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Posted on 08/16/2003 3:50:40 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: dixiechick2000
I can't believe this thread has 60 post and not one person has mentoned
idinit?
61
posted on
08/16/2003 6:00:37 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Humidston
We spent two years on Lowng Island You never told me that! I went to Jr High, with this accent, in Whitestone, Queens.
62
posted on
08/16/2003 6:02:07 PM PDT
by
HoustonCurmudgeon
(PEACE - Through Superior Firepower)
To: arly
Crawdads are like little fresh water lobsters or Lob-STUHs as they say Down East.
But I think you are right that the North -- at least the Northeast -- has CRAPS. Here's a partial list of Senators:
Gigolo John Heinz-Kerry of Massachusetts
Teddy "The Wizard of Ahhhs" Kennedy of Massachusetts
Christopher "The Dudd" Dodd of Connecticut
Joseph "Second-Fiddle (to Al Gore)" Lieberman of Connecticut (assuming he's still alive. I have trouble convincing myself he and Don Imus aren't the same cadaver.)
Patrick "Leaky" Leahy of Vermont
"Jumpin'" Jim Jeffords of Vermont
Hillary Rotten Clinton of New York
Upchuck Schumer of New York
Well, you get the picture. The North does have CRAPS.
To: Howlin
LOL!
No,ididn.
64
posted on
08/16/2003 6:03:00 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(Two fish are in a tank. One says to the other ---"I'll man the guns, You drive")
To: Dog Gone
Then you haven't lived yet. You are right about throwing out the canned collards, they must be fresh to taste good.
To: RedBloodedAmerican
The North has lobsters .. The South has crawfish Is that the SAME THING as 'crawdads???
Have I gone TOO far South?
To: Howlin
LOL! My last post made no sense.
I read it as isn't it surprising no on has mentioned "idinit".
If you had said that, the answer is "No, ididn."
Of course, you didn't say that.;o)
67
posted on
08/16/2003 6:08:31 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(Two fish are in a tank. One says to the other ---"I'll man the guns, You drive")
To: Servant of the Nine
Anyway, they aren't fit to eat out of a can.I was born and raised so far back in the woods, they had to pipe sunshine to us and I never thought I'd go so far as to eat greens out of a can, especially after my Mawmaws (my Grandmother) cooking.
She could take the toughest, sandiest, most acidy greens you could find and make 'em melt in your mouth.
But...
I have discovered edible canned greens, canned by Glory Foods.
Hard to find, but if you ever do, try 'em.
I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Them folks, whoever they are, managed to put a little of my old Mawmaw in them cans.
(Or, maybe, years of eating the Army chow just blew out all my taste buds, and I just don't know what's good, any more.)
68
posted on
08/16/2003 6:10:13 PM PDT
by
OldSmaj
To: Howlin
initiate (contraction): "My wife ate a burger, initiate a baga tater chips."
To: dixiechick2000
Well, there IS didinit?
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posted on
08/16/2003 6:14:51 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: RedBloodedAmerican
One OTHER thaing not mentioned....
In the South, people who drive past one another, WAVE/NOD/ACKNOWLEDGE.
ABOVE the MasonDixonLine, waving/etc, will get one a look of 'ignerrent-you-ness'.
'Southern Hospitality' is NOT a catch phrase.
To: Grammy
Thanks Grammy,
I'm a MD sympathizer (supposedly) livin' with a TN who insisted I was a Yankee for soooo long ... til a Looosiana friend of his splained it all too me. In the south, he says, if your bud is from a state north of yours ... well, he's a Yankee! In fact, to him, Mr. TN was a big time Yankee! :)
I eat WAY more collards than Southern man. And WV (Yankee!!) grandma made the meanest buttermilk biscuits and poor man's gravy, fried green anything ... geez ... I once gained 20 pounds in one summer! On the biscuits of course ... collards are one of the healthiest greens you can eat.
72
posted on
08/16/2003 6:21:32 PM PDT
by
LNewman
To: Capriole; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; HoustonCurmudgeon; Dog Gone; Eaker; humblegunner; RikaStrom
"Who wrote this? "Y'all" isn't singular!" I've seen that so many times by people supposed to be Southern.
The proper English when speaking to two or more Southerners is:
"Jy'all eetchet?"
"Y'onto?"
If you're speaking to one Southerner it's the same as anywhere else:
"Jyou eetchet?"
"Y'onto?"
To: warchild9
You're not changing lanes without signalling, throwing garbage out your window, nor thinking this is your country free to trash like you did the c**phole you came from. You MUST be kidding. You're talking about Tennessee, not the North. "Visualize Using Turn Signals" is a popular bumper sticker in east Tennessee. Have you ever seen the "Tennessee Trash" commercials? There's a REASON for them...the sides of the roads here are a sty. I welcome springtime because the foilage will hide all the garbage on the sides of the road. (Picked up four 'Bud Light' cans off my lawn this morning.) I hate to say anything nice about Vermont, but you can drive FOREVER up there without seeing any trash on the roads.
74
posted on
08/16/2003 6:29:50 PM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(Under the personal care of the Great Physician...full coverage.)
To: TexasCowboy
"Tell me something sensuous"........
"Ok, sensuous up, would'ja get me a beer?"
To: RedBloodedAmerican
I knew I'd moved further south when one of our barn cotractors used the word "cattywampus" in the course of a normal conversation.
My favorite regionalism is, "I took and..."
"I took and nailed it to the wall."
"I took and sent it to my sister."
76
posted on
08/16/2003 6:30:17 PM PDT
by
mrs. a
To: dixiechick2000
I'm fixin to go over to momma-an-nems to eat supper.
77
posted on
08/16/2003 6:32:44 PM PDT
by
WKB
(3!~ ( You can hear it anywhere but only here can you tell the world what you think about it))
To: who knows what evil?
Vermont IS beautiful, as is upper New York State, where I spent some time. It's the Northern trash from the cities which make a mess of my country. And the cleanest roads I've ever seen were in Maine--that compensated a little for the black flies, those loathesome things.
To: warchild9
Lake George....... what a beautiful area.........
To: azhenfud
My very first job during high school was off-the-books roofing in 100+ degree heat. I came home sick every night, but made enough money to maintain a high-maintenance girlfriend, a car, and a godawful book habit.
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