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> >

> > Suthen-isms:

> > ____

> > Only a Southerner knows the difference between a

> hissie fit and a

> > conniption fit, and that you don't HAVE them, you

> PITCH them.

> > _____

> > Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens,

> turnip greens,

> > peas, beans, etc., make up a mess.

> > _____

> > Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the

> general direction

> of

> > yonder.

> > _____

> > Only a Southerner knows exactly how long directly is,

> As in: 'Going to

> > town, be back directly.'

> > _____

> > 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.

> > _____

> > All Southerners know exactly when by and by is. They

> might not use the

> > term, but they know the concept well.

> > _____

> > Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best

> gesture of solace

> for

> > a neighbor who's got trouble is a whole messa

> 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!

> > _____

> > Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference

> between right near and

> a

> > right far piece. They also know that just down the

> road a piece can be

> > anywhere from 1 to 20 miles.

> > _____

> > Only a Southerner, both knows and understands, the

> difference between

> a

> > redneck, a good ol' boy, and po white trash.

> > _____

> > A Southerner knows that the word fixin can be used as

> a noun, a verb,

> or

> > an adverb.

> > _____

> > Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines,

> ... And when

> we're

> > 'in line,' we talk to everybody!

> > _____

> > Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will

> discover they're

> > related, even if only by marriage.

> > _____

> > In the South, y'all is singular, all y'all is

> plural.

> > _____

> > Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat

> them.

> > _____

> > 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.

> > _____

> > When you hear someone say, 'I caught myself

> lookin'', you know you are

> in

> > the presence of a genuine Southerner!

> > _____

> > 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.

> > _____

> > And a true Southerner knows you don't scream

> obscenities at little old

> > ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say,

> 'well, bless her

> > heart' and go on your way.

> > _____

> > And to those of you who are still having a hard time

> understanding all

> > this Souther n stuff, ... bless your hearts, I hear

> they're fixin' to

> have

> > classes on Southernness as a second language!

> > ------

> > And for those that are not from the South but have

> lived here for a

> long

> > time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls

> front porch that reads

> 'I

> > ain't from the South, but I got here as fast as I

> could.'

> > ____________
 
I lived in Jacksonville, NC for a while. One of the terms that took a while to figure out was "yunta"..... "do you want to"
 
I thought that was yauntoo. A way to flirt with the women folks when yer squirrel huntin.
 
I've heard it as yauntoo and yunto. I think it dependes where you are.
 
I just came from over town to get some mcdonalds for the kids,and was reading this pst while they ate.After readin this,ive decided ive got an ankerin for some collard greens an squash from the pig(piggly wiggly for you northern folks)with some ham an cornbread.=P~So i gotta go on over ther an eat a bite,ill be back for the chatroom in a bit.If yaonto(you want to)come on in the chat in a an habg out with an nc good ol boy.
 
I just came from over town to get some mcdonalds for the kids

Shouldn't that be mac-donalds? My inlaws are from 'lanta, and I'm show that's how it's pro-nounced down yonder.

PS. Hope y'all are a hunkerin' down from that thar tornado? Good luck!
 
Its rainin cats n dogs here right now,kinda on an off.The hurricane is suppose to hit @2:00 am tomarrow mornin,while were all asleep.I never understood why all these bad storms hit us at night.It makes it even worse,because you cant see whats coming at ya,lol
 
Its rainin cats n dogs here right now,kinda on an off.The hurricane is suppose to hit @2:00 am tomarrow mornin,while were all asleep.I never understood why all these bad storms hit us at night.It makes it even worse,because you cant see whats coming at ya,lol

We`re not fixing for Hanna directly, but by 2 pm tomorrow she`ll be pulling in the driveway. Lol!
 
In eastern North Carolina it's yauntoo. And everybody thats male is known as Bo, bossman, cap'n or cuzz.
 
And sometimes the word fixin is pronounced fittin or fickin. lol
 
The one about the hissie fit. I always membered it to be "throw a hissie fit ". And you pitch a fit. The South is getting more educated now. We do have TV and radio.lol I've still got family that says yorn instead of yours. And backer instead of tobacco. lol
 
Around here if something is a long way off, it's way over yonder.

If you come around looking for a Hemi Cuda or something, ask if theys a Hemi Cuda up around these parts. The answer you get might be, I went a lookin back a few, and they aint nair a one. lol
 
Around here if something is a long way off, it's way over yonder.

If you come around looking for a Hemi Cuda or something, ask if theys a Hemi Cuda up around these parts. The answer you get might be, I went a lookin back a few, and they aint nair a one. lol

Yup, yer in the thick of it! Lol!
 
Yup, yer in the thick of it! Lol!


You boys from Virginia aint no better. lol.... I got a few friends from Virginia and a few friends from West Virginia. It's funny how everybody from different parts of the south have their own little ways of talking. One of my friends from Virginia used to call me Bubba Lou and I called him Bo. He's dead now. I sure miss him. May God bless his soul.

I can tell when somebodies not from around here whether they be from the north, west or south. And lots of times I can tell exactly where they are from.
 
You boys from Virginia aint no better. lol.... I got a few friends from Virginia and a few friends from West Virginia. It's funny how everybody from different parts of the south have their own little ways of talking. One of my friends from Virginia used to call me Bubba Lou and I called him Bo. He's dead now. I sure miss him. May God bless his soul.

I can tell when somebodies not from around here whether they be from the north, west or south. And lots of times I can tell exactly where they are from.

Oh my God , the "watermen" around here are unintelligible. Lol!
 
My mother in law will tell you a "hurakin is a comin".
She also "haddent been long got home"
 
This thread puts a big ole smile on my face. :-D

I grew up in the mountains of West Virginia in a small town where I was kin to just about everybody or everybody knew my Daddy. I grew up with 25 cousins and 2 brothers. :wav: :tongue3: :tongue:

We all went swimming in the Elk river in the summer time and we all had to wear old tennis shoes when we went in the cold water. Boy we had fun!
We did not have cable or video games. We went up the holler and went swingin on the grape vines down the holler to go huntin' crawl dads in the crick.


I went huntin' and fishing with dad, or a brother or a cuzzin when we needed meat on the table, not just in the hunting season.

Around here, we can pronounce Kanawha, Monongahela, Seneca, and Watoga.
We know that you can swim in the Elk, and the Coal Rivers, but not the mighty Kanawha unless you want to drown8-[ or grow a third eye (thanks to Union Carbide):fucyc:.


Mamma and Mamaw would have fried chicken, 'mash taders and 'biskits', fresh corn and t'maters picked from the garden or greens from the hill out behind the house spread out on the table for dinner or good ole beans and cornbread
By todays standards, we were poor. But I would give anything to have a hunk of Mamaw's corn bread crumbled in a glass with ice cold buttermilk...:love5:

I am a Coal Miners daughter and grand daughter, and proud of it. :love7:
 
I was born in Texas, my Dad's people are in Mississippi and I was raised in Maryland. So all of my family is from the South. Most people from the North think all Southerner's talk the same. lol But being a sales manager in the car business which had several large Military bases nearby I could generally tell where someone was from in the South by learning the different drawls and dialects. Don't know the statisitcs but a high percentage of the military personnel are from the South!
 
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