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Southernese
« on: Feb 3^rd, 2005, 2:39pm »

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Scary when you understand every one of them.

Yorta have a lookit thisun: Yankee's guide to "Southernese". If you do not
understand any of them, contact a Southerner for an explanation.

FOAL- Not a baby horse. This is flexible aluminum for baking.
Usage- "I put the taters in foal, afore I baked um."

HEIDI-(noun) Greeting.

HIRE YEW-(complete sentence) Remainder of greeting.
Usage- "Heidi, hire yew?"

BARD-(verb)Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow."
Usage: "My brother bard my pickup truck."

JAWJUH-(noun) The state north of Florida. Capital is Lanner.
Usage- "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck."

BAMMER-(noun) The state west of Jawjuh. Capital is Mungumry.
Usage- "A tornader jes went through Bammer."

MUNTS-(noun)A calendar division.
Usage- "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and I ain't herd from
him in munts."

COLE DRANK- (adjective/noun) A chilled beverage, typically soda.

THANK-(verb) Cognitive process.
Usage- "Ah thank ah'll have a cole drank."

RANCH-(noun) A tool used for tightnin' bolts.
Usage- "I thank I leff my ranch in the back of that pickup truck my brother
from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago."

ALL-(noun) A petroleum-based lubricant.
Usage- "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck."

FAR-(noun) A conflagration.
Usage:-If my brother from Jawjuh don't change the all in my pickup truck,
that thing's gonna catch far."

TAR-(noun) A rubber wheel.
Usage:-"I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuh don't git a flat tar in my
pickup truck."

TIRE-(noun) A tall monument.
Usage- "Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, Ah sure hope to see that
Eiffel Tire in Pars sometime."

RETARD-(verb) To stop working.
Usage- "My grampaw retard at age 65."

FARN-(adjective) Not domestic.
Usage- "I cuddint unnerstand a wurd he sed; must be from some farn country."

DID-(adjective) Not alive.
Usage- "He's did, Jim."

ARE- (noun) A colorless, odorless gas; oxygen.
Usage: "He cain't breathe; give 'im some ARE!"

BOB WAR-(noun) A sharp, twisted cable.
Usage- "Boy, stay away from that bob war fence."

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« Reply #1 on: Feb 3^rd, 2005, 3:45pm »

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Re: Southernese
« Reply #2 on: Feb 3^rd, 2005, 4:50pm »

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I hear those ALL the time around here!

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« Reply #3 on: Feb 3^rd, 2005, 5:33pm »

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If anyone around here actually said "barbed wire" or "how are you" or "for-reign", we'd be laughed out of town.

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« Reply #5 on: Feb 3^rd, 2005, 6:27pm »

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Good ones LL, so glad we do not speak in those terms.
Now if ya'll will excuse me, I need to comb my HAR!

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« Reply #6 on: Feb 3^rd, 2005, 6:54pm »

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on Feb 3^rd, 2005, 5:33pm, lakelady wrote:

If anyone around here actually said "barbed wire" or "how are you" or "for-reign", we'd be laughed out of town.

oh oh LL and luci.. have I said "how are you" when we spoke on the phone?.... Lips Sealed

it's FARN to me... Grin

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« Reply #7 on: Feb 3^rd, 2005, 7:01pm »

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Greetns, from one who's retard hea in Flawda! Grin

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« Reply #8 on: Feb 3^rd, 2005, 7:05pm »

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i don't laugh at the way ya'll talk... Angry

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« Reply #9 on: Feb 3^rd, 2005, 7:08pm »

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Well, I wouldn't either if I was related to General Lee.

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« Reply #10 on: Feb 3^rd, 2005, 9:13pm »

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Shay! Calm down, man. Grin

It's not like I have a northern accent and I'll bet LL and Luci don't either. We can just totally relate to this thread, though.

One of the locals here asked my daughter if she'd seen the "far." Seriously, it took us two whole minutes to figure out if he meant the "fire" or the "fair."

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« Reply #11 on: Feb 3^rd, 2005, 11:05pm »

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It's so funny. :laff:

But seriously, it's kinda irritating when reading it. Do you Southerners speak like this everyday?

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« Reply #12 on: Feb 4^th, 2005, 12:24am »

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yup, ebby day. Wink

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« Reply #13 on: Feb 4^th, 2005, 2:07am »

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Streuth.....well i'll be buggered and here I was thinkin we aussies were the only ones who talked weird!!! fair dinkum you lot are dags! When said out loud it actually sounds like a cross between aussie and New zealnd accents!

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« Reply #14 on: Feb 4^th, 2005, 5:36am »

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i am more used to hearing northerners speak. seems clearer.

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« Reply #15 on: Feb 4^th, 2005, 9:51am »

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this is hilarious. Libertybelle i am expecting a reply from you in this thread Kiss

I will keep these in mind for when I travel south again. Wink

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« Reply #16 on: Feb 4^th, 2005, 10:58am »

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I love to listen to Libertybelle talk Grin

......and to answer some of you, NO, we don't talk that way for the article is taking it to the extreme, BUT we do know folks who do sound that way Roll Eyes

A few years ago my husband came out of the store laughing out loud.
A man and woman were selecting a card,
he said to her, "its git dissun, yount tew?"
We had a good laugh Wink

.....and YES, we do have a drawl Grin

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« Reply #17 on: Feb 4^th, 2005, 4:31pm »

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on Feb 4^th, 2005, 10:58am, luci wrote:

"its git dissun, yount tew?"

For our non-North American members:

"Let's get this one, you want to?"

What I detest is when Hollywood actors try to imitate Southern accents. 99% of the time, they don't get it right and it just sounds degrading.

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« Reply #18 on: Feb 4^th, 2005, 6:28pm »

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.............and we just laugh at them...........

P.S. Here's another one,
He doesn't know "come on from sic 'em"!

I guess now we need to explain "sic 'em" Wink

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« Reply #19 on: Feb 4^th, 2005, 6:39pm »

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Here's one I read today in Down Home Magazine:

Well, if'n that don't beat th' bugs a fightin. (unexpected event)

No, we really don't talk like this but there are those raised in the country who do. They don't know any better and they grew up hearing and speaking like this. Most of us just have a drawl.

We say dawg and not dog. I could think of countless others but you get the picture.

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« Reply #20 on: Feb 4^th, 2005, 7:26pm »

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Down Home Magazine Huh

How about "wait 'til the @%&* hits the fan"

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« Reply #21 on: Feb 4^th, 2005, 8:15pm »

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The most misleading word in southernese is "yonder". My MIL said things were "just down yonder", and it could mean a block or 10 miles. I never trusted it after we went on a search for something to eat at a bbq "just down yonder", WITH a carload of hungry kids. After that time, I asked, "how far in miles" EVERY time she said yonder.

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« Reply #22 on: Feb 4^th, 2005, 9:21pm »

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"A fur piece" = "WAY down yonder."

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« Reply #23 on: Feb 4^th, 2005, 9:46pm »

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How do I sound when I tawk Luci? Grin

(Addams I think we have some sort of weird mental link... I can often heah you acallin' me. Wink

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No, the word "dog" doesn't rhyme with "jog" in the south. Wink

And LL is right, there are several very distinct accents, depending where you are. Waaay down yonder in south AL, around near Mobile, or Camden, you'll still hear the auld saouth spoken. My mother has a bit of that in her speech. But in the rural areas you'll hear all the funny things in this thread, almost like another language. And if y'all ain't frum round heah, I'll betcha a fiver that you won't be able to translate. :laff:

In my experience, most people like to hear "Southern" spoken nowadays. When I was in NYC last year, a NY cop and I spent about fifteen minutes trying to get each other to ... well, tawk. :laff:

I personally love accents, they're interesting and fun. One of my sons in law is from London, and we really have a good time. OY!

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« Reply #24 on: Feb 4^th, 2005, 9:53pm »

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How do you taulk, LB? How do I explain, let me count the ways Grin

OK, you have a soft slow deep southern velvety voice. There Grin

I don't know, just know I lak it! I love Southern Accents and to me I don't have one, for I'm Texan and we drawl.
The funny event that happened to me ws being in North Carolina and one of the locals telling me what an accent I have and how much they like to hear me taulk Grin

When I've called Deb to get news on Wings, Quinn likes to talk with me for he likes the accent.
Oh My goo'ess, ah do thank ah maght have the vapors heah on this vury veranda Roll Eyes

LB, you know I can translate every sy lil a bil.
Then there are those who have the audacity to make fun of us. :devil:

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« Reply #25 on: Feb 4^th, 2005, 11:48pm »

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What if you have to talk to non-southerners? Do you change your accents?

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I love Southern Accents and to me I don't have one, for I'm Texan and we drawl.

Yes you have one. And Genius, no. We talk this way all the time. There IS NO changing accents.

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« Reply #27 on: Feb 5^th, 2005, 9:13am »

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When I first met my SIL, from New Orleans, I always had to ask her to repeat what she said, then I'd laugh, but I'd hug her too. She had a weird accent even for NO. She would "burl" water, and pour it down the "zink". A car needed gas and "url" to run. She soon started asking me to repeat what I said and laugh at me!

My other SIL was from Alabama, and I loved her smooth as velvet 'bama accent. She could say anything and still sound like a southern belle.

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on Feb 5^th, 2005, 9:13am, Pocket wrote:

... her smooth as velvet 'bama accent.

Why thankee. (since I'm from bama too. Grin

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The Nawleons accent is laced with the French accent. Here in Bama it's laced with Irish. (for example the dropping of "g's" - good mornin'.

No Genius, of course we don't change our accents when we talk to people from other parts of the country, any more than you would change yours when you talk to us. And you do have one, everyone does. Wink

My ex had a friend from the Bronx and I couldn't understand a word he said. I learned one phrase pretty quick though - "I todja tootree tymes". :laff:

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.........and by the time Tennessee, Arkansas, Lousiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia got to TEXAS, they all came together and we DRAWL.

There has been an invasion from the North to Texas these past 20+ years and my grandchildren talk fast and I have to listen fast or miss what they are saying to me Roll Eyes

Change the way we talk when talking to one not from our area Roll Eyes

Genius, you're comment made me :laff:

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Does anyone know what this saying means;

"that was before I got out of my hobbles"

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« Reply #31 on: Feb 5^th, 2005, 2:35pm »

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Yep, we Southerners listen slow. Grin

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This is interesting. I remember losing my southern accent while I was studying broadcasting in college. I went for many many years without one.

Class seeks to rid kids of Appalachian accents
Friday, February 4, 2005 Posted: 9:20 AM EST (1420 GMT)

PIKEVILLE, Kentucky (AP) -- A new class that seeks to teach youngsters how to lose their Appalachian accents has set off an age-old phonetic debate: Should mountain natives drop the drawl or hold tightly to their twang?

The class, put on by an eastern Kentucky theater group, is designed for children in middle and high schools who want to reduce their accent to "broaden their performance opportunities and improve overall marketability."

"We don't want people to be held back just because they have an accent," said Martin Childers, managing director of Jenny Wiley Theatre in Prestonsburg. "If you want to work professionally, you have to be able to drop the accent when it's required. We want to give people the opportunity to learn to do that."

People from central Appalachia have been wrestling with the accent for as long as they have been driving to northern cities to land jobs. Some quickly adopted the speech patterns of Cincinnati or Detroit co-workers to avoid being ridiculed. Others held onto the accent like a cherished keepsake from home.

The Appalachian accent is the sort of southern drawl heard in the movie "Coal Miner's Daughter," about singer Loretta Lynn, a native of Van Lear, Kentucky. It shows up at times in the fitting of words together into what sounds like one word: "Did you eat?" becomes "jeat?" and "young ones" becomes "young'uns."

An Appalachian accent can be an asset if a casting director wants an authentic mountain sound, but Childers said a strong accent can prevent actors from being able to fill some roles, especially those involving characters from the Northeast or Midwest.

"We're proud of our accent, but there are times we have to lose it in order to get the parts we want," he said. "We're not slamming the accent, but if we need to drop it, we need to be able to do that."

Dee Davis, head of the Center for Rural Strategies, which fights rural stereotypes, said he has no problem with the class as long as teachers keep one thing in mind.

"It's important that they make sure the kids understand that their language is beautiful, that their culture is powerful, and that it's not something they should be embarrassed about," he said.

Davis, a Hazard native who went to the University of Kentucky and the University of Pittsburgh, said some of his classmates had trouble understanding his mountain dialect. When he told them his field of study, "riding," they'd look at him quizzically and say they didn't know it was offered. He'd then spell it: W-R-I-T-I-N-G.

"There's nothing wrong with being able to speak in different accents, but you should above all things hold on to the language you dream in," he said.

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As for dialects, Loretta still sounds the same as when she first married DO!

One critic call her a Hillbilly, as in making fun of her.
Her reply was, "I may be a hillbilly, but I'm a rich hillbilly"!

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Her reply was, "I may be a hillbilly, but I'm a rich hillbilly"!

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« Reply #35 on: Feb 5^th, 2005, 4:01pm »

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Ah thauoght sew mah sif. Wink

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The trick (if you're in the entertainment field) is to learn to speak with multiple accents. Wink

And even the "non accent" taught to students is still an accent if you go to ... say... England, or Austrailia. We still sound American. Grin

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........oh but of course!

Ever ask someone how they are and the answer is, "Far to middlin'"? Lips Sealed

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« Reply #38 on: Feb 5^th, 2005, 8:32pm »

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Luci does "before I got out of my hobbles" mean anything like " before I was free"?

How about some aussie sayings like

" Flat out like a lizard drinking"

" Is a frogs bum water tight"

" let's hit the frog and toad"

" can you give me the dog and Bone"

" need to get back to the trouble and strife"

does anyone have any idea what these mean Grin

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Don't have a clue, Bec. I heard (probably from you) that Aussies do a rhyming thing sometimes, using words that sound like the "real" words.......but I can't figure it out. The last one could be ? and wife. dunno! Clue us in.

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Yes Bec, that is what it means! Or when you leave home, etc.

How about when a person asks you, "ows yer mom n 'em?"

P.S. BEC, will you list the meanings for all of those one by one?
I'm Undecided

trying to figure some of them out!

LB is right, we taulk slow and sometimes thaunk slow Lips Sealed

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Flat out like a lizard drinking means ...." you're really busy"

is a frogs bum water tight refers to something being obvious......like when i was pregnant and if someone said " are you pregnant" my reply could have been ...."is a frogs bum water tight?"

Let's hit the frog and toad......." let's hit the road"

give me the dog and bone........can i have the phone.

and gotta get back to the trouble and strife........gotta get home to the wife.

yes pocket you were right....we do alot of rhyming slang.....it's actually called "butcher talk"

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« Reply #42 on: Feb 6^th, 2005, 9:01pm »

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We Asians only have fake Northerners (American) accents. It seems terribly difficult to fake a Southerner's one. I admit that I belong to this cateogary.

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I was thinking about my SIL last night. There is a lady on the Food Network (whose name escapes me) who sounds just like my SIL. My SIL would pronounce southern as suhthen. Gosh, I miss that lady.

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MORE SOUTHERNESE Wink

Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.

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Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess."

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Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."

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Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is -- as in: "Going to town, be back directly."

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Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table.

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All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.

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Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin!

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Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right far piece." They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.

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Only a Southerner, both knows and understands, the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash.

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No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.

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A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.

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Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines. we don't do "queues," we do "lines"; and when we're "in line," we talk to everybody!

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Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage.

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Southerners never refer to one person as "ya'll."

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Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.

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Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food.

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When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!

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Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk.

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And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say, "Bless her heart" and go your own way.

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To those of you who're still a little embarrassed by your Southerness Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your heart!

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And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff, bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have classes on Southerness as a second language!

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And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, ya'll need a sign to hang on ya'lls front porch that reads "I aint from the South but I got here as fast as I could."

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« Reply #45 on: Feb 10^th, 2005, 2:15pm »

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Luci, I'm a-fixin' to bust wide open laughing. I right near spewed my grits all over my computer. I'll just go yonder to the kitchen and take a swig of sweet tea. It'll settle me down, by and by.

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« Reply #46 on: Feb 10^th, 2005, 3:17pm »

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Rupey, I understood every word you just said. Cheesy

I also understood everything in luci's post. lol!

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« Reply #47 on: Feb 10^th, 2005, 3:35pm »

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I was just in the kitchen and a coworker asked, "Did ewe make that pot a cawfee?" And I said, "Yeah, an ahm fixin ta git sum."

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« Reply #48 on: Feb 10^th, 2005, 4:07pm »

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.....and Ah heerd both'n of yew oil tha wa-ey ta TEXAS Roll Eyes

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« Reply #49 on: Feb 10^th, 2005, 5:19pm »

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Way-elllll, hon. Bless your heart.

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« Reply #50 on: Feb 10^th, 2005, 5:40pm »

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All I can do is laugh! This is a great thread! :laff:

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« Reply #51 on: Feb 10^th, 2005, 10:06pm »

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We'un's is so happee to oblige yew, Ray-chelle, honee Wink

Yew ailin' now, 'er feelin' up to snuff?

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« Reply #52 on: Feb 10^th, 2005, 10:42pm »

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Streuth and by crikey I fair dinkum agree with you rach...this thread is a bloody beaut ripper!

i just about cack myself Grin

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What's the difference between a southern zoo and a northern zoo?

>(A southern zoo has a description of the animal on the front

>of the cage along with... "A recipe")

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If You Can Read This, I've Lost My Trailer.
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The Earth Is Full - Go Home.
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I Have The Body Of A God - Buddha.
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So Many Pedestrians - So Little Time.
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Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult.
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If We Quit Voting, Will They All Go Away?
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Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway.
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Illiterate? Write For Help.
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Honk If Anything Falls Off.
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Cover Me, I'm Changing Lanes.
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He Who Hesitates Is Not Only Lost, But Miles From The Next Exit.
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I Refuse To Have A Battle Of Wits With An Unarmed
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You! Out Of The Gene Pool - Now!
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I Do Whatever My Rice Krispies Tell Me To.
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(Seen Upside Down On A Jeep)
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Remember Folks: Stop Lights Timed For 35 mph Are Also Timed
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Guys: No Shirt, No Service. Gals: No Shirt, No Charge
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If Walking Is So Good For You, Then Why Does My
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Body By Nautilus; Brain By Mattel. (** My second favorite**)
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Boldly Going Nowhere.
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Heart Attacks God's Revenge For Eating His Animal Friends.
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All Men Are Animals; Some Just Make Better Pets.
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« Reply #55 on: Feb 19^th, 2005, 8:09pm »

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Any of ya'll know more of our native language? Grin

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