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Originally Posted by Ditter43
Originally Posted by Rhonda
Do you know why it was called an ice box? My mom was an antique dealer so I have seen the real ice boxes.
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Originally Posted by lyndad
My mother and father were from Oklahoma, but lived in Texas since they were young. Dinner was at noon and supper was the evening meal.
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I thought I would share this.. it seems to fit..
My sister sent this to me, and yes, we are truly "Southern Women" Southern women know their vacation spots: The beach The rivuh The crick Southern women know everybody's first name: Honey Darlin' Shugah Southern women know the movies that speak to their hearts: Fried Green Tomatoes Driving Miss Daisy Steel Magnolias Gone With The Wind Southern women know their religions: Baptist Methodist Football Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm: Chawl'stn S'vanah Foat Wuth N'awlins Addlanna Southern women know their elegant gentlemen: Men in uniform Men in tuxedos Rhett Butler Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins: Having bad hair and nails Having bad manners Cooking bad food More Suthen-ism's: Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them. _____ Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess." _____ Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder." _____ Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, as in: "Going to town, be back drekly (directly)." _____ Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular, sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table. _____ All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well. _____ Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin'! _____ Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right far piece." They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20. _____ Only a Southerner both knows and understands the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash. _____ No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn. _____ A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb. _____ Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ... and when we're "in line,"... we talk to everybody! _____ Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage. _____ In the South, y'all is singular, all y'all is plural. _____ Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them. _____ Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food. _____ When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner! _____ Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk. _____ And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say,"Bless her heart"... and go your own way. _____ To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness: Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your heart! _____ And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff...bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language! _____ And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls front porch that reads "I'm not from the South, but I got here as fast as I could." |
I have one more. When we moved here I couldn't figure out why they called a grocery cart a buggy and a beanie hat a tobaggon (sp?). Go figure.
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Thanks Lynn....those are all very familiar to me...bless your heart!! :D
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Boy, are this could make a good book!!! i love it. and Bless your heart.
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Originally Posted by Rhonda
When I was in jr. high we made up a survey and sent it out to differant schools around the US. This survey had questions pertaining to what words you used for say a sofa. Do you call it a sofa or a couch?
Or do you say pop or soda? or something else entirely? My MIL was raised in the hills of Missouri in the 30's. She calls a recipe a receipt. This is a generational thing rather than a regional thing. But it is interesting to me to hear what words people use for things or phrases that are regional. My DH uses his mom's phrase "It's raining like the gits" But noone knows what a gits is. Just something she picked up as a child. She also says "Poking on the pounds" which puts a picture in my head of someone using their fingers to literally poke the fat into the their side!! Like applying the fat straight to my thighs instead of eating it! LOL I would love to hear any phrases or words like this. What do you call your couch? And is there a differance to you as to what constitutes a couch or a sofa? I call a road that has small rock on it a gravel road. My DH calls it a rock road. Do you have the idea? I would love to hear other's experiences with words! Wanting a rinse on her hair was wrench, Cooking pots were stewers soft drinks were sody water I'm a fixin to do that I swannee was her favorite And I ain't never heard such flat as a flitter dinner was middle of the day supper at night she put up the clothes after folding them, my LA friend said kept the clothes I's a wander instead of wonder mop your tracks out behind you when you leave, if you were mad and wasn't coming back gather the eggs ,LA friend picked the eggs tomaters taters Whoopee when she would get hot or sweating and she lived on a dirt road and the mail man was a mail carrier pickup for truck sour milk for buttermilk icebox for refrigerator cook stove for stove zinc for sink lard for grease and I could just go on and on, but that's enough for now |
My 87 yr. old Mother says zinc instead of sink, and i can't get her to say it right, she was born in va. and she says her way is the right way.
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Originally Posted by sak658
Originally Posted by Rhonda
When I was in jr. high we made up a survey and sent it out to differant schools around the US. This survey had questions pertaining to what words you used for say a sofa. Do you call it a sofa or a couch?
Or do you say pop or soda? or something else entirely? My MIL was raised in the hills of Missouri in the 30's. She calls a recipe a receipt. This is a generational thing rather than a regional thing. But it is interesting to me to hear what words people use for things or phrases that are regional. My DH uses his mom's phrase "It's raining like the gits" But noone knows what a gits is. Just something she picked up as a child. She also says "Poking on the pounds" which puts a picture in my head of someone using their fingers to literally poke the fat into the their side!! Like applying the fat straight to my thighs instead of eating it! LOL I would love to hear any phrases or words like this. What do you call your couch? And is there a differance to you as to what constitutes a couch or a sofa? I call a road that has small rock on it a gravel road. My DH calls it a rock road. Do you have the idea? I would love to hear other's experiences with words! Wanting a rinse on her hair was wrench, Cooking pots were stewers soft drinks were sody water I'm a fixin to do that I swannee was her favorite And I ain't never heard such flat as a flitter dinner was middle of the day supper at night she put up the clothes after folding them, my LA friend said kept the clothes I's a wander instead of wonder mop your tracks out behind you when you leave, if you were mad and wasn't coming back gather the eggs ,LA friend picked the eggs tomaters taters Whoopee when she would get hot or sweating and she lived on a dirt road and the mail man was a mail carrier pickup for truck sour milk for buttermilk icebox for refrigerator cook stove for stove zinc for sink lard for grease and I could just go on and on, but that's enough for now |
We had POP as a kid,a sofa or couch was a DIVAN or a DAVENPORT,,we cooked a MESS of greens,caught a MESS of fish,,and a hot dog was always a WEINIE.
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