Younguns- Young ones I dont know if its southern thing but I say worder not water. The Southern accent is one of the most iconic accents of the United States. There are Southerners, just like there are Northerners, who use poor grammar; however, if youve been brought up like I was and those I know, we use proper grammar, much more so than even the British. In fact, they use bless your heart and its not the least bit mean-spirited like the way some Southerners use it. And u make no sense when you refer to the yanks as being cold-hearted when really it was the southern racist ways that were cold-hearted. Dem toothless good ole boys in pickups is gonna wup yer hides agin, yall! My Family had Two Farms on The Flint River 1840s. You need to get your facts straight. Record the pronunciation of this word in your own voice and play it to listen to how you have pronounced it. Im just glad im not like you. We barely make the cut, and were south of the Mason Dixon. We are more sophisticated than you will EVER be. Mash: Southerners dont push things, we mash em. My neighbor up there kept a whiteboard in front of his house with a rolling total of abortions performed in the USA he belonged to the evangelical church right down the road, and his kids went to the Chrisitian Academy where the teachers still beat the kids. Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA)? Yes, similes and metaphors exist outside of English class, especially in the South. There is very little sense of community and helping someone is rare. We love our history and most of us will defend it to the death, but I hope you make some lifelong friends here! And in Charleston, SC, where I spent half of my life (born in SC too), almost NONE of these things are true (except the sweet tea). A true Southern is polite and genteel in their manner. Being proud of your heritage isnt arrogant, damn yankee!! Holy Mother of Sweet Mercy Yankees rule, btw lets look at some statistics lowest education level, highest illiteracy, highest obesity, highest racism, lowest income, lowest rate of innovation, highest rate of unemployment, highest rate of welfare, highest rate of inbreeding, worst infrastructure, highest rate of ignorance, yup you guessed it all in the south. Terms of endearment are Sugar, Sugar Pie, Honey Pie, Sweetpea and Booger. I too am from NJ. Nobody here in Alabama likes yall because you are rude and quick to put us down. Im fixin to move to Tennessee with my family as soon as I graduate high school. Oh theyre from the north -_- Just so everyone knows not all southerners are like this because I have been raised in the south my whole life. "Oh, AT lanT a"! Where I live someone who lives passed the Jackson or the Tupelo area in Mississippi is a Yankee. Yall- You all, you guys views.. Hey Pat! Theres no need for it South of the line. Thats also one of the classic New Orleans expressions, too. Well for those Southerners who dont know we also have our Southern stereotypes. They are still doing it and have been at it for 40 years so thats why our kids dont know who Audie Murphy is but know who Jesse Jackson is. Im from North Carolina & I hear that a lot around here too! Southern accents over time have developed their own vocabulary. As said by one of our New York friends I could shout a parade of Yankee-style expletives in your face and it wouldnt be nearly as bitchy as bless your heart.. HUH? You lost the war for a reason. I am WV born and bred, gold and blue. Or, if not ending slavery was the way to do it then he would do that. However Which one is the most . (I never really thought that it would have extended beyond there, never mind beyond Louisiana. I meant, Harvard University Security and/or the Cambridge, MA Police will at least write you a ticket!. I am proud of the strides weve made. Ive only ever heard it in southern middle Tennessee and extreme north Alabama. The current pronunciation is all the hughfallutin' carpetbagger Yankee transplants . At least we know how to drive correctly. To be clear, I dont switch back & forth because Im not genuine. And dilly dally is the same as lollygaggin. I guess thats a Southern thing. Ive never heard of mashing as a variant if mixing in, but do all soft drinks Cokes. Southerners don't say "cater-cornered"they say "caddywonked.". When I moved there as a kid, they use to say we talked strange and thought that we were from the North simply because we had a slightly different regional accent from theirs. Explore Quiz: Which of these weird Georgia town names is real or fake? How to say Atlanta. I am still from Georiga though. Makes sense that you guys/yall in eastern North Carolina LOVE (your) Pepsi and ask for it by name and that Pepsi would be king where you live. With people than others. why was black widow holding her stomach in infinity war. You lost the war for a reason. Atlanta pronunciation. Its crazy!! Menu Im a southern girl, and i have been stopped many a time on the streets beacause of my southern beauty, charm, and accent. Also, Darn it (my Texas friends had never heard that one). Record yourself saying 'southern' in full sentences, then watch yourself and listen. Tap- Sleep (Tap out) Seems like your pronunciation of southerners is not correct. We live better than they do. Only in the South. That's because many southerners use the brand name "Coke" as the generic, "coke," meaning any soft drink. Honestly, this could not be more insulting. If you werent comin down here like the damn idjit you are, you wouldnt have to listen to our accents. Why should you care if there is a man kissing another man? Yea. Hel-LO???!!!??? We drink and figure it out. Yankee, on a southern page? A polite cuss word. Ive got family that moved from Ga. to Ohio, so the kids are northerners in some ways,but they visit the south a lot and were brought up by and around southerners, so theyre not totally like Ohians either. Thats right Kat, aint no jobs in the South unless you wanna pick cotton, gotta come up North to get a real job and then take awl dat money youz earned an go back South to da nearest pawn shop an done buy yerself da biggest pick up truck an load it wit da finest caviar grits money can buy, enuf fr yer whole family includin yer cuzin, uh, i mean husband, and fr yer sisters, uh dat iz, aunts, jeez its awl confusin wit u Southerners marryin yer cuzins an awl that! Not sure if I picked up somewhere early in life, or maybe its a creation of my own. (P.S. THe reason our schools are so screwed up down here is because the federal government wanted to make it easier so the blacks could make better grades. You forgot these two definitions of Yankee: *An inhabitant of New England or the Northern United States in general, especially the latter. (born in Louisiana, raised in Texas), to name just six. Instead, I found a thread of comments full of hatred and arrogance and it filled me with a sadness that burns my soul to its core. Oh my lans! When surprised or overwhelmed. Just summin to chew over. In terms of accent, its strongest forms include southern varieties of Appalachian English and certain varieties of Texan English. Ugliern a mud fence The air is full of salt from the gulf and yet, we do not even notice it anymore There really aint no place like it. I know lots of highly educated, professional people with heavy accents. 4)DAMN FN YANKEE! The internet is public domain. So a lot of southern . Darling, youve got it all wrong. I am from the deep south. In central Texas, where my daughter lived, your ice tea comes unsweetened with a box of sugar packets on the side. Part of the problem is that they seem to waste most of their energy on being very judgmental, insincere (extremely fake manners and false charm), suspicious, nosy, competitive (especially with other women), manipulative, and downright nasty. Kevin..couldnt have said it better myself!!! The only state whose Capital was NOT taken overThe Yankees lost that Battle in Florida. Youre wrong still. And unfortunately, yes, some people in the south are upset about the Civil War, which is counterproductive. I cant believe noone has listed this one. You hit the heart of what makes me love the south big hearts and character. I am from a long lineage of Southerners, and we are anything but ignorant (like yourself). Honey Boo Boo is supposedly Southern, but shes just some 6yo in Georgia that talks just like a Brooklyn DMV clerk. Yu kin always till a southerner , because they often spek ta strangers and ad very friendly. TN is a bit lighter with wider syllables. Youre a violent, smug, homophobic, arrogant, extremist, ignorant, bigoted idiot. Barbecue is a noun (pork or chicken) not a verb. I was born in mobile, Al, but have lived in Rochester NY for 30 years now and they do say huntin and fishin. Missouri is the only non-Southern state bordering Arkansasand Marci has the nerve to say that AR is NOT SOUTHERN? how the birds got their colours script. im from southern Virginia and everyone round here still says yall I dont know anyone but yanks that say you guys or you all. Its all good, David. After reading many of these comments I feel compelled to share my thoughts and experience. Not all Southerners are narrow-minded, *either*! if your talkin about route 66 you pronounce it rowt not root. Not all Southerners owned property, not to mention slaves. maddern a wet hen Yankee, on a southern page? I am very proud of my Southern heritage. Boy do I know the pain down in stinkin Cali where all I get is a frickin pepsi! Its amazin in the south! Plus, ever hear of Emory University (in Atlanta)? If Oklahoma isnt a Southern state, then explain virtually all Oklahomans speaking in a Southern accent. Crowdsourced audio pronunciation dictionary for 89 languages, with meanings, synonyms, sentence usages, translations and much more. In particular your post is an ironic perversion of how southerners are misrepresented. Its my first choice. And for other famous people whose names you should know, check out the 30 Celebrity Names You're Mispronouncing. To me that is torment. (It also gave me bit of a chuckle. Im from NC and no one says pop.. piss out of a boot Or with a different accent? A mess is not clutter in the house, but a group of vegetables to cook in eastern nc we LOVE our pepsi and ask for it by name. Think its time to take your ass to the woodshed 4. Most of these folk had nearby country cousins, that had a slower pace than they did. You resort to guns because you cant use your fist or mind like us. LETS GO METS!] We are moving from very Northern WI, to GA. All the words you use or are saying, we use way up here! Really quite beautiful without the nasal twang of some regions. Moved to Arkansas. I can gut a deer ! Pronounce Atlanta in French, Can you pronounce it better? We have the best education ( IVY LEAGUE, you have none MIT,Harvard, Cornell, Browning,Stanford,Columbia, ETC. Some words we Southerners may have made up ourselves. Well, I guessif we want to define Southern culture based upon membership in the CSA (although this perpetuated mode of defining the region reinforces a lot of standard, apparently unproblematic stereotypes and condescending jokes. I was born and raised in Miami, and if you strayed into Homestead, there were plenty of Southern accents to be heard. LOTS of northern whites enslaved African human beings. , Is there a word for yes or yeah other than yessum?. Also, salava instead of saliva. Other vowel shifts involve a . Hi all my name is Brandon Smith. Highest rate of homosexuality in the south. The short answer can be found in these maps from Professor Bert Vaux's Dialect Survey:. Nonetheless NOONE gives a damn cause the drink of carolina IS SUNDROP!! Another thing, notice how Ive been using previous grammar the entire time? As in "I'm fixin' to make me a drink". Seriously, go home, Jbella Or the person who cant spell anything? We are stronger, faster, more educated. We kicked your stupid inbred asses in the civil war. Home; Services; New Patient Center. Thats not something to be proud of and its a sad day when a country goes to war with itself. How to pronounce Atlanta in English. Mosey. Darlin we are awesome and you are not arrogant, you are ignorant. Just because the women talk sweetly, do NOT mistake this for that they are dumb or not strong women. Pres. Oh yes! . Dirts got IQ points on that boy I humored em and wasnt a shallow ass bout it but I was made to feel ignorant on purpose. me a BREAK!!) i am in Alabama,,ive heard it all over ,,but the expression in Alabama we use is ,,Eat up with the dumbass. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was not obese, definitely not racist or stupid. 3.) Is it just me or does talking about being Southern make you want to talk with way stronger of an accent? At-LAN-na. However younguns is reserved for the wippersnappers. I dont talk southern and dont act it either but from what I been reading there is a lack of respect with some on here, not all but some Im from the north and I can tell you there are good and bad everywhere. And we can hid e bodies in our dog pins, Arkansas is not In the south. Sutumn, Leave the "h" sound out. I know where Reba McEntire lives because my daddys old both is her neighbor. You forgot a FOURTH definition of Yankee: one who plays for the New York City team of Major League Baseballs American League. Youre a stupid ignoramus and probably a bleeding heart liberal too. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Its always 17,000 degrees below zero. Same thing with heat. I am from Alabama, I for one do not say clicker or changer. Im from Arkansas and have lived here all my life and Arkansas has always been referred to as one of the Southern states.Does this girl even know where Arkansas is? pretty, nuclear, data, sorry, you, Dacula, Georgia is near Atlanta. won the Civil War! Southerners pronounce the "law" in "lawyer." Joshua Katz People from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama have a grim idiom for when it's sunny and rainy at the same time. Another thing, none of my family or myself has ever been involved in an incestuous relationship. I realized that it was only their inherent fight for survival. 2023 - CliERA. If you do not eat crawfish or do not live in a place where the humidity is always over 50 percent throughout the summer and there is never snow.its pretty miserable. and thats not correct!! Lol wrong. Now, you are a southern lady. Yankee: anyone from the North. Yall have a nice day now, yhear? Discover Forvo Academy, our new online teaching platform. We were poor as dirt but were introduced to the arts and because of our music (including much opera) we didnt have Southern accents. Hey!hey!HEY!!! Guess you didnt know Georgia leads the Nation in Yards that have The Ten Commandments in From of Them, (Signs). It can also be situational. Absolutely no family history in the South. So I believe what you were trying to say is, We are just plain dumb down here. Now that is one correct way a Southerner may express such a thought, but of course, the content of the sentence is patently untrue, puddin. Basically, you Just called the southerns a bunch of idiots. I have never heard that. The emancipation proclamation only applied to the Southern states not the border states that had slaves. and. but dont avoid everyone because of the bad ones. It's instantly recognizable and difficult to replicate. Just dont say back home. , In some parts of south texas you need to learn about wambback (my best text render of the word), As in my daddy would say when I got to far from him, Now you wamback here, The garbage men were wambacks, because they always said wamback, come on now wamback, Im not sure if its just Georgia. Just because yall hate the north doesnt mean there are bad northerners in the world We would always ask my Papaw what he was doin and his reply would always be just mildewin. Finally, a yank is startin to make sense. It is an anomaly, like South Florida. Fucked up as a soup sandwich (or fucked up as a football bat). That Im told on the regular by out of towners We like our men to treat us ladies, and know our worth that our Daddys taught us how to take care of ourselves. True Southerners dont like going North because up there, if you ask for Coke, all yall get is freaking Pepsi. You know why thats the case, Lauren? XD fuck yanekees. Ive lived in the South, the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Midwest. College football is very serious, it can divide a household for months. Anyway. So where do you hear but what used like that? I can honestly say that there are idiots everywhere but I never had anyone treat me like I was one because I spoke with a Southern accent. Before the Civil War Natchez, Mississippi had more millionaires than any other place in the country. No, there are many people that could cause distraction, the King was once an international standard golfer. Im from Wisconsin. I moved to GA 13 years ago because I fell in love with the people and the Southern Hospitality but so many other people have moved down here since the Olympics that the Southern Hospitality is hard to find now. till you start acting right!!! There are so many choices out there that Yall be barkin up the wrong tree ya lil brat. Arkansas] isand the Census Bureau rightly lists it asthe **NORTH** *Central States*! 3 /5. He is from New England, Massachusetts to be exact. I am from Southern Kansas, and we say yall (Not in Wichita) Clicker and remote are both used. Let it be known that us Florida and WANT YOU TO GO BACK HOME!!!!! I grew up in East TN. Yall might favor this lagniappe. Another southern term Corn-bread country strong. They come on here just to be idiotic pests. Not just a Southern saying. Let me tell yall something, I hate it up here. Go the hell away. We barely make the cut, and were south of the Mason Dixon. Come here and give me some sugar. I dont hear that up north. I didnt know wwhat she meant at first. i reckon itll rain. How is sista (sister) correctly spelled.? We LOVE sweet tea! under a second "Southern Louisiana" sub-section within the current . I like south better then the north. What are the chances that he will be made to feel unwelcome just because hes form NJ? A remote control? I usually adress a group by saying you guys or you all I have in times used yall. I usually dont talk Southern, though. Yes I capitalize the words Southern and South. So, so deeply ironic that your attempt at poking fun of southerners is filled with more spelling and grammatical errors than an autistic spastic could produce with their off hand. I love the accents, I love the family oriented culture, and slower way of living. Boerne, Texas. When do rebels ever go up north to retire or vacation? We also lived in a suburb outside of San Francisco for a time; Miami, Florida; etc. Though youre still a yank, you seem respectablesorta. I mean, sheesh!, you HAVE! All yall Yankees tryin to talk southern, just shut up. Its rainin like pouring piss outva boot out dere Due to close and even relatively-close proximity to Washington, DC and migration therefrom into its Virginia suburbs and exurbs in particular, even Northern VAsave probably for, say, the Northern Virginia exurbs and beyondhas, culture-wise, generally no longer been Southern for at least the last three decades. Ga,miss., la, txt, 8th,sc,are. My sister has lived in TN the last 15 years, I grew up in N.IL. Maybe thats just my Tennessee dad, but he did it with all 3 of my sisters. Next time ask. Down here in Mobile, we dont actually say Mom and them, it usually comes out more like Hey yall! You dont KNOW country!! As for those who are hating, on Florida or the South, know that the South is not a merely geographical location; the South is a state of mind.
