My mother and sisters

[Hans Deventer]

Initially, we would have visited my sister in Germany around Easter. However, with Hannie's problems, that did not work out. Thankfully, my other sister managed to get some days off so she went last week with her husband, one o her daughters and my mother.

Below is a picture of Helga (the one who lives close to me), my mother (who is 75, I don't think she looks like it) and Ilse, my sister who lives near Dresden in former Eastern Germany. I like this picture!

[Lori Jeffrey]

What a great picture Hans. :fav18 All they needed was their brother to join in to complete the picture. And you're right your mom doesn't look 75 at all. She looks a lot younger.

Lori

[Hans Deventer]

And you're right your mom doesn't look 75 at all. She looks a lot younger.

Lori

Can you believe, she has never even dyed her hair?

[BobHunt]

and Hans, when you are all together, I bet you are all cut-ups! I can see it in you all!

[Hans Deventer]

and Hans, when you are all together, I bet you are all cut-ups! I can see it in you all!

What is a "cut-up", Bob?

[Brad Mercer]

What is a "cut-up", Bob?
It means someone who makes jokes. He pictures y'all together teasing, laughing and enjoying each other in good humor. It's apparently purely American English. I used the phrase "cutting up" and it threw Emmy Hearn years ago, too.

Brad

[Hans Deventer]

It means someone who makes jokes. He pictures y'all together teasing, laughing and enjoying each other in good humor. It's apparently purely American English. I used the phrase "cutting up" and it threw Emmy Hearn years ago, too.

I don't know, I just never heard of it. Usually, when there is more text, it can be figured out what it means. But when there is just one sentence and the word I don't know is the clue, I'm in trouble!

[Brad Mercer]

I don't know, I just never heard of it. Usually, when there is more text, it can be figured out what it means. But when there is just one sentence and the word I don't know is the clue, I'm in trouble!

The grammatical forms of "to cut up" are:

They are (or were) cutting up.

He cuts up a lot.

She's a big cut up.

It generally means humor in the form of teasing or practical jokes or other boisterous forms of humor, rather than just telling mildly amusing formalized anecdotes.

To Emmy in Australia, it meant something totally different, like being sick or sad or something, so it really left her puzzled when I used it in an e-mail.

It's funny how language works -- but not in a cutting up sort of way. ;-)

Brad

[BobHunt]

sorry Hans, I just picture when you are all together, that you all have an enormous lot of fun. Talking, sharing stories etc