Colorado: Where flies are a good thing, yard sales can be painful and cutting takes practice.

I so enjoy regional lingo. Last weekend was a perfect example. We had a dinner party at our house for several out of town/state friends. One woman was from Tokyo, another from the DC area, 2 from the state of Washington and one from Texas.

I told them that I was heading out the next day to cutting practice...... silence. Thoughts went to sewing, culinary school, fencing and so on. When I subsequently mentioned that I would do it with my horse, there were some looks of alarm. Then I got it and explained. Cutting horses can turn and stop quickly to "cut" a cow out of the heard who needs attention. Big ahas and laughter.

We then moved to a conversation about wet flies. I mentioned that I was going through my fly collection, picking out my best wet flies for the weekend.....silence. Smelly hobby.. weird host.. and the biggest question... WHY? To a local Coloradan, the understood context pertained to fact that they were hand or machine tied replicas of flies that moved downstream just under the surface of the water. My excitement about them revolved around the spring fly fishing season.

Three for three. My son Taylor was with us and was asking me if I remembered his most spectacular yard sale ...silence. Huh? That boy has NO LIFE! A yard sale for skiers is when you fall, losing both your poles and skis. Of course for me, yard sales are ominous but for a flexible young person... they end up being funny and great after stories. 

What about your area? Any delightful local lingo that you would like to share?

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