Posted on 08/24/2003 7:38:34 PM PDT by WKB
Only a true Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption and that you pitch one and have the other.
Nobody but a true Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, Turnip greens, peas, beans, etc. make up a mess.
A true Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."
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. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.
True Southerners know instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. (If the trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin').
True Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right far piece." They know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.
True Southerners both know and understand the differences between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and trailer trash. <> No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn. True Southerners know that "fixin" can be used both as a noun, verb and adverb.
A true Southerner knows how to understand Southern a booger can be a resident of the nose, a descriptive ("That ol' booger!") or something that jumps out at you in the dark and scares you to death.
True Southerners make friends standing in lines. We don't do "queues," we do "lines." And when we're in line, we talk to everybody.
Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, if only by marriage.
True Southerners never refer to one person as "ya'll."
True Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
Every true Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that redeye gravy is also a breakfast food; that fried green tomatoes are not breakfast food.
When you ask someone how they're doing and they reply, " Fair to middlin.", you know you're in the presence of a genuine Southerner.
Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it - we do not like our tea unsweetened, "sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk.
And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 on the freeway? You say, "Bless her heart" and go on your way.
Where else can you get steak and eggs for less than 8 bucks? At 3 in the afternoon? or 3 in the AM?
Cracker Barrel too... I love that place
I'm right behind you.
Goodnight!
No surprise. After the clearing of the highland and lowland tenet farms for sheep, many Scots settled in the South. Bluegrass has its roots in Scottish music.
What about okra, dammit. You left out my okra. Okra rates better than "etc."
Shame on you.
Yes, of course the sweetpotato pie had spices in it. What do ya think we are...heathens ? LOL
What was considered to be a N. Y. accent, a la the Bowry Boys and in some gangster movies of the '30s, is, in reality, Irishism. That " toity toid street " stuff is directly from the Irish immigrants in N.Y.C.! But there have been and are so many different N.Y. accents, that that is NOT all that repsesentative at all. Accents, in N.Y.C. ( and I am referring to all FIVE boroughs ! ) vary from street to street sometimes and from generation to generation. My grandmother's was different from my mother's and my accent ( everyone has one ! ) is such a hodgepodge, because I went to boarding school in Pa., undergrad in N.H., and picked up some things from my Bermudian pals, I hung out with, when we stayed at our home there. LOL
yes, I know, I don't like salt on watermellon, but that IS the way most people used to eat it. I have absolutely NO idea why...I just know that it's true.
A worse ( IMO ) regional eating habit ? New Yorkers used to ( some may still do ) put ketchup on scrambled eggs. :-(
I was born and raised in the south but my folks were from Ohio.
It took me a while to get the hang of dinner and supper but my inlaws were patient.
Bless them, I learned so much from them.
I guess I could say I owe my life to some Florida crackers.
My late grandma (Mississippi born and raised) ate salt on her watermelon. I (a native Texan) prefer mine without.
Texas is the best state for eating becase we have it all here: midwestern meat and potatoes fare, the best Mexican food anywhere, real Southern home cooking, Cajun French food, and hearty German meats and sausages. And I didn't even mention the shrimp and oysters from the Gulf, or kolaches, or our Asian food, or chorizo, or our game (both fowl and footed), or our wonderful dairies and creameries, or our fresh vegetable markets... our onions and black-eyed peas... our burgers ( the hamburger sandwich was invented in Athens, Texas)... okra... rice...homemade tamales...
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