Bless Their Heart... And Other Southern Sayings

How 'bout this 'n: If'n a cat has kittens in the oven, don't make 'em biscuts!

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what did it mean?

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what did it mean?

Apparently, internet posters aren't the only one's with punctuation problems. Seems, signmakers have the same problem....It should read: Slow: Death in family......Slow: Deaf children...... Slow: Children at play.

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LOL! My grandma was from NY city and she'd say that! LOL!

My grandpa would say he was going to "dump his grates" or "change his oil"

Now, when I was a kid, and that was said, it meant a man was going to see a lady that wasn't his wife!!! If mom said something about some guy, and there was a "mystery" that my little ears weren't suppose to hear, dad would always say that!

Here in south Louisiana, while definitely in the south, we let our Cajun heritage take precedent when it comes to our southernisms. Here are a few:

~At dinner time, my Papa (like the A sound in apple and said very quickly; grandfather) would always ask
"Ca c'est bon?"-----Is it good?

~Going to the locally owned corner grocery always meant the old man behind the counter would give us kids a little
lagniappe (lan-yap), or "a little something extra".

~"Ahm fixin' to go pass by Maw-maw's and ahm jus gonna get down fer a minute." Or--I am going to Grandmother's house. I am going to visit and will only be there for a couple of hours.

~ "Ah have an ahnvee (French "envie") fer sum balled crawfish!" Or--I have a craving for some boiled crawfish!

~I think our version of "Bless her heart" would be "Cher", pronounced sha (like the A sound in apple). But we use it for just about anything:
"That baby's so cute! Shaaaa!"
"Mais sha, whachu tink?" Or Well, dear, what do you think?
"She's dancin' in the parkin lot? She's from da nort, sha baby! She don't know no betta, nobody neva tol her "get down" means get-out-da-car!" BTW,the north begins about 50 miles north of I-10

~ "Ain? Mais, I can't hear whatchu said." Or--What did you say? Well, I can't hear you.

~I can remember being told to go "dodo" (Long O sound, emphasis on the 2nd syllable & said very quickly). Meaning to go to sleep.

These could fill pages and pages, but I'll stop here because I've got to go save the dishes.

My family was originally from TN. Here is a few
Don't have the brains God gave a goose
Nervous as a cat "pooping" a peach seed
Hotter than Georgia asphalt

And someone giving directions HA! You take a right at the Old Johnsons place. Now they tore that down 15 yrs ago. Then go on to the big ole oak tree that got busted up in that tornada in "93" and take a left there. HaHa

I always used to get tickled when I heard someone say they were going to make groceries. Not buy, or get groceries, but make 'em.

Bless their hearts.

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what did it mean?

Apparently, internet posters aren't the only one's with punctuation problems. Seems, signmakers have the same problem....It should read: Slow: Death in family......Slow: Deaf children...... Slow: Children at play.

OH lol that is funny ( not the death in family part)!

Dog is dawg, and takes nearly a minute to say. The deeper into the south, the longer

The Chicken Lady wrote:

Here everyone pulls over to the side of the road and stops for an ambulance or a hearse.

That is also normal in Michigan. Hearses will go through red lights here, along with the cars behind in the funeral procession. All the cars involved have an orange flag stuck to them.

They do not do it in Michigan like they do in most parts of the south. All the funerals that I have witness and been a part of in Tenn... We would have police escorts... and the regular public people would not drive by the funeral procession but they would park on the side of the road....Get out of their car or truck.... men would take off their hats and place them over their hearts as a sign of respect.... I have never seen anythiing like that here in Michigan.....shoot here in Macomb... they will speed by and I have seen a few fly right in front of the hearse... because they were in too big of a hurry!! A shame people can't take a few minutes of their time to pay respects.

Guess you're living the in wrong side of Michigan. The tradition of pulling over and removing your hat is still alive and well in the rural areas on the west side of the state.