"Southernisms" and the Southern Lady

[Steve]

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If said correctly, it sounded like, "Ya'll go to hail."

That's it!!!!

Thank ya ma'am!

 

[Yogiman]

Tutter wrote:
Is there any food that doesn't make a good sandwich?)

Wegotchickens wrote:
Okra

What? You gotta be kidden me! Ain't you ever had a fried okra and sliced matter sandwich with mianaze loaded up on it. You ain't lived yet if you haven't.

 

[eggzettera]

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If you think you know COLD try spending the winter in maine... you barely survive and snow is still on the ground by tthe end of april.

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - I win! I have actually build igloo's that last all winter long......

As far as speech goes, it doesn't matter where I live I always get asked "Where you from?" I have a speech impediment - think Elmer Fudd - r's & w's especially in the same word. It's not so bad now but I have to be careful here in SLC we have Redwood Road - this is always said very slowly....

 

[amystours]

Now I can't resist this one...a recent subject in this post was grits.....so let's hear how YOU eat them!!!

Salt and Pepper or (!) Sugar?? (ew.)

Guess you can tell where I'm from, huh?

 

[speckledhen]

Sugar?? Yuck, yuck and DOUBLE yuck! I eat mine with salt and butter, when I eat them. DH mixes up his soft fried eggs in there for Grits 'n Eggs.

 

[RayP]

Everyone knows you have to eat grits with cheese.

 

[love-my-wolves]

Ok, I have to say I was born and raised in upstate NewYork. I never went out of the state until I was about 11 or 12. From the time I could talk, y'all was in my vocabulary. And fixin'. I always tell everyone "I'm fixin' to" do this or that. I don't know where I got it, we're all from NY. But I blended in right away down in Florida. Maybe I got it from my mom, who is po whi trailer trash

. (wish I was kidding) Oh, but I never did get on the grit wagon, I'm an oatmeal girl all the way!!!

 

[love-my-wolves]

Oh, and my all-time favorite song has always been "Devil went down to Georgia"!
Think I was born on the wrong side of the Mason/Dixon.

 

[amystours]

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I completely agree!

 

[speckledhen]

And my FIL, whose family came to Ga in the 1600's calls me a Yankee when I do that, in spite of the fact that I've been in GA since I was a year old, LOL. My DH never ate cheese on grits, either, and he's VERY Southern.