Oh, for cute, oh, for nice, and oh, for dumb are Minnesota expressions built on oh, for plus an adjective, often to pass a quick judgment or exclamation. Jesse in Gainesville, Florida, grew up hearing them in northern Minnesota, especially from...
Janie in Gainesville, Florida, remembers her grandmother Othella Mae Hatfield’s Appalachian version of an old anti-wishing proverb: “Wish in one hand and tacky in the other, and tell me which one gets full first.” Tacky here is probably a family...