Words or phrases you had to learn...

[Captain Morgan]

if you moved to the south from a different region:

1. A shopping cart is called a buggy here.
2. A toboggan isn't a wooden sled, it's a knit cap.
3. You don't turn a light on, you cut it on.
4. A wallet is a pocket book.
5. All y'all is plural for y'all.
6. If you don't understand a question, no matter what the question is, you have to reply with "do what?"

[VOR]

Tin is ten
ten is tin
pin is pen
pen is pin

[cltbuilder]

smatterchew actually is a question.
momonym is the plural form.
There is no such thing as a grit.

[Stargazer]

No such thing as a what ? :)

[McFly41]

I used to work with a guy that moved to Iowa from Jersey, the first time a called Mt. Dew pop, he blew a fuse.
Started screaming at me "What the hell is pop? It's a SODA!"

I replied, "Yeah, soda-pop."

[SemperFi]

Let's not forget when we are getting ready to do something we are actually "fixin" to do it.

[BigMark]

Originally posted by Captain Morgan

5. All y'all is plural for y'all.


Actually, you're not quite right here. Ya'll has a extra plural case. You is singular, ya'll is plural. but there is a third case, the pluralER case.

If you want the one person in front of you to paint the house, you say, "Paint the house."

If there are 3 people in front of you and you want 3 or less of them to paint the house, you say "Ya'll paint the house."

If there are 3 people in front of you, you want all three of them to paint the house, yet upon first request only two head for the brushes and buckets, it's time to use the pluralER case, "ALL ya'll get to paintin'"

Please note, do not ever refer to one of these kind soles who is painting the house a "painter". Clearly a painter is a large cat that is the mascot of the local pro football team.

[jbghostrat]

Originally posted by McFly41
I used to work with a guy that moved to Iowa from Jersey, the first time a called Mt. Dew pop, he blew a fuse.
Started screaming at me "What the hell is pop? It's a SODA!"

I replied, "Yeah, soda-pop."

It's SODA not POP!!!!

[BigMark]

Originally posted by jbghostrat


It's SODA not POP!!!!

No it's coke. Unless it's specifically something else (Dr. Pepper, Mtn. Dew, Pepsi, Dr. Enuf) it's coke. When you're drivin down the road, and the buddy your with says, "Pull over here. I wanna coke." and he comes out with a Cheerwine, that's perfectly acceptable.

[jbghostrat]

I know whatcha mean! but i have never heard of Dr. enuf.

[mathmajors]

Originally posted by jbghostrat


It's SODA not POP!!!!

I thought any soft drink was 'coke'.

Oh, and for y'all who migrated here, there's another question you've probably heard:

'Hey how you?'

[Miss tery]

And do not forget the plural/singular garble:
"Can I borrow 15 cent?"
"I got my drivers license, did you get them?"

[Kakia69]

The word "HOMES" for the great lakes:

Huron
Ontario
Michigan
Erie
Superior

The phrase "My Very Excited Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" to remember the order of the planets:

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

"All Good Boys Do Fine" in order to remember what the notes were on the musical staff (for piano playing).

[Kakia69]

And the typical stuff:

"I" before "E" except after "C"


and from my Dad "Righty, tighty; Lefty, loosey"

[Farmer]

uummm... yeah, Kakia

http://www.chiapet.com/cowbox.jpg


Ka - ka - ka - kia........



How 'bout some others?

(good one Bldr - with "smatterchew?")

ya-ont-to? (do you want to?)
ah'ight (alright)
pert neer (pretty near) (or damn near)
stoop (is the front porch)
Nary (as in "Nary a one of you can read")
reckon (I reckon I'll go on to bed)
frog strangler (heavy rain)
raise sand (raise hell, or throw a fit)
an'nem (used as "we went to see Fred an'nem...) (and them)

[Fred]

"poke" = paper bag
"man"= husband
"woman"= wife
"hose pipe" = garden hose

[wossa]

anybody ever went looking for crawdads down in the crick?

changed a flat tar?


ever been told to stay "right cheer"?

Don't go awandering over thar, you stay "right cheer"

[Captain Morgan]

I have to have the "ole" changed in my pickup.
God drove the #3 car.
Relatives = kin.

[LarryD]

all soda/pop is DEFINATELY a coke.


and i used to hunt crawdads down in the crick -- they do live in holes.

[kshead]

Y'all have hit some good ones. Especially the coke/soda/pop thing. It was always "pop" or the generic use of "coke" for me too.

How about past tense words that don't exist?
Example: "Can I get a loan for my car? The engine done blowed up and I'm fixin' to work on it..." This is considered high-falutin' English back home.

If you grew up somewhere up north, "y'all" is replaced by "yous". This is important to know if you are marrying into a large family of Italian Catholics from Philly.

And yeah, I've chased those crawdads in the crick too. :)

[Kakia69]

Originally posted by LarryD
all soda/pop is DEFINATELY a coke

I remember years...YEARS ago...most carbonated beverages were referred to as soda.

But now? I have never heard anyone use Coke or Soda as a generic term. If you ask for Coke, you get Coca-Cola. If you ask for Sprite, you get Sprite. Who walks into a restaurant and asks for a Coke when he/she expects to get some other brand of soda? And if you walk in asking for a soda, you are always asked which bramd
So, Larry, all soda/pop is DEFINITELY NOT a coke!

PEPSI ROCKS!!!

[LarryD]

~sigh~

[wossa]

Originally posted by Kakia69
Who walks into a restaurant and asks for a Coke when he/she expects to get some other brand of soda?
PEPSI ROCKS!!!


I do.


Almost always I order , "a coke".

then roll my eyes and get aggravated when the waiter says "

"Will Pepsi be okay?"


whatever.

just bring the fucking coke! ( or whatever the hell you call it)

[magnus]

Had to start pronouncing Mayonnaise as "Man-aise" (which is just the wrong thing to call a jar of jiggly white) rather than "May-naise". Had to realize, after noticing that a non-chain family pizza joint would be non-existant (and most I've found aren't worth effort), that calling it a "pie" wouldn't do me too damn much good.

...I still call it pop, you're not taking that one away from me.
Mostly I just make fun of the southern part of it rather than 'adjust'. I didn't come in with an accent and I don't plan on leaving with one, so it's not like there's fodder as if I were from Boston.

[LarryD]

thank you, wossa.

Salzbury= Salisbury. Sal-iss-berry, Marlyland.
Row-Anne County, not Rowin' like Rowan and Martin.

[magnus]

Cawn-courd, not Concord (conquered). And it's -vul, not -ville.

[wossa]

not to steal BigMark's thunder but I'm sure he can smell a yankee a mile away when they move to "Iredell" county.

every good NC boy knows its "Ardul" county.

and a true southern slows everything down by liberal use of "a".

I'm a fixin to a wander over thar, to commence to a workin on that thar a motor.

which reminded me of - leaving the g of of ing.

commence - to start

[VOR]

Senora Mariquitas por favor.

[mathmajors]

When I was in the computer training business, my clients would always ask me which key to 'mash'.

Ah-ite din (all right, then)

[Kakia69]

Originally posted by Wossamotta U

I do.

Almost always I order , "a coke".

then roll my eyes and get aggravated when the waiter says "

"Will Pepsi be okay?"

whatever.

just bring the fucking coke! ( or whatever the hell you call it)

Well, then you shouldn't frequent places that serve Pepsi products. Coke and Pepsi are TWO different types of soda and it's a crime to confuse the two...

You need lashings, too!!! Now, bend over!!!!

[Captain Morgan]

A couple miles = down the road a piece
Turn indicators, much like teeth, are optional

Oh, and remember a couple of years ago when they had floods "down east." Since when is east down?

[wossa]

Originally posted by Kakia69


Well, then you shouldn't frequent places that serve Pepsi products. Coke and Pepsi are TWO different types of soda and it's a crime to confuse the two...

You need lashings, too!!! Now, bend over!!!!

There is no difference between coke and pepsi.

There is no difference between coke and pepsi.

There is no difference between coke and pepsi.

Bring your whip Saturday night. When I get to Dixie's I'm ordering a "coke".

:p

[Imonlyhuman]

barns = barrings (sp) on a car
cement= seement
sherrif= sharf
boil=bowl
oil=same as bowl but without the b

[Chief Tony]

There is no difference between coke and pepsi.

There is no difference between coke and pepsi.

There is no difference between coke and pepsi.

Bring your whip Saturday night. When I get to Dixie's I'm ordering a "coke".

:p
Ah,but there is a difference.Pepsi consistently beats Coke in taste tests.Remember the Pepsi Challenge? Pepsi kicks butt!

[jazzbluescat]

Y'all're crazier'n a pet coon.

[Topheavy Cutie]

I have a headache

[Southern_Yankee]

Hulkie is more fucked up than Playa's checkbook

[jazzbluescat]

Ain't got a pot to piss in.

So dumb, couldn't pour piss outta a boot if the directions were written on the heel.

[Playa]

Southern Yankee: "But we're distant cousins"

[y2b]

And when someone asks "What kind of coke do you want?" you can reply with the type of pop you want

I've always just called it cold drink though

[wossa]

And when someone asks "What kind of coke do you want?" you can reply with the type of pop you want

I've always just called it cold drink though

I would bring you ice water

[Playa]

Thats why you couldnt hold that job at Burger King

[gottalaff]

Thats why you couldnt hold that job at Burger King

what

[spud]

Walmarts.
Since when does it have an s on the end.

[Scrappy]

uummm... yeah, Kakia

http://www.chiapet.com/cowbox.jpg


Ka - ka - ka - kia........



How 'bout some others?

(good one Bldr - with "smatterchew?")

ya-ont-to? (do you want to?)
ah'ight (alright)
pert neer (pretty near) (or damn near)
stoop (is the front porch)
Nary (as in "Nary a one of you can read")
reckon (I reckon I'll go on to bed)
frog strangler (heavy rain)
raise sand (raise hell, or throw a fit)
an'nem (used as "we went to see Fred an'nem...) (and them)

Southern women don't throw fits--we pitch them, and they're called hissy fits. We don't sweat, either--we glisten. And I don't know anybody around here that calls a carbonated drink a "soda." Calling it a coke is fine--otherwise it's just a drink.

Another very important Southernism: Jeet? (Did you eat?)

[Scrappy]

There is no difference between coke and pepsi.

There is no difference between coke and pepsi.

There is no difference between coke and pepsi.

Bring your whip Saturday night. When I get to Dixie's I'm ordering a "coke".

:p

HUGE difference between Coke and Pepsi. HUGE! Love Coke. Hate Pepsi. I garronteee I can tell the difference.

[wossa]

HUGE difference between Coke and Pepsi. HUGE! Love Coke. Hate Pepsi. I garronteee I can tell the difference.
yeah - whatever.

Who cares if there is a difference? If you go out to eat and order a coke will you not drink it if all they serve is pepsi?

If I order a coke just bring me the damn pepsi and don't ask me again.

[genesis]

yeah - whatever.

Who cares if there is a difference? If you go out to eat and order a coke will you not drink it if all they serve is pepsi?

If I order a coke just bring me the damn pepsi and don't ask me again.
Some people WILL NOT drink a Pepsi if they order a Coke and vise versa. That is why the server asks. There is a BIG difference in taste.

[genesis]

Wow..no one mentioned sweet tea. If you order that here you get ice-tea handed to you with a sugar pack. To be honest I never heard of it till imonlyhuman came to visit.

[Playa]

Some people WILL NOT drink a Pepsi if they order a Coke and vise versa. That is why the server asks. There is a BIG difference in taste.

Are you a second generation Waffle house employee?

[genesis]

Are you a second generation Waffle house employee?
Nope Burger King one. Why?

[Golden Hammer]

Wow..no one mentioned sweet tea. If you order that here you get ice-tea handed to you with a sugar pack. To be honest I never heard of it till imonlyhuman came to visit.

Sweet iced tea is redundant here.

[Scrappy]

Sweet iced tea is redundant here.

Yes.

[cmmguy]

ya doin ah rite?

[spud]

Hose pipe

[Plate Dad]

God drove the #3 car.
Thats right. He thought that race tracks have right turns.

[blackjackwally]

Hose pipe

hot water heater

[wordsworth]

Talmbout.

[blackjackwally]

With a capital T.