Only a Southener.........

[Diamondback]

- Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.

- Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess."

- Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."

- Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, . as in: "Going to town, be back directly."

- Only a Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.

- Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large peach cobbler!

- Only a Southerner grows up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right far piece." They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.

- Only a Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say,"Bless her heart" and go your own way.

[carver]

If someone in a Wal Mart store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, you may be in the South.

And "Bless your heart" is is a term used by the people of the southern United States, particularly near the Gulf of Mexico, to express to someone that they are an idiot without saying such harsh words.

[jaydub]

Bless your heart.

[Alpo]

I was walking up to a register at Publix one day, and these two little old ladies were pushing a buggy-full towards the same register. I stopped to let them go first. They stopped and one of them said, "You go. You've only got one thing."

I told her, "My Mama would hit me upside the head".

She said, "All right, then", and they went first.

[Insulation Tim]

Only a Southener would know that a poke is a paper bag.

[geds]

Only a Southerner knows that "yall" is plural.

- and pot licker is for your buttermilk cornbread. Of course you have to save a piece for your milk too!

[BETH]

bless your hearts

[Brass Tacks]

Originally Posted by geds

Only a Southerner knows that "yall" is plural.

up to 3 is "y'all", more than 3 is "all y'all"


when getting ready to perform a task, a southerner is fixin' to do it

[carver]

Romney zinged Obama by saying “President Obama, bless his heart, has tried to substitute government for free people, and it has not worked.”
http://www.therightscoop.com/romney-...-heart-moment/

Ya gotta love it!

[Brass Tacks]

Originally Posted by Insulation Tim

Only a Southener would know that a poke is a paper bag.

actually, in the south it's a paper sack.

a poke is a burlap container known as a gunny sack or tow sack. potatos were (are?) commonly shipped in these, 100 lbs each. at picnics gunny sack races would be held. the racer steps into the sack and attemps to run while holding up the sack. this sack was large enough and strong enough to carry many things. buying a pig in a poke means buying something sight unseen

in the old south, the noon meal is dinner and the evening meal is supper.

a carbonated soft drink is referred to as pop or coke, regardless of brand or flavor

a mess is a non specific measure of quanity.

[Alpo]

A carbonated soft drink is a coke, unless it actually IS a coke, in which case it's a co-cola.

[flintlock]

And as my wife loves to keep reminding me, "American by birth, Southern by the Grace of God."

[geds]

Originally Posted by Brass Tacks

up to 3 is "y'all", more than 3 is "all y'all"


when getting ready to perform a task, a southerner is fixin' to do it

Sorry - ya'll is definitely NOT singular! Any true Southerner knows that! Hollywood and Southern wannabees have tried to morph the language into something else.

"All ya'll" is just including everyone in the group and generally refers to a larger group. Ya'll can also be interchanged with "you 'uns" - but "ya'll" is more commonly used.

Dinner (the noontime meal) is served with a "mess" or a "helpin" - grits and greens are usually served as a "mess" whereas chicken, taters, and biscuits n' gravy are served as "helpins" (some folks just say "heppin").

I know you meant well - bless yore little heart!

[Alpo]

Geds, y'all is not YA'll, it is Y'all. You all, with the apostrophe taking the place of the missing ou in YOU.

I took Brass Tacks' statement as agreeing with you that y'all is plural, but clarifying that it is generally plural for a couple, but a whole bunch is "all y'all". I did not see him as saying y'all was singular.

Nobody but stupid Yankees, doing bad southern impressions, thinks "y'all" is singular.

[bamajoey]

Originally Posted by Brass Tacks

actually, in the south it's a paper sack.

a poke is a burlap container known as a gunny sack or tow sack. potatos were (are?) commonly shipped in these, 100 lbs each. at picnics gunny sack races would be held. the racer steps into the sack and attemps to run while holding up the sack. this sack was large enough and strong enough to carry many things. buying a pig in a poke means buying something sight unseen

in the old south, the noon meal is dinner and the evening meal is supper.

a carbonated soft drink is referred to as pop or coke, regardless of brand or flavor

a mess is a non specific measure of quanity.

I don't think I have heard the word "pop" used in this part of the south. It's either coke or co-cola, or maybe add an "r" and make it co-colar.

[Alpo]

Pop, to my knowledge, is a Yankee term. I used to work for a man that called all soft drinks "Pepsi", while everbody else I knew said "Coke". 'Twas confusin'.

I will occasionally hear someone speak of a "sody-water" (usually trying to be funny), but I have never heard anyone say "soda".

But then, Arkansas is a fur piece north o'here. Mebbe they been infected by Yankee-speak.

[carver]

I was born, and raised, in LA. LA might be the only state in the Union that litterly has 4 different accents on speach. NW, SE, SW, and cajun! In my travels around the U.S. I find a lot of people that laugh at a Southern accent, but no matter how hard they laugh, they want to hear more!

[CHW2021]

Maybe you should add that the Southeners have manners and remember to use them. How many yankees hold a door open for a stranger?

Also, I am SE Louisiana, and you can have a soft drink or something else when you are thirsty.

[Appliancedude]

When I went to Ohia a few years back, everyone kept asking me if I wanted a pop.

And if Carver is right, and "bless your heart" is calling me an idiot, then me and grandma are gonna have a problem

[Alpo]

LA? Around here that means "Lower Alabama".

[Alpo]

I posted a story, one time, about "some fool in LA did such-and-such", and put in a link. Guy in California, all mad, said, "That newspaper you linked says it's in the Florida Panhandle, not Los Angeles." I said, "I never said Los Angeles. I said LA - Lower Alabama."

It confused him.

[oldfartrr]

and elderly ladies from southern Mo. (my mom included, god bless her) know STOP signs are for the other driver !! so she doesnt have to waste time stopping..
when she got a notice that her drivers license had expired,,(she was 86 and passed feb 2012) and it had expired in 1981,, she stated why should she have to get a new one, there was nothing wrong with the old one.

[hunter29180]

Originally Posted by Insulation Tim

Only a Southener would know that a poke is a paper bag.

Every REAL Southerner knows that Poke is served breaded and fried like Okra! its a plant many regard as a weed but the Native Americans showed it is a good eating plant.

you fry up a mess and serve a "helping"!

Coke is Coke, soda is any other carbonated beverage..champane is just soda with a kick!

[carver]

If you are refering to Poke Salad, it is used as a folk medicine and as food. For many decades, poke salad has been a staple of southern U.S. cuisine, where it is cooked and rinsed at least twice to remove the harmful components. All parts of the plant are toxic unless properly prepared. Poke Salad berries yield a red ink or dye, which was once used by aboriginal Americans to decorate their horses.

[bamajoey]

I've heard about poke salad all my life, but never eaten any. Also heard about it being toxic.
http://www.caf.wvu.edu/~forage/libra...nous/page8.htm