Southern 101---Explanation of all things Southern

[mom2chicksandpups]

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I agree. There are only a few restaurants that make good sweet tea.

This post also made me think of another saying, "He looks like he got beaten with the ugly stick." This is for someone who is really, really unattractive.

 

[scbatz33]

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Oooh, I forgot that I tell my kids "don't be ugly" or, "that was an ugly thing to say/do"! It's funny how when you do something a lot, you don't think it's different.

Since we started this discussion I have noticed my son saying "fixin". I guess he always has, but it really has been sticking out the past couple of days.

Mom2...hows about " he fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down"? Bless his little pea pickin heart!!

 

[Day Old ChicK]

Having been born in the North and lived in the South for over ten years both by the grace of God, I appreciate the cultures that are as different as two foreign countries and think that Southern accents and ways are charming although totally confusing for the first few years.

 

[FrenchHen]

I love telling my kids that their behavior is ugly. Not that they're bad, but that they're being ugly. It works for us.

 

[Its Just Us Chickens]

I haven't read thru all 40 pages, so forgive me if I'm repeating anything.

I grew up in TX, and now live in MS. Things from one southern state to another (or even one part of a state to another) can be a lot different. But one thing I've noticed that's pretty consistent is that there is no such thing as a single syllable word. A word as small as 'at' can easy have 3 syllables. A and I should have at least 2 syllables. Oh, and I was recently told by someone from CA that not everyone cranks their car. Some folks just start it instead.


In TX we changed light bub, changed the ahl in the car, played gawf. Here in MS no one ever carried anything, they tote it. They don't get mad, they're ill. Those little packs of peanutbutter cheese crackers? Those are Nabs. I have no idea why.
And everyone is related to everyone. And every where you go people expect you to recite your family tree. They seem to expect you to be related to someone they know. (I'm not from around here or related to anyone, so this boggles my mind)
I have yet to meet anyone my DH is not either related to, or doubly related to. He went out to get them mail one day and had a conversation with our mail carrier. Came in and told me we're related to her. My kids started school and found cousins they didn't know they had.

 

[Opa]

I grew up on sweet tea and brew my own daily. I usually use Luzianne and only add about 1/3 cup of sugar to one gallon. I can't abide instant, powdered, storebought or restaurant tea. Today I was working at my brother's and was forced to drink Arizona Tea southern style and it's pitiful. He was raised in the same home as I with southern parents and he's willing to drink that swill. It just ain't right.

 

[babyriver]

These has been a good thread. I don't know if the northerns do it but younguns know when their in trouble down here when mom uses their whole name at the same time. You know granny's going to tell you to go get her a switch to get your tail with.Never understood why we had to go get the thing LOL

 

[Southernbelle]

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I hear ya, Opa! Luzianne is my favorite and it absolutely has to be fresh brewed, none of that powdered/instant/bottled stuff! I do drink it in restaurants because it's fresh brewed

If it's not, I hand it right back to them and get a Coke instead.

 

[scbatz33]

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I hear ya, Opa! Luzianne is my favorite and it absolutely has to be fresh brewed, none of that powdered/instant/bottled stuff! I do drink it in restaurants because it's fresh brewed

If it's not, I hand it right back to them and get a Coke instead.

what kind of coke do you usually order?

 

[jjdward]

I make my tea with tetley. I also use 2 cups to a gallon! I know its a lot of sugar but'' it show is guud"!