- People down here have this odd veggie called Okra
- Jefferson Davis was our first President.
- Hush Puppies are not made out of dog.
- The south shall rise again.
- Okra is slimy if you cook it the wrong way.
- Salt is good on Watermelon. (NOT)
- You get looked at odd if you ask for a shopping cart. (Its called a buggy!)
- Do NOT try to say "Y'all" within the first two years of living down here. (at least, not in public.)
- If you come from the north, then when you mis-pronounce a word in the south, People think that it is just your "Yankee accent".
- Okra is not Slimy if you cook it the correct way.
- If you live in the south long enough, the when you mis-pronounce a word up north, they think you've just picked up a southern accent.
- In other Countries, a Yankee is an American. Down south, a Yankee is a Northerner. Up north, someone from the northeast is a Yankee. In the northeast a Yankee is a person from New Hampshire.
- Never even think about using the words Honest and Abe in the same sentence.
- Grits are good with Brown sugar, but only Yankees will eat them that way.
- "Hey" is a more common greeting then "Hello"
- You don't push buttons down here, you "Mash" them.
- Never talk about "THE" war with a southerner if you don't have more then an hour or two.
- If you want Real, Hot, Tea, Then you have to say "I would like a cup of Hot Tea". Simply asking for a cup of tea will get you a way too sweet, still slightly warm, cup of Iced "tea".
- People who do not like BBQ (such a myself) have something wrong with them.
- If you, as a yank, are trying to spy in the south, or you don't want a pop quiz on what your side is in the war between the states, and someone mentions a food you have not heard of, act like you know what they are talking about.
- There was no such thing as a civil war.
- There was a war of Northern aggression, though.
- A southerner accent is not near as bad as they want you to think. (unless they talk really fast, which is rare.)
- (fire) Ants are not the sort of thing kids should play with.
July 23, 2008
*Almost* 25 Lessons from the South
A few Things I've "Learned" from living in the Down Here for 1/2 of my life. (Seven years.)
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I thought this was really funny, Hannah! :)
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ReplyDeleteI've had similar experiences having been back and forth between the south and CA. You've probably noticed I don't have much of a southern accent.
PS. Thanks for the link! You sent a little traffic my way.
lol, and a lot, and a lot!
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