My Grandma Annie came fron the deep south
08-06-2011, 10:39 AM
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Yes she used many of these words and would have gotten a kick out of this
THINGS I LEARNED LIVING IN THE SOUTH...
A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South.
There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one's seen before.
If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.
Onced and Twiced are words.
It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!
Jawl-P? means, Did you all go to the bathroom?
People actually grow, eat and like okra.
Fixinto is one word. It means I'm going to do that.
There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there's supper.
Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar. It is referred to as the Wine of the South.
Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.
The word jeet is actually a question meaning, 'Did you eat?'
You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is, you work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH em.
Ya'll is singular. All ya'll is plural.
All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.
You carry jumper cables in your car - for your OWN car.
You only own five spices: salt, pepper, mustard, Tabasco and ketchup.
The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports, the motor sports, and gossip.
You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
You know what a hissy fit is.
Fried catfish is the other white meat.
We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive!!!
You understand these jokes and forward them to your Southern friends and those who just wish they were from the SOUTH.
THINGS I LEARNED LIVING IN THE SOUTH...
A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.
There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South.
There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one's seen before.
If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.
Onced and Twiced are words.
It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!
Jawl-P? means, Did you all go to the bathroom?
People actually grow, eat and like okra.
Fixinto is one word. It means I'm going to do that.
There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there's supper.
Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar. It is referred to as the Wine of the South.
Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.
The word jeet is actually a question meaning, 'Did you eat?'
You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is, you work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH em.
Ya'll is singular. All ya'll is plural.
All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.
You carry jumper cables in your car - for your OWN car.
You only own five spices: salt, pepper, mustard, Tabasco and ketchup.
The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports, the motor sports, and gossip.
You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
You know what a hissy fit is.
Fried catfish is the other white meat.
We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive!!!
You understand these jokes and forward them to your Southern friends and those who just wish they were from the SOUTH.
08-06-2011, 11:12 AM
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Ya'll missed one that I get picked about.
When you plug up the lights, extension cord or computer.....instead of plug it in.
And of course over yonder (any place but here) and carry someone to the store (instead of drive them to the store).
Yes mam, No mam and Thank you is still expected too!
K.
When you plug up the lights, extension cord or computer.....instead of plug it in.
And of course over yonder (any place but here) and carry someone to the store (instead of drive them to the store).
Yes mam, No mam and Thank you is still expected too!
K.
08-06-2011, 11:26 AM
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I understood every one of them. My family came from the south, and the older ones that are still living still talk this away. The ones that have passed, well,...I just smile when I remember the way they spoke. Sweet memories.
08-06-2011, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Tcharlie
Ya'll missed one that I get picked about.
When you plug up the lights, extension cord or computer.....instead of plug it in.
And of course over yonder (any place but here) and carry someone to the store (instead of drive them to the store).
Yes mam, No mam and Thank you is still expected too!
K.
When you plug up the lights, extension cord or computer.....instead of plug it in.
And of course over yonder (any place but here) and carry someone to the store (instead of drive them to the store).
Yes mam, No mam and Thank you is still expected too!
K.
fetch it
and when cooking just a pinch, a touch , a smidgin,a speck, a hand full
canning food was called puttin up
harvesting in the garden was takin up
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