[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: More Southern I think?

[Amanda Geist]

Julie:

> But yesterday put the icing on the cake.  My mom (who is 70
> Arkansan) said something yesterday I have never heard and hope
> someone can help me understand this.  She was talking about someone
> a friend of her's knew, and she said, "Of course, I wouldn't know
> her from Adam's off ox."  Now, tell me, who is Adam and what in the
> world is an off ox???

Oxen pull in teams of two. An off ox is the ox on the off side of a team.
Similar usage of "off" in off-color and offsides. Your mom's expression is
an elaboration of "Wouldn't know him from Adam."

~Amanda, editor, which means she probably needs a shrink