Hi Frank: Thanks so much for taking the time to sharing the recollections of your youth, growing up in Oklahoma. Idioms, like music, are extremely evocative, and can usher a flood of delightful memories. Like the dozens of dialects of English in the UK, the US has many regional dialects. The greatest study and collection of these is the landmark Dictionary of Regional English, a 6-volume work that shows you where certain words and idioms are spoken. And there are dozens of books on idioms and their histories. The English language contains over 20,000 of them. And we learn them mainly through oral tradition. So your grandmother was a great teacher, passing on idioms that she learned throughout her life. How wonderful that you are beginning to record the many idioms and words, and their history, that you heard in your youth, creating a lexicological history, as it were. Just about every family has their own made up words and idioms, exclusive to them, and this is a unique legacy that most people don't really consider and realize how important it is to a family's legacy and identity. Let's hope that your reflections and work inspire other readers to do the same. If any other readers have similar story to Frank's, please share them. A great way to share our common connection to language through oral traditions. Cheers. Alex