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OT-----Corny Southern Country Words

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Jiles

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I was raised in the south, thought it might be interesting to find some new, mispronunced words:
[b:0858072642]Hope[/b:0858072642]--help
Fixing to leave
chester drawers --chest of drawers
Is this [b:0858072642]Yauses[/b:0858072642]--any of you
[b:0858072642]Frigerator[/b:0858072642]--refrigerator
[b:0858072642]Tores[/b:0858072642]--tires
Far--fire
Poke--sack
[b:0858072642]Nuss[/b:0858072642]--nursing
[b:0858072642]Carpractor[/b:0858072642]--chiropractor

This is only a few---boy I have a lot of misspelled words notifications in this post!
 
Don't forget to cut on/off the light either. That was the tough
one for me to get when I lived down there. Lol
 
Hmmm, we do have a few around here too...

I see John already said Yonder (real popular!)

tree - I need tree them thar bolts!
thar - ^ ^ ^ ^

watcho - Watcho gonna do over yonder?!

I am sure there must be more, but I can't think of any! Bryce
 
A coworker showed this to me several years ago. He handed me a slip of paper and asked me to read it.

UCMRhogs
OICMRhogs
MRnothogs
OSMRhogs
LIBMRhogs.

He said it was "early texting"--I have had a blast with my young grandkids with this!
 
Don't forget momenem. As in "how's yer momenem".

And wouldjadidja. "Ya didn't bring yer wife wouldjadidja?"
 
yont to for you want to.
called myself a looking for overlooked something.
get shed of for disposing of something.
much obliged for thank you.
bottle of pop, yankee for cola.
bubbler, yankee for water fountain.
 
Was watching 'Sargent York' the other day, a movie I never tire of watching. There are some very colorful ones in there. One that stands out is ''beef critter' for cow, bull, or steer.

Or critter for most animals.
Homely, polite word for ugly person when describing such a person.
2 storage house instead of 2 story house. (I heard that one myself in person.) lol
Duds for fancy clothes. Or Sunday go to meetings clothes.
Viddles for food ready to eat. Sure like to know the origin of that one.

There's more. That's just the tip of the iceberg.

Patrick
'49M
 
'Joo pitcha' fit? Ida' pitchda' fit...

Wife and I heard that one in a breakfast cafe in Arkansas. I still enjoy remembering it today two decades later.

Another one I kinda' like is "Well git after it then...."
 
A German buddy says make the light out, and common around here is "manure the barn"...ie, clean it. How about...throw the cow over the fence some hay.
 
Talking to a guy in ill (im from wisc) and its mid july he tells
me hes going to plow corn found out hes doing what we
call cultivating. then there is the guy from pa talking about
bin wagons in think i know what it is.
 
A southern redneck was driving along a highway when a highway patrolmen pulled him over.
The patrolman asked him if he had any ID?
The redneck said "bout what"?
 
(quoted from post at 10:14:09 04/17/14) I was raised in the south, thought it might be interesting to find some new, mispronunced words:
[b:32b44afb92]Hope[/b:32b44afb92]--help
Fixing to leave
chester drawers --chest of drawers
Is this [b:32b44afb92]Yauses[/b:32b44afb92]--any of you
[b:32b44afb92]Frigerator[/b:32b44afb92]--refrigerator
[b:32b44afb92]Tores[/b:32b44afb92]--tires
Far--fire
Poke--sack
[b:32b44afb92]Nuss[/b:32b44afb92]--nursing
[b:32b44afb92]Carpractor[/b:32b44afb92]--chiropractor

This is only a few---boy I have a lot of misspelled words notifications in this post!
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Add in those that are miffin sum teef and yous got a whole bunch more....
 
im from kansas city originally and my mom is from central missouri, so all i'd have to do is call home for a few minutes to be reminded of a bunch.
you want i should, instead of, would you like me to.
my teacher learned me.
i still say warshinton instead of washinton and i warsh clothes, i never wash them.
out here in ca if i ask someone if they want a pop, they don't know what im talking about, they drink soda.
my neighbors from the south used to say, i'll be fixin to told ju.
 
I lived 17 years in Rhode Island. I could post all kinds of stuff about how they would mispronounce words. But that would be uncouth. However, it's just fine and dandy to make light of Southern dialects.

I never understood why those folks up there would send fish on special occasions, but without fail, if it was a birthday or Christmas or a wedding you had to send a fish. Has anyone on here ever sent or received a birthday cod?

Oh, and a girl with PSDS is not sick. It just means she doesn't have to wear clip-on ear rings.
 
Not exactly. Play pretty means to be nice to your playmates. A play Purdy is a toy. 'Course, I reckon a northerner wouldn't be able to pick up on such subtleties.
 
'S hot in here! Uwanna crack 'atare winder a little bit? Meaning; It is hot in here, would you partially open that window over there.
 
'Viddles', or 'vittles', is a bastardization of the word 'victuals', an archaic word meaning foodstuffs or provisions of nourishment. 'Critter', of course, is a similar treatment of the word 'creature'.
 
DRECKLY: Derivative of ‘directly’. An indeterminate period of near-future time, as in, “Just settle down and hush! I’ll git to that dreckly!” Used interchangeably with ‘after while’.
IMOANA: Contraction for ‘I’m going to…..’. Refers to a planned future action, not a destination, as in, “Imoana run into town and get some beer”.
SHED, or SHET: To discard, be rid of, as in, “It’s turned off hot; Imoana have to get shed of this jacket”.
SET HOSSES: Effect a fortunate pairing, as in, but not exclusive to, a team of horses. It might be said of two people who were unable to get along with each other, “Paw and Uncle Ezra just never were able to set hosses.”
ANTIGODLIN: Southern architectural term meaning askew, out of plumb or square, or positioned at a peculiar angle, as in, “That barn of his sets antigodlin to the road”.
ROASTNEAR: Corn on the cob.
P!SS CHUNK: Watermelon.
MUSHMELON: Cantaloupe.
NANNERPUDDIN: Banana pudding.
POTLIKKER: Liquid generated by boiling greens.
 
The word ranch gets a lot of use around here, but it doesn"t have to involve a cow or horse.
Hand me that 9/16 & 1/2 ranch.
I think I ranched my back changing that tar.
Be sure to ranch out that dish rag when you get through with it. Same-Imongo ranch off fore I hit the hay.
 
Cattywhompust-- means not square or lined up.

My mother from London thought it was weird that we would plug in an electrical cord and then would plug it out. She thought it should be unplugged.
Richard in NW SC
PS: when I get someone on the phone from up north, I have to ask them to slow down so I can understand them.

I am sure many of you have seen this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO1kmfLmGRA
 
I hear all these on a regular basis.

Stopped to get gas the other day and mother in law asked if I was going to go in and barter (pay for the gas). She grew up in the sticks.

Worshin Machine - Washing Machine
Corbrator - Carburetor
Everything is an engine, including electric motors
Get on over here
Finer than a frog tooths fanny - Something very nice
 
(quoted from post at 00:43:39 04/18/14) Was watching 'Sargent York' the other day, a movie I never tire of watching. There are some very colorful ones in there. One that stands out is ''beef critter' for cow, bull, or steer.

Or critter for most animals.
Homely, polite word for ugly person when describing such a person.
2 storage house instead of 2 story house. (I heard that one myself in person.) lol
Duds for fancy clothes. Or Sunday go to meetings clothes.
Viddles for food ready to eat. Sure like to know the origin of that one.
Patrick, 'viddles' comes from the old English word for food, victuals, as do many of the words that are still used in the Appalachian areas.

There's more. That's just the tip of the iceberg.

Patrick
'49M
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Back in the day before cell phones or digital cams I was stationed at Ft Knox KY. I went to the south part of the state to do a little fishing. On the way back I drove a different route and going through a small town so a 4X8 plywood sigh that read

Fer Sell Fur Wood

in what had to have been red spray paint.

I'll never forget that.

Rick
 
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