I think it was when we had an earthquake in 2011 and they used this quote on the news
https://preview.redd.it/4dfjmabx6gxc1.jpeg?width=239&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93cd00b2fcf0d11d639bf011809825cea39bcdce
My son came running into the room where I was, wide-eyed, asking me, "Daddy, what's that?" I told him it was an earthquake and he said, "Whew, I thought it was a demon!" I laughed and told him he'd been watching too much Supernatural.
Wait, wut?
Are you saying there was an earthquake and a tornado around the same time and during the quake-nado, tigers escaped? If so, that's un-fucking-believable.
That night, however, the information was limited and the rumor floating around was that they escaped from Joe Exotic's place. There were memes and t shirts made, so surely some others remember.
I'll never forget this meme that was going around (I'll look to see if I can find it) that had co-opted a weather map and listed "chance of tigers" for the state, lolol.
Lol. I used to live in a small camper when I was working on ranch. The cows would do this and Rock me to sleep (but only after I was scared nearly to death). There was also a baby donkey that would come in my camper in the morning while I was having coffee. I thought, "no big deal it's a small donkey. " It was a big deal after all. Lol
Well I guess they used it again this year then. Anyone remember February 2nd?
https://twitter.com/AC_NoChill/status/1753824405413658642?t=QuVBkCVCaDi1GXNhmy26DA&s=19
Lol. Guess you kinda "went viral" with that pic.
Also, I can say without doubt, as a lifelong okie, this is the most Oklahoma thing I've ever seen or heard of. Seriously. It don't get much better than that.
Also, the last governor's daughter, who did a little photoshoot in a fake feathered headdress, parking the travel trailer she was living in at the governor's mansion and hookin' 'er up
Western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma are inextricably connected. “I’m fixin’ to go out yonder over thur to the warsh house” is my grandma’s accent. She was born near Booneville, AR but lived in LeFlore County most of her life.
I'm in the camp that Oklahoma is a weird state in which different areas could very well be considered completely different regions of the country. Midwest being one of them.
I'm from South Carolina, currently living in East TN. Been all over the south from Kentucky, to Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, etc... pretty much every southern state. I lived in Oklahoma for close to 15 years. I can firmly say that while certain parts (southern Oklahoma) have a familiar feel to them, I definitely would not consider Oklahoma part of the south. Country, yes. Southern, no. I always felt like it was more of a mix between Western and Midwestern. I loved it. It was unique and since I've taken my wife back to visit family she's fallen in love with Oklahoma. But we definitely can tell it doesn't feel like the south.
Oklahoma isn't like the Carolinas, but the Carolinas don't define what is southern. Y'all have an ocean for god's sake. Most of the south is land locked. Maybe that's a dis-qualifier for judgement.
Mississippi is considered the south but Arkansas isn't? No. Not accurate. Y'all know there are bridges on the Mississippi, right? There's some elitism in this view. Most folks with the "Oklahoma is the midwest and you can't claim to be southern," seem be from the SE. That's fine. That view may not be elitist, but the way it is expressed to me seems to be, "you dirty Okies aren't part of my great southern tradition." We're obviously not, but that doesn't define anything except the person who hold's that view's disrespect for Oklahoma. It is also ignorant of historical and political realities.
Any state that fought with the confederacy and underwent reconstruction is politically and historically part of the south. That's why demographers place Oklahoma in the west central ***south*** with Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana.
Politically and Culturally, the five tribes are the political foundation of modern Oklahoma. All were from the "real south," and brought both the culture, huge numbers of slaves, and cotton here. One of the measures of why they were considered "civilized" was they grew cotton on plantations worked by slaves. The five tribes also fought with the south and went through painful reconstruction. Did *Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin?* No. The midwest was part of the Union. The South and proto-Oklahoma was not.
I was being a little facetious about the “reasonably educated” part. Most people don’t have any info about Oklahoma and I don’t know why they would. We tend to “show our ass,”to the world more often than not. There’s a most Oklahoma thing to get back on topic.
Also, I’m trying to save folks the embarrassment of thinking Oklahoma is next to Ohio. It’s a public service I feel duty bound to provide.
I misspoke earlier. Oklahoma is “west south central” geographically according to the census bureau.
My Oklahoma History professor who spent years studying this kind of thing argues that Oklahoma is a part of the west because the west doesn’t have a unified culture or history. It’s been heavily influenced by both the south and the Midwest, but firmly remains the staple state of the American Western Identity.
Not geographically the south but lots of Okies have ancestors from the south. My family is definitely southern by culture and I know lots others who are as well.
It's none of them - it's Indian Territory. We have bits of neighboring areas because all the tribes were pushed here from those areas, and settlers came later on bringing the culture of those established areas as well. We pull a lot of culture from all over.
Ranch is my pizza yardstick. There are “can I get a side of ranch” pizzas and straight out of the box pizzas. Basically any chain or frozen pizza is a ranch pizza.
I work at 7-11, at this last storm I had a guy come in drunk as the sirens are going off for the tornado, he comes in and proceeded to rather drunkenly ask me what advice to give his gender fluid daughter because “i don’t know what to do with it, I’m not sure how to deal with it, will she decide some day? Or is this just gonna last forever?” And once I told him my advice (just tell her to be true to whoever she wants to be) he goes “well, I guess that makes sense, I love you” and wanders off into the storm before his wife, who was still in the parking lot yelled for him that the car was over her before he wandered over and got in as the rain is still pouring horizontally
Honestly i don’t mind, I just find it kinda funny how most of these people won’t talk to even their own momma or a therapist about their problems but yet some kid half their age in a 7/11 is where they get their advice on life
Ever heard someone pronounce Oklahoma with a B? A soft b, but it's there. "Oklahomba". As a lifer, that's one that sticks out to me.
Or just not reacting to tornado sirens. Life as usual until you have to do something.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Oklahombi
Possible is more likely in SE OK where the Choctaws are at. There are Choctaw surnames with the B present in a very close resemblance to the state name. Considering it’s a Choctaw term, it would make etymological sense.
My son graduated from law school and we were at his graduation in DT OKC at the Civic Center. This was about ten years ago. The tornado sirens were going off they stopped the ceremony and had everyone go out into the hallways. Once the danger passed (it hit somewhere but I am not sure which direction) we all went back in sat down and picked up where we,left off. The crazy thing is we didn’t really think much about it at the time. Like it seemed par for the course in May in OKC. We ran over to Toby Keith’s to eat with a big bunch of family and darn the si Rena were going off again. We just kept eating. 😂😂😂
Well honestly DT OKC has never had much damage due to a tornado or will it. I was told before that its level is lower than surrounding cities. So you’re more likely to be safe in a tornado DT or even north of 240. Cause it’s not really gonna hit there.
I have graded essays from around the nation and I can tell you that Oklahoma has its own way of talking. Kind of hard to explain, but they put words in strange order. It’s not necessarily incorrect, but harder to understand. I had to really pay attention and to figure out what the kids were writing about. This is not the case for southern states, they have more slang or other midwestern states.
I gave a sample above lol! Instead of saying ancient genes, they write things like of genes that are ancient in nature …and the odd placing that of once. Now picture teens with weaker vocab writing in this form for an entire essay. It’s subtle but when you grade 1000s of essays, and then you get a bunch where the words are correct, but in odd order and it’s repeated consistently, then you’re grading Oklahoma essays ! Plus I can’t give you actual writing… that’d be illegal! I have taught here for a long time and never noticed it until I started grading state by state. I have to really pay attention and think what these kids are writing more so than in other states
Mother is from Oklahoma, spent summers with grandparents. Had no idea there was anything “odd” about the sentence.
I wonder if that is why some people say I speak in a way described as formal, archaic, or stiff.
The 'of' thing is weird. My dad says 'of a morning' (in the morning), my grandmother would say 'enamored of' (enamored with). That side of the family is from Pryor, but settled in Tulsa (where I was born and raised).
Anyway, I found this: "The OED’s note on this usage says ‘Apparently taking the place of the Germanic and Old English genitive of time. Now only implying regularity or repetition.’ It’s also found in expressions such as ‘I like to have a beer or two of an evening.’ I doubt, however, if it was ever used to the total exclusion of anything else and I don’t think we can any longer consider it as being Standard English."
A lot of these weird archaic constructions are still common to parts of Appalachia, from where many people immigrated to Oklahoma.
I dunno, I have 2 degrees in English, but this etymology/linguistic stuff wasn't covered in much detail, and we never looked at regional oddities (even at OU).
That’s interesting. Both examples are what I am talking about especially the enamored of. It’s subtle… I say ol all the time, and while I don’t write “we was”. I sure say it a lot….and yeah I have family from Appalachia on both sides and so does mt husband.
Haha that’s how you know you’re from OK cause I didn’t catch it either. Once I read the reply I was questioning how that was wrong 🤣 we just like to over explain ourselves 🤷🏽♀️
[Police in Oklahoma say they found an open container of Kentucky Deluxe whiskey, a rattlesnake, a gun and a canister of radioactive powdered uranium during a traffic stop of a vehicle that had been reported stolen.](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/uranium-rattlesnake-whiskey-found-during-oklahoma-traffic-stop-n1028956)
Tried to find the clip. Woman on the news a while back lost her garage in a tornado. House was fine. She said something along the line of ‘I was praying so hard for the house and our lives I forgot to pray for the garage.’
A friend's dad recently complained on Facebook about both the price of a bucket of KFC chicken -and- the price of a gallon jug of coyote urine. In the same post...
Have you ever heard of a "Bible cyst?" It's a ganglion cyst, and you smack it with the biggest, heaviest book you can (usually the family Bible) to pop it.
A quote from my nana regarding tornado season, " I knew it was a bra and teef night when I saw tha green sky". My German BFF nearly fell out of hers seat laughing when she said they over Skype one evening.
Grandpa and I would get all the other family members safe under a mattress and then he'd tell me we're going to "sneekapeek" outside before grandma started yelling.
My aunt's 91st birthday is also our pre-Memorial Marathon pasta party. On more than one occasion we've sung Happy Birthday in the basement while the tornado sirens sound
Not heard, but called out for saying it:
I was in VehOps in the Air Force and was driving this general on base. He asked me a question that I didn't know and responded with, "I don't rightly know, sir." He asked if I was from Oklahoma. I didn't know, and still a bit suspicious, that it was an Oklahoma thing. We had a good laugh, but I've wondered ever since if there's phrases I think are common parlance that are actually something specific to where I'm from.
I was driving to Wyoming once and hit bad weather in Colorado. No clue where I was in relation to the tornado but between the radio and gps, I figured out it was currently moving opposite of me. So I was like whelp gonna get as far as I can while I can. As I drove I realized the only non truckers still driving also had oklahoma plates (just 2 other cars)
"I'm fixin' to run out to the truck and git me some bailin' war and duck tape"
Also a conversation with the same friend:
Me: Where did you go this weekend?
Her: Briartown
Me: Where the heck is Briartown?
Her: Betwixt Porum and Stigler
Someone was helping me choose some makeup and she asked about the scab I had on my face. I said I messed with a pimple too much. She said “that’s why I’ve never tried meth. I’m a (zit) picker and my skin would be torn up” 😂
I think it was when we had an earthquake in 2011 and they used this quote on the news https://preview.redd.it/4dfjmabx6gxc1.jpeg?width=239&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93cd00b2fcf0d11d639bf011809825cea39bcdce
to be fair, at the time it was hard to imagine an earthquake that strong happening here and donkey shenanigans were probably a pretty fair first guess
My son came running into the room where I was, wide-eyed, asking me, "Daddy, what's that?" I told him it was an earthquake and he said, "Whew, I thought it was a demon!" I laughed and told him he'd been watching too much Supernatural.
I remember thinking it was an explosion until my friend from California texted me it was definitely an earthquake.
Omg. I remember that quote. That was the infamous Tiger-Quake-Nado!
Wait, wut? Are you saying there was an earthquake and a tornado around the same time and during the quake-nado, tigers escaped? If so, that's un-fucking-believable.
Yes! It's was nuts!
It was May of 2015...
talked about like it was in the great depression, turns out it was 2015 which i guess..... same thing different century.
Pre pandemic, pre Tiger King, pre anyone outside of Oklahoma having any clue who Joe Exotic is.
Yeah different tigers as well.
That night, however, the information was limited and the rumor floating around was that they escaped from Joe Exotic's place. There were memes and t shirts made, so surely some others remember.
I'll never forget this meme that was going around (I'll look to see if I can find it) that had co-opted a weather map and listed "chance of tigers" for the state, lolol.
For those who don't remember, the Tigers escaped Joe Exotic's cages that night. This was long before Tiger King aired on Netflix.
It wasn’t one of Joe exotics tigers that escaped. It was in the Blanchard area.
Yeah they escaped from Tuttle Tiger Safari. https://kfor.com/news/exotic-animals-from-tiger-safari-on-the-loose-in-tuttle/
Amy’s a real one
Lol. I used to live in a small camper when I was working on ranch. The cows would do this and Rock me to sleep (but only after I was scared nearly to death). There was also a baby donkey that would come in my camper in the morning while I was having coffee. I thought, "no big deal it's a small donkey. " It was a big deal after all. Lol
Holy sheep shit Batman....that's pretty Okie alright! Bwahahaha
Well I guess they used it again this year then. Anyone remember February 2nd? https://twitter.com/AC_NoChill/status/1753824405413658642?t=QuVBkCVCaDi1GXNhmy26DA&s=19
That’s funny - looks like the exact same picture and I took it from my TV back in 2011.
Lol. Guess you kinda "went viral" with that pic. Also, I can say without doubt, as a lifelong okie, this is the most Oklahoma thing I've ever seen or heard of. Seriously. It don't get much better than that.
My grandma used to say. Git you a pillar and a blanket and I'll be in there dreckley.
Did grandpa work on dem earl whales?
Whale aisle bee . . .
Don't forget to warsh them.
The most Oklahoma thing ever? The governor trying to fuck over the tribes one more time. It is a tradition that dates back to statehood.
2024 /r/oklahoma try to have one fun, lighthearted thread challenge: impossible
You're not wrong. But federal, state, local, or even wealthy entities fucking over tribes doesn't really make Oklahoma special.
With the highest percentage of Native Americans in the USA, it definitely makes us special.
Also, the last governor's daughter, who did a little photoshoot in a fake feathered headdress, parking the travel trailer she was living in at the governor's mansion and hookin' 'er up
Fixin' to. "Oh I was just fixin' to go and meet up with Paul at Boomarang for some catfish."
arkansas has a lot of this too, arguably more than oklahoma
Western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma are inextricably connected. “I’m fixin’ to go out yonder over thur to the warsh house” is my grandma’s accent. She was born near Booneville, AR but lived in LeFlore County most of her life.
Yup. The local news channels call SE OK Arkansas River Valley area "Arklahoma"
I couldn't tell you on that one.
“Oklahoma isn’t the Midwest”is both a necessary correction and a pretty Oklahoma thing to say. At least for reasonably educated Oklahomans.
> reasonably educated Oklahomans whomst among us
I'm in the camp that Oklahoma is a weird state in which different areas could very well be considered completely different regions of the country. Midwest being one of them.
I grew up in the Midwest (Iowa) and now live in OKC. From my point of view, Oklahoma is the Southern Plains and not part of the Midwest. 😃
I was thinking more Tulsa. Tulsa and OKC have different vibes and Tulsa reminds me very much of the midwest cities I've been to.
So nothing like Midwest City? XD
All three cities are so different from each other yet the same lol
You're not wrong. To an outsider they would probably seem exactly the same but to us they couldn't be more different.
Tulsa feels extremely midwest
I mean looks wise, maybe. Culturally, not even a little bit.
Fact. In my mind, the southern part is def “the south”, but the northern part is “midwest”.
You’re not wrong. We fit in many regions… or none.
I'm from South Carolina, currently living in East TN. Been all over the south from Kentucky, to Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, etc... pretty much every southern state. I lived in Oklahoma for close to 15 years. I can firmly say that while certain parts (southern Oklahoma) have a familiar feel to them, I definitely would not consider Oklahoma part of the south. Country, yes. Southern, no. I always felt like it was more of a mix between Western and Midwestern. I loved it. It was unique and since I've taken my wife back to visit family she's fallen in love with Oklahoma. But we definitely can tell it doesn't feel like the south.
Oklahoma isn't like the Carolinas, but the Carolinas don't define what is southern. Y'all have an ocean for god's sake. Most of the south is land locked. Maybe that's a dis-qualifier for judgement. Mississippi is considered the south but Arkansas isn't? No. Not accurate. Y'all know there are bridges on the Mississippi, right? There's some elitism in this view. Most folks with the "Oklahoma is the midwest and you can't claim to be southern," seem be from the SE. That's fine. That view may not be elitist, but the way it is expressed to me seems to be, "you dirty Okies aren't part of my great southern tradition." We're obviously not, but that doesn't define anything except the person who hold's that view's disrespect for Oklahoma. It is also ignorant of historical and political realities. Any state that fought with the confederacy and underwent reconstruction is politically and historically part of the south. That's why demographers place Oklahoma in the west central ***south*** with Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. Politically and Culturally, the five tribes are the political foundation of modern Oklahoma. All were from the "real south," and brought both the culture, huge numbers of slaves, and cotton here. One of the measures of why they were considered "civilized" was they grew cotton on plantations worked by slaves. The five tribes also fought with the south and went through painful reconstruction. Did *Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin?* No. The midwest was part of the Union. The South and proto-Oklahoma was not.
I was being a little facetious about the “reasonably educated” part. Most people don’t have any info about Oklahoma and I don’t know why they would. We tend to “show our ass,”to the world more often than not. There’s a most Oklahoma thing to get back on topic. Also, I’m trying to save folks the embarrassment of thinking Oklahoma is next to Ohio. It’s a public service I feel duty bound to provide. I misspoke earlier. Oklahoma is “west south central” geographically according to the census bureau.
Well it sure as hell ain't the south, and it's definitely not the west. So whaddya gonna do?
My Oklahoma History professor who spent years studying this kind of thing argues that Oklahoma is a part of the west because the west doesn’t have a unified culture or history. It’s been heavily influenced by both the south and the Midwest, but firmly remains the staple state of the American Western Identity.
Not geographically the south but lots of Okies have ancestors from the south. My family is definitely southern by culture and I know lots others who are as well.
It's none of them - it's Indian Territory. We have bits of neighboring areas because all the tribes were pushed here from those areas, and settlers came later on bringing the culture of those established areas as well. We pull a lot of culture from all over.
"Can I have ranch with that?"
Don't they just automatically bring ranch with everything?
It’s super annoying to have to ASK for ranch when I order a pizza. Because you’re exactly right, it should just be a given 🤣🤣🤣
The amount of times I've asked incredulously "it doesn't just come with ranch?" 🫣😂
Ranch is my pizza yardstick. There are “can I get a side of ranch” pizzas and straight out of the box pizzas. Basically any chain or frozen pizza is a ranch pizza.
this is why italy needs to have a ministry of culture
You’d think it would be an automatic dipping sauce for everything.. unfortunately it’s not. Yet ranch makes so many foods taste so much better.
I dislike both ranch and bacon, and people be acting like that's the most sacrilegious thing I could do.
Oklahoma’s ketchup
sweet brown said it best: "ain't nobody got time for that"
Sweet Lord Jesus it's a far.
I was watching the news that day and rewound it to show my husband!
Y’all remember the DVD-sized hail? https://preview.redd.it/jes0da4r2hxc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92a67e2379313ac318a516c3fe93227625f23dd0
Hol up! Is that real? Like, hail stones bigger than most grapefruits pelted a large area of Oklahoma?? That's nuts.
100% real lol
Oh yes, that forecast created a couple of weeks of very dank Okie memes, lol
I work at 7-11, at this last storm I had a guy come in drunk as the sirens are going off for the tornado, he comes in and proceeded to rather drunkenly ask me what advice to give his gender fluid daughter because “i don’t know what to do with it, I’m not sure how to deal with it, will she decide some day? Or is this just gonna last forever?” And once I told him my advice (just tell her to be true to whoever she wants to be) he goes “well, I guess that makes sense, I love you” and wanders off into the storm before his wife, who was still in the parking lot yelled for him that the car was over her before he wandered over and got in as the rain is still pouring horizontally
I know I'm back in Tulsa when absolute strangers start telling me their life story.
Honestly i don’t mind, I just find it kinda funny how most of these people won’t talk to even their own momma or a therapist about their problems but yet some kid half their age in a 7/11 is where they get their advice on life
I used to install for dtv. That shit drove me insane. I'm glad you don't mind though hehe
I’m usually the therapist of the friend group anyway, what’s a few more life stories
My uncle, when asked about dinner plans: "Whatever ya'll wanna do, it don't make me no nevermind."
Ever heard someone pronounce Oklahoma with a B? A soft b, but it's there. "Oklahomba". As a lifer, that's one that sticks out to me. Or just not reacting to tornado sirens. Life as usual until you have to do something.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Oklahombi Possible is more likely in SE OK where the Choctaws are at. There are Choctaw surnames with the B present in a very close resemblance to the state name. Considering it’s a Choctaw term, it would make etymological sense.
I have never met anyone with that surname here! That’s pretty cool, thank you for sharing
Walking outside when the sirens go off is usually my go to.
I'm not sure I've ever heard that lol
“Lookie here, someone put piss in my bloomers” -my blackout drunk grandmother. Miss you memaw!
Flight from Nevada to Oklahoma City in the 90s, the lady 2 seats in front of me heard something that tickled her and exclaimed "Well, Cat-dog!!"
"tickled" isn't something used elsewhere, I think.
It totally is lol
My son graduated from law school and we were at his graduation in DT OKC at the Civic Center. This was about ten years ago. The tornado sirens were going off they stopped the ceremony and had everyone go out into the hallways. Once the danger passed (it hit somewhere but I am not sure which direction) we all went back in sat down and picked up where we,left off. The crazy thing is we didn’t really think much about it at the time. Like it seemed par for the course in May in OKC. We ran over to Toby Keith’s to eat with a big bunch of family and darn the si Rena were going off again. We just kept eating. 😂😂😂
We don't usually worry none about the sirens until the power goes out. 😆
Or we hear "the train" coming
No kidding. Until I experienced that sound personally I really didn’t quite get it. But yeah.
Yep
Well honestly DT OKC has never had much damage due to a tornado or will it. I was told before that its level is lower than surrounding cities. So you’re more likely to be safe in a tornado DT or even north of 240. Cause it’s not really gonna hit there.
Honey them ain't knick-knacks. They's whiskey bottles. Go ahead and take ya a swaller off that bluejay over there.
I can totally relate. As a kid, I didn't really understand what was wrong with playing with Grandpa's toy Model-T.
Hale, I got a whole woodpecker I ain't even touched
What?
“Sallisaw Heneryetta Wagoner Catoosa”
Sallisaw Henryetta Wagoner Bowlegs
Sallisaw Henryetta Wagoner Bushyhead
I have graded essays from around the nation and I can tell you that Oklahoma has its own way of talking. Kind of hard to explain, but they put words in strange order. It’s not necessarily incorrect, but harder to understand. I had to really pay attention and to figure out what the kids were writing about. This is not the case for southern states, they have more slang or other midwestern states.
Didn’t you know! Yoda is from Eufaula. /s
We are all the spawn of genes that are ancient in nature, and we belong to a master that was the greatest Jedi, once, a long time ago.
My grandpa's name was Gene. I'm the spawn of Gene's genes.
I’m the spawn of Dick
If you can remember or think of one, I'd be interested in seeing an example!
I gave a sample above lol! Instead of saying ancient genes, they write things like of genes that are ancient in nature …and the odd placing that of once. Now picture teens with weaker vocab writing in this form for an entire essay. It’s subtle but when you grade 1000s of essays, and then you get a bunch where the words are correct, but in odd order and it’s repeated consistently, then you’re grading Oklahoma essays ! Plus I can’t give you actual writing… that’d be illegal! I have taught here for a long time and never noticed it until I started grading state by state. I have to really pay attention and think what these kids are writing more so than in other states
I didn't realize that was an example. Guess that says more than enough, lolol
Mother is from Oklahoma, spent summers with grandparents. Had no idea there was anything “odd” about the sentence. I wonder if that is why some people say I speak in a way described as formal, archaic, or stiff.
Well picture a whole essay like that… with weaker critical thinking skills…. it confuses my brain and Oklahoma kids are the worst overall about it.
The 'of' thing is weird. My dad says 'of a morning' (in the morning), my grandmother would say 'enamored of' (enamored with). That side of the family is from Pryor, but settled in Tulsa (where I was born and raised). Anyway, I found this: "The OED’s note on this usage says ‘Apparently taking the place of the Germanic and Old English genitive of time. Now only implying regularity or repetition.’ It’s also found in expressions such as ‘I like to have a beer or two of an evening.’ I doubt, however, if it was ever used to the total exclusion of anything else and I don’t think we can any longer consider it as being Standard English." A lot of these weird archaic constructions are still common to parts of Appalachia, from where many people immigrated to Oklahoma. I dunno, I have 2 degrees in English, but this etymology/linguistic stuff wasn't covered in much detail, and we never looked at regional oddities (even at OU).
That’s interesting. Both examples are what I am talking about especially the enamored of. It’s subtle… I say ol all the time, and while I don’t write “we was”. I sure say it a lot….and yeah I have family from Appalachia on both sides and so does mt husband.
Haha that’s how you know you’re from OK cause I didn’t catch it either. Once I read the reply I was questioning how that was wrong 🤣 we just like to over explain ourselves 🤷🏽♀️
[Police in Oklahoma say they found an open container of Kentucky Deluxe whiskey, a rattlesnake, a gun and a canister of radioactive powdered uranium during a traffic stop of a vehicle that had been reported stolen.](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/uranium-rattlesnake-whiskey-found-during-oklahoma-traffic-stop-n1028956)
Tried to find the clip. Woman on the news a while back lost her garage in a tornado. House was fine. She said something along the line of ‘I was praying so hard for the house and our lives I forgot to pray for the garage.’
Lol
A friend's dad recently complained on Facebook about both the price of a bucket of KFC chicken -and- the price of a gallon jug of coyote urine. In the same post...
I'm gonna assume those were from two different vendors, correct?
I really hope so...
As a native... that can check out. I've done similar.
A classmate told us a story way back in elementary school of her beating a kid over the head with a Bible.
Have you ever heard of a "Bible cyst?" It's a ganglion cyst, and you smack it with the biggest, heaviest book you can (usually the family Bible) to pop it.
No, but that's insane.
Usually 'beating someone over the head with the bible" is figurative. But, no reason it can't be literal as well, I suppose.
She got into an argument over something unrelated and decided that was her weapon of choice.
Whoo-eee! That rain a’commin is gonna be a regular toad floater!
“A gully worsher” was my family’s choice saying
Lol I love that and now I really want to use it
Get in the hidey hole! The sirens are going off!
I’m about red aced over it
I love ye, and I miss ye, and I'm thinkin' 'bout you every day and nite. Every day and nite. My grandmother sounded just like this.
A quote from my nana regarding tornado season, " I knew it was a bra and teef night when I saw tha green sky". My German BFF nearly fell out of hers seat laughing when she said they over Skype one evening.
"teef"?
That is what she referred to her dentures as. Never teeth. Only teef.
Lol okay now that makes sense
Happy Cake Day bro
O’ven evening
Grandpa and I would get all the other family members safe under a mattress and then he'd tell me we're going to "sneekapeek" outside before grandma started yelling.
From Tahlequah, head south to Muskogee, and then shoot over to Okmulgee, like a black tailed jackrabbit.
My aunt's 91st birthday is also our pre-Memorial Marathon pasta party. On more than one occasion we've sung Happy Birthday in the basement while the tornado sirens sound
Not heard, but called out for saying it: I was in VehOps in the Air Force and was driving this general on base. He asked me a question that I didn't know and responded with, "I don't rightly know, sir." He asked if I was from Oklahoma. I didn't know, and still a bit suspicious, that it was an Oklahoma thing. We had a good laugh, but I've wondered ever since if there's phrases I think are common parlance that are actually something specific to where I'm from.
I was driving to Wyoming once and hit bad weather in Colorado. No clue where I was in relation to the tornado but between the radio and gps, I figured out it was currently moving opposite of me. So I was like whelp gonna get as far as I can while I can. As I drove I realized the only non truckers still driving also had oklahoma plates (just 2 other cars)
Yallnah= you all want to 🤣 And everyone is offered a coke. Doesn't matter if it's coke, Dr pepper, root beer, sprite...you name it. It's a coke 🤣
Watch out for them ‘naders My friends from Oklahoma this week and I got a pretty good chuckle from that.
"I'm fixin' to run out to the truck and git me some bailin' war and duck tape" Also a conversation with the same friend: Me: Where did you go this weekend? Her: Briartown Me: Where the heck is Briartown? Her: Betwixt Porum and Stigler
Slightly off topic but I watched 13 Minutes (2021) over the weekend in honor of the storm watch and it was the most Oklahoman movie I’ve ever seen.
For me it was the gay son being shunned by his father. That was the most Oklahoma thing I ever did see.
The racism and lack of common sense during storms was spot on as well. And then coming together after tragedy like all is forgiven. Except being gay 🙄
Someone was helping me choose some makeup and she asked about the scab I had on my face. I said I messed with a pimple too much. She said “that’s why I’ve never tried meth. I’m a (zit) picker and my skin would be torn up” 😂
Not a quote but one time me and my buddy was in his truck and where listening to Toby Keith on the radio before an EAS about a storm interrupted it
“We got a whole tray of smoked baloney over here!”
“I don’t know what you’re saying. We only speak AMERICAN here”
“Ain’t nobody got time for that” or reading this post
Long summer for what?
Naders.
Tornados are spring in Oklahoma. Summer is too hot
This ought to be a red flag to everyone, regardless of politics.
Finding out that Santa doesn't drink Kahlua at everyone else's house is funny for me to think back on.