SC slang (Charleston, Piedmont, North: title, murders, island)

[PalmettoGuy]

One of the first times I went to visit family up north I was sooo very confused...I'd say "Hey" to my newly met family members and they'd say "WHAT??" I was so confused *lol*

In college, one of my best friends was a guy originally from the Pittsburgh, PA area. Every time I said "Hey" he would always reply, "Hay is for horses." I got so tired of hearing that. I now live in NE Ohio and if my accent alone didn't give me away, I'm sure my use of "Hey" does, or the fact that it's often followed by "How'r yew" or "Howyalldoin"

[Woodlands]

"B'For Day in the Mornin"= Before Dawn Early Morning

"Goooureight!!!!": an exclaimation of surpise- Had friends from the Charleston area that used this term.. Its probably more associated with street slang.

Flawrence-Florence

Sumpta- Sumter

Columia -Columbia

[usc_gal98]

Don't forget that children are youngins.

[guestposter24]

Originally Posted by redneckdiva

I'm a native born and bred. One of the first times I went to visit family up north I was sooo very confused...I'd say "Hey" to my newly met family members and they'd say "WHAT??" I was so confused *lol*

Lol I didn't hear about this until AFTER I got back from up North. I wondered how many people thought I was trying to get their attention. I think it's spreading though.

[kromay]

This is really "crackin' me up"!
Just seeing in print how we talk is so funny. It's really true for the most part. When I am on the phone with someone from a different part of the country, they sometimes ask what part of "the south" I'm calling from. My husband was working in Missouri for a while and every single time I'd go visit and we would go out, it never failed, someone had to ask me where I was from!

[timelesschild]

Originally Posted by kromay

This is really "crackin' me up"!
Just seeing in print how we talk is so funny. It's really true for the most part. When I am on the phone with someone from a different part of the country, they sometimes ask what part of "the south" I'm calling from. My husband was working in Missouri for a while and every single time I'd go visit and we would go out, it never failed, someone had to ask me where I was from!

Missouri is bad for that. I lived there for a while and they n-e-v-e-r stopped talking about my accent. Whenever I get a customer service person today who happens to be located in Missouri, they always have to ask... lol...

[rhinoceros]

Well I'm born and raised in South Cackalacky and I've been told I only get a dialect when I'm upset or talking to fast.

Some of the words I'm guilty of using are:

yonder - over there
"let me learn ya one" - let me show you or teach you something.
grandaddy actually used to say, "Boy, I'm gonna learn ya!" meaning "Behave or you're going to get spanked".
I call Children, "Chitlans" which is actually the word for Pig Intestines. But I know a lot of people that call kids that and don't even know what the real word means.
abouta - about to
y'all - (this has been covered already)
ought to did - should have.
Cut out the light. - Turn off the light. (I'm guilty of this and have never found it strange).
Down Unda - as in : "Boy you goin' Down Unda for your Sin. (To Hell)
A'ight - All right.
Gimmie Somadat - Give me some of that.
couldhya - could you
wouldhya - would you

That's all I can think of right now.
enjoy!

[Woodlands]

I live outside SC and travel back to visit family and friends. I watched a documentary on Lee Atwater "Boogie Man" as it was called by accident one evening. I was in the other room not paying attention and this program came on and when Mr. Atwater began to speak it immediatly caught my attention. Having been born and raise in SC you get used to (or yousta) the variations of the SC accent/dialect. But as soon as you leave and settle somewhere else.. you can hear it in other people when you encounter them. Mr. Atwater, Lindsay Graham and others have a classic SC accent though I guess it may be more associated with the upstate though he was raised in Aiken (Atwater)?

[Geechie North]

Lee Atwater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here's Atwater's bio. He's the guy who taught Rove everything he knows about sleaze/lies/dirty tricks. Note that in his last days he repented of the racist-based politics he'd help export from the outhouse to the national stage, and converted to Catholicism.

[guestposter24]

Originally Posted by rhinoceros

Well I'm born and raised in South Cackalacky and I've been told I only get a dialect when I'm upset or talking to fast.

Some of the words I'm guilty of using are:

yonder - over there
"let me learn ya one" - let me show you or teach you something.
grandaddy actually used to say, "Boy, I'm gonna learn ya!" meaning "Behave or you're going to get spanked".
I call Children, "Chitlans" which is actually the word for Pig Intestines. But I know a lot of people that call kids that and don't even know what the real word means.
abouta - about to
y'all - (this has been covered already)
ought to did - should have.
Cut out the light. - Turn off the light. (I'm guilty of this and have never found it strange).
Down Unda - as in : "Boy you goin' Down Unda for your Sin. (To Hell)
A'ight - All right.
Gimmie Somadat - Give me some of that.
couldhya - could you
wouldhya - would you

That's all I can think of right now.
enjoy!

Why are you "guilty" of those words? There's nothing wrong with them. Don't "admit" it, proclaim it! Be proud.