Entries for April 2 - 1911 and 2011(snow and slang)

Rita's Entry: Sunday, April 2, 1911
Tin and I went to S.S.  Mrs. H. still very interesting.  Came home in rousing snow storm.  Met a big rotten apple on the way to church.  Bah!  Spent the afternoon in.  -- ssh -- put your foot on the soft, soft pedal.

IN RITA'S DAY: Seems like snow in April wasn't that uncommon in Chicago and still isn't.  Have had 10+ inch snows in April, one in 1970.  The rotten apple that they met appears to be just a disagreeable person.  Starting in the late 1800s that term and also the term "rotter" were used for objectionable people in general.  "bad egg" and "pill" were also used, but the former was more popular in the 30s and the latter was not as strong.

TODAY: We have a number of terms for objectionable people, most of them vulgar, but when you see someone who really annoys you today, the usual response is "What an asshole!"  Also dickhead and son of a bitch.  A more gentle response might be to just call the person a jerk, but I could hear Rita in 2011 saying "Met a real A-hole on the way to church."

Judy's Entry: Saturday, April 2, 2011
Nicer day today.  Both my daughter and son were over this morning helping my mother with her puzzle.  Everyone got along!  Then my daughter and I went out to get some leggings and scrapbook materials for her.  She still doesn't look like she is expecting, but clothes are getting tight.  Had pizza and watched the end of "The Perfect Storm."