Question for Fuzzy - "getus"?

Califiddler · August 22nd, 2006, 10:19 AM

Hey Fuzzy - I've seen you use the term "getus", I believe to mean money. Where does that term come from, and how do you pronounce it? Is it an acronym, or a Fuzzy-ism, or what?

timgreene · August 22nd, 2006, 12:10 PM

whats it take to gettus that guitar.

0le FUZZY · August 22nd, 2006, 01:03 PM

Naw it ain't noe ack-roe-nim and it ain't oh-ridge-gin-nell neither.

I lernt it years ago from a feller werker hoo had come from the East coast but talked Southern. It duz mean money.

G as in geese, e as in geese, t as in toe, u as in us and s as in us. It could haff tew Ts but I ain't never ceen it spelt jes heard it from that feller and whence I type it with won T it saves my typin finger fer splainin udder stuff.

I also hadda feller werker hoo waz from Finland and whence sumbody asked him how he waz doin he alwayz said "I waz better but I got over it" (with his axe-cent). I still use that almost erry time sumeone asks me how I are doin these 40 years later.

Sumthangs jes kant be splained like "Skinny" as in watts the skinny on them there P/Us which brings up a nutter werd that I never use and will never type sept this wonce ----------"pups". I my own bad seff kant stan that werd.

I reckon the more thangs change the more they stay the same and noe yew kant rollerskate inna buffalo heard and nuttin rimes with purple.

0le FUZZY

TheGoodTexan · August 22nd, 2006, 01:17 PM

Hey Fuzzy -

I've heard "getus" used all my Texas-life. Most folks do mean money when they say it. But sometimes the use it to mean "courage" or "gumption" or even "will-power".

My grandpa says it this way sometimes - "I need to cut the grass, but I ain't got the getus." He means that he's too comfortable sitting in his chair watching TV in the air-condition. :)

My grandma still warshes her clothes, then rinches them out.

jlrich · August 22nd, 2006, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 0le FUZZY

and nuttin rimes with purple.

0le FUZZY

Sure it does. According to Roger Miller its "maple surple".

0le FUZZY · August 22nd, 2006, 01:37 PM

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Sure it does. According to Roger Miller its "maple surple

I wassa gonna type that HEE! HEE!

I noe watt a Maple neck iss but watt the dickins issa surple and shouldn't it haffa "y" inna spellin iffin it means sunthin yew glomm on tew a pancake?

Sho nuff gittin diverse roun these parts --------- I luv it!!

0le Fummy DUZZY

Dan R · August 22nd, 2006, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by 0le FUZZY

<li> Sumthangs jes kant be splained like "Skinny" as in watts the skinny on them there P/Us which brings up a nutter werd that I never use and will never type sept this wonce ----------"pups". I my own bad seff kant stan that werd.

Well Fuzzy, I'll have to remember to refrain from using the word "pup" for pickup in the future. I never even used that word until I got on this board. I guess I'm just too lazy to type "pickup".

Dan R

woodman · August 22nd, 2006, 05:51 PM

me either -- i just thought it was TDPRI-speak for pickup!

Glen W · August 22nd, 2006, 05:53 PM

How's 'bout p'up?

0le FUZZY · August 22nd, 2006, 06:13 PM

Yew all goard head and use that werd iffin yew wanna, I jes like P/U instead.

That werd has been onna inner-mess fer at least 10 years that I noe of and I should be the lass guy tew complain bout werds that erie-tate folks HEE! HEE!

I used tew use the werd canoe fer sunthin bran knew which was a step er tew beyond watt was really kerrect "Brand new". It gits crazy the more yew think about stuff.

Iss here issa pup an I don't wanna make none body feel li kiss:

0.F.

Joel Terry · August 22nd, 2006, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGoodTexan

Hey Fuzzy -

I've heard "getus" used all my Texas-life. Most folks do mean money when they say it. But sometimes the use it to mean "courage" or "gumption" or even "will-power".

My grandpa says it this way sometimes - "I need to cut the grass, but I ain't got the getus." He means that he's too comfortable sitting in his chair watching TV in the air-condition. :)

My grandma still warshes her clothes, then rinches them out.

Bruce,

You can say that not just onced (\'wunst\), but twiced (\'twyst\)!

Now if you'll 'scuse me, I gotta go take a shar--I just kilt a warsp, and it was a humdinger of a scuffle. Damn near fell on my ice through a bay window made of glice 'cause that there warsp was just a-flittin' and dayncin' around mine and the missus' heads. I was slappin' at it on my wife's head so much, I roached her har up 'til she looked lak that Ainglish sanger with The Faces and Jeff Beck--dang, ol' what's-his-name with the pointy har...Rod Shturt! Yeah! Rod Shturt! I thought I knowed him.

Joel

SuzyQ · August 22nd, 2006, 06:38 PM

...serves you right for not calling Urban Wildlife Control.

TheGoodTexan · August 22nd, 2006, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Joel Terry

Bruce,

You can say that not just onced (\'wunst\), but twiced (\'twyst\)!

Now if you'll 'scuse me, I gotta go take a shar--I just kilt a warsp, and it was a humdinger of a scuffle. Damn near fell on my ice through a bay window made of glice 'cause that there warsp was just a-flittin' and dayncin' around mine and the missus' heads. I was slappin' at it on my wife's head so much, I roached her har up 'til she looked lak that Ainglish sanger with Small Faces, Rod Shturt.

Joel

Then me and the missus jumped in tha Kuh-mare (with the small block and Cragers) and we was haulin' to the Wal-Marts, where we used the getus to git some a dat dare warshin powders. You think warshin powders don't git out tha sting? You'd better watch yur mouth, boy.

Guitarzan · August 22nd, 2006, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGoodTexan

Hey Fuzzy -

I've heard "getus" used all my Texas-life. Most folks do mean money when they say it. But sometimes the use it to mean "courage" or "gumption" or even "will-power".

My grandpa says it this way sometimes - "I need to cut the grass, but I ain't got the getus." He means that he's too comfortable sitting in his chair watching TV in the air-condition. :)

My grandma still warshes her clothes, then rinches them out.

Hass she ever bin to Chicargo? I noe kwite a fue folks who talk like at.

How de-id Ole Fuzzy end up in Kolleefornia anywho?

StuH · August 22nd, 2006, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 0le FUZZY

<li>

<li> ............and nuttin rimes with purple.

0le FUZZY

What about maple surple...the stuff ya put on pancakes

Ah you already knew that one...geez i thought i invented that word.

Dan R · August 23rd, 2006, 12:07 PM

Fuzzy. I don't feel like a spanked pup. I was really just teasing you a bit. I should of made that plain. Now that I think of it, a pup is dog not a guitar pickup. Pup does sound kinda dumb. From now on it's pickup not pup.

As always, it's fun to be on the TDP.

Dan R

0le FUZZY · August 23rd, 2006, 12:32 PM

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As always, it's fun to be on the TDP.

Boy ain't that the trute !! I often wunner iffin udder forums haff iss much fun.

Did yew notice watt the rascals dunn rite above us here? HEE! HEE!

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How de-id Ole Fuzzy end up in Kolleefornia anywho?

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timmer · August 23rd, 2006, 02:25 PM

0le Fuzzy,

I believe you are the West Coast version of Justin Wilson.

I don't remember anyone ever tryin to write like he talks, but if they did, I'm sure it would look like your typing.

I tell ya true,

Timmer

Joel Terry · August 23rd, 2006, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by TheGoodTexan

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Originally Posted by Joel Terry

Bruce,

You can say that not just onced (\'wunst\), but twiced (\'twyst\)!

Now if you'll 'scuse me, I gotta go take a shar--I just kilt a warsp, and it was a humdinger of a scuffle. Damn near fell on my ice through a bay window made of glice 'cause that there warsp was just a-flittin' and dayncin' around mine and the missus' heads. I was slappin' at it on my wife's head so much, I roached her har up 'til she looked lak that Ainglish sanger with Small Faces, Rod Shturt.

Joel

Then me and the missus jumped in tha Kuh-mare (with the small block and Cragers) and we was haulin' to the Wal-Marts, where we used the getus to git some a dat dare warshin powders. You think warshin powders don't git out tha sting? You'd better watch yur mouth, boy.

Then, we drove th' Kuh-mare over yonder to that liddle ol' Eye-talian rest'ront, and we et some of that spasketti they got. (That wuz some kinda good marijuana sauce on 'at spasketti, now! Rite good!) Dreckly after 'at, we went up to the dayree-dip, and got uh ice cream coam. We wuz still feelin a mite haller, even after that spasketti an' 'at coam, so we got us uh bar-bee-Q sammich with uh order of onion rangs an' uh CoCola...you know--a sodie...a coldrank. Then the missus an' me went home 'cause we wuz plum give-out...you know--tard.

Sheeyut-far! Me an' th' ol' lady'll learn y'all how to have some fun, now!

----- (Bruce, I think you and I must have grown up in the same Texas/Tennessee town!

)

popthree · August 23rd, 2006, 04:51 PM

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=geetus

Dan R · August 23rd, 2006, 04:59 PM

Joel and TheGoodTexan, that is hilarious. I know people who talk "li kat" so it really hits home with me. It's just some good natured fun. I can't even count the times I've heard CoCola in my life. I've heard all those expressions and pronunciations and you are right on target. "Kuh-mare" (with the small block and the Cragers) is just priceless.

Dan R

Joel Terry · August 23rd, 2006, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by popthree

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=geetus

That's a good bit of detective work, Mike, but "getus"/"gettus" has a short \e\ sound in "get." "Geetus" has a long \e\...and is an altogether different word in meaning.

Good diggin', though!

Joel

popthree · August 23rd, 2006, 11:09 PM

yeah, after i posted that i realized i'd misspelled getus

guess that makes me the 'geetus' huh?

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popthree Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tulsa Age: 43 Posts: 2,836 47 Photos	http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=geetus __________________ don't taze me bro !

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0le FUZZY Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kolly-forn-knee-ya Posts: 10,001 6 Photos	Naw it ain't noe ack-roe-nim and it ain't oh-ridge-gin-nell neither. I lernt it years ago from a feller werker hoo had come from the East coast but talked Southern. It duz mean money. G as in geese, e as in geese, t as in toe, u as in us and s as in us. It could haff tew Ts but I ain't never ceen it spelt jes heard it from that feller and whence I type it with won T it saves my typin finger fer splainin udder stuff. I also hadda feller werker hoo waz from Finland and whence sumbody asked him how he waz doin he alwayz said "I waz better but I got over it" (with his axe-cent). I still use that almost erry time sumeone asks me how I are doin these 40 years later. Sumthangs jes kant be splained like "Skinny" as in watts the skinny on them there P/Us which brings up a nutter werd that I never use and will never type sept this wonce ----------"pups". I my own bad seff kant stan that werd. I reckon the more thangs change the more they stay the same and noe yew kant rollerskate inna buffalo heard and nuttin rimes with purple. 0le FUZZY

August 22nd, 2006, 06:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
0le FUZZY Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kolly-forn-knee-ya Posts: 10,001 6 Photos	Yew all goard head and use that werd iffin yew wanna, I jes like P/U instead. That werd has been onna inner-mess fer at least 10 years that I noe of and I should be the lass guy tew complain bout werds that erie-tate folks HEE! HEE! I used tew use the werd canoe fer sunthin bran knew which was a step er tew beyond watt was really kerrect "Brand new". It gits crazy the more yew think about stuff. Iss here issa pup an I don't wanna make none body feel li kiss: 0.F.

August 22nd, 2006, 06:38 PM	#12 (permalink)
SuzyQ TDPRI Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Virginia Mountains and Shore Age: 53 Posts: 76	...serves you right for not calling Urban Wildlife Control.

August 23rd, 2006, 12:07 PM	#16 (permalink)
Dan R Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Charleston, SC Age: 50 Posts: 891	Fuzzy. I don't feel like a spanked pup. I was really just teasing you a bit. I should of made that plain. Now that I think of it, a pup is dog not a guitar pickup. Pup does sound kinda dumb. From now on it's pickup not pup. As always, it's fun to be on the TDP. Dan R

August 23rd, 2006, 04:59 PM	#21 (permalink)
Dan R Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Charleston, SC Age: 50 Posts: 891	Joel and TheGoodTexan, that is hilarious. I know people who talk "li kat" so it really hits home with me. It's just some good natured fun. I can't even count the times I've heard CoCola in my life. I've heard all those expressions and pronunciations and you are right on target. "Kuh-mare" (with the small block and the Cragers) is just priceless. Dan R

August 23rd, 2006, 11:09 PM	#23 (permalink)
popthree Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Tulsa Age: 43 Posts: 2,836 47 Photos	yeah, after i posted that i realized i'd misspelled getus guess that makes me the 'geetus' huh? __________________ don't taze me bro !