Where did "runnin off at tha stomach" come from?

I never heard any of them. Where is this at?

Traditionally “running off at the mouth” meant (and still means) overtalking or logorrhea. I never heard of the other two expressions being used in common parlance.

“Where is this at” makes no sense to me.

“Hasslin” derives from hassle, a late 60’s, early 70’s term that generally meant “to bother” or ” to annoy”, as in don’t hassle me, man or quit hassling me, bro. <bro is very sixties, by the way>.

On the other hand, I just realized that you, SYZ, had posted this query and I wonder if the terms are unique to a) the area – we certainly have some curious linguistic expressions in North Carolina, as I have learned or b) some Tarheel phrase used exclusively to describe an animal’s ailments. There might be something to that.

I take it that the “natives” are saying tha instead of the, although you should have a fairly urban clientele up in the Triangle,

srm

@galicalled

What are you talking about? Why doesn’t that make sense? Don’t people in different regions of the country speak differently and have different expressions.

@simone54: Simply put, I don’t understand what you are asking. Certainly, there are local variations of language. I remember my first trip to LA and not having a clue what a po’ boy was. I asked for an explanation then, also.

Where do you live?

I don’t understand what you are getting at? I was simply asking where this guy was from to see where this expressions are coming from.

I’m from South Jersey. I live in San Diego.

Simone: do you notice a difference in the way people speak in SD compared to S. Jersey? (we’re way off-topic, I know, but local speech patterns interest me.)

Ha yeah I’ve been told by them I have thick South Jersey accent.

@ gail I assume that you know what a poboy is now. But more importantly how did you like it and what kind did you have?Cuz I likes ta eat me sum poboys!

@gooch; I did finally figure it out, by asking. That trip was in 1978 but I seem to remember shrimp (fried?). Of course, I had been eating them all my life under an assumed name – grinders, hogies, subs. In the NE there is more of an Italian flavor – sliced deli meats, cheeses, peppers, olive oil, etc.

I LOVED the birding and being able to pick a gardenia off a bush and put it behind my ear while in LA.

and when I see LA my mind travels back to Los Angeles. Now in NYC “yous” talkin to “yall” from the south – cool.