Miscellaneous Talks about Southwest Shandong Dialect-Old Lady Talking about Old Lady

The "Chinese Dictionary" explains the word "old woman" as "pinyin lǎo?pó?po, dialect: children call old lady. Wife calls husband's mother; mother-in-law". In the southwestern Shandong dialect, "old woman" means "mother-in-law", such as "My old woman is so good to me. She treats (the dialect expression of 'treat') me like my own daughter." "Your life is so good. , My old lady is not in the game, she is not a thing all day long (the dialect expression of 'all day long'). The "old lady" is called "老嫲嫲".

"Speaking of old granny?" In the dialect of some counties and cities in southwestern Shandong, it means "to mediate with women, introduce partners, and introduce boyfriends". The word "old granny" is also used as a substitute for "female partner". ,Boy friend". The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been a relatively difficult family relationship to deal with since ancient times, because the two housewives roles of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have no blood relationship to maintain, and it is easy to cause friction and conflicts. Using "old woman" to refer to "boyfriend" expresses the southwestern Shandong region's understanding of "mother-in-law and daughter-in-law". relationship”. Let’s take an example of spoken language: “Your eldest daughter is in her twenties this year, so it’s time to talk about the old lady.” “That’s not right. Can you choose a good one and tell me about it? Tell me, Xiaoni, what a good old lady I am.” I'll treat you with wine and cigarettes." "I told Danni that this is what I'm talking about, my nephew who didn't come out of Wufu. He's good-looking, tall, and hard-working. "Brother" (the dialect expression of "brother") means that the daughter-in-law is also kind."

In some counties and cities in southwestern Shandong, there are also "speak of the husband's family", "speak of the old woman's husband's family" and "speak of the husband's family". , "Introduce husband's family" and other words to express the meaning of "introducing someone to a woman".