[lizardlady]

I guess this is sort of a rant.

I'm a semi-native Southerner (in the US). I've lived in the South for 45 years.

This started with Mitt Romney saying "y'all" while on the campaign trail. Hey Mitt! Saying "y'all" in a yankee accent doesn't cut it! You don't sound like one of us. You sound like a moron trying to mimic us. Please people don't start a polotical debate about this. It's got nothing to do with his politics. It's got to do with insulting us.

This morning I heard someone on TV talking with a fake cornpone Southern accent. Burned my backside. If you're going to speak Southern learn to speak it the way we do. And just in case you don't know there's about eleven zillion different Southern accents! Folks from Mississippi don't sound the same as folks from Georgia who don't sound like the folks from Kentucky who don't sound like ... well you get the point.

Enough already!

[LiteraryLark]

...I prefer British accents myself, and Americans just can't nail that one either.

[Swann]

Being a born southern UK'er I tend to revert to southern-speak: Seeya mate, talk back'atcha tomorrah, byeees.

[di meliora]

Well, this is serious. Someone needs to compile a list of words non-southerners are not allowed to say.

[Open Eyes]

LOL di meliora. Oh, Lizardlady I can completely understand what you mean. I think it was a bit tacky of Mitt to do that myself, not very respectful. And considering it was a political thing, well, just shows how these politicians are like camealions in a way doing whatever to get a vote, kinda like "Give me a few dollars (or a vote in this case) and I will be whomever you want me to be".

Open Eyes

[Timgt5]

Originally Posted by lizardlady

I guess this is sort of a rant.

I'm a semi-native Southerner (in the US). I've lived in the South for 45 years.

This started with Mitt Romney saying "y'all" while on the campaign trail. Hey Mitt! Saying "y'all" in a yankee accent doesn't cut it! You don't sound like one of us. You sound like a moron trying to mimic us. Please people don't start a polotical debate about this. It's got nothing to do with his politics. It's got to do with insulting us.

This morning I heard someone on TV talking with a fake cornpone Southern accent. Burned my backside. If you're going to speak Southern learn to speak it the way we do. And just in case you don't know there's about eleven zillion different Southern accents! Folks from Mississippi don't sound the same as folks from Georgia who don't sound like the folks from Kentucky who don't sound like ... well you get the point.

Enough already!

Being from the great state of North Carolina, and living in the triangle area, I get to hear a lot of "yankee" transplants try to fit in, so for those of you who migrate from the North to our state here a few ground rules.

1. Do not use the word "Y'all, NEVER say this, no matter how hard you try to sound southern using it, you will never come across as anything other than a poseur, it would be like one us of going to NY and trying to say "youze guys"

2. When someone asks what kind of Barbeque you prefer, do not mention anything involving beef or chicken, BBQ is pork, with vinegar, slow cooked over an open pit, any mention of other meats is blasphemy.

3. There is no singular to "Grits" there is no such thing as a Grit

4. If you are an aspiring wife to a Southern husband, and you want to impress him with biscuits, DO NOT BUY THOSE TUBE THINGS AT THE SUPERMARKET, they are not fit to eat. Get some flower, salt, a pan some molassis, country ham, butter and lard. A bit of sweat equity is required but if done right your southern hubby will treat you like the queen.

5. Social Networking in the South, is called "Gossip"

6. If asked about your favorite college basketball and football teams, only one of four answers will be accepted, Carolina, Duke, Wake or NC State.

8.Merging on the interstate, is regarded as a personal challenge, so do not be offended by the aggressive driving here, after all NC is the birthplace of Nascar.

9. Speaking of Nascar, failure to pick a driver to cheer for during the season, could make you a social outcast.

Those are just a few rules to know for successful migration.

[di meliora]

What a bunch of twaddle.

[LiteraryLark]

What about rednecks?

Dayum!

(That's Southern For Dayum!)

[DenisDonnacha]

Accents are a touchy thing, I'd never go to another country trying to impersonate people and I hate when people do it to me.

I always tell my Northern friends that if they're ever down here when it snows to wait two hours before they go anywhere ... That way all of us will already be in a ditch and then they can go anywhere they want to without us tearing up their vehicles too ... !!!

[Trippin2.0]

Originally Posted by di meliora

What a bunch of twaddle.

LOL You DID ask for a list

[Timgt5]

Originally Posted by DrSkipper

What about rednecks?

As the great southern philosopher, Jeff Foxworthy said, there are red necks everywhere. Hence he concocted his great You Might Be a Redneck test so the masses will be aware if they are in fact, Rednecks

[Timgt5]

oh yeah, one more important rule

Sweetened tea is one word "Sweettea" and no, ordering unsweetened tea and dumping a load of Sweet n Low in it is not, nor will ever be the same.

[LiteraryLark]

are cowboys real? and are they really southern?

cuz brokeback mountain was filmed in canada.

[LiteraryLark]

bahahaha

[PiperLeigh]

As a girl who has lived in the deep South nearly all my life, this thread made me smile. I grew up saying "fixin' to" "ain't" "y'all" and even "all y'all" - much to the amusement of my Yankee grandparents and extended family. We went to Pofolks for Sunday dinner and frequently enjoyed a moon pie and an RC Cola. Good times. Good times.

[PiperLeigh]

Oh yes, and I do have to say in the part of the South where I grew up, being told "Well bless your heart!" wasn't necessarily a good thing. *big grin* (Please tell me some of y'all grew up with that too.) So anyway, I guess in response to Mr. Romney imitating some of our speech, I'd just have to say, "well bless his heart."

[LiteraryLark]

(:
I make myself laugh
edit: it's so cuuuuute!

You wanna hear my accent, I am a scouser

spent time in the smokies & surrounding area & then in georgia for work. & bbq is awesome...but different varieties for each area...

enjoyed both areas...was familiar more with coastal areas so Georgia was not as much of a stretch (altho being there in august was..aug-nov by the paper mill..nice...)

the smokies & surrounding...i loved it...awesome people, food, culture...

wouldn't mind going back to both areas. nc is a great state...ya got the beach, mountains, piedmont...i could live there...

Oh! ... Fiddle-De-Dee! ...

[Timgt5]

Originally Posted by stumpy

spent time in the smokies & surrounding area & then in georgia for work. & bbq is awesome...but different varieties for each area...

enjoyed both areas...was familiar more with coastal areas so Georgia was not as much of a stretch (altho being there in august was..aug-nov by the paper mill..nice...)

the smokies & surrounding...i loved it...awesome people, food, culture...

wouldn't mind going back to both areas. nc is a great state...ya got the beach, mountains, piedmont...i could live there...

we would love to have you, if just for a visit, come in, "set" a spell, take your shoes off and relax a while.

[lizardlady]

Originally Posted by Timgt5

As the great southern philosopher, Jeff Foxworthy said, there are red necks everywhere. Hence he concocted his great You Might Be a Redneck test so the masses will be aware if they are in fact, Rednecks

Excellent point Tim. My Daddy's family is from the Upper Pennisula of Michigan. Go a few milew further north and you'll be in Canada. They are all redneck to the core!

[lizardlady]

Originally Posted by di meliora

What a bunch of twaddle.

Di Meliora, if you think it's twaddle why are you reading the thread? The rest of us seem to be havig fun with the topic.