Lessons in Southern English...for all y'all!

[PottyDoctor]

nobody's English is lousier than mine--I sound pure low-class slob when I talk, but at least I can get the message across!

Jeff

Well, yer' in fer' a treat Jeff! They's enough of us southerners around here to help ya' brush on on yer' English....the real kind o' English....Southern English! Hey, and maybe you kin' teach us good ole' boys a French word or two? What d'ya think?

Lesson # 1 in Southern English

Y'all
Pronunciation: 'yol
Function: Contraction
Ye all or you all.

All y'all
Etymology: Intensive form of y'all
This usage states "you all" more emphatically. For example, saying "I know y'all," would mean that one knows a group of people; saying, "I know all y'all" would mean that one knows the members of the group individually.

Now it's all y'alls turn!! :rofl

[PalmettoB]

Good start, Ron.

Now we'll go on to something them fancy linguists (as opposed to linguini, I suppose...) call "double modals."

Example: might oughta as in, "yuh might oughta get a raincoat on before yuh go out."

OR might should, which is a nicer way of saying you SHOULD do something, which might be perceived as rude (and definitely not genteel at all.)

[Mama Bear]

Good start, Ron.

Now we'll go on to something them fancy linguists (as opposed to linguini, I suppose...) call "double modals."

Example: might oughta as in, "yuh might oughta get a raincoat on before yuh go out."

OR might should, which is a nicer way of saying you SHOULD do something, which might be perceived as rude (and definitely not genteel at all.)

Ah, you oughter wanta as in you oughter wanta put yer galoshes on today......

[PalmettoB]

:rofl :rofl

[PottyDoctor]

More Southern English

Fixin'

Function: Verb
To get set, or to be on the verge. Example: We're fixin' to go cut some farwood.

Function: Noun
Customary accompaniments. Example: We had a turkey dinner with all the fixin's.

[PalmettoB]

STILL more Southern English

Like to

Meaning nearly or close to. As in, "I like to fell from that pond bank." (I nearly fell from that pond bank.) or "Dammit. Don't jump out at me like that! I like to had a stroke!" (I came close to having a stroke!)

[Mama Bear]

STILL more Southern English

Like to

Meaning nearly or close to. As in, "I like to fell from that pond bank." (I nearly fell from that pond bank.) or "Dammit. Don't jump out at me like that! I like to had a stroke!" (I came close to having a stroke!)

And, I am fixin' to hurt you! :: Ack! Ya'll are reminding me of my ex! :D :D :D :D

Edit... Oh! Ron did that one already.. sorry.. lol :blush:

[Mama Bear]

Some body needs to start another thread on this...

Here's one... Lil' old me...

Something JoAnna says when she is trying really hard to sound innocent.... it doesn't work but we all know what she is doing.... :D

[Queen of Blades]

Some body needs to start another thread on this...

Here's one... Lil' old me...

Something JoAnna says when she is trying really hard to sound innocent.... it doesn't work but we all know what she is doing.... :D

What? Lil' ole me? Why I's is as innoncent as can be. :o Y'all are just awful!

[PottyDoctor]

Lesson #1 in Southern English

Y'all
Pronunciation: 'yol
Function: Contraction
Ye all or you all.

All y'all
Etymology: Intensive form of y'all
This usage states "you all" more emphatically. For example, saying "I know y'all," would mean that one knows a group of people; saying, "I know all y'all" would mean that one knows the members of the group individually.

[PottyDoctor]

More Southern English

Fixin'

Function: Verb
To get set, or to be on the verge. Example: We're fixin' to go cut some farwood.

Function: Noun
Customary accompaniments. Example: We had a turkey dinner with all the fixin's.

[PottyDoctor]

OK, y'all...I took the hint...I started the new "Lessons in Southern English" thread over in the "Clean Jokes" aisle. And copied and pasted my two contris from here over to there.

Thanks Mama Bear for makin' such a right and proper suggestion. We wouldn't want to get the "Welcome" thread all clogged up with a bunch of edukashunal stuff.

It's y'alls resposibility to copy and paste your own over there. I can't do everything!

And, remember, use proper Southern English when postin'. :D

[Mama Bear]

Here we go..... :D Come on out and let's chit chat Southern Style... :D

[fuerein]

Hmm, you guys (notice this northern's lack of y'all, though my mother did have y'all in her vocab) are downright odd to me. Okay, so I was born in Charleston, SC but we moved to Idaho when I was two and then to Indiana when I was about 6, then moved here to Virginia about 2 years ago (DC part of Virginia though, not a bastion of Southern language or culture). As such you sound quite odd to me, after all there weren't many heavy southern accents in northern indiana.

Okay, there was the one guy I knew from deep down southern Lousianna (sp?), but his accent was so heavy I barely understood him for the first several months I knew him.

[crackstar]

well, Ah reckon some of them jokes are mighty fine! :rofl :rofl

Jeff

[Queen of Blades]

well, Ah reckon some of them jokes are mighty fine! :rofl :rofl

Jeff

Not bad Jeff!

A couple more lessons, and you might just pass as a Southerner. :p

[Mama Bear]

well, Ah reckon some of them jokes are mighty fine! :rofl :rofl

Jeff

Add one more language to the long list of them that Jeff speaks.... :D :D

[PottyDoctor]

Add one more language to the long list of them that Jeff speaks.... :D :D

And don't ferget about me...I've learned three languages just from repeatedly dining at some of east Tennessee's classiest international restaurants....Russian, Italian and Thousand Island! :D

[PottyDoctor]

More Southern English

Shore

Function: Adverb
To be certain, firm, positive or confident; without a doubt. Example: I was shore mama had the winning lotto ticket.

Shorely

Function: Adverb
Certainly, undoubtedly, positively. Example: You shorely can't be serious about eatin' a whole pan of mama's cornbread.

[PalmettoB]

And don't ferget about me...I've learned three languages just from repeatedly dining at some of east Tennessee's classiest international restaurants....Russian, Italian and Thousand Island! :D

Don't forget French...bleu cheese. :rofl

[PalmettoB]

well, Ah reckon some of them jokes are mighty fine! :rofl :rofl

Jeff

There ya go! Yer learnin' purty fast, Jeff. I 'spect the boy's 'bout ready to break out intuh real Southern talk...y'all done a real fine job a teachin' 'im.

Here's one: Jawja: noun--one of the fifty states, located southeast of South Carolina and north of Florida and east of Alabama. Example: "That purty gurl was as fine as a Jawja peach."

One more: Lawd: noun--the Almighty. Since it ain't polite to take the Lawd's name in vain, Southerners tend to politely skirt that by saying things like, "Lawd have mercy!"

[Mama Bear]

Oh Lawd, yer all goofy as squirrels gathering nuts in the fall.... Ron, does your wife know that you are a closet poet?? It was very, very nice to have poetry created just for me on Valentine's day... I just want to be sure she doesn't chase me down with a straight razor... :D

That was just for me, now, ya hear! :D

Thank you Honey Chile...

Oh, yeah, would someone please explain those darn turnip greens and okra to us now?

[PottyDoctor]

More Southern English

Figger

Function: Noun
(1) Numbers used in arithmetic. (2) The shape or form of a thing or person.
Example: A man's gotta' know his figgers if he's gonna' guess women's weight at the county fair.

Function: Verb
(1) To calculate with numbers. (2) To conclude or decide something.
Example: Virgil Lee figgered the reason he couldn't make money buying watermelons for a $1 and sellin' them for a $1, was that he needed a bigger truck. Go figger!

[Edcculus]

Hmm, you guys (notice this northern's lack of y'all, though my mother did have y'all in her vocab) are downright odd to me. Okay, so I was born in Charleston, SC but we moved to Idaho when I was two and then to Indiana when I was about 6, then moved here to Virginia about 2 years ago (DC part of Virginia though, not a bastion of Southern language or culture). As such you sound quite odd to me, after all there weren't many heavy southern accents in northern indiana.

Okay, there was the one guy I knew from deep down southern Lousianna (sp?), but his accent was so heavy I barely understood him for the first several months I knew him.

Too badja didnt live in Charleston longer. I grew up there.

And what can be more southern than a big ole plate of grits, eh bo?

[Edcculus]

Oh Lawd, yer all goofy as squirrels gathering nuts in the fall.... Ron, does your wife know that you are a closet poet?? It was very, very nice to have poetry created just for me on Valentine's day... I just want to be sure she doesn't chase me down with a straight razor... :D

That was just for me, now, ya hear! :D

Thank you Honey Chile...

Oh, yeah, would someone please explain those darn turnip greens and okra to us now?

only if the okra is fried.:drool

[PottyDoctor]

Too badja didnt live in Charleston longer. I grew up there.

And what can be more southern than a big ole plate of grits, eh bo?

Did somebody say grits??? Yee Haw! That's what I'm talkin' bout! I love 'em just about anyway they can cook 'em. One of my all time favorites has got to be 'Shrimp 'n Grits', and our local Puleo's restaurant is my favorite place to belly up to the table for a big bait of 'em.

And, yes siree Bob, I love grits with my breakfast too! As one Southern restauranteur said, "if you didn't want grits sir...you shouldn't have ordered breakfast!" Grits is always served with breakfast in any reputable 'stablishment claiming to serve up a Southern breakfast.

Grits....they're not just for breakfast anymore!:D

[fuerein]

Did somebody say grits??? Yee Haw! That's what I'm talkin' bout! I love 'em just about anyway they can cook 'em. One of my all time favorites has got to be 'Shrimp 'n Grits', and our local Puleo's restaurant is my favorite place to belly up to the table for a big bait of 'em.

And, yes siree Bob, I love grits with my breakfast too! As one Southern restauranteur said, "if you didn't want grits sir...you shouldn't have ordered breakfast!" Grits is always served with breakfast in any reputable 'stablishment claiming to serve up a Southern breakfast.

Grits....they're not just for breakfast anymore!:D

Grits :signs113 Last time I had them I remember them tasting a bit like sand.

Okay, to be fair the last time I tried grits was years ago so I very well may like them now, however just to be annoying :signs113 :p

[PalmettoB]

Mmmmmm....shrimp an' grits. Dang but y'all are making me hungry! (And I have a cold, too!)

Ed, I agree....fried or in a gumbo of some kind. Okra goes pretty well with grilled chicken and andouille sausage in a gumbo.

[PottyDoctor]

Girls Raised In The South

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[crackstar]

Joanna, I sure nuff can pass as a southern European! :D :D :D

Jeff

[fuerein]

Girls Raised In The South

:laugh042 :laugh042 :laugh042 :laugh042 :laugh042 :laugh042 :laugh042 :laugh042 :laugh042

Okay, now those grits I'm willing to go for! :love008 :happy088

[Michael]

...proper Southern English when postin'. :D

"Proper" and "Southern English" in the same sentence? Hot damn, what'll y'all think of next?! Ham biscuits 'n grits? :D

[PottyDoctor]

More Southern English

Ain't

Pronunciation: Ant, Aynt, Aaant, Haint
Function: Contraction
(1) Am not, are not, is not (2) have not, has not (3) do not, does not, did not (4) and any other time you just want to say, 'no', 'negatory'!

Examples:
Say it ain't so!
It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings!
If mama ain't happy...ain't nobody happy!
You ain't nuthin' but a hound dog! [Now if Elvis used it, then you know they ain't nuthin' wrong with it.]

[Mama Bear]

Dadgum

SYLLABICATION: dad·gum
ADJECTIVE: Chiefly Southern U.S. Used as an intensive to express mild annoyance.

Example: get that dadgum pig out o' my kitchun!

[bearbeard]

Ron y'uins can correct my spellin' on this one.


useta could.........as in I use ta could have dun that, but my back is all tore up and now I have ta go 'round hunched over like a frog all day!!

[bearbeard]

oh yeah! y'uins....the eastern tennessee (knoxville) area substitution for y'all. the plural of which is y'uinses (again please feel free to correct my spellin')

[PottyDoctor]

oh yeah! y'uins....the eastern tennessee (knoxville) area substitution for y'all. the plural of which is y'uinses (again please feel free to correct my spellin')

Hot diggity dog! A Texan that can speak East Tennessee! Yore spellin' is right on the money as fer as I kin tell.

I wadn't gonna' git into local flavors of Southern English, but now that you went and brung it up, I guess that makes it legal.

[PottyDoctor]

More Southern English

Dagnab

Pronunciation: Dag-nab, Dag-nabbed, Dag-nab-it.
Function: Interjection; sometimes a Double Interjection; sometimes an Interjected Contraction; sometimes a Contracted Interjection. Usage varies according to how serious the situation is at the time.
(1) A politically correct substitution for doggone, doggoned, doggone-it when an interjection is required but canines or canine lovers are present. (2) An extremely mild substitution for darn, darned, darn it, sometimes used around your mama 'nem.

Example:
Dagnabit...that knucklehead bunch of half raised heathens that calls themselves politicians has done went and raised our dagnabbed dog tax again.

[MullersLaneFarm]

Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.
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Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess."
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Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."
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Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, ... As in: "Going to town, be back directly."
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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.
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All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.
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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 tater salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large nanner puddin!
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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.
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A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.
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Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, .... And when we're "in line," .... We talk to everybody!
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Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage.
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In the South, y'all is singular, .... All y'all is plural.
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Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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 ain't from the South, but I got here as fast as I could."
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SOUTHERN WOMEN

Southern women appreciate their natural assets:
Clean skin.
A winning smile.
That unforgettable Southern drawl.

Southern women know their manners:
"Yes, ma'am."
"Yes, sir."
"Why, no, Billy!"

Southern women have a distinct way with fond expressions:
"Y'all come back!"
"Well, bless your heart."
"Drop by when you can."
"How's your Momma?"

Southern women know their summer weather report:
Humidity
Humidity
Humidity

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:
Pentecostal
Baptist
Football

Southern women know their country breakfasts:
Red-eye gravy
Grits
Eggs
Country ham
Mouth-watering homemade biscuits with homemade jelly

Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
Charleston (Chawl'stn)
Savannah (S'vanah)
Fort Worth (Foat Wuth)
New Orleans (N'awlins)
Atlanta (Addlanna)

Southern girls know the four deadly sins:
Having bad hair and nails
Having bad manners
Cooking bad food
Wearing too much makeup in the summer

Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fahevah!

[PottyDoctor]

Cyndi....bless you're little pea-pickin' heart for postin' The Shave Den's Guide to Southern Livin'!

[MullersLaneFarm]

My pleh-sha, Darlin'!

"How's your Momma?"

[PottyDoctor]

My pleh-sha, Darlin'!

"How's your Momma?"

Mama 'nem is finer 'n frog hair!

[MullersLaneFarm]

Well, bless thar hearts!

[PottyDoctor]

More Southern English

Hunky Dory

Pronunciation: Hun-kee Dor-ee
Function: Adjective
(1) Just fine (2) Copasetic (3) Emphatic form of OK (4) Situation under control (5) Warm fuzzies

Example:
Fer a short while things got really scary at breakfast this morning, then when we realized we wuz in Jawja, where they always give ye grits fer breakfast, so we knowed everything wuz Hunky Dory!

[PalmettoB]

awl:

noun--the amber-colored liquid used to lubricate car motor parts. "That old Ford was great, but she shore did use a lot of awl."

[SSLSTudio...]

awl:

noun--the amber-colored liquid used to lubricate car motor parts. "That old Ford was great, but she shore did use a lot of awl."

:rofl :rofl

[Cowtown]

Well Ron we have all kinds of language here in cattle country. It's hilarious to speak to easterners who claim we have an accent while they don't recognise that they add the letter r to the end of words that don't have them there and drop the r at the end of words that do! Two examples; bettuh(better)and cuber(cuba). See what I mean?

Okay, I don't have a certain word(well one)but a phrase. I hear this from people from south of the mason dixon and Oklahoma. "Cain't just anybody" translation; not just anyone. The word I remember catching my attention the most was "onliest". Example. "He was the onliest(only) one that could hever talk sense inta that idjet(idiot)."

Basically we have more of a drawl out here. It's not nearly so pronounced as true Southerners but everone from back east thinks it is a southern accent. As some have pointed out, there are many derivatives of a "southern" accent. I assure you the genteel drawl of eldery Virginians is nearly as aristocratic as the drawn out words of southern Englishmen. Very refined those Virginians. Think the Baldwin sisters of the original Walton's movie from the early 70's.

Oh another thing for those that don't know. When you live west of the Missouri river, you are a WESTERNER by god. Not a midwesterner, not from the heartland(lordy am I tired of that word), not from the 'southcentral' as I've heard it described. Okay, enough hijacking. Great topic and keep those zingers coming. A hearty laugh is good medicine.

Todd

[PottyDoctor]

Well Ron we have all kinds of language here in cattle country. It's hilarious to speak to easterners who claim we have an accent while they don't recognise that they add the letter r to the end of words that don't have them there and drop the r at the end of words that do! Two examples; bettuh(better)and cuber(cuba). See what I mean?

Okay, I don't have a certain word(well one)but a phrase. I hear this from people from south of the mason dixon and Oklahoma. "Cain't just anybody" translation; not just anyone. The word I remember catching my attention the most was "onliest". Example. "He was the onliest(only) one that could hever talk sense inta that idjet(idiot)."

Basically we have more of a drawl out here. It's not nearly so pronounced as true Southerners but everone from back east thinks it is a southern accent. As some have pointed out, there are many derivatives of a "southern" accent. I assure you the genteel drawl of eldery Virginians is nearly as aristocratic as the drawn out words of southern Englishmen. Very refined those Virginians. Think the Baldwin sisters of the original Walton's movie from the early 70's.

Oh another thing for those that don't know. When you live west of the Missouri river, you are a WESTERNER by god. Not a midwesterner, not from the heartland(lordy am I tired of that word), not from the 'southcentral' as I've heard it described. Okay, enough hijacking. Great topic and keep those zingers coming. A hearty laugh is good medicine.

Todd

Todd...my Texas friend,

You hit the nail right on the head! Yeah, I like to call it the 'East Tennessee' dialect we speak here wheres I am. Fortunately we split our state into three distinct geographic regions: East, Middle and West. We don't really see the need fer all the extra letters that lots of words have, therefore we do indeed drop a few letter ever now 'n then. And...we add one or two wheres we see fit.

Another neat thing about East Tennessee English is that our syllibication is totally different that anywheres else in the country [don't know if you've ever noticed or not]. Fer instance....Webster apparently didn't understand that most of the words he calls one syllable are actually to be pronounced with at least two syllables, at least in the south. He should have at least given alternate pronunciations.

Take the word 'plate'. Correct east Tennessee pronunciation is paa-late. Course everbody know that one. Another culinary miscue, 'bread', is rightly pronounced baa-ray-ud [quickly]. Pass the baa-ray-ud paa-late. Now see how easy that is? And the list goes on and on.

This is a subject I will speak on in more detail in the future, as it is one of my favorite topics fer good ole' fashion fat chewin' while swingin' on my front porch.

And the accent thang, most nobody ever knows wheres I'm frum, 'til I tell 'em east Tennessee. I just say to people that ain't frum around here [ferners], "I bet you can't tell wheres I'm frum." Nearly all of 'em just looks at me with a dumb look fer a minute and sez, "uh...no I wouldn't have a clue." "Why I'm frum right here," I say! They shore look surprised.

Well, enough ramblin' fer now. I gotta' go do some more potty doctorin'.

[Cowtown]

...my Texas friend

Ron! Texas? Tejas? Texican? No sir-ree. Kansas City, on the Kansas side. See that's another thing most people don't know. There are two Kansas Cities. If you're east of the mighty Mo' you're in Misery, uh Missouri. If you live on the western side of the river you're in Ks. The proper side!:p :p :p

Truly we have a large assortment of accents and dialects out here. With a huge influx of hispanics in the last 10-15 years you can hear different "spanish" accents througout K.C. Many of the old Mexican families who have been here for a long time can barely speak the spanish dialect many of these newcomers use. Especially if they were from southern mexico. You will also hear everything from a deep southern accent here to scots, irish, and english depending on the foreign enrollment at university. I catch myself picking up other accents and words if I work around them for a few weeks or months.

Here's a few more; oncet-pronounced wunst. Example; I tried sassin' my old man just oncet(once). He whupped my ass(prounounced with a long a sound)good. Twicet. Same as above. For some reason southern folks(and a bunch around here)add the letter t to the end of these words. Here's some more. Kmark and Walmark. Don't ask me where the t was lost and the k added but there it is. Chimley(chimney)is another I hear a lot. Keep those definitions coming.

Todd

[PottyDoctor]

Ron! Texas? Tejas? Texican? No sir-ree. Kansas City, on the Kansas side. See that's another thing most people don't know. There are two Kansas Cities. If you're east of the mighty Mo' you're in Misery, uh Missouri. If you live on the western side of the river you're in Ks. The proper side!:p :p :p

Truly we have a large assortment of accents and dialects out here. With a huge influx of hispanics in the last 10-15 years you can hear different "spanish" accents througout K.C. Many of the old Mexican families who have been here for a long time can barely speak the spanish dialect many of these newcomers use. Especially if they were from southern mexico. You will also hear everything from a deep southern accent here to scots, irish, and english depending on the foreign enrollment at university. I catch myself picking up other accents and words if I work around them for a few weeks or months.

Here's a few more; oncet-pronounced wunst. Example; I tried sassin' my old man just oncet(once). He whupped my ass(prounounced with a long a sound)good. Twicet. Same as above. For some reason southern folks(and a bunch around here)add the letter t to the end of these words. Here's some more. Kmark and Walmark. Don't ask me where the t was lost and the k added but there it is. Chimley(chimney)is another I hear a lot. Keep those definitions coming.

Todd


Are you shore you ain't one o' my neighbors? Dang shore sound like one of 'em! Maybe I'll see ya at the Walmark.

I visited the great state of Misery about ten years ago. St. Louis to be exact. Fer a country boy, that place is like goin' to a show. Yes sir, experienced my first subway ride there...and hopefully my last! They's a lot to look at out there...and sweetie really liked the shoppin'...and that special River Boat down by the arches.

Somehows I didn't ketch that you'uz from the big KC. Never been there.

Welcome to the Shave Den...the friendliest place to talk shaving you've ever tried. I tried it oncet or twicet and that wuz all she wrote. Amazin', they still let me hang around here.

[PottyDoctor]

More Southern English

Orta

Pronunciation: Or-ta
Function: Prepositional Verb
(1) Should have (2) In my opinion (3) Emphatic form of should (4) Ought. Usually followed by advice, both solicited and unsolicited. Sometimes means what should have happened if things had went right.

Examples:
Bubba, you orta git rid o' that scruffy old beard and start shavin' that purty face again.

"I Would've Wrote You A Letter, But I Couldn't Spell Yuck" orta make me a top 10 country song.

[PottyDoctor]

More Southern English

'Baccer

Pronunciation: Back-er

Function: Noun
(1) Tobacco (2) Snuff (3) Chewing tobacco (4) The tobacco plant. An alternate slang variant is "backy", which is generally preceeded by the word "wacky", thus giving us the street name of "wacky backy", or as some more refined folk would say, "weed."

Function: Verb
(1) Instructions to go into a reverse motion (2) Directions given to the driver to drive backward.

Examples:
Officer, this really is 'baccer...you know...Prince Albert in a can. I'm not the kind of guy who smokes that wacky backy.

I know wacky backy when I see it son...now get out o' that pickup truck before ya' baccer into my squad car.

[PalmettoB]

Ron, we are truly not worthy. :D Fine work, my friend!

[Mama Bear]

Issy said to add.... down here when they say "bless you child", it's southern for "must suck ta be you"

Of course, I could barely understand his accent.... ;-)

[PottyDoctor]

Issy said to add.... down here when they say "bless you child", it's southern for "must suck ta be you"

Of course, I could barely understand his accent.... ;-)

Accent?? What in tarnation are you talkin' about woman? The boy's from North Carolina, for cryin' out loud! North Carolinians are just across the mountain frum us. I've been over there a time or two and they talk a whole lot like us. Accent??? Schzaam! :rofl

Granted we don't have the monotone 'midwest news anchor' enunciation of the English language, but we've got flavor baby! Language with flavor...that's what Southern English is all about. Ah yes, the beauty of the Southern drawl...only thing sweeter is Southern Sweet Tea! :D

[qhsdoitall]

All y'all dun make my stomach grumble wit talkun grits n' red eye gravy. Round these heyr parts we call grits, "polenta." :)

[PottyDoctor]

More Lessons In Southern English

Bless Your Heart

Definition: One of the Southern Beatitudes. Commonly used by all true southerners to express one's pity, sympathy or sorrow to someone who is experiencing hard times and difficult situations.

Example: Bless your heart child...ain't nobody deserves bein' married to a man that's dumb as a bucket o' rocks.

Alternate Usage: A phrase which, when uttered prior to an otherwise offensive statement, makes it perfectly legal and acceptable to say anything about anybody. One of the beautys of livin' in the South.

[I]Examples: Bless her old heart...she's uglier than a lard bucket full o' armpits.
Bless his heart...sometimes I think that boy must be hopped up on goof balls.

[PalmettoB]

More Lessons In Southern English

Bless Your Heart
Alternate Usage: A phrase which, when uttered prior to an otherwise offensive statement, makes it perfectly legal and acceptable to say anything [inappropriate or otherwise] about anybody. One of the beautys of livin' in the South.


One of my favorites! Nice one, Ron!

STILL more Southern English:

directly (or sometimes pronounced "dreckly"): adverb: used to convey a sense of time or immediacy. Soon.

Example: "Oh, he might be a few minutes late, but I 'spect he'll be along directly."

[PottyDoctor]

One of my favorites! Nice one, Ron!

STILL more Southern English:

directly (or sometimes pronounced "dreckly"): adverb: used to convey a sense of time or immediacy. Soon.

Example: "Oh, he might be a few minutes late, but I 'spect he'll be along directly."

I reckon that there's just about one of my favorite ways of tellin' people when I'm gonna' be there. In the plumbing business everybody that calls is in a terrible hurry to get ya' there just 'cause water's runnin' out the front door. Imagine!

I just tell 'em I'll be there dreckly! That pretty much means sometime today. That's what we call our 'appointment window'. Works for me!

[PalmettoB]

Yet AGAIN more lessons in Southern English:

Shudenoughta: Should not. Example: "You shudenoughta have hit Joe in th' mouth. Now he's gonna whup yore backside for shore."

[Htownmmm]

Bless her/his heart.

If you hear this directed at you, it means you have just been cussed out southern style.


Marty

[MaduroMan_wcp]

all ya all done throwed a cravin on me fur some cat head biskuts wit sawmill gravy and a big ol mess a grits.

pulled pok samiches anyone?

[PottyDoctor]

all ya all done throwed a cravin on me fur some cat head biskuts wit sawmill gravy and a big ol mess a grits.

pulled pok samiches anyone?

Now that there's some grub I could take a likin' to! Makes me wanna' get out my smoker n' fire her up. Smoked pork butts....good golly miss molly!

And whiles them butts is a smokin'....throw 'bout a 3 pound chunk o' bologna on the smoker and it'll be ready to eat while your a waitin' on them butts to finish.

[PalmettoB]

Biscuits? Check.
Sawmill Gravy? Check.
Grits? Check!
Pulled pork samiches? Check. Check. Check!
There is no bad there.

There are a few times when western roots and southern upbringing are a real benefit. BBQ is one of those times. I like beef BBQ, and I like pork BBQ. Smoked, hot, vinegar or mustard base, I like 'em all.

[PottyDoctor]

There are a few times when western roots and southern upbringing are a real benefit. BBQ is one of those times. I like beef BBQ, and I like pork BBQ. Smoked, hot, vinegar or mustard base, I like 'em all.

Q -- that's what I'm talkin' about! I love pulled pork...absolutely love it! I can eat it plain or with sauce...it's all good!

I've been introduced to brisket in the last couple of years and I really like it, although good brisket is really rare here in east Tennessee.

Make mine Q!

[MaduroMan_wcp]

I kin do carolina pork butt a la pulled pork, I kin do memphis dry rub ribs, I kin do KC wet ribs and I kin do texas beef brisket....I likes my 'q :drool

[Htownmmm]

he aint got a pot to piss in or a winder ta throw it out of means you are lazy shiftless, and won't work to support yourself.



Marty

[qhsdoitall]

Q -- that's what I'm talkin' about! I love pulled pork...absolutely love it! I can eat it plain or with sauce...it's all good!

I've been introduced to brisket in the last couple of years and I really like it, although good brisket is really rare here in east Tennessee.

Make mine Q!

Ever try Hawaiian Kalua Pig? Dump it over a bowl of white rice and enjoy.

[crackstar]

OOOOO-WEEEE! What in Ta-Nayshun is all thayat thayr talk 'bout food! I'm a-gittin' a noshun to grayabbin' me some!

[PottyDoctor]

Ever try Hawaiian Kalua Pig? Dump it over a bowl of white rice and enjoy.

I don't have me no doubt in my little brain that some Hawaiian Pig would be lip smackin' good! Too far fer me to drive though? :D

[qhsdoitall]

I don't have me no doubt in my little brain that some Hawaiian Pig would be lip smackin' good! Too far fer me to drive though? :D

Naw, check this out.

http://www.wchstv.com/gmarecipes/noimukaluapig.shtml