[womanvet]

don'no -- butch'all come on down here, an' I'll make some sweet mint tea. MMMMMM-mmmm!

My biggest problem is that my daughter grew up here in Flor'da; win I ask her for a "pin" (so ah kin write sumthin'), she keeps giving me a straight pen -- lack those we use to hold on are head coverings. She takes ok to correcting, tho'...she kin speak fine win she recalls to.

[sweetliberty]

True southerners

• Only a true Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit.
• Nobody but a true Southerner knows how many fish make up a mess.
• A true Southerner can show or point you in the general direction of cattywumpus.
• A true Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is -- as in "Going to town, be back directly."
• Even true Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table.
• All true Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. No true Southerner has a problem handling his (or her) "pot likker."
• True Southerners know instinctively that the best gesture of solace for neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold tater salad. (If the trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add some hot biscuits and a nanner puddin'.)
• True Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "pert' near" and "a right far piece."
• True Southerners both know and understand the differences between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash.
• True Southerners never go snipe hunting twice. No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.
• True Southerners sometimes wear long sleeves, but only if they roll 'em up past the elbows.
• True Southerners are born knowing that you should never loan your tools, pick-up, or gun to anybody.
• True Southerners have always known that the South is more American than America.