Thursday Thirteen (23rd)
On Speakin’ Southern
- Attair: Contradiction used to indicate the specific item desire. "Pass me attair gravy, please"
- Awl: An amber fluid used to lubricate engines. "Ah like attair car, but it sure does take a lot of awl."
- Bawl: What water does at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. "That gal cain't even bawl water without burnin' it."
- Bleeve: Expression of intent or faith. "Ah bleeve we ought to go to church this Sunday."
- Cent: Plural of cent. "You paid five dollars for that necktie? Ah wouldn't give fiddy cent for it."
- Everwhichways: To be scattered in all directions. "You should have been there when the train hit attair chicken truck. Them chickens flew everwhichways.
- Far: A state of combustion that produces heat and light. "Ah reckon it's about time to put out the far and call in the dawgs."
- Flares: The colorful, sweet-smelling part of a plant. "If yo wife's mad at ya, it's smart to take her some flares."
- Griyuts: What no Southern breakfast would be without - grits. "Ah like griyuts with butter and sawt on'em, but Ah purely love'em with red-eye gravy."
- Hale: Where General Sherman is going for what he did to Etlanna. (
- Jew: Did you. "Jew want to buy attair comic book, son, or just stand there and read it here?"
- Kumpny: Guests. "Be home on time. We's havin' kumpny for supper."
- Likker: Whiskey; either the amber kind bought in stores or the homemade white kind that federal authorities frown upon." Does he drink? Listen, he spills more likker than most people drink.'
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posted by Raggedy at November 01, 2007
57 Comments:
Ya'll that's a great list. :)
Kewt! :-)
TM
I love southernisms...they're so cute!
LMAO I hear some of these way too often! Happy TT!
This Yankee enjoyed that very much! Thanks for expanding my vocabulary!
LMAO...you sound like you could hang out with the blue collar guys..Happy TT. Thanks for stopping by and making me giggle!!
This is why I watch Paula Deen on the Food Channel -- I love southerisms! My dad said Warsh for wash and scheger for sugar. Cracked me up --!!
Great TT and thanks for visiting!!
cute TT idea!!! Have a great day!!!
Love your list. :)
When I lived in SC, the "cent" thing bugged me to no end. lol I wanted to scream "it's plural!!!! Add an S!" lol
Your list is so true. :) Have a good one!
Haven't seen you around TT lately, Raggedy -- welcome back if you've been gone.
Fun list this week! Thanks for stopping.
*giggle* as someone who grew up with a granpa from TN, these cracked me up
I love this -- what a great reference -- and a good laugh.
L-O-V-E-It! Happy TT to you...
I love listening to Southern! Thank you for the list and for stopping by, Raggedy! Have a great weekend! *smiles*
Cute list. Happy TT.
Those were too funny! And from someone who lives in Sc, soooo true!
Happy TT!
Laughing out loud! We have two daughters living in Tupelo, I will finally be able to understand them. THANKS!
I wish I had this list before I met my mil. I would be so far ahead of the game! The one I love is sweat tea.
"y'all want some sweat tea?"
EW
Happy TT!
Growing up in Oklahoma and now living in Arkansas, I've heard most of this list used in daily conversation.
You left out my favorite Lewis Grizzard one: The difference between Naked and Nakket.
Naked is artistic
and Nakket (or Nakked) is when you're up to no good!
LOL!
SJ Reidhead
The Pink Flamingo
Cute. I've been posting about "southern" speaking habits on my blog for the past couple of weeks. Happy TT.
Cute! But speaking as a southerner, I don't speak like that! It's like an Alabama or Mississippi sort of southern talk---the two syllables for "grits."
Love that list! Brilliant!
ROFL! Great list. Sounds just like many of my neighbors.
Happy TT!
I love it! And I'm sending it to my good friend who is a Texan!
You don't have my favorite on that list, however. She taught me: "J'eet?"
It means, "Did you eat?" :-)
Thanks for stopping by!
These were awesome! I've heard all of them I think...I just spent a week in Texas in October and a week in Knoxville and North Carolina so I'm getting used to the wonderful sounds of the south!
Been a long time great to catch up with you and I love the picture of you in the sidebar in red white and blue...you are gorgeous!!!
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I really love listening to Southern:) hehe Very Kewl TT!
Mine is up here;
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Happy TT and Happy Halloween!
I love this idea for a TT, so,in the spirit of cultural exchange, here are a few Scots words:
Ceilidh, pronounced cay-lee, where people attempt to dance Scottish country dances and a good time is had by all.
Dreich, pronounced dree-ch, the grey, rainy-day weather so often experienced in Scotland.
Glaikit, pronounced glay-kit, used to describe a person who is of less than average intelligence.
Happy TT!
That was great! I'm second generation Midwestern, but my southern shows from time to time and you brought to mind some of the things that come with having both sides of my family from Louisiana. (Or Loosanna, as it were). *Grin*
Happy TT
~X
cute
:)
Oh geez ! I better don't read this I won't understand anything. It's already quite difficult for me to understand the American accent except the very clear one from the News or what they spoke in Boston (there I had no difficulties at all !!) But the Southern accents are terrible !
These are very funny. :) My Dad used to work for a mining company, whose parent offices were based in Houston, Texas...I was always mesmerized by their Texan drawl when I was a kid. :)
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love the list! that's too funny!
thanks for stopping by!
These are great! And what a good idea for a TT! Thx for your visit this week.
ROLF Love it.
Aline
Great list! Very funny!
I live in the South but am from Boston. In the beginning I often couldn't understand what people were saying. Even recently a friend was saying "flour" and I didn't understand until she described a "flower." I think she said Fleer.
Loved the list.
Very cool TT!!!
Thanks for dropping by mine. :)
being in TXi never hear any of these:> J/K
Wow. I use some of them thare words.
Didn't even realize it.
Happy TT! Thanks for stopping by my site.
#8 hee hee - I'll have to remember that one.
Southerners love Southernisms since they rarely sound anything like the way we talk. *laughs*
Cindi
Thanks for the laugh.
Worthy of a Jeff Foxworthy or Bill Engvall dictionary I do "bleeve"...a northern gal with a southern itch.
Great T13
Great Thursday post! I just posted my Thursday! Three in one!
WOO HOO!
DEB
loved your list!
Actually, I think that sawthun' ackscent iz easier ta unnerstan' than them Bawhstonians when they pahk the cah ;)
LOL! NOW I can understand the people where I live :) Awesome!!!
I am amazed how Southerners can make a one syllable word into two! :)
Great TT - Made me smile :-)
O thin I'm getting better at this southern slang!! I think I might be working out the accent!!
I am a northern transplant here in Mississippi. I confess I cannot understand a word they say. And I have been here for five years! :o)~
Great list! Thanks for stoppin' by my blog! Your kitty picture looks like my cat. Very handsome.
I'm Asian and even I can make out most the words without a hitch! LOL! I think I watch too much TV! I love southernism!
Draaawwwllll!
Omigosh... too funny! I loved that!
Thanks for stopping by...
Too funny. I haven't seen you around in ages, welcome back to TT!
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