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Posted on 08/16/2003 3:50:40 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: HoustonCurmudgeon
Nahhhh, in Queens you were almost a city boy! We were waaaay out there on the North Fork in Aquebogue (just east of Riverhead). Now THAT'S out on Lowng Island!
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posted on
08/16/2003 6:34:23 PM PDT
by
Humidston
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law)
To: LNewman
"if your bud is from a state north of yours ... well, he's a Yankee!" In South Louisiana the people who live north of I-10 are Yankees.
To: RedBloodedAmerican
That's cute. But as a native of South Louisiana, I do have to say that we use "y'all" only in the plural. We do use "you" for the singular.
I remember seeing Johnny Carson ask a southerner if "y'all" was singular or plural, and I thought that that was such a dumb question. "Y'all" is a contraction for you all, which is obviously plural.
I don't know why I remember that; it was years ago. :-)
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posted on
08/16/2003 6:38:32 PM PDT
by
alnick
To: jocon307
She said, and I think it holds up over time, that the #1 Southern identifying phrase isn't y'all, but "fixin' to"I've noticed that the blacks down here shorten "fixin' to" even further to "f'in'a."
84
posted on
08/16/2003 6:40:17 PM PDT
by
alnick
To: TexasCowboy
In South Louisiana the people who live north of I-10 are Yankees. Darn right they are! You ever been up there? They got dry parishes an all kinda stuff. That just ain't right!
To: arly
opps I meant crabsYou haven't tasted a crab until you've eaten boiled crabs in South Louisiana. Yum!
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posted on
08/16/2003 6:41:52 PM PDT
by
alnick
To: cajun-jack
but a real bakker chewing redneck says "fiddin to" lolYes, and "business" is "bidness."
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posted on
08/16/2003 6:43:19 PM PDT
by
alnick
To: RedBloodedAmerican
AND REMEMBER: If you do settle in the South and bear children, don't think we will accept them as Southerners. After all, if the cat had kittens in the oven, we wouldn't call them biscuits. I'm right THERE with that! In So. Cal. we are LOUSEY with KITTENS, oven and otherwise. It's base stupid.
NOW ... motoring on to be FLAMEworthy. ;)
BLESS YOUR HEART
A Southerner can get away with the most awful insult, just as long as it is accompanied by the words "Bless her heart" or "Bless his heart." As in, " If they put his brain on the head of a pin, it'd roll around like a BB on a six-lane highway, bless his heart." Or, "She's so bucktoothed, she could eat an apple through a picket fence, bless her heart."
It ain't mine though I concur. It's attributed to Celia Rivenbark ... something that was forwarded and pertinent.
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posted on
08/16/2003 6:46:25 PM PDT
by
LNewman
To: Humidston
We spent two years on Lowng Island and people there crack me up because they all tawlk like Joey Buttafuccio Off topic, but I saw a bit on SNL today where the news person said, "What do you get when you cross Joey Buttafucco with a college education?" Then they showed a picture of Bill Clinton.
89
posted on
08/16/2003 6:47:16 PM PDT
by
alnick
To: TexasCowboy
One thing everyone needs to remember:
"Y'all" is singular.. "All Y'all" is plural.
'Nuff said.
90
posted on
08/16/2003 6:47:26 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(God Blessed Texas)
To: warchild9; All
You are correct. The Northeast is a painfully left-wing place. I fight them, I hate them, and I try to beat them. I do not think I will be succesfull but the fight is worth it.
I am surprised that many of you Southerners don't know about the stereotypes they hold against you. I disagre with almost all of them and I did live in the South for four years. I love it.
I know I am fighting a losing battle up here but I still fight it. My question is... why does the South still vote Democrat?
I have already stated that I despise Massachusetts. THat does not mean I like so called "Conservative" Southern states that vote Dem. In fact, I hold the South to a higher standard and they have failed. The South kicked ass in the last election, let's see what happens now.
Any Southerner that believes the DNC represents the best interests of the South is INSANE.
You tell me you hate the North (And I agree with you.), but then vote Dem!?!?!
You can speak all you want about how great the South is... let us see what they do.
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posted on
08/16/2003 6:52:40 PM PDT
by
Arioch7
To: Still Thinking
Here's a fun trick to play on a Southerner. You know where 'Bubba' and 'Lizzie Jo' stickers are placed on either side of the truck window, where they sit?
Go change out 'Lizzie Jo' for 'Amanda' or whoever the driver is rumored to be sampling and watch all hell break loose - extra points if the truck carries a shotgun.
92
posted on
08/16/2003 6:55:11 PM PDT
by
txhurl
To: Howlin
"Well, there IS didinit?"I checked the thread.
Except for your post, ididn here.
93
posted on
08/16/2003 6:55:20 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(Two fish are in a tank. One says to the other ---"I'll man the guns, You drive")
To: WKB
"I'm fixin to go over to momma-an-nems to eat supper."How's your momma-an-nem?
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posted on
08/16/2003 6:57:09 PM PDT
by
dixiechick2000
(Two fish are in a tank. One says to the other ---"I'll man the guns, You drive")
To: TexasCowboy
In South Louisiana the people who live north of I-10 are Yankees. I thought that formula worked in Texas, too!!!
If'n you hadn't had biscuits & gravy for breakfast, y'all some damn yankees.
95
posted on
08/16/2003 6:57:41 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(God Blessed Texas)
To: dixiechick2000
How's your momma-an-nem? An' what's your Mama's name, sugah?
96
posted on
08/16/2003 6:59:25 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(God Blessed Texas)
To: azhenfud
When visiting my sister, a FReeper wholives in eastern NC, we stopped at a gas station that had "Vend-O-Bait." I swear, a vending machine with worms in it.
Also, you is singular and Y'all is plural.
97
posted on
08/16/2003 7:08:53 PM PDT
by
goosie
(Put your shoes on young lady or you'll get hook worms.)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
M R Ducks? M R Not Ducks.O S A R
C M Itty bitty wangs?
To: TexasCowboy
LOL!
I can hear Jeff Foxworthy now!
To: TexasCowboy
Yeah, I think this was written by some Yanqi trying to be cute and show his insight into Southern culture or some damn thing. Yankees like to laugh at us. At least this is good-natured ribbing.
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posted on
08/16/2003 7:10:25 PM PDT
by
Capriole
(Foi vainquera)
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