
09-23-2004, 03:54 PM
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Only Southerners lol
Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissy fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.
Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess of."
Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."
Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, as in: "Going to town, be back directly."
Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table.
All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.
Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin!
Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right far piece." They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.
Only a Southerner, both knows and understands, the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash.
No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.
A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.
Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines. We don't do "queues," we do "lines"; and when we're "in line," we talk to everybody! Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage.
Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them. (NOT THIS SOUTHENER....YUK!!!) lol
Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food.
When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!
Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it we do not like our tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk.
A true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. (OH YES I DO!!! LOL) You just say, "Bless her heart" and go your own way. ( I always heard "bless your heart" was a southern girls way of saying "fuck you") lol
To those of you who're still a little embarrassed by your Southerness:
Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your heart!
To those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff, bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language! For those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls front porch that reads "I aint from the South but I got here as fast as I could."
Bless your hearts, y'all have a good day now, ya hear!
ROFLMAO
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09-23-2004, 04:43 PM
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is not this trim anymore!
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I spent a spell in South Carolina and one thing really helped me to overcome the language barrier.
My "Dictionary for Yankees, and other uneducated people" 
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09-23-2004, 06:36 PM
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OMG I can relate to all of those too easily!
Wait until asp reads this...he'll really give me a hard time about my accent now....
and I am always saying "bless your heart" .....oops!
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09-23-2004, 09:13 PM
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Keeping warm
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OMG even though I'm in Ohio, It might as well be considered KY, and all of these things get said at least once a day..........*drools* fried green tomatos.
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09-23-2004, 09:17 PM
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say wa?
roflmao 
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09-23-2004, 09:34 PM
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~a little bit naughty~
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Why I do declare that I understood every little bit of that.
Bless your heart TT for postin. 
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09-23-2004, 11:10 PM
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hehehe..
its gotten to a point where my block.. well the three houses on my lane are in harmony.. i walk next door when my bud gets home from work he's like man.. it was fuck'n rough today...
response.. Well did ya remember the chicken.. i'll get the grill a goin..
actually last night was shrimp and steak.. quite late but it was a nice night...
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09-23-2004, 11:23 PM
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Carpe diem
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Started on the Left Coast and now back to the Left Coast, but spent a passel of years in the south so those terms fetch up some fond memories. Thank ya kindly, T. Now I’m gonna just step on outta this here thread.
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09-24-2004, 03:58 AM
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Well, ain't that just precious. 
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09-24-2004, 04:31 AM
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Well I am a southerner, you can't get much souther than me and not be in antartica  and I know none of that stuff!!!!!!!!!!
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09-24-2004, 04:41 AM
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You don't get nay any grits in Tassie.
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09-24-2004, 05:29 AM
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I'm glad you all have enjoyed this and Catch...be VERY glad you can't get grit...EEK NASTY! lol
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Like a favorite pair of torn blue jeans, this skin I'm in it's alright with me; it's not old -- just older.....Bon Jovi
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09-24-2004, 06:08 AM
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Grits?.............................FURGAATABOWEET!
If Grumbles goes much more south, he'll be going north. 
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PANTIES
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"If God didn't want you to play with it, He would have put it between your shoulder blades,..... not at the end of your arm"
Except for speculation, we ONLY have NOW and EACHOTHER!
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09-24-2004, 06:40 AM
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I understood all that...and say quite a bit of it too *LMAO*
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09-24-2004, 07:19 AM
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Up here southerners start just south of Darwin.
Sharni, you are truly a southern belle.
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