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Old 06-18-2007, 04:59 PM
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and instead of "y'all", its more often "you guys"
Or Yinz. Yuns.

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Old 06-18-2007, 06:57 PM
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You have to be a Skynyrd fan down here!!!

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Old 06-18-2007, 08:57 PM
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Or Yinz. Yuns.
"You'uns" is more often heard in east Tennessee/western North Carolina. Sorry, but anybody using "ya'll" for singular ain't from around here!

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Old 06-23-2007, 05:38 PM
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Y'all. We all use it, and yes "coke" is what we call all "sodas"
being a Southerner I grew up with everyone around me speaking the same way, it's not strange to us, I do have a friend that just moved from Michigan and he is always saying "you bet ya" or "sure". It sounds funny to me. I do make my kids as well as I was made to do the same, always address my elders with mam and sir. It's just a sign of respect.
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Just for fun being a "transplant" thought it would be neat to see everyones favorite "southern" expressions or slang. We all have it no matter where were from it's what makes us unique and different. EX: coming from the north I am trying to rid myself of using "you guys" to address any group of people...male or female. Just how I was raised haha...Pop for soda...although my Gram was raised in Tennessee and everything was Coke if you wanted a soft drink.
I know the typicals from my southern grandparents, "yuns" a "switching" when your bad, "yonder" etc. The biggest one to adjust to is "bless your heart" this seems that it can be used as sympathy or a sucks to be you term.
Just thought it would be fun to lighten up the message board and hear from locals as well as transplants.
Have a great day!

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Old 06-23-2007, 05:40 PM
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after 5 generations of my family being in South Alabama, I can honestly say, everyone I know (southern born) says y'all

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Old 06-24-2007, 02:02 PM
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Yep, I can relate to keitel666. As a kid we called everyone Mr or Mrs by their first name. Before my mother remarried I had gotten into the habit of calling my now step-father ,Mr.Wes. 30 years later I still do it. But not only that some people that know I call him that call him that as well. He has been there like a father, but old habits die hard.

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Old 06-25-2007, 03:37 PM
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My grandmother, who grew up just outside Dothan, Alabama but lived in Gadsden most of her life, would say "It's comin' a cloud" when it was about to storm. Must be a south Alabama thing though, because she is the only person in the NE part of the state I ever heard say that.
It's also a NE Alabama thing. I grew up in DeKalb county (which is VERY country by the way) and everyone I knew said "It's comin a cloud, storm, tornado". Family, friends, EVERYONE.

Also, to clear things up, Ya'll is definitely NOT singular.

"Where bouts?" - means "Where?"
"You sat on a frog" - means "You farted"
"Qu33r as a three dollar bill" - means "gay"
"Rollin in the hay" - means "having sex"
"Used to could" - means "used to be able to"
"Yont to?" - means "Do you want to?"

Those are off the top of my head that haven't been mentioned yet. I'll come back for more.

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Old 07-22-2007, 12:29 AM
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Drive further on down the road a piece= love that slang
Used to hear this a lot in NC/TN/AL travels to Grandmothers farm=
"If you pass that barn on the right, yuv gone too far!"

Keep this in mind : " Andalusia, Florabama, and Lickskillet are on some maps, next to the state line before we cross over into the Sunshine State, I mean Florida, you know that road?" Or, better yet, " Can I go to the store and git me those things I was talking about a while ago, cause ahm about to get cabin fever hangin around the house all day long, oh and Hey Doug! Doug! Listen, man naw you aint listenin, come on lets go, Man Gawwddd Am, shut up, man Im tryin to talk on the phone, hey Doug!?", etc. ( classic example from a relative

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Old 07-22-2007, 01:54 AM
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Red face 85 y.o. Grandmother calls Cokes 'Cole Coalers' & Suggested Pouring Pack of Peanuts Inside … "yaller all here!"

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Just for fun being a "transplant" thought it would be neat to see everyones favorite "southern" expressions or slang. We all have it no matter where were from it's what makes us unique and different. EX: coming from the north I am trying to rid myself of using "you guys" to address any group of people...male or female. Just how I was raised haha...Pop for soda...although my Gram was raised in Tennessee and everything was Coke if you wanted a soft drink.
I know the typicals from my southern grandparents, "yuns" a "switching" when your bad, "yonder" etc. The biggest one to adjust to is "bless your heart" this seems that it can be used as sympathy or a sucks to be you term.
Just thought it would be fun to lighten up the message board and hear from locals as well as transplants.
Have a great day!
Being in the restauraunt industry as a teenager, I waited tables, and even know a few tidbits about Southern Cuisine . There are a few listed below; such as:

Funyuns = Onion Rings
Pork Rinds + RC Cola & A MoonPie = lunch
Supper = any snack or meal between 10 am & 8 pm
Breakfast = rarely ever served in Southern Homes
Dinner = well, you ruined your Dinner on those Moon Pies!
Onion Rings = something that costs extra with your Bar Be Que
Fries = comes with every hamburger in the South
Coke = "what kinda coke do you want, weve got sprite, mello yella, dite coke, etc.
'Toss me those chips' = a nice way to change the channel on TV at home
Sides = Okra, Green Bean, or Corn, but we aint got any HashBrowns made yet!!

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Old 07-22-2007, 02:17 AM
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I moved to the panhandle of Florida when I was 14, just 30 miles south of Dothan, Ala. I moved from Fresno, Ca. so it was a big difference. We moved in with my grandma and us 5 kids would always laugh at things that were said. My grandma was very sweet and she would laugh too. When I started school, I didn't understand alot of the phrases. One that stands out(this was a few years ago 1970's) was the girls saying "I liked to died". I couldn't understand why they would like to die. I loved it in the south in those days, especially small town life. I like to died when I had to move away!!!!

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