{"id":10969,"date":"2015-05-03T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/?p=10969"},"modified":"2020-12-08T09:22:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T13:22:49","slug":"paint-word-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2015\/05\/paint-word-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Paint word pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8216;You&#8217;ll have your hand on your head with a knot under it&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>My grandma and namesake, Annie B. Vrana, was an Oklahoma farm woman and one of the most colorful people I&#8217;ve known. 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Image by &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/paint-word-pictures-300x175.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/paint-word-pictures.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/paint-word-pictures.jpg\" alt=\"Paint word pictures\" title=\"Paint word pictures\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17148 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/paint-word-pictures.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/paint-word-pictures-300x175.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/350;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17148\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2015\/05\/paint-word-pictures\/paint-word-pictures-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/paint-word-pictures.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"paint-word-pictures\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;In living color Make your message more vivid with colorful language. Image by &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/paint-word-pictures-300x175.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/paint-word-pictures.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/paint-word-pictures.jpg\" alt=\"Paint word pictures\" title=\"Paint word pictures\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/paint-word-pictures.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/paint-word-pictures-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>In living color<\/strong> Make your message more vivid with colorful language. <em>Image by shraga kopstein<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What I didn&#8217;t know then that I do know now is that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyliecomm.com\/2016\/01\/power-up-your-word-choice\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">word pictures increase understanding<\/a>. Because Grandma talked in pictures, we could literally &#8220;see&#8221; what she was saying.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of my favorite Grandmaisms. See how she made concepts concrete by turning ideas into things.<\/p>\n<table class=\"pinktable\" border=\"1\" rules=\"all\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"163\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What she meant <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"244\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What she said<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">I&#8217;m gonna wallop you.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#8220;You&#8217;ll have your hand on your head with a knot under it.&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">He&#8217;s lazy.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#8220;He was born tired and never did get rested.&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">He&#8217;s vain.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#8220;His head is too big for his hat.&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">He&#8217;s a conversation hog, liar and gossip.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#8220;His tongue is loose at both ends and split in the middle.&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Don&#8217;t pout.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t drop your bottom lip like that; you&#8217;re going to step on it.&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">I&#8217;ve been working hard.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve been going all morning in a long, sweeping trot.&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">Don&#8217;t be conceited.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t get too big for your britches.&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">I was discombobulated.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#8220;It got so bad, I didn&#8217;t know whether I was coming or going.&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">We started dinner without you.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#8220;We&#8217;re waiting for you &mdash; like one hog waits for another.&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">That&#8217;s unusual.<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">&#8220;If that don&#8217;t beat a hen-a-peckin&#8217; with a rubber bill.&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 style=\"margin-top:20px;\">What&#8217;s wrong with this gene pool?<\/h3>\n<p>Now my sister, Lynn, is sounding a little like Grandma. 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