Posted on 05/18/2004 8:09:41 AM PDT by 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."
OOOOH, nice and crispy? Yum!
That's a common way to politely thank someone for a compliment, such as,
"Your son is so polite and smart,"
Proper reply is "Oh, he's a mess," with a smile.
LOL...gotta love it...MUD
You are so, so right on that one!
BTW, when I was in seminary - in N'awlins, no less - in my Hebrew classes, I always, always translated the "second person plural" as "y'all."
My professor didn't like it very much, but what could he do? After all, it was grammatically correct!
lol! we also no the dif'rinse 'tween:
Y'all, All Y'all & All Y'alls
:-)
100% correct on that.
At least here in Alabama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
True. Ever time I come back home to the Southland from up North or West I thank my lucky Stars that the Good Lord Blessed me by being from the South.
We take pitchers witha camera
I've heard the Yankee lingo when stationed in Virginia years ago, youns (Pennsylvanian for you people), or Noo Yawk, or pahty and wahta, and paaaaahk my caaah! And you call us weird! Go figure.
A couple of favorites from my dad, and my husband.
...as much fun as a turd in a punchbowl.
...as much fun as a fart in a phone booth.
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