"Y'allbonics"

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[OldBlondBabe]

Not to be outdone by Ebonics in California, the Southern Association of Colleges & Schools is requesting billions of federal dollars to teach "Y'allbonics" in all classrooms south of the Mason-Dixon line. Included here are some samples of "Y'allbonics." If you do not understand any of them, contact a Southerner for an explanation.

HEIDI: (noun) Greeting.

HIRE YEW: (complete sentence) Remainder of greeting. Usage: "Heidi, hire yew?"

BARD: (verb) Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow." Usage: "My brother bard my pickup truck."

JAWJUH: (noun) The state north of Florida. Capital is Lanner. Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck."

BAMMER: (noun) The state west of Jawjuh. Capital is Berminhayum. Usage: "A tornader jes went through Bammer an' left $20,000,000 in improvements."

MUNTS: (noun) A calendar division. Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and I ain't herd from him in munts."

THANK: (verb) Cognitive process. Usage: "Ah thank ah'll have a Coke."

RANCH: (noun) A tool used for tight'nin' bolts. Usage: "I thank I leff my ranch in the back of that pickup truck my brother from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago."

ALL: (noun) A petroleum-based lubricant. Usage: "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck."

FAR: (noun) A conflagration. Usage: "If my brother from Jawjuh don't change the all in my pickup truck, that thing's gonna catch far."

TAR: (noun) A rubber wheel. Usage: "I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuh don't git a flat tar in my pickup truck."

TIRE: (noun) A tall monument. Usage: "Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, Ah sure hope to see that Eiffel Tire in Pars sometime."

RETARD: (verb) To stop working. Usage: "My grampaw retard at age 65."

FARN: (adjective) Not domestic. Usage: "I cuddint unnerstand a wurd he sed .must be from some farn country."

DID: (adjective) Not alive. Usage: "He's did, Jim."

ARE: (noun) A colorless, odorless gas; oxygen. Usage: "He cain't breathe give 'im some ARE!"

BOB WAR: (noun) A sharp, twisted cable. Usage: "Boy, stay away from that bob war fence."

[Constitution Day]

So do we. My wife and I call it "brupper".

[toomanygrasshoppers]

If you are in East Texas you might hear these:

"You do'in alright?" - A common greeting
"Cook up a mess of __________" - Could be a "mess of greens", "mess of fried okra", etc.

a "pallet" is a bed you make on the floor
a "tank" is a pond

You know you are in trouble when someone tells you that the two of you are going to have a "come to Jesus meet'in".

and if you are in DEEP East Texas you might hear someone say they are "up under the Doctor". This means under a Doctor's care. I almost "fell out" when I first heard that one. *grin*

[Moby Grape]

Youse guys are catching on fast.

[mtbopfuyn]

Has tarnation been explained? Like "what in the tarnation is that?"

It means, "what the heck".

[Sender]

Someone should note that the proper initial salutation in Georgia is "Hey". Only after an exchange of "Hey's" can one use "Y'all" or discuss trucks and dogs. Of course, when addressing elders or managers the formal tense is used such as "Hey mister Pruitt" etc.

[Phantom Lord]

Everyone knows Brunch. But how about Lupper!

[Cooter]

We usually say Linner.

[SierraWasp]

"I thank thar tryun ta make funuvus."

We've got some dumbutt on PBS out here named Heull Howser that's a real crack-up!!! Yesturday, this heyar Texun wuz playun his geetar on an excurzyun trayn an Heull ask him ta play sum trayn muzik... Wull, he aysked Heull, if'n he wuz frum Texus an Heull sed no, he wuz frum Tennussea, ya see... Wull anawaize, he proseeded ta pickun an singun!!!

[jrushing]

This is so true. Arguments actually break out as to the correct pronunciation. I've lived in all the deep Southern states and I can pick up on the differences so as to identify the state one is from.

Yes, even in the same state. I've lived in coastal Ala-Miss-Lou most of my life & have trouble sometimes with people from the northern parts of the state. There is a much more pronounced accent in North Ala-Miss-Lou.

[Constitution Day]

LOL, never thought of that one!

[Phantom Lord]

I remember when I was a car salesman and a customer on a test drive asked me "What happens if I mash this button?" I replied, if you mash it you will break it, but if you press it, it will turn on the air conditioning.

[pnz1]

Huell Howser used to be on WSMV (When it was WSM) in Nashville didn't he?

[TheBigB]

Huh. We allus had lunch on Sunday. Mebbe it's a Baptist/Methodist thing. ;-)

[LuigiBasco]

When I was stationed in South Carolina, I always thought "damnyankee" was a single word...

I done did basic trainin at Fort Jackson back in the early 40's.
Heard all this stuff then. LOL

[Darnright]

>WRENCH: (verb) To flush with water. Usage: "I'll be in soon's I wrench muh hayunds."

Whyn't yuh jest warsh 'em, instaid?

[mtbopfuyn]

The problem here is there's no one Southern dialect. It ranges from Hillbilly, to the coastal states, to backwoods, the Southern gentry to white trash, and Texan. Each has their own turn of a phrase.

[TankerKC]

BAMMER: (noun) The state west of Jawjuh. Capital is Berminhayum.

Nah suh. Dat wood be Montguuumry.

[BSunday]

Language barrier = I'm from Virginia and my wife is from Connecticut

[TheBigB]

"Play some Skynyrd, man! An' mebbe some Molly Hatchet n' Marshall Tucker Band if ya gottem!"

[familyofman]

"RETARD: (verb)..." - (noun) - general description of all minions of the south where Y'allbonics is spoke.