“In the South a front porch without a swing is like tea without sugar, incomplete”
I am proud to be from the South-where tea is sweet and accents are sweeter; summer starts in April; front porches are wide and words are long; macaroni and cheese is a vegetable; pecan pie is a staple; Y’all is the only proper pronoun; chicken is fried and biscuits come w/ gravy; everything is darling and someone is always getting their heart blessed. Have a good day y’all! –Kill-Basa Bill
This page is dedicated to anything Southern such as quotes, jokes, photos.
Just wanted to mention some Southern movies that are real good movies: Song of the South is a great children’s movie about the South and Southern Stories.
Slingblade is a great Southern movie that shows the friendship of a boy to a mentally handicapped man with the slowness and depth found in small towns all over the South.
And we can’t forget Gone With The Wind is a 1939 American drama romance film. The epic film set in the American South in and around the time of the Civil War, tells a story of the Civil War and its aftermath from a white Southern viewpoint.
It received ten Academy Awards, a record that stood for twenty years. Today, it is considered one of the greatest and most popular films of all time and one of the most enduring symbols of the golden age of Hollywood. When adjusted for inflation, Gone with the Wind remains the highest grossing film of all time in North America and the UK
A FEW SOUTHERN EXPRESSHUNS:
1. Too lazy to hit a lick at a snake 2. So tired ah’m dead on mah feet 3. Crooked az a dawg’s hind laigs 4. Grinnin’ like a baked possum 5. Fastah than greased lightnin 6. Slow az molasses in January 7. High az a kite 8. Dry az a bone 9. Wild az a buck 10.Blind az a bat ABOUT SOUTHERN WOMEN Southern women know their summer weather report:Hot
Humid
Sticky Southern women know their vacation spots:
The beach
The rivuh
The crick Southern women know everybody’s first name:
Honey
Darlin’
Shuga’
Punkin’
Dumplin’ Southern women know the movies that speak right to their cotton-pickin’ hearts:
Fried Green Tomatoes
Driving Miss Daisy
Steel Magnolias
Gone With The Wind
Sweet Home Alabama Southern women know their religions:
Baptist
Methodist
Heathen
Football Southern women have a distinct way with fond expressions :
“Y’all come back!”
“Well, bless your heart.”
” Drop by when you can.”
“How’s your Momma?” Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
Chawl’stn
S’vanah
Foat Wuth
N’awlins
Addlanna or ‘Lanna 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, heels and nails
Having bad manners
Cooking bad food
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SUTHERN DEFINITIONS
Airish – cool
Biggety – hauty
Buzzard Bait – worn out hoss
Cow grease – buttah
Fahunah – not a native southernah
Hoppin Mad – angry
Jump the broom – marry
Kitchen safe – cupboard
Lunk haid – dumb
Mitey nigh – almost
Marble orchard – cemetary
No a’count – good for nothing
Persnickity – strange or peculiar
Pig Trail – small side road
Rot Gut – bad liquor
Shet – close
Tolerable – feelin pretty good
Well heeled – well off
SOUTHERN POEMS
SOUTHERN LIFE
If you want a glimpse of Southern life,
Come close and walk with me;
I’ll tell you all the simple things,
That you are sure to see.
You’ll see mockingbirds and bumblebees,
Magnolia blossoms and dogwood trees;
Caterpillars on the step,
Wooden porches cleanly swept;
Watermelons on the vine,
Strong majestic Georgia pines
Rocking chairs and front yard swings
Junebugs flying on a string
Turnip greens and hotcornbread,
Coleslaw and barbecue
Fried okra, fried corn,fried green tomatoes,
Fried pies and pickles too.
There’s ice cold tea that ‘s syrupy sweet,
And cool, green grass beneath your feet;
Catfish nipping in the lake,
And fresh young boys on the make.
You’ll see all these things
And much, much more,
In a way of life, that I adore.
Copyright 2008 Patricia Neely-Dorsey (I found this poem on the internet and I absolutely love it! It surely is a glimpse of Southern life)
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GRITS
1. Thou shalt not put syrup on thy Grits.
2. Thou shalt not eat Cream of Wheat and call it Grits; for this is blasphemy.
3. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors Grits.
4. Thou shalt only use Salt, Butter and Cheese as toppings for thy Grits.
5. Thou shalt not eat Instant Grits.
6. Thou shalt not put syrup on thy Grits.
7. Thou shalt not put syrup on thy Grits.
8. Thou shalt not put syrup on thy Grits.
9. Thou shalt not put sugar on thy Grits either.
10. Thou shalt not put sugar or syrup on thy Grits
Southerners have a strong sense of regional heritage. We are proud of our turnip greens, cornbread, sweet tea, rural pasts and Southern drawls. We are card-carrying Southerners
You can take the girl out of the South, but you can’t take the South out of the girl!
I am proud to be from the South – Where we drink sweet tea by the gallon.Bake cornbread by the “pone”. Eat collard greens and grits,love family, house and home.Pick a “mess” of beans or fry a “mess” of fish. Love some good old barbecue served upon a dish.Summer weather, humid and hot with days that are long.We love the laid-back Southern ways and keep tradition strong. –Judy Parker Yeager
Sweet tea is the house wine of the South!
Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of “yonder.”
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.
You seldom hear a Southerner say, “I’ll have grapefruit and grapes instead of biscuits and gravy.”
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.
Southern women are great hostesses, raise their children “right”, and seem tender and innocent, but cross a Southern woman and it’s like fighting a grizzly bear!
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.
Southerners make friends while standing in lines, … and when we’re “in line,” . we talk to everybody!
When you hear someone say, “Well, I caught myself lookin’,” you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!
The 4 seasons are different in the South.
To Southern women the four seasons are: onions, celery, bell pepper and garlic.
To Southern men the four seasons are: deer season, squirrel season, turkey season, and dove season.
Southern men like Southern women with soft voices and gentle manners and a plate of fried chicken and biscuits on the table!
All Southerners know exactly when “by and by” is.
Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don’t “HAVE” them, you “PITCH” them.
Click the link to read about The New Southern Santa.
Click the link to get your Southern Horoscope!
Southern boys are raised “right” by their Southern mommas and when they grow up they compare all women to her.
Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them!
Southerners know you don’t cook meals, you “fix” them!
All Southerners know the term, “Bless your heart”, has many different meanings!
Southern hospitality is a way of life in the South; an easiness and friendliness with people that makes them feel welcomed.
Nothing warms the heart like Southern cooking.
Southerners know that rocking chairs and porch swings are guaranteed stress relievers.
Southerners know you can’t be considered a serious Southern cook if you don’t know how to make peach cobbler. – Trisha Yearwood
Southerners take barbecuing very seriously from their many sauces to their cooking techniques!
Southerners know that fried catfish is the other white meat!
Southerners know that no matter how old you are, your father is “Daddy” and your mother is “Mama”.
Southern women know you always clean your house before going on a trip in case you don’t come home.
A Southern woman would stay home before she wore white shoes, patent leather shoes, or linen before Easter or after Labor Day.
In the South, cooking and eating is a way that people can enjoy each other, spend time with loved ones and develop new friendships.
Southerners know how good an R.C. cola and a moonpie is at a country store!
Southerners know sorghum is the “sweet syrup of the South” and how good it is on homemade biscuits with butter.
The smell of a Southern breakfast cooking in the kitchen provides a great alarm clock.
Southerners know the positions of key hills, knobs, trees and rocks when it comes to giving directions.
Southerners know about double first names such as, Billy Ray and Bobbie Sue.
Southerners know you “cut off” the lights.
Southern music genres like gospel, bluegrass, jazz, rock, blues and country reflect Southern soul, character and culture.
Southerners equate food with love, so if you love what they cook, they’re sure to love you back. –Kim Holloway
Southerners know what it means to be “full as a tick on a hound dog”.
“It was not a Southern watermelon that Eve took: we know it because she repented”. –Mark Twain
You seldom hear a Southerner say, “I believe you cooked those green beans too long”.
Southerners are devoted to grits. We like grits-and-gravy, grits-and-ham, grits-and-sausage, grits-and-shrimp, grits-and-eggs, garlic grits, buttered grits, etc.,etc, etc.
You might be in a Southern church if the preacher says, “I’d like to ask Bubba to take up the offering”, and five guys stand up.
You seldom hear a Southerner say, “Duct tape won’t fix that!”
You might be from the South if – you learned how to make noise with a blade of grass between your thumbs –Jeanette H. Whitfield
Southerners know what, “playin possum”, means.
The most beautiful voice in the world is that of an educated Southern woman –Winston Churchill
Southerners know “just sittin there like a bump on a log” refers to one being “unknowing”.
The perfect speech would consist of the diction of the east, the vigor of the midwest and the melody of the South –Winston Churchill
In the South, roots, place, family and tradition are the essence of identity.
In the South “Jeet?” is actually a phrase meaning, “Did you eat?”
Southerners know that “afar” is a state of combustion.
In the South, sweet tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it before you can walk.
Southern fathers think of their daughters as flowers of the South, so they give them floral names. Rose Ann, Violet Ann, Iris Ann, etc.
Southerners never go “snipe hunting” twice.
In the South get used to hearing, “You ain’t from ’round here, are ya?”
You might be a Southerner if: You carry hot sauce with you wherever you go.
A Southern State Trooper stopped a pickup truck. The trooper asked the driver, “Got any ID?” The driver said, “Bout what?”
What’s the difference between a Northern fairy tale and a Southern fairy tale?
A Northern fairy tale begins, “Once upon a time”.
A Southern fairy tale begins, ” ‘Y’all ain’t gonna believe this”.
You know you’re in the South when you can make sun tea instantly!
You might be a Southerner if you have a very special baseball cap, just for formal occasions.
Southerners know how to speak proper English. We speak “Southern” because we want to and we can. It’s like playing jazz, you have to know how to do it right first.
The first words out of a Southerner’s mouth when they see a friend: “Howdy!”, “Hey!” or “How Y”all Doin?”
You know you are in the South when you realize that asphalt has a liquid state.
In the South, “clone” is a type of perfume. –”What’s that clone you’re wearin dawlin?”
Southerners want to make sure you listen when they speak. Example: “Y’all come back now, y’heah?”.
Southerners carry a spare in the “boot” of the car and use the “glove compartment” for storage.
In the South a “frog strangler” is a heavy rain. We’ve had several frog stranglers here this week.
One notable aspect of a Southern heritage is ghost stories passed down from generation to generation.
In the South, “ahr” is what we breathe or a unit of time – I will be there in an “ahr”.
In the South manners are very important and go hand-in-hand with respect. Children as well as adults answer: yes mam/sir and no mam/sir to their elders.
In the South, roots, place, family and tradition are the essence of identity.
“In the South, as in no other American region, people use language as it was surely meant to be employed; a lush, personal, emphatic, treasure of coins to be spent slowly and for value” — Time Magazine, September 1976
All over the South, you will find girls called “sister”. This is not their given name, but they are called this from birth throughout their lives.
Southern hospitality is a way of life that lets people be as warm as the climate.
In the South “backer” is a plant and you hang it in a “backer” barn.
In the South, we “air up” the tires. That means we “fill em up good”!
In the South, “bob war” is a kind of fence.
Southerners like to add an “a” prefix to their words. I am “a-baking” a cake today and I am “a-goin” to town later…
In the South, a “Booger-man” is a ghost. You had better be good or the “booger-man” will get ya!
In the South, we say “vittles”. Mama sure could cook some good vittles.
In the South, a “spell” can be how long you stay on a visit or a fit of some kind.
In the South if something is “outta kilter” it just ain’t right.
“We Southerners live at a leisurely pace and sharing our hospitality with our family, friends, and the stranger within our gate is one of our greatest joys.” -Winifred G. Cheney
“From the mountains of Virginia to the Texas Plains there is a Southern way of life and it begins with hospitality and a proper emphasis on good cooking.” -Winifred G. Cheney
The Southern drawl has many variations, but all are authentic Dixie. Stretch out words, add pauses, drop a “g” from “ing” and sprinkle your speech with Southern phrases like, “looks like somethin the cat drug in” or “like a chicken with it’s head cut off” or “like a duck on a June bug.” – The Politically Incorrect Guide to the South.
Southerners love to sweeten their foods-from sweet tea to sugar on grits, everything is better when it is sweeter. Southern favorites include fried chicken, sweet corn bread, potato salad & collard greens. The more the food sticks to your ribs, the better. Large picnics, family get togethers and after church meals are all highly popular. If you attend those on a regular basis, you might be Southern.-Jessica Bold
You might be a Southerner if you call all carbonated drinks “Coke” not soda.
In the South, “tuckered out” means you are really tired.
Storytelling and swapping tales is a chief form of amusement in the South.
In the South, having food at gatherings is traditional, whether during times of sadness or happiness.
Sometimes, it gets so hot in the South, we make instant sun tea.
It can get so hot in the South, we have to spray the chickens down to keep them from laying fried eggs.
It can get so hot in the South, not only can you fry and egg on the sidewalk, you can make hash browns and toast to go with it.
It can get so hot in the South, you can wash and dry your clothes at the same time.
It can get so hot in the South, the trees start whistling for the dogs.
It can get so hot in the South, hot water comes out of both taps.
It gets so hot in the South, the hardware stores sell thermometers with readings of Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Holy Crap! ~~~Glen Frey
It can get so hot in the South, birds have to use pot holders to pull worms out of the ground.
It can get so hot in the South, your car overheats sitting in the driveway.
Gimme soaky bread with grits and gravy for breakfast, pinto beans with ham hocks for dinner and cracklin’ cornbread in buttermilk for supper and you’ll have yourself a happy man.~~~~Gene Owens, Columnist – talking about Southern treats.
The economy of the South has changed as the nation’s commercial landscape has become homogenized. Yet the region’s people still talk with Southern accents, walk more slowly than Northerners do, and make distinctively
Southern music (Nashville, bluegrass, country, Southern rock, and Appalachian).
They still think differently. And the place keeps producing well beyond its
share of great writers. ~~~Lisa Alther, Southern novelist, on why there are so many great Southern writers.
“In the South, the breeze blows softer… neighbors are friendlier, and more talkative. (By contrast with the Yankee, the Southerner never uses one word when ten or twenty will do)… This is a different place. Our way of thinking is different, as are our ways of seeing, laughing, singing, eating, meeting and parting. Our walk is different, as the old song goes, our talk and our names.”
-Charles Kuralt in Southerners: Portrait of a People
If you like cornbread n beans, black-eyed peas n grits, too. Catfish n turnip greens, and Southern barbecue
Love sweet, sweet tea and, of course, coke. In the spring n fall, eat salet made from poke
Add peach cobbler n buttermilk pie. Love okra, green tomatoes and chicken to fry.
Gumbo, biscuits n gravy, blackberry jam and a big old slab of country ham.
Made by the hands of a Southern cook, then you must be Southern in my book! ~~J. Yeager
You Know Your Church is A Southern Church if…the final words of the benediction are, “Ya’ll come back now!! Ya Hear”
The closest a man may ever come to givin up his life,
Is to cross the road without lookin, or cross his Southern wife!
“What is there to see in Europe? I’ll bet those foreigners can’t show us a thing we haven’t got right here in Georgia.” ― Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind
The North has coffee houses, the South has Waffle Houses.
The North has Cream of Wheat, the South has grits.
The North has double last names; the South has double first names.
The North has green salads, the South has collard greens.
The North has Indy car races; The South has stock car races.
The North has lobsters, the South has crawfish.
The North has the rust belt; the South has the Bible Belt.
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Don’t forget “The Biscuit Eater” which was filmed in and around Albany. And I think there may have been a couple more – just can’t remember the name(s) right now.
Sara Joiner Eubanks
Albany High Class of 1961
My grandfather was in that movie – not a specific part but one of the hunters. My dad knows which one he was but otherwise it is hard to tell. My grandfather worked for Rosenbergs. My dad was born and raised in Albany. I have many fond memories of Albany. My dad is 88 and lives in Decatur.
Cindy Pickard Cartwright
Sugar Hill, GA
As a Southern lady living in Atlanta, with a mama that was born and bred and Charleston, I absolutely love this page! I’m so glad I stumbled across it!
Cynthia Stockman Koehler
Thank you so much Cynthia. So glad to have you as a friend of The Southern Lady Cooks. Have a great weekend.
The recipes and the this website is awesome…..but I have to take issue with a statement I have seen going around the web for some time…..and that is that Southerners DO NOT say “crick”…..Southerners say “creek”…..the only people I ever heard say “crick” were from Indiana….but I once found a website that said “crick” was also common in and around Maryland….don’t know if that is true or not…..
Hi Judy, Thank you so much. I am glad you enjoy my recipes. When my son was small he had a babysitter that was from Eastern Kentucky. This woman said “crick”. She also said a lot of other things I had never heard before at the time. She said we-uns and you-uns, etc. Don’t know if it was just her or where she was from. I do know she said she was originally from Eastern Ky. There are a lot of different dialects in Ky. You can almost tell which county someone is from here. lol. Thanks for your comment and for being a member of the site.
I am from Texas and I’ve heard people say “crick” all my life.
from Illinois says crick.
… well you ain’t from Alabama if you say crick. I never heard that before I was in basic training at Lackland AFB, TX and the drill sargent was from Tx. I also heard it from some of the guys who were yankees.
Hi Judy…lol…seems as if I’m talking to myself when I address someone by the same name…anyway…my mother-in-law was from just outside Chattanooga TN and she said you-uns….swore it was in their spelling books in school that way too….but I’m not so sure about that…anyway…Kentucky and Indiana touch…so that would explain “crick” being said in that region….Really enjoying your site and your pix as well….
Thanks Judy! That explains it then. lol. So glad you like the site, too.
Just a note from a “newly southern” girl!
) I have to say, that the language barrier i’ve met, upon moving to Kentucky 4 years ago, has been absolutely, entertaining and incredibly charming! I am originally from Michigan. There are times when our 10 year old triplets have to look to me for “translation”. laughing.. I love it. The first time I heard “Well bless your heart”, I didn’t know what to think. “Crick” has always been in my vocabulary. That can’t be just a southern thing, or maybe it’s more that I was meant to be from the south. Perhaps I was born to this greater thing!!! 
) I love this page, and look forward to each posting!
Mariann, from Bonnieville
Thank you so much Mariann! So glad to have you in Kentucky and the South and as a member of my page.
Born and raised in Texas and never heard anyone say “crick” except in a movie. My daddy used to say “d’rectly” and we always knew what he meant ….AND we knew not to ask again. Sad to say, many of the younger folks don’t seem to see the importance of teaching their kids to say “ma’am” and “sir” or that showing respect is a strength rather than a weakness. I’ld dearly love a move back in that direction
Mary, I feel the same way as you…I’m a True Texan!! Although I was born in Louisiana…I consider myself to be a True Texan!!
I do believe that Southerners have the best manners and the best at showing respect…maybe not all are that way, but, most.
I love this web-site and also The Pioneer Woman…she has a fantastic web-site, too. Yes, my Daddy would say “D’rectly” and he would say “Hope” for help…like, “That will hope it”!! LOL!
Sharon, my cousin Tom (he died many years ago and was much older) always said, “hope” instead of help. No one is sure where he got that from as my people are North Carolina bred to back before the Revolutionary War. I hate that I can go a whole day without hearing a Southern accent in our town. I hate that our children are encouraged to drop, or never pick up, the accent. I wonder and worry if what makes us unique will be extinct. Newcomers arrive and try to change names of streets and parts of town to suit them. They tell us that now that they are here, we have to adapt to their needs. Some towns in the mountains are so overrun, the locals are leaving. Can’t pray in public is usually one of the first things to go. Don’t get me wrong, many are lovely people. It’s just that if it’s so bad you feel you need to change it/us, why do you stay? My husband is from Long Island. He refers to himself as a recovering yankee which is one of the things that won my family over. He also understands how important manners and tradition are for us. This site is just one of many things/projects trying to preserve what’s best about the South. Okay, I’m getting off my soapbox now.
Christina, Thank you so much for your kind comment about my site. I agree with so much of what you have said here and hope we can continue the traditions and family values of the South alive.
Stumbled upon your page and love it. I too am a girl of the South and some say that Florida is not really the South but I was born and raised in Jacksonville and we say that Jax was put in Florida but a drunk map maker. It should be southern most Georgia. I grew up on grits and biscuits with gravy, collards or a mess of greens. We said yes mam or no sir or got wacked on the back of the head for forgetting our manner. Kids were raised to be seen and not heard except when we were hootin and hollerin. We use to catch lightnin bugs and put them in mason jars, never drank anything but sweet tea, never ate cream of wheat, use to play outside til dark and your mama knew where you were at all times, you never stayed inside unless you were sick or it was time for homework, we played in the rain. TV was something your dad watched after he ate dinner but you got to watch cartoons on Saturday mornin. Everyone went to church on Sunday and ate fried chicken and mashed tators with gravy and biscuits. The preacher came to Sunday dinner and laughed like the rest of us.
I miss those days where you said howdy to your neighbors and you actually knew their name and the names of their kids and pets, I miss the sweet smells of the south and the gentle breezes of southern friendship that are now gone.
Hi Patricia, Sounds like you were raised just like me. I never watched t.v., always played outside, ate the same foods and respected my elders. We also knew all the neighbors and our neighborhoods were safe for children. I love the South. So happy to have you here.
I may not be as old as some of the people commenting here, but I remember many of my “elder” relatives saying crick, yonder, beholdin’, and having an Aunt Varry. She was a wonderful story teller and we would sit around her feet and listen to her stories for hours as she rocked on the front porch in her rocking chair shelling peas and talking to her sister, my grandmother, or as we called her Maw Bundrum, drinking sweet tea and dipping scotch snuff.
We said yes mam and no sir or got pinched or popped for being uncivilized heathens. lol
My kids laugh at me for saying britches and ain’t and sometimes yonder. They say I’m country, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I also remember riding my horse to the store about 4 miles from our house and stopping along the way at the Mill Branch and watering myself and the horse from an artisian spring. Coldest water I’ve ever had with penny winkles and water crest growing in it. Memories, love them. Hope I remember them until I draw my last breath.
Yes, sadly our kids are encouraged to drop the Southern accent instead of embrace it. Mine are almost homogenized into the “new” culture down here in Memphis. But half the time they still say “ya’ll.”
As you said, there are lots of different dialects – my family is more of the redneck-drawl version instead of the sweet southern drawl of North Carolina and Virginia. You can add “rode hard and put up wet” as another way of saying someone looks like “what the cat drug in!” Love your site !!!!!
I put your link on my blog 5minutesforthefrazzledmom.blogspot.com
How does someone not from the South, and with no ties/family/or connection to the south, move (uproot their whole lives) to the South? I want to raise my children there. I have felt this connection with the south for all my 25 years, as if maybe I did once live there in a past life. I’m truly passionate about it. I believe this stems from my living a military lifestyle and moving around or living overseas for the majority of my life. I don’t have any roots. I want southern hospitality, roots, family, friends, food, sweet tea, porches, dialects, good honest people, the works! I want my two boys to be raised as southern gentlemen. I fear for our society the way boys are being raised in our country these days….lazy. There are hardly any good men being produced. Chivalry and manners surely are disappearing. My boys are young, I’m doing my best to raise them right, but I know getting to the south would be our best chance. It’s not too late for them. Ladies, any ideas/suggestions?
Brooke, The South is my home and I love it. In your case with 2 boys(and this is only my opinion) I would certainly make sure I had a job waiting before I did anything. The economy is so uncertain everywhere at this time. If you could get a job lined up, save up enough money for housing before you move that would be most helpful. I would surely check out schools, population of towns. There are a lot of small Southern towns in the South that would be good places for your boys. Check with local chambers of Commerce, local employment services, realtors, etc. A lot of communities used to have something called Welcome Wagons (I don’t know if they still exist) that gave newcomers coupons, info, etc.when they moved to town. Good luck to you and your boys in whatever you decide to do.
Thank you, very much. I know it will take time and planning…until then, thank you for your recipes and “southern thangs”. Happy New Year!
In East Tennessee we were raised saying Creek for a stream of water and a crick was something painful you got in your neck when you slept the wrong way, and we were always fixin’ to go over yonder.
I love this. There is no place like the South. I LOVE everything about it… even the kudzu! American by birth…Southern by the grace of God…amen! Patsy
Hey Ms Judy,
Don’t forget:
Y’all – is singular
All Y’all – is plural
Chris
Hi Ms Judy, I live in South Arkansas and we enjoy all things Southern and always have. My daughter moved to Washington State for a while and people would hear her talk, come up to her and say “Say something.” She would look at them and say ‘Scuze me?” And they would say, “Say something else”. Everyone loved her Southern drawl and would want to hear more. They never understood ‘fixin to’ or ‘yonder’. Gladly, she returned to Arkansas in about 3 months and has been here ever since. Her 4 year old daughter has the sweetest southern drawl ever. Glad I found your site and will return on a daily basis.
Nancy
So happy to have you here Nancy and hope you enjoy my recipes and the Facebook site, too. People love to hear a Southern drawl. Thank you for stopping by and have a great week.
well sir i have done fell in love with this site……fits me to a TEEEEE!
I was born in Texas and raised by an Alabama grandmother so I don’t say crick….I say creek. I also know what it means when someone says they’ll be there “if the good Lord’s willin & the creek don’t rise”. I’m also familiar with the term “fetch me”…as in “fetch me some tea while you’re up, please”.
I also know that you never, never, never pour syrup on grits, but a little sorghum molasses is real tasty on fried cornmeal mush!
Love this site!
i just found this sight. and u can bet your boots ill be back..love it..im from arkansas. but i live in pa now been here 40 years..like u said u can take the girl out of the south but u cant take the south out of the girl..southern and proud of it..
Welcome Joyce! Happy to have you here and hope you enjoy the recipes.