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Grandma used the word “whatsome” a lot. I've never heard anyone else say it. I often wonder where it came from.
Curiously, the Oxford Dictionary defines it as an obsolete #MiddleEnglish word meaning “whatever” that hasn't been used in over 500 years.
“Whatsome” was Grandma's “whatchamacallit”. She could also say “and whatsome” in the sense of “and so on”.
Incidentally, Oxford recognises “whatsomever” as a surviving #dialect word.
@markdarb I like it. Haven't heard it before, but I enjoy using nearly retired words and will send your grandmother a nod of respect when I say this one.
@markdarb so the obvious conclusion is that your grandmother was a time traveller.
@markdarb My Lancashire grandmother would refer to people as "Whatsacourt", being a consolidated elision of "What's s/he called?"
As she grew older we heard this with increasing frequency.