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14. Just so you don't feel alone...

Mon Mar 1, 2021, 09:05 PM

Mar 2021

I got it.

My childhood was on the Great Plains, if that helps locate the dialect.

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The term "three cornered pants" mean nothing to anyone under the age of 50. [View all] trof Mar 2021 OP

I'm 60 and I'm stumped 😬 MLAA Mar 2021 #1

I'm older than that and I'm stumped whathehell Mar 2021 #2

Diapers sop Mar 2021 #3

My thought too Dan Mar 2021 #7

Yep trof Mar 2021 #11

I know what a 3 cornered rent is in a piece... 3catwoman3 Mar 2021 #4

I'm 69. It's a new one on me. argyl Mar 2021 #5

I'm well over 50 and it doesn't mean anything to me, either. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #6

did you leave off a zero? Thomas Hurt Mar 2021 #8

You stumped me with that one my friend. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #9

Is that a 'Southernism'? trof Mar 2021 #10

72 next month; it's a new one on me, too. NBachers Mar 2021 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author NBachers Mar 2021 #13

Just so you don't feel alone... dpibel Mar 2021 #14

I'm almost 77 and I've never heard of this. Mickju Mar 2021 #15

I'm 72 and have no idea what they are. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #16