Just got this and had to share....with "all y'all"
Southerners know their summer weather report:
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> > Southerners know their vacation spots:
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> > The beach
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> > The rivuh
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> > The crick
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> > Southerners know everybody's first name:
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> > Honey
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> > Darlin'
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> > Shugah
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> > Southerners know the movies that speak to their hearts:
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> > Fried Green Tomatoes
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> > Driving Miss Daisy
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> > Steel Magnolias
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> > Gone With The Wind
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> > Southerners know their religions:
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> > Bapdiss
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> > Methdiss
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> > Football
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> > Southerners know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
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> > Chawl'stn
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> > S'vanah
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> > Foat Wuth
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> > N'awlins
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> > Addlanna
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> > Southerners know their elegant gentlemen:
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> > Men in uniform
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> > Men in tuxedos
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> > Rhett Butler
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> > Southern girls know their prime real estate:
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> > The Mall
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> > The Country Club
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> > The Beauty Salon
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> > Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:
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> > Having bad hair and nails
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> > Having bad manners
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> > Cooking bad food
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> > 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, ... 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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> > In the South, "y'all" is singular, "all y'all" is plural.
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> > Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
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> > Every Southerner knows that tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; that scrambled eggs just ain't right without Tabasco , 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 sweet little heart"... and go your own way.
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> > To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southernness: Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your little 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're fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language!
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> > Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fah-evah !
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> > There ain't no magazine named "Northern Living" for good reason. There ain't nobody interested in livin' up north, nobody would buy the magazine!
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> > Now Shugah, send this to someone who was raised in the South or wish they had a'been! If you're a Northern transplant, bless your little heart, fake it. We know you got here as fast as you could.
