Southern 101---Explanation of all things Southern

[Camelot Farms]

This northern transplant is extremely greatful for the patience of her southern friends...

My best story is when DH and I were working on the barn and I told a friend that we were putting up the eaves troughs. She got all excited thinking that we were doing something fancy to our barn (she and I have sort of a keepin' up with the Jones thing going). So, she comes over a day or two later and says...so show me this eaves trough.

So, I point to the roof of the barn and she says...You mean the gutter? Gutter? No. Gutters run along side the street and catch the rain water. She says no...thats a ditch!

We still laugh about it!

And as a side note...Gravy is not supposed to be white and you never eat it for breakfast *wink*

 

[Stumpy]

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Truer words have never been spoken!

Did anyone see the City Confidential episode about Sand Mountain, the guy who tried to kill his wife with his rattlesnakes? Oh, my, I'd never seen such people.

 

[lakeshorenc]

I just thought I would add that Pepsi was invented by a doctor from New Bern NC.

 

[Stumpy]

Lovin' this thread.

The accents vary so much from county to county. The county north of me -- the car may have tars on it, but in a county south of here, water is pronounced the old southern way, wahtuh.

The whole “bless her heart” theme made me remember something I was told once by a distinguished southern gentleman. He said “My grandmother just HATED Lincoln.” I guess my face registered surprise, and he added, “But in a Christian way.” Now, how is it that you hate someone in a Christian way?

My sister adopted a little girl from Russia who didn't know a word of English, of course. A couple of years after she arrived, I was driving her in my car. We were discussing music and I asked her what she liked. She said, in a very southern accent, “Thee-us kee-us, thee-us kee-us.”

bethandjoeync, that's so true. Miles have so little to do with how long it takes to get somehwere!

When we were visiting a restaurant in Michigan, my BIL asked for sweet tea. The waitress was like, huh? They brought old, soured tea.

I walked into a grocery store in Skokie, Illinois and was checking out. The cashier shouted (in a very strong yankee accent) to the back of the store to a male employee, “Hey, Joe, come listen to this girl talk.” I said, something like “Aw, shucks, y'all.”

 

[FunnyFarmer]

My neighbors (who are wonderful people) moved down here from Long Island. We were talking one day about drinks and she kept talking about putting "kaluer" in her coffee........I finally said "Karen, are you talking about kahlua?"

One of my mother's friends from the midwest finally broke down and tried these wonderful boiled peanuts everyone kept telling her about.....she thought they were a little heavy on the fiber.....she hadn't shelled them! I about died laughing when Mom told me that one.......

 

[Camelot Farms]

One more....then I have to get some work done...

My first winter here in the south, I heard my co-worker talking about getting out the kids 'tobaggans'. I got all excited and asked her if we would really get enough snow to use tobaggans.

They all looked at me like I was an idiot and then asked me what I thought a tobaggan was...I told them it is a sled/sleigh.

Apparently here in my area of the south, a tobaggan is a HAT!

Too funny!

 

[Bluemoon420]

I grew up in the military, and my Rhode Island accent is more of a blend of where I been, with a few Rhode Island words mixed in. No matter where I was, even in Rhode Island, I always had a "strange accent".

When I moved to MI, I asked someone where the bubbler was. ( bubblah) I was being looked at like I was some type of alien. My DH was laughing so hard he was practically in tears. A bubbler is what we had always called a drinking fountain, or water fountain.

My daughter who goes to school in Rhode Island has a MUCH heavier accent than I do. My DH can always tell if I've been talking to my daughter, brother, or friends from there.

When we were down South, I was just called a yankee no matter were I went.

In one state I noticed our lost "R's" were all found there.

Bluemoon

 

[Opa]

Now that you mention your accent, I guess maybe you do have one.

Is your daughter going to be here this weekend? The Balloonfest has a nightglow that is really nice to see.

 

[Bluemoon420]

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She'll be here on Tuesday. They finish up their last day of school today. She got a bunch of music awards, and the letters to sew on her jacket

We are all so proud of her

She can't wait to see the chickens, and we will be picking up the new puppy on the 26th.

Bluemoon

 

[Ol'FashionHen]

{Ol'Fashion, sittin' back sippin' her sweet tea, listenin' too all the folks}
Y'all are seriously a hoot and a half, I am Southern bred and born, and would'nt change it for a second. I love livin' in the South and I do not care how much folks may make fun of us, cause trust me, we like to make fun of yous guys sometimes too.
Yep, we have our talk, oh and white gravy all the way , man ain't nothin' like a big ol piece of fried chicken and mashed taters smothered in white gravy, with be-is-cuts (pronounce it like that), roasen-ears ( corn on the cob), fried green tomaters, okrie (okra),
sweet tater casserole, and a fat slice of i-talian cream cake. Yes, all in one settin' which may include beans and greens, wilted lettuce

, macaroni and cheese, green beans, just to mention a few other. Wersh it all down with a tall glass of sweet tea, lemonade, milk, or even spiced tea

. Man I am gettin' hungry now.
I love it when y'all have these southern threads ask away ... we'll talk yer ear off.

....Y'all come on down.

Now bless y'alls heart , we really do mean it, and we are not neccessarily gossiping ...it is really a prayer requeat in many ways, and we sotherners know that, that is why we say , well bless your heart.

And I like gre-its (grits, or polenta up north).