Saying "ditty" instead of diaper. Drives me crazy

My MIL (who I love) leaves out "the" when talking about other families.

We're going over to Adams.

We had dinner with Smiths.

"Put a [good] clean on it". As in, "The house was messy so I put a good clean on it." It's so redneck-y, just say you cleaned. Gah.

My MIL say "Goodness gracious" in the most incredibly annoying sing-songy baby-talk voice. Think "Gooooness gwaysis" to my children. Over and over and over. So much so that the older one says it for days after she leaves.

It makes my ears bleed.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm laughing at "French fried potatoes in May" - what a weird curse!

Do you find your MIL annoying in general?

To use a phrase from my side of the family..."Is the Pope Catholic?"

Ha! Fair enough. My family says that one, too. (And "Does a bear sh*t in the woods?") "Snicky snacks" is funny to me, but if an annoying IL said it, I would definitely find it grating.

Not so much a phrase, but she says "nun" instead of "non" so nun-refundable, nun-negotiable

"You've got a little south in your mouth" to refer to someone with a southern accent.

Anonymous wrote:This is a small one but instead of mac and cheese she says macaroni with cheese.

I'm pretty sure I say macaroni and cheese (with an "and" not a "with"). I didn't realize that was a thing.

Anonymous wrote:I'm laughing at "French fried potatoes in May" - what a weird curse!

Do you find your MIL annoying in general?

To use a phrase from my side of the family..."Is the Pope Catholic?"

This is a small one but instead of mac and cheese she says macaroni with cheese.

My MIL calls butts "coolies." So things like "sit on your coolie" or "my coolie is getting huge" and "go soak your coolie in the tub" come about.

Not my ILs but my boss: "Can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear."

Love it every time I hear it.

I'm laughing at "French fried potatoes in May" - what a weird curse!

Do you find your MIL annoying in general?

Somebody's got the hicc-um-ups.

We all have odd sayings in our families, but since we grow up with them, they seem normal. But then when we hear certain sayings from the ILs...it's like, what?

Weird stuff my ILs say:

"That's as fine as frog's hair."

"Snicky snacks"
(As in, my MIL will put out crackers and cheese, and call it "Just some snicky snacks until dinner." It's shorter to say "snacks," and "snacks" accurately conveys the meaning of a small meal...so why SNICKY SNACKS? It drives me crazy.)

"French-fried potatoes in May" as a curse of some sort. Unclear.