"Southernisms" and the Southern Lady

[CoyoteMagic]

Originally from Southern NJ. Nobody up there can understand a thing I say anymore as my accent has gotten so thick.

I live over "yonder" down by the "crick" on the back of the "hol'lar". Yes'm is what you use when your not in trouble. Yes ma'am, No ma'am and Yes, Sah, No Sah are what you remember real quick when someone is about to "tan" your hide.

I live outside the big city of Charlotte. I know my neighbors, I know their kids, grandkids and parents. They no to "send" my dog (or husband) home when it's dinnertime. I don't have to call them to help me change a flat tire, they already saw it before I did and went to get the big jack.

Fish Frys, Barbequed Chicken, and "passing the boot" at the corner is a common site on Saturday afternoons. Flea markets include the sale of livestock.

'mater sandwich on white bread, eaten over a sink is a delicacy!!

 

[HorseFeathers]

Quote:
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.

 

[amystours]

Quote:
Oh, the JOY!!! YUM!!!!

 

[Southern28Chick]

Southern women know their vacation spots:
The beach
The rivuh
The crick

I've never heard southern folk say "crick". The only people I've heard say that was in Indiana. All the rest is sooooo true though! Thank God I'm a southern girl!!!!!​

 

[Dixiedoodle]

These are so true!

You forget: That no true Southern lady will be caught dead with white shoes on before Easter or after Labor Day!

 

[amystours]

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AMEN!!!!!!!!

 

[sweet_peeps]

Or how about when you make a southern lady mad
and she says:
"Ex CUSE me?! Let me tell YOU something!
Cracks me up!

 

[seismic wonder2]

I was born and raised in Alabama, but I escaped, never said "crick" inless I had one in my neck.

I spent many hot and humid August day down by the creek, poking at stuff with a stobb.
And collecting polk greens from the side of the road and putting it in a sack or "poke". Always returning stained purple, head to toe.
Every southerner knows how cool it is to smack your buddy in the face with fresh polk berries.

When I go back to visit it takes me two or three days before I can understand what people are saying.

When I go back home it takes about two or three weeks to drop the accent. (It never goes away, just smooths out a bit)

 

[Cheekon]

Kinda sounds like my GF. Born and raised in AL.

 

[speckledhen]

When I go back to visit it takes me two or three days before I can understand what people are saying.

When I go back home it takes about two or three weeks to drop the accent. (It never goes away, just smooths out a bit)

OMGosh, so true! We spent many years away with the Air Force, living in the West and Midwest, came back and needed a translator, LOL. My SIL had a new boyfriend as a teenager, who she eventually married. I asked her what his last name was. I thought she said "Whales". Sounded odd, never heard that name, so I said, "Whales?" She said, "No, Whales, W*E*L*L*S, Whales".