I know we Yankees do not have any "curiousities" like y'all do, however (smile)
In me, my folks mentioned in a phone call I said "Y'all" once or twice. But they haven't noticed a drawl yet. And I still don't pronounce my "Ah's" (R's).
Hi TAS:
I would like to dispute your use of the phrase, "Hey, watch this!" Though the caution you suggest is well noted and worth the effort. That phrase is very well known and often used by Air Force pilots and Aircraft Commanders.
Academy graduates and Alums of many, many fine northern colleges as well. Often noted somewhere in an aircraft's crew transmissions directly before an In Flight Accident or Emergency.
Your attenion to slow driving Southerners is dead on the money. And may even be seen in some parts of Southern and Central Maryland.
If I had a nickle for every time I heard "You ain't from around here, are you?" during my nearly four years stationed at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas; I'd be a millionaire today!
Jack.
in Camp County, where i hail from, a TRAFFIC JAM is 2 good ole boys stopped at the "caution light" drinking beer & telling LIES!
free dixie,sw
*LOL*!!!
LOL! It's that southern hospitality thing :)
If You don't know what a "stump whipped chitlin" is, best You stay where You are! I have raised all the children I made, damned if it is My job to bring You up to speed.
Y'all forgot "hey"
When I was a kid, living in NYC, my dad would always reprimand me for using "hey"...said hey is for horses, not people...
So, I move down here, NC, and all I hear is hey this and hey that...
Soon I catch myself answering someone on the phone or at the door with "hey"...
And you should warn people about "sweet tea"..
I did't have a clue when I ordered it...almost fell over with the first sip...90% sugar-10% tea....I have since learned to order un-sweet tea and adjust it myself!!!
But I LOVE the south!!!!
"You're not from around here are you?"
Tim replied, "No ma'am, I'm from Chicago"
"Chicago?" she shreiked, "Why, don't you think people from Chicago are just the rudest, most ill-mannered people in the world?"
Tim smiled and looked at her as he said,"Not any more ma'am, not any more"
Thanks for the driving advice, going to FLA over the Easter weekend. Just hoping for no snow.
1 inch to you means, stay at home.
6 inches to me means, drive a little slower.
YaYa, ping.
We stopped for gas one Sunday in rented car with Rhode Island plates in Ashville (? - off I-95) North Carolina - "directly" across the street from a Walgreens. I went in to get a "coke" (small "c", in the South coke means "soda") and came out to find my wife had locked the keys in the car. I told her I would call AAA and Hertz and see what they could do. I apologized to the proprietor for tying up his gas island, he took it in stride.
After I made the calls I told my wife it would be at least two hours before anyone could get there. She starts getting tense - I'm trying not to remind her who left the keys in the damn in car in the first place. I hand her $20 and ask her why doesn't she and daughter get some batteries for daughter's CD player over at Wahlgreens, knowing that she's always ready for shopping.
As luck would have it, the very next car to arrive was a coupla good old boys with a small fishing boat in tow, who pull in directly behind me. I apologize and explain that my wife has locked the keys in the car and...
Their faces light up like a kid at Christmas, the driver jumps out and pulls a set of lock pick tools out from under his seat, a minute later the door is open as the girls arrive from across the street, looking surprised. "The locksmith arrived already?" "Yup, they're really on the ball."
Honey, I don't know what y'all are talkin' 'bout. I am a Southern girl and I hate gravy, grits, biscuits (except the canned ones), brown beans, and okra. However, if all y'all git a chancet, try them there deep fried dill pickles. Ther delicious. I git'em whenever I can and damn (correct pronunciation: Day-um) if I cain't stop eatin'em 'til they're all gone. Jist thinkin' 'bout it makes me hongry nuff to eat the north side of a south-bound goose.
All y'all take care.