Favorite NC slang (Charlotte, Fayetteville, Asheville: stores, move to, kitchen)

[NorthmeetsSouth]

This morning my husband had what he refers to as catheads and cackleberries... biscuits and eggs.

[SunnyKayak]

Originally Posted by NorthmeetsSouth

This morning my husband had what he refers to as catheads and cackleberries... biscuits and eggs.

I order my eggs Sunny Side Down and that always throws the server or cook off. psst it same thing as over medium

[missersue]

LOL...the one that killed me...and thank goodness my best friend that already lived here had filled me in....is when someone is really angry at someone or something and they describe it as "ill". I have been raised in the south all of my life but I had never heard that until I came here. The first time I heard someone say it in conversation the first thing I thought was Thanks Amy for letting me know about that or I would have been very very confused!!

And the whole "buggy" thing is cracking me up....that is all I have ever called a shopping cart. I didn't even realize that was a southern term. And DH....bless his heart....is trying to ditch his yankee roots (northern ohio) and he has taken to calling everyone dear, honey and sweety.

One thing that is very southern is calling your daddy well Daddy....when my daddy remarried, my stepmom is from Washington state. Some of the things we say just blows away her family. When my Daddy passed all of us kids bought a wreath for the gravesite....my stepsister insisted that it say Daddy on it because that is all I ever called him....my step brother was like you have to be kidding me!! Who cares if I was 35....he was always my Daddy.

Another thing my granny used to say was...."well isn't that the cats a$$" not sure where that one came from LOL and I dont think I wanna know!!

And livermush...well lets look at the name....that is one southern thing I could never embrace. DH has picked that one up too....loves it fried with lots of mayo on bread....yuck! Now if I could only get him to love sweet tea LOL....that is all my family ever drank. He just can't do it...told him he isnt a true southerner until he drinks it like he does his coffe LOL!

I also agree on the pop thing....my family is from the mountains and that is all they ever called it but I always call everything by drink. It is very interesting how alot of things are the same but other things are determined by the region. The only place I had ever heard youns was from my friend from PA...all we ever said was ya'll. Heck I thought it was a real word!!

I would never do anything to get rid of my southern twang although it isn't that heavy from living in FL for many years. DH says it really only comes out when I am really tired or angry (ill lol) but when it does look out. And the one thing I love the most about living in NC is my boys have started calling me Momma...when we recently revisited FL some friends were cracking up about that...but I promptly told them I am VERY proud of my southern roots and nothing shows it more than that!@!

[groove1]

It is so funny since I work part time in a grocery store now. The term "buggy" for a shopping cart is used by all the older people (say 50 plus) regardless of their origin. All of the younger people do not use the term "buggy" for shopping carts.

[Doug Viant]

Originally Posted by southward bound

So, what are home fries scattered smoothered and covered?

This thread reminds me of a furniture delivery person - bless his heart - an old timer fershur. He kept up a steady stream of talk while bringing in the stuff and I couldn't understand a word. All I could do was nod and smile, praying all the time that he wouldn't ask me anything. A couple months later we had another delivery from the same place, and I STILL couldn't understand a word.

That home fries thing is Waffle House lingo everywhere not just the South. It has something to do with if you want them with cheese or onions or plain etc.

[ddlove01]

I was wondering about that, twice now at Wal-Mart people have asked me "Do you need a buggy" and I said, "Sure, I'll take a cart!" I don't have to change my "cart" to a "buggy", I'm only 27! : ) Also, at the hardware store, I told someone I was going out to dinner with some friends, they said, "Now, around here we do not call it dinner, we call it supper, remember that!" I was a little offended, they both mean the same thing, don't they? I remember those two words were interchangeable when I was growing up, supper was usually much larger and with more family, while dinner was just, dinner! Are people gonna look at us weird if we don't use these terms? I feel really outta place sometimes : ( Newbie to NC, 3 weeks

Originally Posted by groove1

It is so funny since I work part time in a grocery store now. The term "buggy" for a shopping cart is used by all the older people (say 50 plus) regardless of their origin. All of the younger people do not use the term "buggy" for shopping carts.

[Niki]

Which part of NC are you in and is the town kind of small or rural?

I live in one of the bigger cities in NC and people don't care either way whether you say "supper" or "dinner". Many Southerners consider "dinner" and "lunch" to be the same meal and then you have supper. But in the bigger cities, it really doesn't matter.

Now whether you say "buggy" or "cart" is a good indicator (in addition to accent) of where you're from. True Southerners say "buggy". But no one in a bigger town should look at you funny if you say "cart" instead.

Also, please realize that Southerners love banter and teasing. So don't always take what we say seriously or be offended.

[abloodragon]

Asked at the bank " do you want a sucker?" Translation, did I want a lollipop

Asked by an elderly lady "Can you go to the kitchen and get me some nabs" Translation, I want Nabisco peanut butter crackers

"Do you want some pop?" Translation, do you want soda?

I've also found out that at most drive thrus, I get the wrong order, no matter how hard I try to make it clear what I want. When I first moved here, people used to say "I could just listen to your accent for days."

[cia191630]

Originally Posted by abloodragon

Asked at the bank " do you want a sucker?" Translation, did I want a lollipop

Asked by an elderly lady "Can you go to the kitchen and get me some nabs" Translation, I want Nabisco peanut butter crackers

"Do you want some pop?" Translation, do you want soda?

I've also found out that at most drive thrus, I get the wrong order, no matter how hard I try to make it clear what I want. When I first moved here, people used to say "I could just listen to your accent for days."

Where are you from that lollipops exist lol...it's been a sucker all my life (I still think I'm pretty young lol)...and I've always used pop, but then, I'm from MI.

[abloodragon]

Oh, yea, and when there is a funeral procession driving down the road, traffic in the other directions stops, really really confuses me still.

And this is the only place I've ever lived that elderly women chew 'chew'. As in I have a hunk of chewing tobacco in my mouth. I've met at least 8 elderly women here that chew tobacco....the story I get is that they all started chewing it in the tobacco fields when they helped pick the tobacco.