Southern 101---Explanation of all things Southern

[Opa]

2 cups of sugar. I believe you could probably use that on pancakes.

 

[Camelot Farms]

This one still makes me pause...

Did you get choked? or He got choked!

To me that implies someone literally grabbed someone else, put thier hands around their throat and squeezed...

Not so here...lol

At home we say...Did you choke? or He choked!

 

[mom2chicksandpups]

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Mine always made me go get my own switch, too. It's hard to pick out something that you know you are about to get "whooped" with. We finally figured out if we made Granny laugh, we usually didn't get spanked at all. This is when we would drag in a small tree limb or a teensy tiny switch for our spanking. She would laugh and we never got our spanking.

 

[cybercat]

You know what is funny I grew up in South FL and I am just learning about some things that are made in the South now. They never made it as far as South FL. Like Cheer Wine love that stuff. Sweet tea is not the same where I grew up, in FL it was just ice tea that you wanted sweeten. White lily was just a flower not The Flour. But I did know of Hoppin Johns, grits and who could not live without corn bread and that homemade fried chicken.

 

[lilshadow]

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Mine always made me go get my own switch, too. It's hard to pick out something that you know you are about to get "whooped" with. We finally figured out if we made Granny laugh, we usually didn't get spanked at all. This is when we would drag in a small tree limb or a teensy tiny switch for our spanking. She would laugh and we never got our spanking.

If we came back with a small switch, my mamaw would go get 3 switches braid them together, and then she would commence to whoopin' us. That was not fun.

 

[lilshadow]

After my DH and I moved to TN(East) where I am from, we invited my inlaws down for a visit. That is when they met my family for the first time, there was a big language barrier. I had to spend most of my time translating for both sides of the family. It was the funniest ever.

They drove down from MN to Morristown, TN (pronounced Marshtown). Well, they got lost or at least thought they were lost, and stopped at the local gas station to ask for directions. We got a call from MOM (Northern mom), my DH said " Honey, where is Bain station. I said " Bain Station. I'm thinking we don't have a Bain Station we have a Bean Station. Again, the language barrier.

tar-tire
bar-bear
dawg-dog
Knoxvulle-Knoxville
Sevierville-Seviervulle, county with a ville on the end, just put vulle on the end, and that is how we say it.
whars-where
younguns-kids, young one
yonder- over there
thars-there
maters-tomatoes
taters-potato
buggy-cart
pitcher has several meanings- batter, picture and a container used to put sweet tea in.

 

[cybercat]

Here is one I just remember it is an real old southern word that we used for a certain animal. Can anyone tell me what animal a Woodpussy is? When I moved up North and said this name for the animal I got some strange looks that was for sure.

I had to go back and read this whole thread. Y'all brought back some thoughts thats for sure. Like catfish, corndogs, corn fritters oh and conch fritters. Yummy.

 

[insiderart]

Oh, I use "don't be ugly" all the time.

Wow 2 cups of sugar is way too sweet! That's how my bil likes it too though. I never could drink it that way. I think you have to grow up on that to get used to it.

 

[insiderart]

Oooo eeeeee fried catfish... there are some secrets to making it where it tastes good!!!

 

[FrenchHen]

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Or pour it on ice cream.