Southernisms

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A widely-spread email chain of classic Southernisms caused me to compile a list of my own favorite Southernisms not included in the original list.

Add on at will!

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Storms do not develop or brew. They fix to come up. I.e., "It's fixin' to
come up a storm."

Southerners do not eat sweet peas, sugar snap peas or snow peas. There is only one pea, and that is the Le Seuer very-young-small-early-June-pea. We don't count crowder peas, blackeye peas or field peas, which aren't really peas, but beans.

Southerners are never asleep or sleeping. We're "in the bed."

A NASCAR race is redneck-naptime. Contrary to popular belief, many Southerners do not actually watch the race, but sleep to it. However if one were to turn off the TV or change the channel, a reprimand of "I'm watchin' that" issure to follow.

Southerner's both fix and commence to do things. Only true Southerners understand the grammatical difference.

In the mountain communities of the South, it is not "down the road," it is "up the road" - regardless of the direction or elevation. "Up the road a piece" constitutes a short distance, whereas "up the road a ways" is significantly further.

When using the term 'directly,' emphasis is placed on 'di' with the proper pronunciation being DIE-rek'ly. The same rule applies to direction (DIE-rek'shun). Directly is a brief measurement of time with no delays ("I'll be there directly."), and only Southerners know just what length of time constitutes directly.

Southerners don't think, suppose, imagine or guess so. We reckon.

In addition to 'directly' - we also know exactly how long a 'spell' is, which is usually a measurement of time spent not doing a durn thing. I.e., "I reckon I'll go sit for a spell."

"Up with the chickens" is not a metaphor, but a statement of fact.

An acceptable measure of success is to what extent you've been able to 'add on to' your trailer.

Junior is a proper name, and doesn't necessarily mean you were named after your daddy.

Southerners do not go home. We go to the house. Go to the house also means quittin' your job or retirin'.

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I slipped and said "fixin to" last week. I think my IQ actually slipped down a notch. Confused

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Several of those don't sound familiar, but I'm nearly yankee I guess being from Kentucky. I will add:

Any fizzy soda pop type beverage is a "Coke". When a Coke is offered, the follow up question is "what kind do you have?" and a logical answer would be "Well, we got Pepsi, sprite, root beer..."

When an actor or actress appears in a film or television show, they come out in it, whether or not they are revealing some long held secret, but more like they were riding in on the film or show. Ie, "Did you see 'Runaway Bride'? That's the movie Julia Roberts came out in."

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My parents came from outside of NC, but I was raised here, so many of the colloquialisms I quote are the ones I leaned growing up here, but not actually used in my own family. Then I married into it.

My sister-in-law made me a grilled cheese sandwich once, then asked:

"Is it any count?" dunno

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One of the better insults I heard when I was in grade school was "She's uglier than homemade soap."

I have a cow-orker who describes things that are hard to do as "like tryin' to herd cats."

I had an uncle who described gullywashers as "rainin' like a horse whizzin' on a flat rock."

Paints the picture, no?

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OMG, this is hilarious......more, please!!!! LOL

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We don't "press" anything. We "mash" it.

In the elevator:

"What floor you goin to?"

"Mash 3 for me, please. Thankyee"

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