"THINGS I LEARNED GROWING UP IN THE SOUTH" (see below) is a posting from a Facebook friend Carol Ann Robinson (the "Ann" is to distinguish her from another friend Carol Jo Robinson).
I told her that I have heard some of the same things here in
FAY-YETTE County:
THINGS I LEARNED GROWING UP IN THE SOUTH
2. There are 5,000 kinds of snakes and 4,998 live in the South.
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in the South, plus a couple no one's seen before.
4. If it grows, it'll stick ya; if it crawls, it'll bite cha.
5. Onced and twiced are words.
6. It is not a shopping cart, it's a buggy.
7. "Jawl-P?" means, "Did you go to the bathroom?"
8. People actually grow, eat, and like okra.
9. Fiixinto is one word; it means I'm going to do that.
10. There is no such thing as lunch. There is only breakfast, dinner and supper.
11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two.
12. We do like a little tea with our sugar. It's referred to as the wine of the South.
13. Backwards and forwards means I know everything about you.
14. The word "jeet" is actually a question meaning "Did you eat?"
15. You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is; you work until it's done or it's too dark to see.
16. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.
17. Ya'll is singular; all ya'll is plural.
18. All the festivals are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect, or animal.
19. You carry jumper cables in your car--for your OWN car.
20. You only own 5 spices: salt, pepper, mustard, ketchup, and Tabasco.
21. Everyone you meet is Honey, Sugar, Miss (first name) and Mr. (first name).
22. The local papers carry national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local high school sports, motor sports, and gossip.
23. You think that the first day of hunting season is a national holiday.
24. You know what a "hissy fit" is.
25. Fried catfish is the "other" white meat.
26. We don't need no danged Driver's Ed. If Mama says we can drive, we can drive!
27. You understand these and forward them to your Southern friends and those who just wish they were from the South.
28. You had jars of "lightnin' bugs" growing up.
28. You had jars of "lightnin' bugs" growing up.
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