"Southern"

South-ern:  of, relating to, or characteristic of the "South"

I was blessed to be born and raised in the "South".  It truly is unlike any other place in the word.  In the South God and family come before anything or anyone else.  Good manners and respect for elders never go out of style.  So fix yourself a glass of sweet ice tea, sit back, put your feet up, relax and enjoy these quotes I found about the "South".  What?  You don't have any sweet tea?  Well bless your heart!  Just call one of your southern neighbors.  I guarantee they will have a pitcher of sweet tea in the icebox and southerners love to share.  Ya'll have a good day now. 

•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 who's 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. We don't do "queues," we do "lines"; and when we're "in line," we talk to everybody!


•Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage.


•Southerners never refer to one person as "ya'll."


•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" and "sweet milk." 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 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.




~Anonymous