Posted on 05/18/2004 8:09:41 AM PDT by OldBlondBabe
Not to be outdone by Ebonics in California, the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools is requesting billions of federal dollars to teach "Y'allbonics" in all classrooms south of the Mason-Dixon line. Included here are some samples of "Y'allbonics." If you do not understand any of them, contact a Southerner for an explanation.
HEIDI: (noun) Greeting.
HIRE YEW: (complete sentence) Remainder of greeting. Usage: "Heidi, hire yew?"
BARD: (verb) Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow." Usage: "My brother bard my pickup truck."
JAWJUH: (noun) The state north of Florida. Capital is Lanner. Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck."
BAMMER: (noun) The state west of Jawjuh. Capital is Berminhayum. Usage: "A tornader jes went through Bammer an' left $20,000,000 in improvements."
MUNTS: (noun) A calendar division. Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and I ain't herd from him in munts."
THANK: (verb) Cognitive process. Usage: "Ah thank ah'll have a Coke."
RANCH: (noun) A tool used for tight'nin' bolts. Usage: "I thank I leff my ranch in the back of that pickup truck my brother from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago."
ALL: (noun) A petroleum-based lubricant. Usage: "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck."
FAR: (noun) A conflagration. Usage: "If my brother from Jawjuh don't change the all in my pickup truck, that thing's gonna catch far."
TAR: (noun) A rubber wheel. Usage: "I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuh don't git a flat tar in my pickup truck."
TIRE: (noun) A tall monument. Usage: "Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, Ah sure hope to see that Eiffel Tire in Pars sometime."
RETARD: (verb) To stop working. Usage: "My grampaw retard at age 65."
FARN: (adjective) Not domestic. Usage: "I cuddint unnerstand a wurd he sed .must be from some farn country."
DID: (adjective) Not alive. Usage: "He's did, Jim."
ARE: (noun) A colorless, odorless gas; oxygen. Usage: "He cain't breathe give 'im some ARE!"
BOB WAR: (noun) A sharp, twisted cable. Usage: "Boy, stay away from that bob war fence."
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Huell Howser used to be on WSMV (When it was WSM) in Nashville didn't he?
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Yep he wuz here a spell back awhilago.
"All hat, no cattle..."
To be truly Southern is must be followed by "boy"; "Ahm gonna war you out, boyah."
Don't forget the CDB.. (Charlie Daniels Band)
It's on accounta we pronounced it with a short vowel on the second syllable long before we knew what it meant.
North Ala and southern Tenn is where I grew up and you're right. The accent is more pronounced. I can imitate the subtle differences and often do so when people ask where I'm from. "I'us bowrn in Tin-a-see, but growd up in Alll-abama, honey chile."
I hear ya, man. I'm from North Carolina, and my wife is from Lawn Guyland.
Understood. Actually, I was once standing in front of the house I was raised in, and a friend of a friend (who didn't know me) asked me where I was from. I was glad he didn't detect a strong "tri-state area" accent. Although when I speak to friends in Minnesota, I can hear my accent more. CHAWklit ice cream!
Or "Young-un I'm gonna war you out!"
Strange, most Texans I know, including my Mom and honorary Texan myself, have real good senses of humor.
"RETARD: (verb)..." - (noun) - a person of reduced intelligence but fully functional; see "yankee"
My wife maintains a bit more of her middle Tennessee accent than I do. Some time ago she asked me why our dog responded better to me than her.
I explained that I trained Heidi, the dog, to sit and when I tell her to sit she does.
Heidi never learned the command "seeyet". :)
Don't forget to change the ole in the car.
LOL! Best laugh of the day.
Deep fried hot dogs I can understand, but what about deep fried Twinkies and deep fried Snickers?
(Of course, I mean retired)
Crick (n): a small stream, as in fishin' in the crick.
All of this is, as my gramma used to say, enough to drive a dog off a gut wagon.
branch-also a small stream/creek
Y'all otta git in on this heah.
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