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Southern Interpretations!!
If you're planning on going south for a vacation this summer you might need to know how to interpret what is being said!!! Enjoy!!!
AINT: a blood relative "come give Aint Smerelda a hug." AWDUH: should do "I awduh tell him off." BLEEVE: intent or faith "I bleeve I'll just mosey on home." CHIMLEY: what smoke comes from "I bleeve the chimley is stopped up." COMIN-UP-A-CLOUD: approaching storm "yall stay close. It's comin up a cloud." DINNER: what the South eats while the Northerners eat lunch. "we'll have biscuits and beans for dinner, then have a light supper." EYETALYUN: native of Italy "you don't have to be Italyun to like spaghetti. EVERWHICHAWAYS: scatter "them chikens flew everwhichaways." FAVOR: resemble "that boy sure favors his daddy." FIXIN': prepare to "it's fixin' to rain" GOOD OLE BOY: any Southern male who likes, huntin',fishin',hound dogs, beer, pick-em-up trucks, and women. HEEPA: great deal of "you in a heepa trouble." ID-IN-IT "genteel term for ain't "mighty hot today, idinit?" JEVVER: did you ever "jevver see anything so silly?" KINDLY: sort of "I feel kindly sick." LET ON: indicate knowledge "don't let on you know." LIKE TO: almost " I like to died when I was sick." MESS: an amount "we'll cook a mess of peas." Nome: No ma'am "Johnny did you do this?" "Nome." ORTA: should "man you orta see her." PICAYUNISH: fastidious "don't be so picayunish about things." POT LIKKER: liquid left from cooking greens "sop the pot likker with biscuits." QUIETUS: (pronounced kwi-EET-us) "Mama put the quietus on that." RIGHT SMART: a goodly amount "she gained a right smart of weight," SINNER: in the middle "have you been to the shopping sinner?" SPITTIN IMAGE: looks like "she's the spittin' image of her Mother." TORECKLY: later "ya'll go ahead, we'll be on toreckly." UNNUTHER: one more "here comes unnuther." VITTLES: food "be sure and put the vittles away." WHITLEATHER: hide used to make harnesses "this meat is as tuff as whitleather." YANKEE DIME: kiss "how 'bout a yankee dime, sugar?" YANKEE SHOT: a Southern child's navel "show 'em where the yankee shot ya Johnny." YAWL (yall, ya'll) you all NEVER USED TO MEAN JUST 1 PERSON "yawl come back" ZACTLY: exact "this is zactly the way we say it in the South..at least as I remember." SMERELDA pronounced Esmerelda "Scarlett O'Hara in another life"
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