid she might just do it. I could picture her walking up the road headed east, going up the slight hill with her bonnet on her head and never coming back. Made me shape up!


3rd -- Jennie

Better to be pissed off than pissed on - until i had my son i had no idea how anyone would know...


Congratulations Ladies! You should be receiving your prizes soon.

4 comments:

KarinGal said...

Wow, what an honor! I'm so excited.

Thanks, Shannon! I can't wait to tell my Oma...

Mom101 said...

Speaking of prizes...

Congrats, Shannon! You're the winner of a truly awesome bag o' goodies from Cool Mom Picks, just for posting our Holiday Gift Guide button here. We're happy to fill you in on all the details if you'll just email me: liz[at]coolmompicks[dot]com.

Yay!

Shannon said...

How Cool! Thanks so much!

KarinGal said...

Thanks again for the gift card -- I received it in yesterday's mail.

And I guess it's true when they say you get when you give: Congrats on winning your own Cool Mom Picks goodie bag. That's awesome.