My grandmother's family is Czech and speak the language. My grandma has always said "Give me "pots" when she tells us goodnight. It has passed down generation to generation, but we have NO IDEA what it means. Can anyone help me? Again she comes up to us at night and always says "Give me POTS"....I don't know the spelling, but that is how it was pronounced...pots...and that is the czech word????
the "noc" idea sounds reasonable - but the "give me" part of it ?? could it be "pusu (na dobrou noc)" as in "give me a kiss (good night)" ??
Meluzino Your probably on right track. Superfrau... consider this Maybe your grandmother was shortening all her expressions Dej mi (pusu)....a...(dobrou) noc. ''Dej mi, noc.'' And DjAavatar, the english pots is definitely the sound I try to repeat when I say noc. Defenitely not the american way of saying nots or pots.
Actually, what she says is "dej mi pac" which is a short form for "dej mi pac a pusu". My grandma used to say it too. It means "give me a paw and a kiss" - paw, a term of endearment for a little hand. Kind of "hug and a kiss".
and mine we never used the pac a pusu for good night - some of my cousins and i still sign our letters that way though even though we are old and grey
and mine we never used the pac a pusu for good night - some of my cousins and i still sign our letters that way though even though we are old and grey
Hey, but we tried Meluzino. That's a neat expession. Dej mi pac a pusu. Budu se na to snažit zapamatovat si. (wonder if that is horrible grammar)
