I'm sure this has been running the rounds for quite a while, but I like the person who sent it:
Southern Women
- Southern women appreciate their natural assets:
- Clean skin.
- A winning smile.
- That unforgettable Southern drawl.
- Southern women know their manners:
- "Yes, ma'am."
- "Yes, sir."
- "Why, no, Billy!"
- 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 summer weather report:
- Humidity
- Humidity
- Humidity
- Southern women know their vacation spots:
- The beach
- The rivuh
- The crick
- Southern women know the joys of June, July, and August:
- Colorful hi-heel sandals
- Strapless sun dresses
- Iced sweet tea with mint
- Straw hats and big sunglasses
- Southern women know everybody's first name:
- Honey
- Darlin'
- Shugah
- Southern women know the movies that speak to their hearts:
- Fried Green Tomatoes
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
- Steel Magnolias
- Gone With The Wind
- Southern women know their religions:
- Baptist
- Methodist
- Football
- Southern women know their country breakfasts:
- Red-eye gravy
- Grits
- Eggs
- Country ham
- Mouth-watering homemade biscuits with momma's homemade jelly
- Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
- Chawl'stn
- S'vanah
- Foat Wuth
- N'awlins
- Addlanna
- Southern girls know their prime real estate:
- The Mall
- The Country Club
- The Beauty Salon
- Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:
- Having bad hair and nails
- Having bad manners
- Cooking bad food
- More Suth en-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 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.
- 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 whose 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!
- 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," "sweet milk," and "light bread". 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 "Light bread" is white bread.
- 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 ain't from the South, but I got here as fast as I could."
- Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fahevah!
THE FINAL TEST: The meaning of cyarn or kyarn.
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