Posted on 05/18/2004 8:09:41 AM PDT by OldBlondBabe
bump
I thought all the southrons would like a laugh break from the depressing news.
Hey Ya'll they talking about us again ping.
I had a N'yawk accent until I served in the military and spent some time with a lot of Southerners and in the South. while I haven't adopted the accent in full...I do use a lot of the phraseology. (Some how or another, it is now important that when I use you to refer to multiple people, I specifiy that I mean them all.) Its a great way to communicate.
Now all no what the hale y'all are sane when ah come visichew.
My wife is fron Northern Mass, and no joke between here New England accest and my Texas draw we had to repeat ourself more then a couple of times while dating. We even to this day some times rib each other about it.
in Yankee: "Hey, you didn't bring your wrench with you, did you?"
I sincerely hope that by now they have also picked up those other Southern niceties such as saying things like; "Please, Thank You and Excuse me" and I truly hope they haven't brought dowm that Yankee fear of the wild animals that abound in these parts.
There's a southern accent, where I come from
The young 'uns call it country, the yankees call it dumb
I got my own way of talking, but everything gets done
With a southern accent, where I come from
Now that drunk tank in Atlanta, is just a motel room to me
Think I might go work Orlando, if them orange groves don't freeze
Got my own way of working, but everything is run
With a southern accent, where I come from
For just a minute there I was dreaming
For just a minute it was all so real
For just a minute she was standing there, with me
There's a dream I keep having, where my momma comes to me
And kneels down over by the window, and says a prayer for me
Got my own way of praying, but everything's begun
With a southern accent, where I come from
Got my own way of living, but everything is done
With a southern accent, where I come from
Tom Petty ©1984
WRENCH: (verb) To flush with water. Usage: "I'll be in soon's I wrench muh hayunds."
Boy, watchoo doin' marryin' some Yankee gal? Ain't your own cuzzins in Texas good enuff?
Fixin: About to.Going to.
Usage: Im fixin to educate yall on suthin slang.
Git: Not get. Go, go away, shoo.
Usage: If you want to get there on time, you better git.
do not leave all the all important "fi'n" or "fixin" with it's cousin "finta" or "fixinta"
I will not even dignify this with a responce.
Foxworthy fan I see.. :)
I'm still trying to figure out what 'yuns' stands for, as I've heard it multiple times since moving to the N. GA mountains (including western NC). I'm from Oklahoma so I use y'all all the time. You all, simple. But not 'yuns'. I'm thinking it means 'you ones', which doesn't make much sense grammatically, but fits. The first time I heard this was the first time I saw someone order a deep fried hot dog and have it slathered with cole slaw.
I like pitch a fit and a have a fit... hissyfit...Who knew there was whole other language? LOL
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