A test for us southern gals....
 

[url]http://www.magiquiz.com/quiz/how-well-do-you-speak-southern-slang

Okay, I got 11 out of 12 right. I've never heard a ladybug referred to as a "buggy." Some of these are not universal to the south. I live in New Hampshire, but most of my family originates in the Great Smoky Mountains. Everybody but me lives down south. I have always marched to the beat of my own drum, so to speak.

I got 11 out of 12. The buggy one wasn't the lady bug, it was the grocery cart.

I agree. My family is from the rural midwest and my mother and grandmother used a lot of these phrases. I think its more rural people than just southern. In fact, if you went into a big southern city, you might not find that many people who knew these phrases.

Well that explains it! In my haste I didn't see the grocery cart. I should have gotten that right.

well 10 out of 12. soda was for any soft drink when i was young. not just Coke and the Bless your Heart. i didn't think it meant you were an idiot. but with some people it just might, he,he.

I have heard "bless your heart" used both ways--as sarcasm and also meaning, "you poor thang." When I was a "young-un" our soda's were referred to as Pepsi, Pesi-cola, or Coke-a-cola.

Yup. Bless your heart can be either sarcastic or pitying. My friend used to use "Isn't that precious?" to mean "What an idiotic thing to do". I still like that one.

8 out of 12.......

It's been 15 years since I had to speak "southern" :)

Missed the beverage one since I've always called it Co-Cola. If some had said soda or pop when I was young I wouldn't have understood what they meant. We asked for Co-Cola and were then asked if we wanted Pepsi or Coke.
I have learned in the past 5 years to ask for sweet tea or I get colored water (unsweetened tea).

Yeah, I'm Southern (Virginian) born and bred. :o