{"id":2505,"date":"2020-10-04T07:38:12","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T12:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2020-10-04T07:38:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T12:38:14","slug":"southern-sayings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/southern-sayings\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUTHERN SAYINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Southern Sayings & Tips for Northerners moving to South<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Suthern sayings<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/center><\/b>\n

“Well, butter my booty and call me a biscuit.”<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

“She fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.”<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

“Have a cup of coffee, it’s already been ‘saucered and blowed.'”<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

“She’s so stuck up, she’d drown in a rainstorm.”<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0“It’s so dry, the trees are bribing the dogs.”<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

“My cow died last night so I don’t need your bull.”<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0“He’s as country as cornflakes.”<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

“This is gooder’n grits.”<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0“If things get any better, I may have to hire someone to help me enjoy it.”<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 NOTICE TO NORTHERNERS MOVING SOUTH<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/center><\/b>\n

\u00a0The following is a pre-approved posting whose purpose is to offer Insight and advice to Northerners moving South.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Save all manner of bacon grease.\u00a0 You will be instructed on how to use it shortly.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Just because you can drive on snow and ice does not mean Southerners can.\u00a0 Stay home the two days of the year it snows.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a03.\u00a0 If you do run your car into a ditch, don’t panic.\u00a0 Four men in the cab of a four-wheel pickup with a\u00a0 12-pack of beer and a tow chain will be along shortly.\u00a0 Don’t try to help them.\u00a0 Just stay out of their way.\u00a0 This is what they live for.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a04. You can ask Southerners for directions, but unless you already know the positions of key hills, trees and rocks, you’re better off trying to find it yourself.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a05. Remember: “Y’all” and “Ya” are singular.\u00a0 “All y’all” is plural.\u00a0 “All\u00a0 y’all’s” is plural possessive.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a06. Get used to hearing, “Y’all ain’t from around here, are ya?”<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a07. Don’t be worried that you don’t understand anyone.\u00a0 They don’t understand you, either.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a08.\u00a0 The first Southern expression to creep into a transplanted Northerner’s vocabulary is the adjective “big ol,” as in “big ol truck,”\u00a0 or “big ol boy.”\u00a0 “Fixin'” as in “I’m fixin’ to go to the store” is 2nd.\u00a0 And “y’all” is 3rd.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a09.\u00a0 As you are cursing the person driving 15 mph in a 55-mph zone, directly in the middle of the road, remember: ALL Southern folks learned to drive on\u00a0 a John Deere, and this is the proper speed and lane position for that vehicle.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a010. If you hear a Southerner exclaim, “Hey, y’all, watch this!” Stay out of his way.\u00a0 These are likely the last words he will ever say, or worse still, that you will ever hear.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a011. Most Southerners do not use turn signals; they ignore those who do. In fact, if you see a signal blinking on a car with a Southern license plate, you may rest assured that it was already turned on when the car was purchased.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a012. If it can’t be fried in bacon grease, it ain’t worth cooking, let alone eating.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a013. The wardrobe you always brought out in September can wait until December.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a014. If there is the prediction of the slightest chance of even the most minuscule accumulation of snow, your presence is required at the local grocery store.\u00a0 It does not matter if you need anything from the store. It is just something you’re supposed to do.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a015. Satellite dishes are very popular in the South.\u00a0 When you purchase one, it is positioned directly in front of the house. This is logical, bearing in mind that the dish cost considerably more than the house, and should, herefore, be prominently displayed.<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a016. Be advised that in the South, “He needed killin” is a valid defense.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Southern Sayings & Tips for Northerners moving to South \u00a0 Suthern sayings “Well, butter my booty and call me a biscuit.” “She fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.” “Have a cup of coffee, it’s already been ‘saucered and blowed.’” “She’s so stuck up, she’d drown in a Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-gutenberg.php","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"full","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"MaryCarol","author_link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/author\/marycarol\/"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Uncategorized<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Uncategorized<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 4, 2020","modified":"Updated on October 4, 2020"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 4, 2020 7:38 am","modified":"Updated on October 4, 2020 7:38 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505\/revisions\/2506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/weakley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}