Southern 101---Explanation of all things Southern

[Stumpy]

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Rude, rude, rude! That's just the sort of thing a southern gentleman would never say.

 

[Stumpy]

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You wouldn't believe how close I came to going back and adding just that -- none of that instant stuff! I'm talking slow-cooked "boiled" custard. I am now using a recipe calling for sweetened condensed milk. I want my 'niller wafers to have plenty of liquid to soak up before serving.

Oh, and I don't know if I'll ever see 98 cents a pound again. I stocked up last time I saw that.

 

[Cetawin]

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OMG yes...I love it! I use my grandmother's recipe....mmmmmmmm

 

[speckledhen]

My mother always made ambrosia when we had dinner guests! I'd forgotten that.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

What about the two names people have

Bobby Joe
Cindy lou


And Buddy - Alot of people don't know Buddy is another way to say Junior.

We were talking about road kill on the way back from the feed mill this morning. Road kill is defined as fresh before the vultures get to it.

Steve in NC

 

[LA~Poulet]

Words I notice used in Louisiana and not so much elsewhere:

Fixin' - I'm fixin' to go to the store, you need me to get some coke?
A'ight - Just leave 'em be, they'll be a'ight (all right)
Reckon' - I reckon it'll be a'ight.
Figure - I figure if we get a dozen eggs, we'll have enough to go with grits in the mornin'

Confession-while I don't normally use those ^ in daily conversation, my accent is such that my vehicle Onstar can't always understand my voice commands. I was trying to get it to dial a number and about to give up after the 10th failure, when I got the hairbrained idea to attempt (poorly) imitating a NY accent. It understood me on the first try.

 

[jjdward]

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My grandmother's name wa Billie June and her sister was Ima Jean.

 

[FrenchHen]

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Hey!!! I have two first names!

 

[mom2chicksandpups]

LA~Poulet :

Words I notice used in Louisiana and not so much elsewhere:

Fixin' - I'm fixin' to go to the store, you need me to get some coke?
A'ight - Just leave 'em be, they'll be a'ight (all right)
Reckon' - I reckon it'll be a'ight.
Figure - I figure if we get a dozen eggs, we'll have enough to go with grits in the mornin'

Confession-while I don't normally use those ^ in daily conversation, my accent is such that my vehicle Onstar can't always understand my voice commands. I was trying to get it to dial a number and about to give up after the 10th failure, when I got the hairbrained idea to attempt (poorly) imitating a NY accent. It understood me on the first try.

I say all of the above! I know how to write and speak properly, but all of these Southern "slang" words come out easily in casual conversation because I have always lived in Southern Alabama.

I hate automated phone services that require me to speak in the phone. They hardly ever understand me. I try to hard to speak the words as plainly as possible, but I usually have to give up and get a live person on the phone. Even then, I have to spell things for them sometimes. I have a very strong Southern accent, as you can guess.​

 

[mom2chicksandpups]

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Hey!!! I have two first names!

I don't think it was meant as an insult. I have known a lot of people with double names. It's just part of life in the South. Isn't it funny also how even those of us without double names have them when our mamas are mad at us. When I hear my first and middle names come out of mom's mouth, I know I am in big trouble for something.

And I had to comment that we do not eat road kill in my part of the South. Yuck!!

At least those of us who are "normal" don't. It stays so hot here that things are usually already rotting by the time they are killed. That is just gross!!