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do you know of a southern usage for "you can stick it either way" that does NOT mean the up your ass insult? In other words have you ever heard that phrase (or similar) used say, for a choice needing to be made between two options?
"I could see going with option A or option B, you can stick it either way"
socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)is the one I'm most familiar with. As to my southern bona fides, born in Mississippi, through HS in Alabama, and 30 years in Tennessee. Not to mention the 12 generations or so before me.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)What part? East, middle, or west?
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I live in Knoxville - the only blue city in the brightest red part of the state.
(Typically, everyone thinks Knoxville is red, but it's only in the county. The city just elected a former Cesar Chavez union organizer! Woo-hoo! )
get the red out
(13,468 posts)here in Kentucky. I grew up in the eastern "mountain" part of the state and my Grandmother and Mother always made use of it.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)expression younger people use. Of course I live in rural TN who knows.
JTFrog
(14,274 posts)I tried the google and the only hits that came up lead back to democraticunderground and one reference to a discussion about nuts, bolts and latches.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)BigDemVoter
(4,157 posts)As a previous member already posted-- six of one, half dozen of another-- that one I know--
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)tosh
(4,424 posts)The up your ass insult is, though.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)Erose999
(5,624 posts)then yeah, the phrase works.
I could also be interpreted as "I don't care what you decide on, you can stick it up your ass".
If it meant the latter there would definitely be a vocal emphasis on stick it.
For example:
"Your voter machine card will scan in either direction. You can stick it either way."
"Vote for Rmoney, Frothy or Newt. You can stick it either way"
TNDemo
(3,452 posts)It makes no never mind to me. Probably not what you are looking for.
tledford
(917 posts)sofa king
(10,857 posts)According to my internal DC-to-Shenandoah Valley dialect converter.
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ProdigalJunkMail
(12,017 posts)and no...never heard it put that way. 'Stick it' is generally not something you want to tell someone you're trying to get along with...
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HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)dawg
(10,624 posts)You have to crank the car.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)Kali
(55,019 posts)I've never heard that term used that way either.
TroglodyteScholar
(5,477 posts)William769
(55,147 posts)A phrase I have never heard of until I visited a certain part of Florida is "you spoke it here"
The south is a pretty big territory. Not all things mean the same, even in a specific region.
Just my two cents.
Neoma
(10,039 posts)It might be where I got the phrase. My grandparent's went there 3 times a year probably.
Kali
(55,019 posts)so, you know "you can stick it either way" as a comment about a choice not really mattering, rather than a suggestion for action regardless of the choice?
and yet the 2 choices mentioned where this phrase came up, seem like they would matter a great deal.
so far, you and the person who used the term are the only ones who seem to be saying this is a regional idiom.
William769
(55,147 posts)Good luck with that.
dawg
(10,624 posts)Drew Richards
(1,558 posts)6 of 0ne and half a dozen of another is in reference to collecting eggs and in this context its meaning is...
Doesn't matter where you get the egg from, one chicken, many chickens or a mix of chickens and geese..an egg is an egg and (Fits) eats just the same
DevonRex
(22,541 posts)RebelOne
(30,947 posts)Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)Usually, it means doesn't really matter one way or the other. I also have family in the mountains in NC as well. They use it routinely. It is not meant as an insult at all.