Ever hear the phrase No Wheretoall?

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02-19-2014, 04:30 AM

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Aurora

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Originally Posted by piepatch

I have not heard of wheretoall, but have heard of wherewithal, meaning "what it takes". As in " he doesn't have the wherewithal to finish that project", often meaning money, but I think it can mean he doesn't have the knowledge, or dedication to do something.

I was sitting here trying to remember what it was I heard, and then piepatch puts it in writing -- wherewithal. Thanks piepatch, I would have been trying to remember that term the better part of the day. Since I looked it up, it will become my "word of the day".

wherewithal —n: 1. the wherewithal necessary funds, resources, or equipment (for something or to do something): these people lack the wherewithal for a decent existence

02-19-2014, 04:36 AM

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SimpsonFrances

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I've heard "wherewithitall"

02-19-2014, 04:37 AM

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Edie

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Originally Posted by BuzzinBumble

My family in the south had and has a lot of neat ways of saying things. No wheretoall must be like that. A southern colloquialism.
If asked where something was, my grandmother always replied "Out yonder" and we never knew where yonder was. It really cracked us up.

Edie, Piepatch is the first QBer who responded here. Hee hee.

Good Grief, is my face red!!!!!! Now, with all respect to Piepatch, I am going to rack my brain trying to think of a kind definition for Piepatch. A piepatch is a word that has been used by families from generation to generation, throughout the United States and the meaning has somewhat changed over the years. A piepatch is part of our heritage.

We had penger in our pocket (Swedish for money), Yah, Sure, you betcha, is typical Minnesota, get upset and say "Oh, for the cat's sake" (from an old old tv kids show local to us, Axel and his Treehouse.

Edie

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02-19-2014, 09:46 AM

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Whoever said it to you may have meant wherewithal, but I agree that older relatives said wheretoall, especially my northeast Texas relatives. They also said whompered or whomper jawed when something that was supposed to be straight was not. I'm originally from West Texas, where most people know what a whickerbilly is, but discovered when I moved to N Texas that nobody knows. I have to explain that it's like a thingamajig. froggyintexas

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Originally Posted by Onebyone

When I was young I would hear my older relatives describe a person as having no 'wheretoall' about them. How I spelled it is how I heard it. I got the impression the people who had no wheretoall about them were people who were useless in helping to do something or knowing what to do. Anyone know about this phrase?

02-19-2014, 01:39 PM

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oldtnquiltinglady

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The "over yonder" or "out yonder" one got to me. Ask my grandkids in Texas what is "over yonder" and they'll tell you to ask their grannie. They still don't know what it is.....hahahahah.

02-19-2014, 02:42 PM

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I don't think it's Southern... I'm from Mississippi and have never heard it. "Wherewithall", yes... "wheretoall", never.

02-21-2014, 08:01 AM

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I asked one of the elderly guild members about the phrase and she said "Oh Honey you don't want to be around someone like that, they will sully your name" in a low whisper. LOL