Where I come from...

I love my southerness.  It's who I am.  Sadly, having moved from southern Georgia to Tennessee my wonderfully charming accent has somewhat degraded.  I miss the sweetness that eminated from me when I said things like Sprite, Gawga, warsh, warter.  Oh I still have those long drawn out "I's" but there was something unique about my accent. I grew up po' not quite as white as you trash.  But you know, it never crossed my mind.  I was happy in my own skin.  I didn't mind walking everywhere I went because I didn't have a car.  I was cute enough to hitch a ride with whatever boy I was friends with.  Friends mind you, not boyfriend.  In the South if you had a boyfriend with a car then your transportation was never an issue.  Even in high school, a true southern young man who loved his girl, treated her like a queen.

I am blessed to have married a man who grew up mostly in North Carolina/Virginia.  Let me tell you ladies...there's nothing more pleasing to me then to hear my husband call me babydoll in that hint of old Virginia drawl....sigh...okay back on track.  :) Enjoy your southerness folks...make it a point to say bless your heart at least 3 times today, men hold the door for a lady, ladies expect a man to hold a door for you.  Thinking of all of you and hoping you have a delicious day!


Southern women know their summer weather report:

Humidity

Humidity

Humidity

Southern women know their vacation spots:


The beach


The rivuh


The crick



Southern women know everybody's first name:


Honey


Darlin'


Shugah



Southern women know the movies that speak to their hearts:


Fried Green Tomatoes


Driving Miss Daisy


Steel Magnolias


Gone With The Wind



Southern women know their religions:


Baptist


Methodist


Football

Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm:


Chawl'stn


S'vanah


Foat Wuth


N'awlins


Addlanna


Southern women know their elegant gentlemen:


Men in uniform


Men in tuxedos


Rhett Butler


Southern girls know their prime real estate:


The Mall


The Country Club


The Beauty Salon

Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:


Having bad hair and nails


Having bad manners


Cooking bad food



More Suthen-ism's:


Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.


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Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess."


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Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."


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Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, as in:


"Going to town, be back directly."


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Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular, sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table.


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All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.


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Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad.

If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin'!


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Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and

"a right far piece." They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.


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Only a Southerner both knows and understands the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po' white trash.


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No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.


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A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.


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Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ... and when we're "in line,"... we talk to everybody!


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Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage.


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In the South, y'all is singular, all y'all is plural.


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Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.


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Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food.


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When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine


Southerner!


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Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk.


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And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway.

You just say,"Bless her heart"... and go your own way.


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To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness: Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your heart!


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And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff....bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language!


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Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fahevah !
Now Shugah, send this to someone who was raised in the South or wish they had been! If you're a Northern transplant, bless your little heart, fake it. We know you got here as fast as you could.