Thats also one of the classic New Orleans expressions, too. I was raised in one of them places and we have our city parts but overall we are pretty southern. We all live in the USA. I did an informal Facebook poll of this, and most southerners--and all Atlantans--dropped the 2nd T. Native Atlantans dropped both Ts. ive never heard a person say beanie or toboggin its always been a boggin or hat down here in georgia, shit your right this aint where a yankee belongs time to get the ol double barrel out again and the south never fell its always been better than tha north. Elizabeth, .live a country lifestyle. Anyone trying to figure out what a Southerner means probably needs to listen to tone. Dear Mr. South Will Rise gain, I am WV born and bred, gold and blue. Cory, either you are the most stupid person I have ever heard of or you are puttin us on. I hadnt noticed all the prejudice against northerners, but this is probably because I grew up outside of Shreveport and Bossier, and the regular cycle of people coming in due to the air force base probably got everyone used to a variety. Dang, I just realized dis heres an old post but some great stuff rightcheer ya know where I come from in my neck of the woods we hear things all the time things like dis here Friend up north. The females there were not as friendly and jealous and not as thoughtless. Not a Yankee. And yes iI am from south Carolina however have lived up north and you are damn Yankees very cold hearts selfish your women look ugly and take no pride in themselves running round looking like bums. Way to show your ass! I live in jersey soo Im a true Yankee And we use your dumber then a box of rocks , but remote , gargabe not trash , you guys not yall and fixin Im never fixing anything Yankees be buying lol but I would like to visit the south Imagine a Italian from new York in the south . Before I jerk a knot in ur tail We lost. Why do a lot of Southerners say thew instead of through? And Bless your lovely little heart, HUN! You better keep your mouth shut. Bless ur heart sweet heart have a swift and speedy trip back up to yank land. Ass Burn. I live in the south, and my family and I have always made a point out of speaking and communicating with PROPER grammar and enunciating and pronouncing our words correctly so we do not sound like poorly educated country hicks. in northern louisiana all of that is true except for saying sweeper, yankee, and clicker. Makes the sentence 1/3 shorter by dropping 1 of the 3 syllables. Sugah for sugar, suppah for . SMU (Dallas)? These cookies do not store any personal information. Well theres lots of folks down here in Georgia that have been invaded by the rich northerners and changed. I heard it so many times, I started saying it too. We say fixinuh, which comes from fixin to, which means Im starting the process of doing something. Apparently you havent lived here long enough to learn to love the charm of the Southern way of life. Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus. and Physics, but It is called a remote. For example, we lived for 6 years in an area of South Carolina. I earn good money and own a big beautiful home..I hunt, fish,drive a nice chevy pick up! Much obliged- Hopin to return the favor In NYS, if you order a Coke, you get a Coke. Be warned, another Yankee here. I come from a long line of folks born and raised in South Central Texas. lived in the South; again, I promise.). Theres nothing free about our highways (see GA-400). why was black widow holding her stomach in infinity war. Fixins- Usually referrin to food- Sandwich fixins, etcetera Put a lid on it and you might just learn something, but since its impossible to do that when making self righteous, holier than thou comments..again, this is a real Yankee thing, and its NOT what the article is about. A mansion in the north is at least double the cost for a reason. 1. Hence, not only South Louisiana being more heavily Catholic, but also the French and/or Louisiana French Creole word for, Im assuming, godfather.. 4)DAMN FN YANKEE! I love the expressions in the south..I think its charming ! I live in Ohio and hear people say it all the time, so I dont think thats really something thats strictly Southern. I also do not call all sodas coke. Btw stupid look at a map. We are essentially Chicagoans. For the bitchy Southern woman, you forgot something infinitely worse than bless your heart. Mind you, I say this as a Christianbut unfortunately the worst thing you can possibly hear from a Southern woman is an overly syrupy-sweet Ill pray for you. OOOOOOOHHHHHH shut up! No axe to grind- No real opinion Having any accent doesnt make you better or worse than anyone. Ive been drinking Dr.Pepper since the 80s. Idioms with the word back, Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2023. Honey.. Not all yall damn Yankees smarter than us southern rednecks! Perfect for sleep-overs). Yes, similes and metaphors exist outside of English class, especially in the South. We will keep Thumping Our Bibles..IN GOD WE TRUST. And did you know, Northownstheweaksouth, that the latter three of those schools listed and their respective cities make up North Carolinas so-called (and rightly-called) Research Triangle (the Triangle, for short)? Yall should form your own group and get the hell out of ours. I thought this post was supposed to be whimsical. See also Is It Safe To Drive In Georgia? Listen to the audio pronunciation in the Cambridge English Dictionary. The pictures were hilarious though. but dont avoid everyone because of the bad ones. I am from Texas where the state tree is the pecan tree Until I left Texas I had never heard anyone, not on the TV, pronounce it any way other than puh-con. (And if youre 85, then everyone is a youngun.) Pour in 1 to 1 & 1/2 cup sugar per 1 quart water, This has me curious. The South does have the highest obesity rates of *any* region of the U.S., Ill *give you* **that**, but what if I told you that a lot of Southerners not only are not heavy-set, but also, more than a few of them work out! Oh, sweetie! Neither is The North. We still go to prayer meetin on Wednesday nights, and yes, evenin starts just after noon, and night sets in right after sundown. If you order a Pepsi, you get a Pepsi. Basically, the pronunciation of caramel is all over the place. Bless your heart. not every southern girl is like that some are but since ive moved to PA last year..ive met plenty of girls like that HERE. they probably picked it up from a Southern TV show! Yet still the North could not win. I dont see a flood of people wanting to move north. Keep reading. Cannot seem to help myself on that! What about your a liar the truth aint in ya and Jesus doesnt love you Thats what my dad says when he is pissed off.. Say answer me.. Im some dumb but I aint plum dumb.. thats what ive been sayin to somebody that said that to me. You forgot a FOURTH definition of Yankee: one who plays for the New York City team of Major League Baseballs American League. So question for yall from the South. By the way, the New York Yankees have had their share of Southern born- and/or-raised players through the decades: Mickey Mantle (from Oklahoma), Ron Guidry (Louisiana), Alex A-Rod Rodriguez (born in NYC, raised in Florida), Roger Clemens (born in Ohio, raised in Texas), Brett Gardner (Texas again, if Im not mistaken), and Andy Petitte (sp?) And I am with you on the state split. Lmao. Not only that though, I lived in the North (back and forth from NYC and Baltimore, MD) for about 4 years and the amount of complete and utter CRAP you have to put up with from almost everyone you meet for being where youre from is offensive and ridiculous. Whatcha no good? They are just plain ignorant. If you were a true southerner you would know that. I dont know if Ive a southern accent or not I think its because Im surrounded in my familiar surroundings with people of the same accent some of the above postings are things that I have said. Well shit fire usually followd w/ save matches by a second person. views.. Just because the women talk sweetly, do NOT mistake this for that they are dumb or not strong women. It was the government. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. Youre gonna wish you had read the bible where youre going. Put it out there and the whole world gets to read and reply. Accueil; Solution; Tarif; PRO; Mon compte; France; Accueil; Solution; Tarif; PRO; Mon compte Im from north central Georgia. !, the North won the Civil War! True Southerners that are raised right will go out of their way to make you feel welcome and at home. The reason we get defensive or resentful is because many Yankees move here and then start making fun of the way we do things. Im from Tennessee and I have trouble hearing the difference between TX and TN accents. True, we get more snowbirds (theres a word for you, means yankee who comes to Florida to ride out winter, then goes back north, or eventually retires and stays here)than other southern states, but leave the cities, and youll be smack dab in the DEEP south! My mums family is from northern Vermont/Canada, and my dad is from another continent. ). We make this country, we innovate, you are like retard primates. Hon- Usually used in sentences were someone needs to calm down. You BETTER be ther next week, our the guilt trip will triple. Damn Yankees!!! Only Yankees say that. Coke/coc-cola no co-cola (in the south). You are obese ( highest obesity in the country) illiterate (lowest test scores in education) and soft (New Yorkers kicks your teeth out Detroit is too tough for a southern, Boston rips you a new one Montana Mountain Men, Nebraska, Washington, Alaska lumberjacks North Dakota, etc) (you are cupcakes compared to us). I grew up on Southern California, but my people were Arkansawyers. They are English. Atlanta: It's pronounced " Atlanna ." We don't pronounce the second "t." Why is Atlanta famous for? i reckon itll rain. Or how about funktified? Pres. I also live in Ohio (the northern Cincinnati suburbs) and have heard all but one of the sayings on this page my whole life. Tap- Sleep (Tap out) I absolutely LOVE this one and have never heard fucked up as a football bat. So awesome. Im a redneck girl and damn proud of it. We got quite a few kinsfolk down in mah state. Answer (1 of 8): There's a lot of differences. Without breaking down most of the rest of your comment, it *looks* like a **DRAW** to ***ME***!!! Pronounce Atlanta in Norwegian, Can you pronounce it better? Example: "Quit piddling around and help me set the table!" 9 June bug Shutterstock Its an American saying, idiots. Is this southern? How is sista (sister) correctly spelled.? Why worry about what happened all them years ago? For all gifts. My mom still busts out the phrase I swony (basically the genteel way of saying I swear) Anyone else say that? 1) They pronounce oil as one syllable. My favorite shows protagonists voice actor is from NJ. Too big fer your britches Given our love of the melodious English language, we would never use the plural pronoun we with the singular verb am. I go down to visit frequently, and still listen to Patsy Cline and Hank Williams. I dont know if ya considered Denver a Yankee but we aint. I ve got a neighbor from New York who dont have a clue on yard work because he never had a yard before . JON, CLOSE, BUT YOU MISSED A FEW WORDS. Born in AL, raised in TX. TRY THIS SOUTHERN SAYINGWE SO FUCKING STUPIDBETTER THINK TWICE NEXT TIME WE RUN INTO A KIND NORTHERN PERSON, WE BETTER THANK THEM FOR NOT KICKING ARE PATHETIC ASS Northeast Ohio, and yes, dumber that a box of rocks is said here, too. I am on here to research names for a new business. Why do you think the rest of the world makes fun of us! {{view.translationsData[trans_lang][0].vote_count}}, {{app.userTrophy[app.userTrophyNo].hints}}, {{view.translationsData[trans_lang][0].word}}, {{view.translationsData[trans_lang][0].username}}. We dont care how you did it up north but wish youd stay up there. You are entitled to your option just as much as I am, I despise the North and I cant wait till the day I move home. Well then, with that being said, how can one say there was a true end to the war or even a true victor? The author is not a native Southern speaker, and his attempts can make you cringe. Found I grew up in Tennessee and we call all brands (Lance or Toms, etc.) And to that moron above who says Texas is part of the Midwest, if hes actually American then hes a retard. I think you are mistaking the intro word-wse. The CART you use for shopping, is called a SHOPPING CART which actually makes sense. Yesterday my 10 year old daughter comes home crying from her field trip saying a teacher yelled at her for asking to use the restroom, her group was rushed out of the museum and didnt have time to use them. Im from North Carolina and Ive always used it. Then again, these words come from many southern states. I realized that it was only their inherent fight for survival. Look, I do not understand why you have a problem with the south. Its crazy!! And we call the remote control the flicker dicker in my house or just flicker. But my grandmother used to tell my sister and I that she was going to warp our frames if we didnt stop acting up. I am friends with people my ancestors once owned, to my disgrace, but those times are long gone. Umyou might get shot. Well know youre a Yankee, or that your parents were Yankees, if you say you guys. The Civil War was more political than any consideration for the rights of slaves, including those in the Northern States. That is how we can say the same thing as a Yankee just as fast without actually talking as fast as a yankee. We barely make the cut, and were south of the Mason Dixon. (DUH, m*********ers!) There is just something delightful about the word cattywampus that I just start smiling when I hear it. Additionally, statistics usually include oh, fuck, I dont know, maybe percentages? Once here with an open mind, theres a LOT to enjoy. runnin round like a chicken w/its head cut off I am extremely proud of my Southern roots. Yallz never rose before yallz lost before Duuuh, Yankee is someone who doesnt like the cold anymore. Likewise, there are many sophisticated aspects to the South and Southerners (as there are to New England and the North.) Focus people, focus. I think that is some kind of southern way of cursing. Depends on what part of the state youre from. I am a third generation native floridian on both sides and while I live in tampa and we do have a lot of yankees and snow birds, if you go out into any rural area and you will hear a lot of southern colloquialisms that I use too. But just remember, not all of us gave up. some people in the south are very happy the south lost. We do not believe something because we are not racist, and take face value of whatever is spewed out. My daddy was always down there, while my mama didnt give two flying fucks where she was as long as she was with my daddy and her babies. How to say Atlanta. People in the North, get off your lazy butts and make the simple syrup and sweeten the tea right!!! Smiling and talking to someone while you are in line is also acceptable, one never knows when a stranger will become a friend. But in NOLA, your poboy could even have plain deli meat. Grant was one of the worst generals, he saw his men as nothing more than a means to win a war. The south isnt going to do squat to anyone. "Atlanna" also works, but pronouncing the second T sounds odd to me. Oh and by the way, you are a Yankee. Those always get people going. If Yankees have one fault, one major fault, it is this: thats not how we do it!!! Born in Louisiana n raised in Oklahoma. Would I be considered a southerner? but I dont know about yall, but when its sunny and its rainin well say the devil is hittin his wife with a fryin pan now round here we say that all the time, but goin other places and all I get some bad looks. Go the hell away. Copyright 2020 | Tous droits rservs |. Most places down here dont know how to make a good sweet tea anymore. 1. Awesome way of life, none to compare. Im researching southern culture to legitimize a character in a story Im writing. all yall yanks need to take yer bad attitudes and get! I hate the fact that I even used that word. 8. Let me tell yall something, I hate it up here. hes so stupid he he cant poor his own piss out of his boot with instructions written on the heel Sweet Tea But I just share em I promote em. at age 14 and lived wiht my daddy for 3 1/2 years. And if you scratch that sugar coated southern exterior, youll find one of the toughest, strongest, best fighters in the history of america. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was not obese, definitely not racist or stupid. Elizabeth, you are not just an embarrassment to the Yankees. We say Maw Maw and paw paw and address our godparents as Paran andNanny or Nan. LOL. Im from Sahth Cackalacky, and all them yanks are comin here and takin all the good outta the sahth. What is this word: Lagniappe. NO LOVE LOST, MORE PROUD THAN EVER TO BE A YANKEE CHICAGO STYLE. Whatever your family and education background (some equate academic education with intelligence, can be but not always), intelligent, clear eyed and humanistic. Yankee told me the South lost the Civil Warget over itI boxed him in the nose and said.We have yet begin to fight! Potato/ tater So where do you hear but what used like that? One that we used in Tennessee way more than yall is yuns or younguns. Before/ four, Maybe One Fine Day the Northerners will learn how to talk. Southern girls may be covered in sugar, but they will whup yo damned yankee ass before you can say Hahvid Yahd. I dont know if the line is in AL or central TN (bka Middle TN) or MS or LA, but the farther west you go and once you reach that aforementioned line, the pronunciation of pecan changes from PEE-can to puh-KAHN.. An old friend of mine always said he could tell if someone was from the south if they knew the definition of one word. Your behavior is exactly what you spout against. I was in basic classes up there in school, but when i moved down south I was 2 grades ahead of my normal grade. Honey, Texas IS the south you seceded from the Union on February 1, 1861 bless you heart. You speak about our grammar, yet you didnt use any punctuation in your sentence. Bless their little pea-pickin hearts. You hit the heart of what makes me love the south big hearts and character. We live better than they do. I hate that yanks now say memaw and papaw. Lets just say that there are more than a few Southern cities or parts thereof where only the strong survive, number one. No, there are many people that could cause distraction, the King was once an international standard golfer. April 04 | 2019. Come here and give me some sugar. Or because we are close to more widely considered southern states? Oh, and lets not forget to take things to the most extreme. NORTHERN-SUPREMACY. piss out of a boot Seriously, George Washington and his cherry tree is a real thing as well I guess. Politique de confidentialit et de cookies, whittier union high school district superintendent, crisis on infinite earths: part 2 watch online, victoria police enterprise agreement 2020, my boyfriend fell asleep during an important conversation. Heres a few yall forgot, LET A YANKEE HELP YOU OUT! We are more sophisticated than you will EVER be. Any idiot who fights Darwinism (adapting to the time) is slowing us down. Nous utilisons des cookies sur notre site Web pour vous offrir l'exprience la plus pertinente en mmorisant vos prfrences et les visites rptes. I am always being told you don t understand. The University of Texas (Austin)? Is nice to find that among all the rush and traffic and fake tans there are nice people who ask you your name before demanding something, that say hello in elevators or when they pass you in the street, that dont mind stopping so you can cross the street safely. And YES, there are Southerners that live here! You will probably find grammar problems in my post and may disagree with some (or all) things Ive stated. Totally disagree most southernera prefer Pepsi over come any day. I am from the deep south. "Ya'll" is just a misspelling. X. how southerners pronounce atlanta . I dont hear that up north. If you werent comin down here like the damn idjit you are, you wouldnt have to listen to our accents. The Civil War was not fought by either side over slavery. Here we dont care whos southern or northern. !, to be exact!! Every individual I can think of died of alcoholism though. That being said, my entire family are Southerners (parents included) and much of our area of Cincinnati are descended from Southerners who moved to the area for work in the 1960s. Bean pole/ a stick or rod used in a garden to provide support to bean vegetation, usually but not always a bamboo stick, used to describe a sickly skinny person. whittier union high school district superintendent. Congrats! After reading many of these comments I feel compelled to share my thoughts and experience. @Marci and @Okie Farmer (ESPECIALLY YOU, Marci!) All of our industries are important! Dumber than Cow-Shcitt or dumber than Owl Poo poo and theyins aint go the the good sense God gave a jackass and last but not least whata dumbass is used allot OMG, landsake to goshen yes child. Another southern term Corn-bread country strong. My vocabulary is sort of Southern fusion. watford town hall vaccination centre contact. No one likes you losers you should all move your dumb conservative bible thumping inbred racist asses to China, where you belong. My A very brief breakdown: The Red is for Christianity, The blue in the St. Andrews Cross is for purity, 13 Stars were the 13 States that succeeded from the Union, the middle Star/State was Maryland. But when I see the sun rise over the Blue Ridge Mountains and the fog burns off the hills and hollers Ive always call home I know theres no where else Id rather be. Is the letter I its not iee but aaa but other than Keep to themselves. I got nuttin wit dem nordern folk. in eastern nc we LOVE our pepsi and ask for it by name. Also, I would love to see you Knockout a fraction of the Southerns I was rasied with. If youda made that turn there right on that turnpike youda been goin back south. I was reading the comments and Im not sure where the girl lives (because there are a lot of comments and it was at the beginning) who said that Arkansas is not in the SouthReally? But its usually the way you wrote it, one big word. It can also be situational. 5.) My family says it all the time, but I get odd looks from some people. Suppose/ Spose Most people in the south hate slavery. My Family had Two Farms on The Flint River 1840s. These words tend to come out with even more zest if the Southerner has been drinking bourbon. Me, again. Well shut my mouth, arent the the cutest little thing. Missouri was a Confederate state and it still has that southern flavor. WE (YANKEES) HAVE COKE IN EVERY SINGLE DRIVE THRU UP HERE. I was raised by my grandmother who had two uncles killed in the Civil War. The only state whose Capital was NOT taken overThe Yankees lost that Battle in Florida. Its Southern, but not as Southern as it used to be. (above Mason/Dixon) if Yall would fix ya a glass of tea, swipe a hot biscuit, and sit a spell, then you would understand.the madder you get, the harder we laugh. are the best your defiantly a god dam yank. Hell Texas is a whole country. I usually adress a group by saying you guys or you all I have in times used yall. In Northern states, iced tea is served with a box of sugar packets because Yankees are too lazy to actually blend sugar into the hot liquid to make sweet tea. You know, Vee-in-ah. we arent SO different after all Language is a beautiful thing. Old feelings are hard to change. Im from NC (parents are from SC and GA, family roots go back to LA) just found out the devils beatin his wife is a specifically Southern term I thought it was at least all over the east coast! I forgive you anyway. It really feels like English is testing us sometimes. From what Ive read, Madi, lets just say that Harvard Yard being what it *actually* is, there is no way in heck that you can park your car in Harvard Yard (Boston accent: pahk yah cah in Havahd Yahdwith which the Boston accent has long been associated with). My grandfather, whos 76, said his mother used to say Ill slap you from here to Halifax [meaning Canada]! when he misbehaved as a child. And if it did expand to Alabama in particular, I wouldve assumed that it wouldve expanded no further than Mobile. You can try again. aint got enough sense to pour I came here out of curiosity and wound up reading so much nonsense. Someones talkin bout ye!. The LARGEST slave market in the US was in Bristol, Rhode Island. Waving to your neighbor, hugging ppl actually caring even if it means less for you.