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To: Oratam

Thats Fine!

As Fo’ the rest of Ya’ll - Test your Suthern vocabulary skills!
Define the following words (so’s yankees kin understand em)

Ax

Abode

Barn

Braid

Bun

Rat Cheer

Fussed

Cad

Caw

Stow

Thud

Gull

Fode

Wah


676 posted on 08/21/2022 1:06:12 PM PDT by Gasshog
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To: Gasshog; bagster

Some of us grew up in urban settings in the North and have little trouble understanding these words when used by our urban peers.


678 posted on 08/21/2022 1:15:03 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is NOT a religion of any sort. It is a violent and tyrannical system of ruling others.)
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To: Gasshog

Well you missed “taken” which is the plooperfect participle of taking, take, took, and every other combination that implies one got something.


709 posted on 08/21/2022 2:45:32 PM PDT by OldWarBaby
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To: Gasshog

NOBODY gived the right answers, or tried tuh... So heah they is

Ax (question) Ah ax Betty Lou fo a date

Abode (piece of wood) Ah smacked that old mule with abode

Barn (hatched) I wuz barn in Buminham

Braid (a baked good) That wuz right tastee braid

Bun (gets hot, like, when you stick your hand in the far)

Rat Cheer (not there) (here) like, I laid it rat cheer.

Fussed (comes rite before second)

Cad (to tote) I cad a hunert pounds

Caw (automobile) That’s a fine new caw!

Stow (a place where you buy stuff)

Thud (comes after second)

Gull (young woman) She’s one purty gull

Fode (a certain type of caw) (Tennessee Ernie’s last name)

Wah (a battle, twixt opposing armies)


769 posted on 08/21/2022 7:20:21 PM PDT by Gasshog
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To: Gasshog

Two strange southern words: buggy and toboggan.

A buggy is a grocery shopping cart and a toboggan - they say - is a hat you wear in the winter.


772 posted on 08/21/2022 7:25:20 PM PDT by ladyjane
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