Thongs are underwear, not shoes.:p

I enjoy different accents and dialects.

Some of the "Southern" colloquialisms mentioned in this thread are "rural" as opposed to "urban."

Now there's one I've never heard. At least "cut off the light" makes some sense. :D

And yeah, thongs are underwear, and flipflops aren't shoes. They're . . . flipflops. (Sandals?)

True to a point, but since until relatively recent times, there was little that was "urban" in the South, it may be a distinction without a difference. Where it is not "urban" dialect, that may be as much due to the influx of people from, ummm, "not around here" as to a rural-urban distinction.

It amazes me that I can drive 5-10 miles from the home where I was reared in the "city" and almost not understand certain conversations by people standing in line next to me at the new Home Depot in the "country!" LOL

Yes, but I've know plenty of "cities" in the South with populations < 15K. That ain't "urban." True urban-ness is a relatively recent thing for most of the South.

I agree totally.

glad i have backup on this, as i took an Af-Am English class and have texts that support this.

My linguistics class was the most interesting class I've ever taken, bar none.
As the only black student in the class, I did my paper on Black English Dialect, AKA Ebonics. I got a B+ (because I went 10 pages over the limit).. lol.

It is definitely interesting to learn about how we talk geographically.

My dad who is from Southern Maryland calls all purses "pockabooks" too. My mom, from Alabama, calls them "pockabooks" and "purses". Purses are what she takes to work or church. Pocketbooks are what she takes to other places.

I carry a purse.

i always thought "pockabook" was just how we said it in our family! lol

my mom always said a pockabook was to "take care of business" and a purse was to go be cute in... to just take your essentials for the night.

(Illinois native)

A purse is something you carry daily with all of your normal stuff. An evening bag or handbag is for nighttime essentials.

So much is explained. :p

An evening bag? Really? :eek:

I immediately think "overnight bag" when I hear evening bag.

So, are nighttime essentials like all-night essentials (make-up remover, three kinds of soap & moisturizer, all your shower necessities, toothbrush, sleepwear, change of clothes, etc.)? Or are nighttime essentials like powder & lipstick, a brush, money, ID and credit cards?

:confused::confused::confused:

That one.:)

When I think evening bag it's usually shiny and/or beaded.

Oh dear. No. They're slippers. Rubber slippers. Preferably Locals, purchased at Long's. That's been beaten into me by my hubby, who's from Hawaii. Silly me, I thought (being from Wisconsin and therefore confused) that slippers were what you wore on your feet when you'd put on your pajamas. Boy did he ever tell me how mistaken I was.