Dianna's Weekly Dash of Different Diction

Welcome to this week's edition of Dash of Different Diction. Today's phrase is "going to get my messages."

I've actually never heard anyone use this before but when my mom and I first came to Scotland we stayed in a private flat for a week. The lady who owned the place had her flat managed by a nice woman named Gill. She was from England and warned us that when someone said they were "going to get their messages" it meant they were running errands. I spent a little while speculating where this might have originated from and finally decided it might come from your husband or wife leaving you little messages around the house telling you what to do like "Get milk and bread" or "Pick up package from the post office". I still haven't heard it yet but I'll be really excited when I do!