Just insert any southern state in the blanks....

cute reading and enjoyed it very much.

And I thought, the rest of the world thought, all the spiders and snakes (not to mention sharks) were all in Australia???!!! LOL!
I love it, very funny, hugs n roses, M

Oh but I'm proud to b a southern girl,& I'm qualified to say that. I've lived n California, New York, & Oklahoma as well as Ga., Ala., Miss., Fl.,Tn., & probably a few more but it's late right now & my head is fuzzy. LOL

I was born in Pennsylvania I wish I could remember all their sayings. I now live in MN. Will you borrow me some money instead of loan me. I couldn't believe it when I first heard it up here.

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by gerryb 29 Sep 2008

When we moved to No. VA in 1965, I became good friends with a Penn. gal. But I had a HARD time understanding what "gum pants" & "gum bands" were!! (Rubber pants & rubber bands.) Now no one knows what rubber pants are due to Pampers & Huggies!

by meganne 01 Oct 2008

Well Damaris, perhaps you could tell me why Americans say rather "then" instead of rather than? or other "then" instead of other 'than'? in other words, why d'yall use the word THEN instead of THAN? Then (to us) means time as in now and 'then', or an alternative as in, 'then' there is this way to do it, or 'then' you proceed like this or there and 'then'.....
English language is so confusing at the best of times but I struggled most when trying to understand French Canadians at the airport, who seemed to think I should be able to follow their directions even when they were speaking 500 miles a minute with broad french accents. No wonder I ended up sitting on the floor in tears... LOL! And i'm not joking about that distressing time.
hnr Meganne

by jrob 01 Oct 2008

must be a localized expression...we don't substitute than for then in northern Georgia.

I married a hillbilly, and being a "northerner" I didn't know about ANY of these UNTIL we got married....I HATE to go south to 'see' the folks...they roll up the sidewalks at 6:30 pm and get up at 4 am... :)

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by jrob 01 Oct 2008

aw come on, we stay up until it gets dark! hahahaha

Thanks Jrob, this is neat! Also, it describes Texas to a tee. *4U

A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road.

There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in ____Insert Southern State name___.

There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in __Insert Southern State name_______, plus a couple no one's seen before.

If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite cha.

'Onced' and 'Twiced' are words.

It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy!

'Jaw-P?' means 'Did y'all go to the bathroom?'

People actually grow and eat okra.

'Fixinto' is one word.

There is no such thing as lunch. There is only dinner and then there is supper.

Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar.

Backwards and forwards means 'I know everything about you.'

The word 'jeet' is actually a phrase meaning 'Did you eat?'

You don't have to wear a watch, because it doesn't matter what time it is, you work until you're done or it's too dark to see.

You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH EM.

'No. djew?' is a common response to the question 'Did you bring any beer?'

You measure distance in minutes.

You switch from heat to A/C in the same day.

All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.

You know what a 'DAWG' is.

You carry jumper cables in your car --- for your OWN car.

You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Tony's, Tabasco, and Ketchup.

The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports and motor sports, and gossip.

You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.

You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit 'a bit warm.'

You know all four seasons: Almost summer, summer, still summer, and Christmas.

Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past time known as 'goin' Wal-Martin' or 'off to Wally World.'

You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chicken stew weather.

Fried catfish is the other white meat.

We don't need no dang driver's Ed. If our mama says we can drive, we can drive dag-nabbit.

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by misscharlie 29 Sep 2008

LOL I only saw 4 spices. AND you left out the directions of Right- this away and Left- that away!