We also like soda, not pop. Very difficult. I do not know where you, the biggest moron from the North, got your information, but I am sorry to inform you that you are incorrect. He is from New England, Massachusetts to be exact. Yankee: anyone from the North. I thought this post was supposed to be whimsical. Before we get to our favorite words only Southerners say, lets hear it from the famous belles of Sh%t Southern Women Say on The Southern Women Channel. Now people in Virginia say both yall and you guys, like most of the South, people are not saying Yall as much. Love art and paint and do crafts. and was moved to Good ole East Tex town o Appleby! She's on a mission to change the world. Stay up there and pray a REAL Skinhead doesnt beat your ass. Let me tell yall something, I hate it up here. The /t/ disappears in words like center and Atlanta after the /n/ (example 2). Perfect example of Your Southern Stupidity and Arrogance. Discover Forvo Academy, our new online teaching platform. Maybe you should just give me a ride there in your car. Younguns- Young ones How do most of you pronounce Toronto? Also, sweetkins, we would never throw just in front of the verb when using it to mean very or completely as you are in that, ummm, sentence. Dim- Stupid Im for equality. Georgia-born humorist and best-selling author Lewis Grizzard conveyed the ambivalence of many white southerners who embraced the economic and material benefits of Sunbelt prosperity while remaining skeptical and sometimes resentful of some of the social and political changes that accompanied these gains. They also have good BBQ. My grandmother is from Lakeland, Florida and she uses words like supper to mean dinner and fillin station instead of a gas station. My family, both sides, have been in Florida for well over 100 years! Every year more and more northerners come down here and never return back home. Honey, Texas IS the south you seceded from the Union on February 1, 1861 bless you heart. One last smidgen of truth Northerners are not taught and dont seem to understand!?! Or its because I always was out to lunch. In South Carolina, at least my familys section, they do not use fixin/fittin at all;dont know why. 1. Sugar packets are for sissies!!!! Im from south Georgia, and I dont have a southern accent or southern grammar. As for Jersey girl im sorry you fill that way about the South hope you find your place somewhere else. I can honestly say that there are idiots everywhere but I never had anyone treat me like I was one because I spoke with a Southern accent. The southern region is known for several reasons, we have our food, our vernacular, and our traditions. We own you turds, if not for the northern taxes given to the south you would not have your well-fair checks and all would live a lifestyle like in Mexico. Pronounce Atlanta in French, Can you pronounce it better? More information about this error may be available It really feels like English is testing us sometimes. Im from Louisiana and I can hear some differences between TX and TN accents. Yes, there are racists in the south, as there is everywhere. I am a northerner, but I appreciate Southern culture and the emphasis on tradition, family, faith, and good manners. Yall come down here, to South Cackalacky. I like your opinion. You might know that if you had ever lived in a northern state its clear you havent, hence the display of ignorance about it. Duke? As for yall, its singular. Other states joined after that point. anywho, how bad do we Northerners get judged for being from the North? Oh, and you left out will in always.be. fixin to CLAP! And I say buggy everyone here tells at me because I say that rather than a cart. Yall are fightin over nothin. He was not inbred or homosexual. That dog wont hunt. It means that your excuse or story is not good. Which is universal. Womens health is none of your damn business, and as far as I see it, one less life in an overpopulated country, is better than an unfit mother and a child who could possibly end up in poverty or foster care. Kansas City has little to do with the great plains. I love the South, but I know theres just as many ignorant folks down here as up there. I thought she was talking about someone being forced to watch the Kardashians. And arrogance can come from the Northern States, the Southern States, hell, it can even be found in Antarctica. In yankspeak, that would be Carolina, but no respectable southerner says carolina. Yeah Ohio is definitely Yankee its north of Kentucky theyre Yankees too, just dont say that to their faces. I have known a lot of southerners and fought them. 4/10, from central ky myself must be because I know of it but never have i heard someone using it in the context or way it was made for. i reckon itll rain. First of all, there is no need to make fun of people. Because the word Yankee in the sense you used it in isand for quite some time, has beenstrongly associated with what was eventually renamed the Northeast. But rest assured, Aric, you made lots of other readers think less of our fellow southerners. It's instantly recognizable and difficult to replicate. ). If you do not eat crawfish or do not live in a place where the humidity is always over 50 percent throughout the summer and there is never snow.its pretty miserable. How about this southern saying: We just am plain dumb down in these here parts? How about crazy as a sprayed roach or if in better society. South Carolina is a beautiful state, and has so many advantages for Retirees that it is in the top 5 (or less) places for Seniors to retire. We dont care how you did it up north but wish youd stay up there. I dont talk southern and dont act it either but from what I been reading there is a lack of respect with some on here, not all but some Im from the north and I can tell you there are good and bad everywhere. Ive met many an ignorant townies in Boston or in the suburbs in MA that match the supposed drama and ignorance found in the south, and certainly the accent plays no part of that mess. I think we are seeing more and more cross culture, not just in America, but world wide with the feed of 24/7 information, huge leaps in entertainment what was considered local is becoming global . San Antonio has its own accent as does El Paso, but Lubbock and Texas Panhandle cities shave a pronounced drawl, but I think it sounds different, more Dixie Southern, if that makes sense. Im not southern, but I would love to visit. So, so deeply ironic that your attempt at poking fun of southerners is filled with more spelling and grammatical errors than an autistic spastic could produce with their off hand. Believe it or not, we dont all parade around in our Ford F1-50s with Confederate flags hanging off the ends. They consider themselves something special but they are just the degenerates of the American society. Of course, just as it is now people living in rural areas and people that live in metropolitans have different ideas. Theres a lot hidden in the tone of the message, words alone are not enough to discern the Southerners intent. Kerry spoke at length about individual freedoms, saying: No politician can shut out the world, however, after decades of planning, Morocco has stayed the course of several days to a week. Shakespeare used yonder, like in Romeo and Juliet. Purdy- Pretty Maury County is pronounced Murray County. Its crazy!! And this norther NJ native/central NJ transplant happens to *root* **FOR**! People from Tampa pronounce Lutz as Lutes or Loots. It is a blessing to live in the South. I now have my Masters Degree and work as a Director at a hospital. were from/lived in the South; again, I promise. I use that expression all the time (dumb as a box of rocks), and Im in New Mexico. TY, Dear Southern Lady. Jul 03 2003 mitsubishi eclipse interiorNo Comments how southerners pronounce atlantanipt test says girl ultrasound says boy. I met more dumb ppl down there than i care to say. Well for those Southerners who dont know we also have our Southern stereotypes. The control over the largest, richest ports in the country, (New Orleans at the time), didnt have a thing to do with it. The south isnt going to do squat to anyone. Well, ya know we wanted to leave the country but yalls president forced us to be apart of yalls country which is something we didnt want to do. THEY ALL SUCK. Theyre too busy trying to prove theyre right or the other is wrong. views.. How stupid are people to eat all these half truths? Cannot seem to help myself on that! all dat work and he done got plum tuckrd out. Especially if its I-75 in Georgia or Florida. Its as useless a d a dog that wi t hunt, Please tel ME, how we so arrogant. Also, salava instead of saliva. And dilly dally is the same as lollygaggin. Is there an accent mark? Itll always b Yankee state to me. Lessen they need a lesson or 2 bout common courtesy. Happier than a puppy with two peckers. My family is from Tennessee and Kentucky, mamaw and papaw spoke in the most beautiful twangy tone Id ever heard. Atlanta is a great town, which you'll enjoy even more if you avoid p*ssing anyone off (Photo: Terence S. Jones /Flickr . A buggy drives on the road and occasionally gets smashed by a foot. coke is fine , too. PoBoy: a long sandwich, usually served with fried oysters, shrimp or fish. Have you ever heard of a man named Robert E. Lee? Like its not strong enough ) (And if youre 85, then everyone is a youngun.) *Bible Dont Tread on Me PS. I go down to visit frequently, and still listen to Patsy Cline and Hank Williams. So, Im not a Yankee, but I still get a lot of where yall from? If you were a true southerner you would know that. You are the idiot, ya damn yankee. I am a yankee born and bred, and on behalf of my people, I would like to apologize to all the southerners on this site for the ignorant opinions expressed by the northerners. You know, English accentsor Scottish and Scotch-Irish accents, depending on the area of the South (and straight-up IRISH accents, for that matter (again, depending on the area of the South(?)) Two of friends say it the first way. Neither one of my websites is much right now. Or with a different accent? Thats because South Louisiana (the Acadiana region; New Orleans, etc.) People from there are soooo sooo dumb. Explore them and accept them as they are. Savannah Part of our Southern Hospitality is loving people for who they are and caring about them. doin donuts onr 4-wheelers through da mud flats and hallerin all day, u aint neva seen anyting like it in yer life. Unless Im mistaken, at least some to most of the Northern states that make up what we now call the Midwest had not yet been admitted to the Union at the time of the Civil War. The south may be a region, but its traditions, and the soul, not where you live. (emphasis mine). if your talkin about route 66 you pronounce it rowt not root. Is it because we are below the mason Dixon? Youre a stupid ignoramus and probably a bleeding heart liberal too. The Oklahoma Indian Territory, because it was not a state at that time (confederacy territory) had many battles pushing back the Kansas union regular soldiers and stopping their push, south and east to trap the other southern states. The South? And, even though they did increase their fortune by moving, they still could have been just as wealthy by now if they had just stayed in their Upper East Side brownstones. Im from New York and I cant understand any dang thing any of you are saying. Also, its not Pepsi its Pop Now I find myself thinking about Floridawhich seems to start out as the (deep) southuntil you drive far enough southand then, frankly, I am at a loss for how I would describe things. And as for that war of 150 years ago. And in NYS people do NOT call a bunch of girls you guys I believe thats a California thing, You know California? However IN DROVES? Nearly everyone has a relative that lived in Chicago at some point or your family still works there. Maybe its because of eithers historical and/or current culture in at least some parts (of MD and even DE), but I dont think that the United States Census Bureau officially lists them as part of the South for nothing. Enjoy the sayings and accents: They are just another thing to interest us and connect us, not separate us! New Patient Forms; Where I was raised on the south shore of Massachusetts, we said pocketbook and dropped the gs on our words. ERRNT wrong. Ive heard some Northerners who even say yall in the countryside. And, welcome back. LOL. I hate to prognosticate, but I would garentee that most if not all of you had no idea what I just said. They come on here just to be idiotic pests. Caddywhompus or caddycorner. What nationality is the name Mahsa? We are not narrow minded like you dumb inbred a***es. OH, gosh, theres that stereotype again! Theres no controlling the remote in a Southern house. Given our love of the melodious English language, we would never use the plural pronoun we with the singular verb am. The number is larger than you think. Ive lived in the south my whole life, and I consider myself an intellectual. West By God Virginia I have been a Yankee as you call it all my life and I LOVE my sweet tea and fried chicken. *Youd* **SO**!! Youre dumb as shit, youre discriminatory, and you have no respect for people outside of your realm of self proclaimed morality and unjustifiably hatefule and completely backwards religion. Whats up with that? Good luck and thank you and your husband for your service. If you werent comin down here like the damn idjit you are, you wouldnt have to listen to our accents. And if you hadnt forgotten, the North creamed, whipped, mashed, crushed, (whatever you want to say) yall in the Civil War. Youre a violent, smug, homophobic, arrogant, extremist, ignorant, bigoted idiot. Only outcasts. being southern is a way of life and if your a yankee I reckon you better get a move on it and leave! We barely make the cut, and were south of the Mason Dixon. Especially in the Metro area. Nothing else.The South wanted to do what they wanted and The Union wanted the South to do what they wanted. Good luck and please, be quiet. Again that was way too long ago for me to care, I love the whole country, just had to make the point that you sound dumber than a box of rocks god bless. We have the best education ( IVY LEAGUE, you have none MIT,Harvard, Cornell, Browning,Stanford,Columbia, ETC. westboro baptist church lauren. Brown paper bag . Thinkstock. Also a buggy is a shopping cart. I am from a long lineage of Southerners, and we are anything but ignorant (like yourself). I live in Tennessee and if your from the north come on down for a good ole nice visit. . Thank ya kindly. I think that a lot of non-Southerners have moved to VA /Washington DC area because they are retired Military. YONDER: Damn Yankees always got sumin to say when grown folks talking. Besides, Okie Farmer is right: you DO need to go back to school and take not onlyas said individual suggesteda HISTORY lesson, but also a GEOGRAPHY lesson! He is now a yankee, but heres his classification: Idjit Traitor. My fathers side of the family is Southern. Morgan, I think you dont know whether to scratch your watch or wind your butt. How bout we secede again and kick some yankee ass. His care team describes Mumbles as laid back and friendly. Darn Transplants! ELIZABETH, The unfortunate and embarrassing dialect of the south alone is enough to make us move back to New York, where my great grandfather and great grandmother lived before moving to Texas (unfortunately) in their thirties. This country actually needs us all! Like the ones from up north that only show at county meetings that occur in the winter, (because there gone in the summer)That same road brought you down, will take youre a__, right back.. Get yo yankee ass back across the Mason Dixon before the south gets hold of u and stomps a hole in your yankee ways. 'pa pdd chac-sb tc-bd bw hbr-20 hbss lpt-25' : 'hdn'">, Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes, Clear explanations of natural written and spoken English. hes so stupid he he cant poor his own piss out of his boot with instructions written on the heel Put a lid on it and you might just learn something, but since its impossible to do that when making self righteous, holier than thou comments..again, this is a real Yankee thing, and its NOT what the article is about. Heres a few yall forgot, And if it did expand to Alabama in particular, I wouldve assumed that it wouldve expanded no further than Mobile. You've got the pronunciation of southerners right. (That school is literally in the same neighborhood as the Centers for Disease Control, by the way! Hey yall, when you refer to the South, remember to capitalize it. I also do not call all sodas coke. As I grew into an adult, my accent became more and more Southernnot hillbilly or redneckjust Southern. Take you out behind the barn and show you a thing or two We are stronger together. I live in South Florida and one of the things I regret is the lack of Southern hospitality that I found in places like St. Augustine and Savannah. Nun Ya 7. Pronounce Atlanta in Portuguese, Can you pronounce it better? 4)DAMN FN YANKEE! Wheres your attitude from honey? I read 6 news THE NORTH WIPED THE COUNTRY WITH YOU USELESS ASSES AND ITS ABOUT TIME YOU REMEMBER WE ARE AND ALWAYS BE SEPIOR OVER YOUR PATHETIC UNEDUCATED ASSES. Amen June, amen. Yet, even though Stern's accent is not always on target, he helps you learn by pointing out the accents' components. But what Cracks us Northerners up the most is that you Southern Dick Heads Actually Think You WonPlease tell me that youre NOT REALLY THAT STUPID????? Oh, honey is a good beginning for every sentence in the South. He culitIvates poke salet and thinks crab grass is lovely when you cut it every month. FIRST OF ALL THIS WEBSITE IS FAKE!! In de north all u folk do is work awl day. Had the Yankees waited, the cotton gin was invented at around the same time and proved to me much more effective at ending slave like labor in the South, simply because it was more cost effective. This is great! Bless your heart. I promise I wont change your ways, thats just non-sense. Will the name be easy to pronounce and remember? When I was commissioned in the Army and went to officers training one thing we had to do was make a speech (which we wrote), present it, be videoed making the speech, and then be critiqued. In other words, we dont care how you did it up nawth. You have a good day now. My spelling is immaculate, Im in all AP classes, Im nonreligious, and I just might be a hell of a lot more decent than you.