idioms and slangs

[hanygeorge]

Dear Teachers

I have received an email from a friend of mine she is american
she used in her message some idiom and slangs which was dificult
for me to understand even though i used the famous website for
the dictionaries www.onelook.com (http://www.onelook.com/)


we flew out on Christmas Eve to spend the holidays with the Young 'Uns and their young 'uns

(does the uns means here childern ? )

Now those two have a thoroughly modern marriage in that the husband is the chef in the house. I want one of those kinda guys!!!!) As an impetus to motivate him to crank up the ole cook stove for Christmas vitals

(what is meant here by to crank up the ole cook stove for Christmas
vitals)


I intended to send out a humorous newsletter with the Chrissy cards but but I refrained. The ole poop....

(what is meant here by the ole poop....)

I had forwarded a recipe to him for Home-made Eggnog. Darned if he didn't take the bait and marshal the ingredients as an adventure in entertaining

(what is meant here by {Darned} if he didn't {take the bait} and {marshal the ingredients} as an adventure in entertaining )


what is meant by (let out a yelp)

Thanks

[Pete]

Dear Teachers

I have received an email from a friend of mine she is american
she used in her message some idiom and slangs which was dificult
for me to understand even though i used the famous website for
the dictionaries www.onelook.com (http://www.onelook.com/)


we flew out on Christmas Eve to spend the holidays with the Young 'Uns and their young 'uns

(does the uns means here childern ? )

Now those two have a thoroughly modern marriage in that the husband is the chef in the house. I want one of those kinda guys!!!!) As an impetus to motivate him to crank up the ole cook stove for Christmas vitals

(what is meant here by to crank up the ole cook stove for Christmas
vitals)


I intended to send out a humorous newsletter with the Chrissy cards but but I refrained. The ole poop....

(what is meant here by the ole poop....)

I had forwarded a recipe to him for Home-made Eggnog. Darned if he didn't take the bait and marshal the ingredients as an adventure in entertaining

(what is meant here by {Darned} if he didn't {take the bait} and {marshal the ingredients} as an adventure in entertaining )


what is meant by (let out a yelp)

Thanks
Yes, the writer has a deliberatley non-standard, "folksy" way of writing. Here are some translations:

we flew out on Christmas Eve to spend the holidays with the Young 'Uns and their young 'uns

(does the uns means here childern ? )
-- Actually, "uns" means "ones", and "young uns" are "young ones", or children.

Now those two have a thoroughly modern marriage in that the husband is the chef in the house. I want one of those kinda guys!!!!) As an impetus to motivate him to crank up the ole cook stove for Christmas vitals

(what is meant here by to crank up the ole cook stove for Christmas
vitals)
-- "crank up the ole cook stove for" means "turn on the stove in order to cook something. "Vitals" is a misspelling of the word "victuals" (food). A lot of English speakers use it in speech but don't realize it. It sounds as if it should be spelled "vittles", and in fact that spelling has made it to the dictionary at m-w.com.

I intended to send out a humorous newsletter with the Chrissy cards but but I refrained. The ole poop....

(what is meant here by the ole poop....) [Information.]

I had forwarded a recipe to him for Home-made Eggnog. Darned if he didn't take the bait and marshal the ingredients as an adventure in entertaining

(what is meant here by {Darned} if he didn't {take the bait} and {marshal the ingredients} as an adventure in entertaining )
-- "Darned" is a mild, somewhat humorous expletive. This gives the idea that the writer is surprised (and maybe a bit pleased) that it happened. To "marshal" something is to collect or gather it.

what is meant by (let out a yelp) [Made a quick sound of surprise. It reminded the writer of the sound a dog might make.]

[Temico]

We flew out on Christmas Eve to spend the holidays with the Young 'Uns and their young 'uns

(does the uns means here childern ? ) ("uns" = ones, "with the Young 'Uns and their young 'uns" = "with our children and their children{our grandchildren} )

Now those two have a thoroughly modern marriage in that the husband is the chef in the house. I want one of those kinda guys!!!!) As an impetus to motivate him to crank up the ole cook stove for Christmas vitals

(what is meant here by to crank up the ole cook stove for Christmas
vitals) ( = to start up the old cooking stove for preparing the Christmas essential food)


I intended to send out a humorous newsletter with the Chrissy cards but but I refrained. The ole poop....

(what is meant here by the ole poop....) ( I think it means, "the old nincompoop" )

I had forwarded a recipe to him for Home-made Eggnog. Darned if he didn't take the bait and marshal the ingredients as an adventure in entertaining

(what is meant here by {Darned} if he didn't {take the bait} and {marshal the ingredients} as an adventure in entertaining )
Darned = I'll be damned
take the bait = be tempted ( if he didn't take the bait= if he wasn't tempted)
marshal the ingredients = get/gather the ingredients (to make the egg-nog)


what is meant by (let out a yelp) = give out a short sharp cry( like when a dog is hit with a stick)

[danmahaffey]

We flew out on Christmas Eve to spend the holidays with the Young 'Uns and their young 'uns

(does the uns means here childern ? ) ("uns" = ones, "with the Young 'Uns and their young 'uns" = "with our children and their children{our grandchildren} )

Now those two have a thoroughly modern marriage in that the husband is the chef in the house. I want one of those kinda guys!!!!) As an impetus to motivate him to crank up the ole cook stove for Christmas vitals

(what is meant here by to crank up the ole cook stove for Christmas
vitals) ( = to start up the old cooking stove for preparing the Christmas essential food)


I intended to send out a humorous newsletter with the Chrissy cards but but I refrained. The ole poop....

(what is meant here by the ole poop....) ( I think it means, "the old nincompoop" )

I had forwarded a recipe to him for Home-made Eggnog. Darned if he didn't take the bait and marshal the ingredients as an adventure in entertaining

(what is meant here by {Darned} if he didn't {take the bait} and {marshal the ingredients} as an adventure in entertaining )
Darned = I'll be damned
take the bait = be tempted ( if he didn't take the bait= if he wasn't tempted)
marshal the ingredients = get/gather the ingredients (to make the egg-nog)


what is meant by (let out a yelp) = give out a short sharp cry( like when a dog is hit with a stick)


hanygeorge,
It looks like you cut up the message you received from your friend, and showed us the pieces that you had questions about. If so, then does the sentence that starts, "The ole poop...." really say something like this? "The ole poop didn't think it was a good idea."

I'm guessing the writer is referring to her husband and his discouraging comments about the Christmas ("Chrissy") letter. If so, then her term "ole poop" is a mild disapproving expletive (a toilet reference) and an endearing term for her husband. Like this, "We gave my grandfather a new necktie, but the old poop just put it in his closet and never wears it." You can only say this if you're an adult, you love your grandfather, he loves you, and he would laugh at the comment too. Otherwise it's a mildly insulting.