I just could not resist............Let the Rockin' begin...........pj Difference Between the North & the South???? *The difference between the North and the South ?" at last clearly explained:* *The North has Bloomingdale's, the South has Dollar General.** The North has coffee houses, the South has Waffle Houses. The North has dating services, the South has family reunions. The North has switchblade knives; the South has Lee Press-on Nails. The North has double last names; the South has double first names. The North has Indy car races; The South has stock car races. North has Cream of Wheat, the South has grits. The North has green salads, the South has collard greens. The North has lobsters, the South has crawfish. The North has the rust belt; the South has the Bible Belt.* *FOR NORTHERNERS MOVING SOUTH . . .** **In the South: --If you run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in a four-wheel drive pickup truck with a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them, just stay out of their way. This is what they live for. ** Don't be surprised to find movie rentals and bait in the same store.... do not buy food at this store. Remember, "Y'all" is singular, "all y'all" is plural, and "all y'all's" is plural possessive Get used to hearing "You ain't from round here, are ya?" Save all manner of bacon grease. You will be instructed later on how to use it. Don't be worried at not understanding what people are saying. They can't understand you either. The first Southern statement to creep into a transplanted Northerner's vocabulary is the adjective "big'ol," truck or "big'ol" boy. Most Northerners begin their Southern-influenced dialect this way. All of them are in denial about it. The proper pronunciation you learned in school is no longer proper**.** Be advised that "He needed killin." is a valid defense here. If you hear a Southerner exclaim, "Hey, y'all watch this," you should stay out of the way. These are likely to be the last words he'll ever say. If there is the prediction of the slightest chance of even the smallest accumulation of snow, your presence is required at the local grocery store. It doesn't matter whether you need anything or not. You just have to go there. Do not be surprised to find that 10-year olds own their own shotguns, they are proficient marksmen, and their mammas taught them how to aim. In the South, we have found that the best way to grow a lush green lawn is to pour gravel on it and call it a driveway. **AND REMEMBER: If you do settle in the South and bear children, don't think we will accept them as Southerners. After all, if the cat had kittens in the oven, we wouldn't call 'em biscuits. ** **Send this to four people that ain't related to you, and I reckon your life will turn into a country music song 'fore you know it.** Your kin would get a kick out of it too!*

PJ ...glad to read these Southernisms again as I did not save them in the past. THIS time I saved them ....to share with my TX born son and his NJ born spouse who sold their NJ house, and yesterday bought a lot in North Carolina and will immediately start to build on it... near Charlotte! Soooooo, they are MOVING with our 2 granddaughters to the good ol' SOUTH! Yea! Only going to be about 5 hours drive from us! One thing however .....those two granddaughters might have been popped into a Northern oven, but they are going to bake up like SOUTHERN biscuits with their rich Southern heritage....no matter what oven they started in, LOL! You know how people always say they love to hear 'us' talk .....well, in a few years, their Northern cousins are just goin' to luv to hear them talk, aren't they! And I'm going to LUV the day my sweet daughter-in-law says her first "big-ol boy" ....that'll be the day! Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: "pj" <pj@ken-tennwireless.com> To: <TNWEAKLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 10:54 PM Subject: [TNWEAKLE] Let The Rockin' Begin >I just could not resist............Let the Rockin' begin...........pj > > Difference Between the North & the South???? > > > *The difference between the North and the South ?" at last clearly > explained:* > > *The North has Bloomingdale's, the South has Dollar General.** > > The North has coffee houses, the South has Waffle Houses. > > The North has dating services, the South has family reunions. > > The North has switchblade knives; the South has Lee Press-on Nails. > > The North has double last names; the South has double first names. > > The North has Indy car races; The South has stock car races. > > North has Cream of Wheat, the South has grits. > > The North has green salads, the South has collard greens. > > The North has lobsters, the South has crawfish. > > The North has the rust belt; the South has the Bible Belt.* > *FOR NORTHERNERS MOVING SOUTH . . .** > > **In the South: --If you run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men > in > a four-wheel drive pickup truck with a tow chain will be along shortly. > Don't try to help them, just stay out of their way. This is what they live > for. ** > > Don't be surprised to find movie rentals and bait in the same store.... do > not buy food at this store. > > Remember, "Y'all" is singular, "all y'all" is plural, and "all y'all's" is > plural possessive > > Get used to hearing "You ain't from round here, are ya?" > > Save all manner of bacon grease. You will be instructed later on how to > use > it. > > Don't be worried at not understanding what people are saying. They can't > understand you either. The first Southern statement to creep into a > transplanted Northerner's vocabulary is the adjective "big'ol," truck or > "big'ol" boy. Most Northerners begin their Southern-influenced dialect > this > way. All of them are in denial about it. > > The proper pronunciation you learned in school is no longer proper**.** > > Be advised that "He needed killin." is a valid defense here. > > If you hear a Southerner exclaim, "Hey, y'all watch this," you should stay > out of the way. These are likely to be the last words he'll ever say. > > If there is the prediction of the slightest chance of even the smallest > accumulation of snow, your presence is required at the local grocery > store. > It doesn't matter whether you need anything or not. You just have to go > there. > > Do not be surprised to find that 10-year olds own their own shotguns, they > are proficient marksmen, and their mammas taught them how to aim. > > In the South, we have found that the best way to grow a lush green lawn is > to pour gravel on it and call it a driveway. > > **AND REMEMBER: If you do settle in the South and bear children, don't > think > we will accept them as Southerners. After all, if the cat had kittens in > the > oven, we wouldn't call 'em biscuits. ** > > **Send this to four people that ain't related to you, and I reckon your > life > will turn into a country music song 'fore you know it.** > > Your kin would get a kick out of it too!* > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message