6.) That was your best memory? I am from Georiga. A buggy drives on the road and occasionally gets smashed by a foot. You know, I have a friend who moved from Wisconsin down into Alabama during middle school, and, I say this only to inform you of the facts, not to insult her, was actually behind in all classes except for our orchestra class together. Amen. You are the idiot, ya damn yankee. Not sure if I picked up somewhere early in life, or maybe its a creation of my own. Yeah, im the most southern girl yalls ever gonna meet, and im twelve and reading on a post collegeate level. And Im certainly not saying that all Yankees are trustworthy either, I lived in NYC and Baltimore(if you want to classify Baltimore as Yankee land) and have lived in South Florida with plenty of Yankees. Believe me, Ive met several scumbag Yankees. But Southerners are as a whole, the least trustworthy, two-face, talk behind your back gossiping, busybodies, of all the regions Ive lived in. Born in Louisiana n raised in Oklahoma. : One that doesnt return to the North, but wants to constantly complain about the heat and our Sourthern ways while they take all of our jobs. I am friends with people my ancestors once owned, to my disgrace, but those times are long gone. Id send it back, cause its broke! Just dont say back home. In case you were wondering, its equivalent to a paper clip. Even though the North sees the rebel flag as a symbol of racism and rebellion, it is in fact a sign of knowing their roots and the truth that you seem to not have obtained. Pronounce Atlanta in Luxembourgish, Can you pronounce it better? On-air personalities in cities like Atlanta have essentially no Southern accent, no matter where they come from. Homelessness and poverty are a big deal everywhere, so shut your mouth about it unless youre actually saying something worth anyone elses time 2. This has got to be the stupidest thing I have ever seen I was born in the north and live in the south and all I have to say is were f#@#ing Americans! This isn't just a nickname for someone's crazy neighbor. See? But just remember, not all of us gave up. (Oh-and the New York METS!, TOO!!! You are painting the canvas with a very broad brush. You are all pussies. Maybe you can explain why they move away from the North and then try to turn us into what they left. We say POKE instead of bag. We are stronger, faster, more educated. Yeah. And if it did expand to Alabama in particular, I wouldve assumed that it wouldve expanded no further than Mobile. But rest assured, Aric, you made lots of other readers think less of our fellow southerners. Theres a world of difference between the cultures of Florida, North Carolina, and Oklahoma, for example as there is between Connecticut, New Hampshire (REALLY scary rednecks! To those who keep using the word Ignorant, to quote The Princess Bride You keep using that word. We partner with leading, Southern-based organizations to transform their performance and build new capabilities. Fucked up as a soup sandwich (or fucked up as a football bat). This is great made me laugh a little bit =]. Down here, there is no Pepsi. I am sorry you are being disrespected. If for some reason you dont believe this, find some historical movies about the south in the 1960s and then proceed to tell us who lost and who won. But I must say one thang.. Yall damn Yankees up in the north are the biggest most selfish judgmental rude assholes I have ever fkn met! Men in wife beaters, chewin tarbackee, bible-thumpin, science and math-hatin ignoramuses SCARY! After reading most of the comments on this page, I am compelled to jump in. You as skinny as a bean pole! Having retired from the US Army, but growing up in South Jawja/ Nawth Flawda, I believe that where ever you are, you need to learn the culture of the people where you reside and respect it. That phrase puts us on the defensive..old ways are hard to change. LOL. Call me a Yankee if yall want to but Id rather live in the south. Before/ four, Maybe One Fine Day the Northerners will learn how to talk. A whole lot of hate and prejudice on both sides. Elizabeth you are a stupid yankee and need to go back up north if you dont like it down here! *NOR* ARE **ALL** SOUTHERNERS ***INBREDS***!!! Not Southern, ppl never wave back. 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 . NORTHERN-SUPREMACY.END OF STORY NORTH RULES, SOUTH SUCKS, JUST LIKE THE NORTHERN SUPREME IN FOOTBALL EXPOSED THE SUCK I MEAN SEC FOR THE OVERRATED CUPCAKE IT IS! Im an Australian and can not understand why the USA is so proud of the American civil war when really you shot your own people up. There aint nobody got more n deepa southen roots then yours truly. My grandma would say And, of course, there is virtually no authentic Southern accent to be heard . Likewise, there are many sophisticated aspects to the South and Southerners (as there are to New England and the North.) Maybe thats just my Tennessee dad, but he did it with all 3 of my sisters. YEAH!!!! I think that might be it though. You obviously met someone that misrepresented the entire south. If the D.O.T. southern pronunciation of ambulancearizona department of corrections video visitation. Whats up with that? Thinkstock. !, havent you? I was just visitin the north in baltimore and everywhere I went people made fun of the way I said things. I guess thats a Southern thing. error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. When I moved there as a kid, they use to say we talked strange and thought that we were from the North simply because we had a slightly different regional accent from theirs. PoBoy: a long sandwich, usually served with fried oysters, shrimp or fish. Once you learn it, it sticks in your brain because it's just so fun to say, but it can be quite a challenge for newcomers. Those always get people going. Or with a different accent? And, even though they did increase their fortune by moving, they still could have been just as wealthy by now if they had just stayed in their Upper East Side brownstones. Lolol! I call a purse a purse. Two of friends say it the first way. Thanks a lot! I wrote an article about a Southern Belle deciphering Northern slang. I was raised in southern LA about an hour southwest of nola and am crackin up at the truths of the majority of these. Yall: its never you guys but yall. (It also gave me bit of a chuckle. Mmm-mmm. A true Southern is polite and genteel in their manner. You are one dumb ass, provinicial Northerner and I come from the North. !God Bless. I say "At-LANna". Most Oregonians know to pronounce this word "sham-POO-ee." Google it. Best of luck with that narrow mind of yours. Im not counting florida but its a northern state in the south. No count. Haha funny! He even made the claim that his number one goal was to keep the Union together and if ending slavery was how he should do it then so be it. well, as best I can tell having been born in SC and spent half my life there its because you dont know anything about us yankees (technically, thats only New Englanders), and are always making up things like the nonsense in this article to ry to make us seem like foreigners. Bless your heart.. but scratch that sugar-coated Southern exterior, and youll find something quite unappealing and unattractive. Anyone else ever heard this? I thought she was talking about someone being forced to watch the Kardashians. Glenwood High School Yearbook, But, anyway, sounding like an intelligent idiot is not something to be proud of, and the only reason Im looking at this idiotic and misguided page is because of an assignment I am doing for my Human Geography class at my private school. Current affairs. Its 89 million degrees outside. And your grandmother never made a lot of food. If they stay in America, they ar still family, but ar counted as outcasts to their family and ad treated differently with less respect.Becus thay ar leevin centuries of family cultures. I now live in Augusta, Ga. People from Tampa pronounce Lutz as Lutes or Loots. We recommend you to try Safari. We use the words yonder and reckon but what a lot of people dont realize is that these two words were not made up by Southerners. Yall can comment below. We dont have hate for you poor misguided folks that have that opinion of Southerners, we just want to say, Bless his heart and try to ignore your ignorance. I like your opinion. I am in the throes of bringing them back to life. You supposedly beat up some Neo-Nazi Skins and no body likes them anyways. My grandmother is from Lakeland, Florida and she uses words like supper to mean dinner and fillin station instead of a gas station. Ive lived in North Carolina for 20 years now and Ive found southerners to be warm, fiercely intelligent, funny as hell, very down to earth, hard-working, and flawlessly courteous. Other relatives ( especially from ms) have thick Im a southern girl, and i have been stopped many a time on the streets beacause of my southern beauty, charm, and accent. Good people are good people no matter what their accent or where they live, the same for not so good. Southern accents over time have developed their own vocabulary. Something could tump over (tip or fall), a mess of any variety could be referred to as kyharn, though the spelling could be suspect. Are you fo REAL!? how southerners pronounce atlanta; how southerners pronounce atlanta. The whole of MO is midwest. This means "be sweet and come over and give me some of that sweetness"a kiss. I should also note that we rarely use "r's.". Naturally, Ive then learned to appreciate much about the South, especially what I call the Code. If were offered something to eat or drink we say, I dont care (but well take it because theyre servin it anyway). Or as E Wid commented above (on 2/26/2013), Pepsi=New Bern, North Carolina(.) Only the strong can make it through a Northern winter, hence you poor popper can make it. That was some fine writin right there maam, if I do say so myself. Hey yall, when you refer to the South, remember to capitalize it. Im from WV. So where do you hear but what used like that? I think theyre mostly kidding. degree in Biology, minors in Chemistry Mighty fine! We are not narrow minded like you dumb inbred a***es. OH, gosh, theres that stereotype again! Grew up in NH, moved to southern LA. http://www.theonion.com/article/south-postpones-rising-again-for-yet-another-year-377. 12. Stir until all sugar is disolved, For Goodie Mob, the South, in generaland Atlanta, in particularwas "dirty" because of its troubling racial history, its continuing record of black on black vio- lence, and its corrupt judicial system. Who the hell can understand your damned accents, either? You speak about our grammar, yet you didnt use any punctuation in your sentence. Southern American English or Southern U.S. English is a regional dialect or collection of dialects of American English spoken throughout the Southern United States, though increasingly in more rural areas and primarily by White Southerners. My moma always said that to my pops told old man he was dumber then a box rocks. I know more Democrats and Independents than Republicans! Then again, these words come from many southern states. I call them by their name such as sprite, dr. pepper, etc. Share . Why couldnt yall just have left us alone all those years ago? We're sorry, but we can't find the page you were looking for. Dag nab it In Southern pronunciation, the vowels are often stretched but merged into one sound and nasalized. Down here in Tennessee not only do we say Dumber than a box of rocks we add in Aint worth two dead flies. Bryce Harper tries to tell an Atlanta Braves fan how to pronounce Ronald Acua Jr. correctly. states; South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Texas, Georgia, Louisiana. No question about it you, my friend, are southern!!!! You are not merely irritated. And on the whole North/South animosity thing: I think its totally ridiculous that in 2013, people are still judging eachother on what area they were born in. Some people say taters for potatoes lol. Well for those Southerners who dont know we also have our Southern stereotypes. Jan 27, 2009. Ugly as homemade sin. Coke/coc-cola no co-cola (in the south). 7. I am originally from South Dakota and it is a state. doin donuts onr 4-wheelers through da mud flats and hallerin all day, u aint neva seen anyting like it in yer life. Meanin lipstick on a pig doesnt make it a lady. Put it out there and the whole world gets to read and reply. I just recently went to New York right before Christmas, and it was no colder than here at home. Finding a good church is excellent advice. Web sites a day. Why on earth is the "south" in "southern" pronounced differently from the word "south"? Georgia-born humorist and best-selling author Lewis Grizzard conveyed the ambivalence of many white southerners who embraced the economic and material benefits of Sunbelt prosperity while remaining skeptical and sometimes resentful of some of the social and political changes that accompanied these gains. Fricker! Eh, either way. Hun if you have ya ass b kicked from the south all the way back 2 ya Yankee town/city! My sister has lived in TN the last 15 years, I grew up in N.IL. For the record, a Yankee is a person from Maine. Is elara a name? Pres. Waving while you are enjoying time on your porch is acceptable behavior, even to strangers. Sans Souci. THe reason our schools are so screwed up down here is because the federal government wanted to make it easier so the blacks could make better grades. So dont call us cupcakes about cold weather. Im basing all these things on real life experiences, Ive lived in the South for a total of 27 years of my 53 years, so Im not just making blank statements. Other vowel shifts involve a . Honestly, this could not be more insulting. If not you moved here to work at the steel mills and again everyone has some family member that worked in the steel mills. About Me: Overe.I use it when someone ask me where something is and Ill reply overe in place of the words over there. Who knew Charlestonians arent southerners? Congrats! In my opinion, TX has thicker, deeper accents with more throaty drawls. As I grew into an adult, my accent became more and more Southernnot hillbilly or redneckjust Southern. Its yall NOT you guys!! So yeah, Texas has a heavy Tennessee Influence. WOLFRAM Well, that's -- southern pronunciation is largely identified in the vowels, you know, which range from sort of the ungliding of time for time to the production of vowels like the vowel in boot as boot. ERRNT wrong. By the way, I am a bisexual, nonreligious, mixed race, healthy, democratic woman with a Doctrine in medicine. Dont come tellin the southern beauties what we say! I guess I just wondered how I wound up with such Southern sayings in such a Northern (albeit out in the sticks, but still) area. 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. The internet is public domain. ;o). I got nuttin wit dem nordern folk. The North and South are both large enough to be many, many different countries and so have numerous subcultures and such within it (think of all the different cultures squished into small countries in Europe). .should all be ashamed of yourselves! Yankee told me the South lost the Civil Warget over itI boxed him in the nose and said.We have yet begin to fight! And the Elizabethan word yonder. My grandparents still use this word, and I think its cool that we still use words in the South that you can only find written in Shakespeare and Faulkner novels! Answer (1 of 10): For the US distribution check out the Dialect Survey results at http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_1.html Born in Fort Benning on October 20, 1946, Lewis McDonald Grizzard Jr. grew [] In 2019, Houston Chronicle journalist Robert Downen helped break the story about sexual abuse within the SBC. As do at least some heavy-set people NATIONWIDEIN THE SOUTH AND ELSEWHERE!! Here's a sampling of words only Southerners say Y'all: it's never "you guys" but "y'all". School and got my Medical degree. An old friend of mine always said he could tell if someone was from the south if they knew the definition of one word. The following are some characterstics (Wells, 1982: 530-552). I went up North and I mingled with the people of Michigan. Dont let the doorknob hit you where the good Lord split you. I am a proud citizen of the Great and Soverign State of North Carolina. Thats not something to be proud of and its a sad day when a country goes to war with itself. The south is weak, fat, and soft. I also remember some other relatives using this word, too. Now I find myself thinking about Floridawhich seems to start out as the (deep) southuntil you drive far enough southand then, frankly, I am at a loss for how I would describe things. If you ask for the substitute sweetener condiment it goes ignored Especially at a fast dood restaurant drive thru. I know people from here and from down the bayou (Dulac, Chauvin, Montegut, Point-aux-Chenes etc) who consider north Louisianaians yankees. Explore Quiz: Which of these weird Georgia town names is real or fake? I know you are all very slow, but if you would just leave and go to China where you republicans belong we would be a much better country. Grant was one of the worst generals, he saw his men as nothing more than a means to win a war. And we can hid e bodies in our dog pins, Arkansas is not In the south. the goshdarn Yankeesthe NEW YORK Yankees, that is. Id put my SHIH-TZU up against any moron in Georgia.any time!! WTF is loudmouth damn yankee ELIZABETH doing on this prettysouthern.com page in the first place? Seems like your pronunciation of southerners is not correct. PoBoys are really defined by their good, long crusty bread. You can say this word while mad at someone, or you have been waiting for a good time to talk. I was in basic classes up there in school, but when i moved down south I was 2 grades ahead of my normal grade. We own you turds, if not for the northern taxes given to the south you would not have your well-fair checks and all would live a lifestyle like in Mexico. If we chose "phonology", however, we'd really have to move Southern Louisiana's vocabulary (neutral ground, banquette, etc.) Dont let my shotgun bullets hurt your shiny-assed yankee electic car. I dont blame the students because the teachers never learned phonics. Its worse than politicians dropping their gs. Youre 100% wrong Morgan. but needs to put up with locals who are ignorant, intolerant and dont believe in science or much of anything else other than da baaable. Again that was way too long ago for me to care, I love the whole country, just had to make the point that you sound dumber than a box of rocks god bless. It's instantly recognizable and difficult to replicate. I guess Im not as much of a lady as you, I would have had to given them a Bless your heart, you are so rude and dont even know it!!) I can switch it off and on for the most part, depending on who Im around, but the Southern-isms always find their way out. NORTHERN-SUPREMACY. As in Crank the engine. Ruffled feathers- Flustered It contributes to our non southern hospitality because were too busy trying to be complete jackasses to convince you to move back up north. Im fairly certain the same bug is called by other names elsewhere in the U.S., but down here its junebug (also a song by that Athens band, the B-52s yeah, Im in Athens). if your talkin about route 66 you pronounce it rowt not root. . Us rebels may not sound to educated but u bet ur ass we dont try to be nothing more than who we are. Go back and dont return. We are generally on the poor side while the rest of Indiana has some dough. here in the south we say ZACKLY; YOUR BREATH SMELLS ZACKLY LIKE YOUR ASS. I havent heard most of the terms listed above. Traditionally, Virginia is more of a border between dixie and northeast.
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