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Totally Southern Expressions
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Take 95 (or 75) back where you came from.
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Some old English words survive in a modified form in certain regional Southern dialects like “vittles” (from victuals) and “britches” (from breeches).
You’ll hear some Southerners call a garage a porte cochere.
Some will say “touched” for a little crazy.
“No Account”
“Drawers” instead of underwear. Common in the Black community as “draws”.
Alex.
You’ll hear some Southerners call a garage a porte cochere.
Some will say “touched” for a little crazy.
“No Account”
“Drawers” instead of underwear. Common in the Black community as “draws”.
Alex.
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Another one is “fixing to” sometimes morphed into “fitna”, “finna”, or “finny” (especially in the Black community”.
We also use “kin” and “people” to indicate familial relations.
“Plumb” as an emphasizer “…and he was plumb sober when he done it, bless his heart…”.
Not 100% sure if these are Southern but I’ve been called “drunker than Cooter Brown” and told I was “three sheets to the wind”.
Alex.
We also use “kin” and “people” to indicate familial relations.
“Plumb” as an emphasizer “…and he was plumb sober when he done it, bless his heart…”.
Not 100% sure if these are Southern but I’ve been called “drunker than Cooter Brown” and told I was “three sheets to the wind”.
Alex.
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“Ugly as homemade sin”
“Don’t shti where you eat”
“Who’s yo people?”
“Dinner” is at noon, “Supper” is in the evening time after work
“He/She’d rather climb up a tree and lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth”
“Scarcer than hen’s teeth”
“Couldn’t hit a bull in the @ss with a bass fiddle”
“That’s too much sugar for a dime”
“Don’t shti where you eat”
“Who’s yo people?”
“Dinner” is at noon, “Supper” is in the evening time after work
“He/She’d rather climb up a tree and lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth”
“Scarcer than hen’s teeth”
“Couldn’t hit a bull in the @ss with a bass fiddle”
“That’s too much sugar for a dime”
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He ain't worth his salt.
Time to hitch up the haul ass wagon
Time to hitch up the haul ass wagon
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Southerners are dum.
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For one thing, they don't know the difference between Southern and country. My wife tends to think that way..
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"Dang" ... or in "southernspeak", "Dannnnnnng"
That and "bless your heart" are about the only two posted so far that I haven't hear northern people say.
That and "bless your heart" are about the only two posted so far that I haven't hear northern people say.
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Exactly. Other than "things to do with a peanut," I don't think there is much that "the South" has invented or come up with on their own.
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As a Yankee kid, we learned all about Southern sayings from Paw Rugg and the Hillbilly Bears...
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Full of hicks from TN and KY that "reverse carpetbagged" North for auto jobs... how do you think we got fireworks when we were kids? The suburb of "Taylor" was always called "Taylortucky" when I was a kid. Hell, we thought Copenhagen was imported from the South!
For reference: Urban Dictionary: TaylorTucky
