Southern-isms (Thomaston, Lindale, Tallapoosa: living, move, money)

[ReturningWest]

I'll carry y'all to the store...translation, I'll take you to the store

[EuharleeRiverRat]

Originally Posted by small town south

My deep south friend and I were talking recently about a dog. Her comment was: "Honey, that dog wouldn't bite a hot biscuit!"

Another friend was talking about the sandwiches we used to eat when we were young...anyone remember a pineapple sandwich, or mayonnaise sandwich? And of course, the ever-popular banana sandwich - which I still routinely eat. We were remembering when you'd take one slice of ham out of the package to make a ham sandwich. As she said, "That ham was so thin that it only had one side!"

To this day, I still love a good pineapple sandwich, eat my share of lettuce sandwiches also, ketchup sandwich was good when there was nothing else, and the naner sandwich has to have salt, black pepper,with an occasional slice of unyun on it.

>Now, the directions were something else, If you didn't pay close attention, you'd get lost and wouldn't be able to find your way out of a wet paper poke.
>Well now, lets see, you go down yonder to that old oak tree that the tornado took out in "55, turn left-go down till you see a mangy dog laying on the side of the road, you'll see a fork in the road, but don't turn there, you keep going until you get to Farmer Browns barn, not the new one, but the one he built back in "42-take a right, and these directions just kept going on like this.

[steppen]

Originally Posted by small town south

My deep south friend and I were talking recently about a dog. Her comment was: "Honey, that dog wouldn't bite a hot biscuit!"

Another friend was talking about the sandwiches we used to eat when we were young...anyone remember a pineapple sandwich, or mayonnaise sandwich? And of course, the ever-popular banana sandwich - which I still routinely eat. We were remembering when you'd take one slice of ham out of the package to make a ham sandwich. As she said, "That ham was so thin that it only had one side!"

Finally, someone that had pineapple sandwiches also. We had them with mayonnaise and also the mayonnaise sandwiches. Mother made banana sandwiches with peanut butter and sprinkled a bit of sugar over the bananas. And yes, I remember the luncheon meat, one slice only and lots of mayo.

[steppen]

There were Irish potatoes pronounced "arsh", tea cakes, potato candy.. When someone was overweight my mother would refer to them as stout. When company was coming, they're coming to pile in on us. lol

[FlourChild]

We were always warned not to swing too high or climb too roughly on our swingset (aka "jungle gym") b/c it would "tump over". This actually makes sense, in an onomatopoeic sort of way, as a swingset hitting the ground--or your skull--probably would make a "tump"-ing noise. Yick.

And if I didn't do a good job on something the first time, my mom/grandmother would tell me to "go back and lick that calf again". EWWWWW. Who licks CALVES?! I knew what they meant, anyway.

My mother's disgust at inactive or shiftless people was usually phrased as "he's lazy as kearn" (pronounced keeARN, and I think it is a Scots/Irish term for excrement).

Southerners don't usually call their mothers "Mommy". It's "Mama" most of the time, and it's not unusual at all to hear grown men in the South refer to their fathers as "Daddy" (pronounced "Diddy"). You can make fun if you like, but nobody will tear a strip off you like a mocked Southerner.

I have also been known to use the phrase "beat him like a rented mule".

And all this from someone who grew up in a Birmingham suburb (Roebuck/Huffman).

[steppen]

Originally Posted by FlourChild

We were always warned not to swing too high or climb too roughly on our swingset (aka "jungle gym") b/c it would "tump over". This actually makes sense, in an onomatopoeic sort of way, as a swingset hitting the ground--or your skull--probably would make a "tump"-ing noise. Yick.

And if I didn't do a good job on something the first time, my mom/grandmother would tell me to "go back and lick that calf again". EWWWWW. Who licks CALVES?! I knew what they meant, anyway.

My mother's disgust at inactive or shiftless people was usually phrased as "he's lazy as kearn" (pronounced keeARN, and I think it is a Scots/Irish term for excrement).

Southerners don't usually call their mothers "Mommy". It's "Mama" most of the time, and it's not unusual at all to hear grown men in the South refer to their fathers as "Daddy" (pronounced "Diddy"). You can make fun if you like, but nobody will tear a strip off you like a mocked Southerner.

I have also been known to use the phrase "beat him like a rented mule".

And all this from someone who grew up in a Birmingham suburb (Roebuck/Huffman).

My mother used to say "kearn" but she would say stinks like kearn. Also she would refer to dirty clothes as "rullocks" ? not sure of the spelling. Also as an exclamation - I'll swan.

[DisgustaTruth]

"Fixin'" is the ultimate Southernism after "ya'll"
someone must have gotten to prepare and to repair confused.
"I be fixin' to go to the store!"

[SCBeaches]

"I'll be there in a skinny minute"

"Well, I swanee, it shore is hot as hades in here. I think I'll just set a spell."
(Well, I swear, it sure is hot in here. I think I'll sit down for awhile)

As my grandmother used to say after cooking all day (as she fanned herself with her apron), "Whewee, I'm 'bout to barn up. Ya'll go ahead and get yoself a bite to eat. I'll be along shortly".

My Paw Paw always called biscuits "catheads" for some reason and couldn't stand "store-bought bread"...said it tasted like he had a mouthful of cotton.

Having a bowl of cornbread and buttermilk (mashed together) for a late night snack (now there's diet food! LOL)

[NCN]

I was just thumbing through a recipe book and it listed "sweet milk" as an ingredient.

We grew our own popcorn and it was popcorn until it was popped and then it turned into "white caps."

My mother used to say, "Why, shucks in August." I don't think it meant anything.

[FlourChild]

Originally Posted by SCBeaches

"I'll be there in a skinny minute"

"Well, I swanee, it shore is hot as hades in here. I think I'll just set a spell."
(Well, I swear, it sure is hot in here. I think I'll sit down for awhile)

As my grandmother used to say after cooking all day (as she fanned herself with her apron), "Whewee, I'm 'bout to barn up. Ya'll go ahead and get yoself a bite to eat. I'll be along shortly".

My Paw Paw always called biscuits "catheads" for some reason and couldn't stand "store-bought bread"...said it tasted like he had a mouthful of cotton.

Having a bowl of cornbread and buttermilk (mashed together) for a late night snack (now there's diet food! LOL)

Ditto on the cornbread and milk. My grandaddy ("Papaw", RIP) taught me that those biscuits are called "catheads"--get ready for the circular logic here--b/c cats with big round heads/faces are called "biscuit-headed" cats. Hee.

And my dad, whom I have rarely heard swear, always said "Well, I swan". It was sort of a byword to avoid saying "I swear", b/c there is a Biblical warning not to swear, but rather to let your "yea" be "yea", etc. But the swan thing always conjured bizarre visions for me as a literal-minded kid.