Yeeeehaw, Yall!!!!!!

[korkscru]

Howdy all fellow GCers!!

I'm from the south (South Carolina to be exact) and, as you may know, we Southerners have unique ways of saying things. Yes, I'm a college-educated woman and do know correct English. However oftentimes I find myself using my old down-home dialect. It's as if I speak another language at times. I've even found that most of my friends and even my clients enjoy hearing me speak. They say that they love my accent. Personally, I don't hear any accent (but to each his own) . So, having said that, just for laughs, what are some of the different and/or outrageous things that you've said (if you're a Southerner) or you've heard your friends from the South say? But before I write some of my responses, I'd just like to say... SOUTHERNERS ARE WONDERFUL!!!!!!

And remember this is to embrace the uniqueness of the south. This is NOT a time for bashing.

[korkscru]

Oh Lawd, I forgot to post my response (so, sue me). Well here goes.

1. Don't nobody want a bone, but a dog and he don't want it if ain't no meat on it. (For those who feel that their weight is an issue).

2. If you hurt my baby (or something to this effect), you betta get in a eagle a** and hope he don't sh*t. (my mother used this a lot when we were younger).

3. Now that ( and I left the 's off on purpose) like the pot callin' the kettle black. (when someone points out your faults and they're in the same situation).

4. Girl, if you don't stop, I'm gone (yes, I said "gone") beat you goin' and comin' (now THAT'S a serious threat).

5. Boy, I'm gone beat the black off you. (now THAT'S a serious a**whooping).

6. I'm gone be all over you like white on rice. (I think you get the picture).

7. She was moving like 40 going north. (WTF? I never really understood this one).

8. I'm gonna to see a man bout a mule. (This was one of the classics in my home. My mother always said this whenever we asked where she was going, but she didn't want to tell us. For years, I actually thought we were going to get a mule).

I'm not going to take up all the space. I've got plenty more. Let's see what ya got.

[AlacrityZK]

TN in da house. I hail from the Deep South of Chattanooga, TN.

Mine aren't inside jokes for me and my family. They may not be funny to you

1. She ain't gotta act like at. (Umm, can we say, at is supposed to be that)

2. I'm finna go up yonder.
3. Girl, look over there, there be Cuttin Pete(Cousin Pete)
4. Go on down the screet(Street)
5. Girl, I was on him like white on rice(similar to korkscru)
6. I RECKON, it's gonna rain(What is reckon?)
7. Wise on others...( A church song, Wise should be While)

[Kaydphia]

My girl leave our poor Tennesse language alone. I always get called out for saying finna. But it all good.
It is like we have our own language. That only southerners understand.

Kay

[MeezDiscreet]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by korkscru
Oh Lawd, I forgot to post my response (so, sue me). Well here goes.

4. Girl, if you don't stop, I'm gone (yes, I said "gone") beat you goin' and comin' (now THAT'S a serious threat).

5. Boy, I'm gone beat the black off you. (now THAT'S a serious a**whooping).

6. I'm gone be all over you like white on rice. (I think you get the picture).

another southern threat that actually scared me was to "cut somebody from ass to appetite" lol!!

8. I'm gonna to see a man bout a mule. (This was one of the classics in my home. My mother always said this whenever we asked where she was going, but she didn't want to tell us. For years, I actually thought we were going to get a mule).

my mother would say "to see the turtle take to water" and don't you know i really wanted to see this marvelous turtle too!

I'm not going to take up all the space. I've got plenty more. Let's see what ya got. [/QUOTE

[NOWorNEVER]

I was born in NY but was raised in North Kackalack and I remember my grandma (from deep Mississippi) always saying:
1) I "reckla-afta-awhile" (you gotta say it fast )he'll be back.
2) She could never pronounce Children, so she always "Chi-ren"
3) She could never pronounce ST or some SH words; it always came out SK (skreet, skrimps, etc).
4) My grandparents never ate out because they didn't know how to act in restaurants. For ex., they didn't hold a fork with the thumb and the index finger...they grabbed it with a fist and ate like that.

Even though I didn't understand them and made fun of them when I was little, I love my Pop-Pops (RIP) and my May-Maw, and sometimes I even find myself saying some of the things they do/did.

[korkscru]

I'M BAAACK!!! This was a good post (if I must say so myself).
Here are some that me and my husband thought of. Now you all need to understand that I'm actually from the "city" part of the country. My husband is from the "country" part of the country. It's so country, there is only ONE stop light.

1. Don't 'spute me down (while trying to tell your parents that they're wrong).

2. That woman'll steal the heart out of a biscuit. (Now THAT is a serious thief).

3. You can't carry a tune in a bucket (my mother would say this to me whenever I would sing).

4. That man was really raising cane (this was in reference to someone who was arguing about something).

5. I'm gone beat the devil outta you.

6. I'm gone skin you live.

[stillwater15]

why buy the cow, when you can get the milk for free?

[HopefulProspective]

I am from Youston, Texas... (and no, that is not a typo )

1. I will be there da reckle'.

2. Put dem dishes in the zank.

3. You fixna go to the sto?

4. Can I ride wichu?

5. Pull over, here comes a ambalance.

6. My husband is from Dallas...Hr (hair), ern(iron) etc...

7. Who sells cool cups in this neighborhood?

8. Where is the candy house in this neighborhood.

9. Pickles with peperments...

10. Goin' to pick dew berries...

[TRSimon]

Originally posted by HopefulProspective
I am from Youston, Texas... (and no, that is not a typo )

6. My husband is from Dallas...Hr (hair), ern(iron) etc...

7. Who sells cool cups in this neighborhood?

8. Where is the candy house in this neighborhood.

9. Pickles with peperments...

Okay, I used to live in Sreepot, Louisiana, and I know all about the pirkles with pepmints, candies, suckers, etc! I used to throw down a pirkled pig's foot!!

Not to mention the cool cups (made out of styrofoam so you could peel it off and make a big mess, of course) and the candy house...Hee hee.

I think that the one thing that I said (other than that buying the cow when you can get the milk for free) that tripped people out was after something bad happened...

"Well, the horse is already out of the barn, ain't much we can do about it now.."



TR Simon

[korkscru]

Well here are two more.

1. Washerette (people up north usually say laundry mat or something like that).

2. Go get my specks (glasses).