Southern 101---Explanation of all things Southern

[mom2chicksandpups]

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That makes me think of my Granny. I would ask her how much sugar to put in a recipe I was trying to cook and she would say, "Oh, just a dab." No wonder we can't cook like she used to!

 

[jjdward]

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This should make you feel better. It was 101 here today with absolutely stifling humidity.

Thats way better than having to shovel the whole driveway with about 4'of snow in -20 temps with blowing snow. I dislike the winters. I dont think I have ever been in a super humid area before.

I have an uncle that now lives in northern IN and every morning before work in the winter he has to shovel his driveway and side walk in front of his house next to the street. Every day but sunday. ITS THE LAW!!!

I can't imagine having to get up at 5am 6 days a week every winter and shovel snow. Couldn't do it. I like the 3 days of snow we get here in Georgia. The whole state closes when it snows!

 

[Mary Of Exeter]

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LOL. We do the same thing

Guess you find it all over NC then. "DON'T GET ILL WITH ME!"

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

Yeah, we had to shovel about half a city block of driveway. I think I would rather deal with humidity than all the snow.

 

[Mary Of Exeter]

I have a friend who moved up here from Louisiana after Katrina.
We like to pick on each other all the time about how we talk. Okay, I'll admit, it's mostly me pickin on her

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We'll argue for the longest time about crayfish. Here, we have crawdads. Those big ole blue-ish brown-ish gray-ish things that scare the buhjeebus out of me when I'm wallowing around in the creek and they pop out from behind a rock. Also the boogers who come out of the ground when we get heavy rain, and parade around the yard.
Down there, they're their own food group and called crawfish.

I finally ended the argument by reminding her that as long as she's here, they're crawdads, and they belong on fishing rods

And she better not bother me about it cause she's wrong too, in that they are called crayfish.

 

[jjdward]

Has anybody mentioned kudzoo? What a great idea!

 

[FrenchHen]

A few years back I visited Atlanta. Mom asked that I bring back something southern (She's from Memphis, now lives in Washington State).

I brought her back a framed kudzoo leaf.

 

[jjdward]

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Anybody ever ate it? I have heard you can eat the bloom(I think?)
and I have heard of kudzoo jelly.

 

[mom2chicksandpups]

No, I've never heard of anyone eating kudzu. I am sure it has been done, though.

 

[Buckhorn Farm]

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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.

I must confess I DO use these words daily