I did the same thing.It seems that the older I get it's slipping out more.Like " shu nuff" ,I've heard myself say it 2 times in as many days. Linda Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: jkaywojack <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 20:46:50 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Southern Women It's fun to hear others speaking with a Southern drawl, but I tried to lose mine when I moved from the South. Got kidded so much that I tried to enunciate words clearly and without the drawl. Kay In a message dated 02/01/10 20:15:25 Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I identified with just about all of it. I had southern parents and both my sisters and their families speak like this all the time. Emma > Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 19:53:48 -0600 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Southern Women > > A friend sent this, thought all of the Southern Chat ladies could identify with the Southernisms. Kay > > > 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 Spa > 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. > _____ > > Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess." > _____ > > Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder." > _____ > > Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, as in: > "Going to town, be back drekly (directly)." > _____ > > 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. It means give me a kiss (little lovin') > _____ > > All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well. > _____ > > 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'! > _____ > > 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. > _____ > > Only a Southerner both knows and understands the difference between a redneck, > a good ol' boy, and po' white trash. > _____ > > No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn. > _____ > > A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb. > _____ > > Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ... > and when we're "in line,"... we talk to everybody! > _____ > > Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, > even if only by marriage. > _____ > > In the South, y'all is singular, all y'all is plural. > _____ > > Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them. > _____ > > 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. > _____ > > When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," > you know you are in the presence of a genuine > Southerner! > _____ > > 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. > _____ > > 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. > _____ > > 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! > _____ > 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! > _____ > > And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls front porch that reads "I'm not from the South, but I got here as fast as I could." > > > Southern women 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. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message