THE TOP BEST LOVED BRITISH MUM-ISMS:
Money doesn't grow on trees
Don't talk with your mouth full
Don't eat that, you'll spoil your dinner
If someone asked you to jump off a cliff, would you?
Do not slam the door
I've got eyes in the back of my head
If the wind changes, you'll be stuck like that
If you don't finish your dinner, there'll be no pudding
Wait until your dad gets home
Were you born in a barn?
I want never gets
I don't care who started it
Eat your greens
I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times
Don't say what, say pardon
Ring me when you get there safely
Don't put your coat on inside, you won't feel the benefit outside
Don't put your feet on the furniture
Sit properly on your chair
Did you have any of these said to you and as a mum have you said them yourself?
Chrisxx
My mother had X ray vision she could see through walls.
ReplyDeleteI'll give you something to cry about.(I think that was my father)
Heard many,and repeated many.
ReplyDeleteWhat time do you all this?
Your not going out dressed like that?
And four special ones from my Mum&gran
Trust in the Lord
These things shall pass
The Lord will provide
If you have a blessing, pass it on
Oh yes!
ReplyDeleteOh my word I remember every one of these my mother's saying to me. And sometimes I think she said every one of them to me in a single day. I must have been a pretty bad kid. Glad to know you've got your flowers as my daffodils are coming on strong now. We had a windstorm on Friday if it took our power out for 2 days. It was still below freezing so needless to say we were very cold inside the house. Grateful that they got it back on when they did.
ReplyDeleteThese are common here in the US, too.
ReplyDeleteMy Mum said them all, but I didn't hear 'Were you born in a barn?' until I met my first husband.
ReplyDeleteI had to break it to my Mum that telling me to say 'pardon' instead of 'what' was actually always wrong. Here in the UK pardon' is short for 'I beg your pardon', usually to be said in a very snooty way, and 'what' is the correct term as it is short for 'what did you say'.
They are generational and well used here too.
ReplyDeleteI remember those from my Mum.
ReplyDeleteI'm in the USA and my mom used a lot of those same sayings.
ReplyDeleteThose all ring bells with me. I certainly heard them from Mum and I think my own children probably heard a good selection of them from me over the years.
ReplyDeleteI certainly had a chuckle at your list. My mother was the disciplinarian so waiting for my father to get home did not happen, shame as she might have forgotten by then. In N.Z. it is usually "were you born in a tent?" Another of my mother's was "stand on your head" if we dared mentioned boredom. I am 69 and remember them like it was yesterday.
ReplyDeleteOh yes I've heard most all of these and have said a few of them myself.
ReplyDeleteOne my mom used to say which I didn't care for was, Do as I say, not as I do.
LOL Oh yes!
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
I find myself saying such to the granddaughters especially about feet on the furniture.
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