Give a little,sugar
Sugar is a sweet kiss on the jaw. You would give it to a friend or relative as a greeting or a thank you. Elizabeth in Ga ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Re: WBMUTBB Digest, Vol 22, Issue 7
I have heard the phrase "give me a little sugar" all my life, so I do not believe it is something the writers of Mayberry made up. I suspect it may be a southern thing. Richard Sargent -- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:23:00 -0500 From: Joe To: wbmutbb@wbmutbb.com Subject: Phrase/saying Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Thanks to Ed for explaining what "I'll be dogged" means. Got another one for discussion. A few times in the early episodes, Andy uses a phrase "give her a little sugar", meaning giving someone a kiss. Is this a southern expression? (never have heard it up here in the Great White North). Or is it something Andy or the writers made up, like "a bird in this world"? Just wondering. JOE from G.I. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Sighting
Yesterday on Tales of Wells Fargo, a young man was caught by Jim Hardy, Wells Fargo agent, for robbing a stage, but the kid was needing money for his wife and new baby and farming just didn't pay the bills. Jim took him home with the money, told him he was free and to stay home and care for his wife and baby. When he went over to see his wife and baby, his wife was Betty Lynn! Then a bounty hunter tried to stop Hardy but the kid yelled, took the shot and departed this life as did the bounty hunter. A LOT of TAGS actors on this show on GRIT every afternoon. TheCameraNut is here! ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
Southerners say Sugar
>"give her a little sugar" MOST DEFINITELLY a Southern phrase... A charming Southern Gentleman will hug his sweetie and ask for some sugar. A kiss, a hug, a caress, an endearing love pat, are all "sugars". My dad called my mom, my sister and me "Hey, Sugar" when he was speaking affectionately and lovingly to any of us. It rolls off the tongue magically, unlike some names Yankees call their, ah, Sweeties. "Who's your Sugar?" Harriet, the chicken thief and Sugar to her daddy. ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
"Give her a little sugar"
In response to JOE from G.I.'s query about the phrase "Give her a little sugar": Yes, "sugar" is "kiss" in Southern slang. As a child I was told to give my grandma some sugar when we visited. Also, lecherous men would ask, "Gimme a little sugar" when flirting with women... ...which reminds me of a story that dates back to the mid-1970s. Wanda, the secretary of the grocery store my dad worked at, rightfully got furious at a salesman who had hit on her one too many times, admonishing him in front of others, "Sex sex sex, women women women, sugar sugar sugar! That's all you study!" Wanda was a #MeToo pioneer, as she embarrassed that would-be Don Juan into avoiding her from then on! Michael Eury New Bern, NC ___ WBMUTBB mailing list WBMUTBB@wbmutbb.com http://www.wbmutbb.com/
