Well, I Swan!

Imp, I haven't heard the expression, "I swan," since I was a little kid. Where did you pick that up?

The woman in the video could be me---some days worse than others.:)
 
NancyNGA said:
Imp, I haven't heard the expression, "I swan," since I was a little kid. Where did you pick that up?

The woman in the video could be me---some days worse than others.:)
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Ha! But you do remember hearing it, as I do. Not real sure, but seems like Andy Devine said it once in a movie, where he was so surprised by something, that was all he could say! My wife says her grandma used the phrase, and thinks I picked it up from her, but I never rec all her saying it. We're both getting a little foggy, and me, a bit swoggled, too! imp
 
Very funny! I, too, remember my uncles, aunts, and grandparents saying that when I was a small kid in rural Central Texas. Thought maybe the expression was unique to our area, but evidently not.
 
That's a new one on me! Having spent my first 30 years outside of Chicago, I was amazed when I moved out West by the dialectic differences, even different meanings for words. As a kid, we took home groceries in a bag; in Nevada it was sack.

Lots of folks in Indiana (my wife born & raised there) say "feesh", "transmeeshion", "grosheries".

Missouri Ozarks was quite interesting, neighbor told me he had a "pahl a pop". Took awhile: pile of pipe. imp
 
Love it! thanks Imp. I have heard my mother use "I swan" and I even looked at her funny...haha. I guess it's nicer than "I swear" maybe?

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