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Originally Posted by Trollheart
Bolded: this is twice you've used this phrase (yes I'm old): what does it mean? If I had my way? What's a druther??
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Have I used this phrase twice? You've been keeping count?
To be honest, there's an old greybeard I work with at my job who uses it frequently - and while I've heard the phrase before him, it was only after his frequent usage I adopted it for myself.
From Oxford:
druthers noun
/ˈdrʌðəz/
/ˈdrʌðərz/
[plural] (North American English, informal)
used to say what you would prefer if you could choose
If I had my druthers I wouldn't be going to this meeting.
late 19th century: from a US regional pronunciation of I'd rather, contraction of would rather --> druthers.
It's only now I realized that this is a North American thing. Us Americans get all the cool words since we kicked the Brits to the curb.