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JUST SOUTHERN
Slang is language,
"Which takes off its coat,
spits on its hands,
and goes to work."
*Carl Sandburg (as quoted in Crystal 182)
The "born & bred" Southerner is unique!
A laid back, relaxed person with a friendly smile & a warm handshake.
Southerners are hospitable & they'll be glad to help you out. Just don't make fun of their accents or tell them how things are done up north. That just might cause the hospitality to come to an end. They wave hello, they wave goodbye, and they wave just to let you know that they saw you. Whether you are driving through downtown or down a long country road, if anyone passes you, you can bet they will give you a wave. It's just the friendly thing to do!
Mark Twain said, "Southerners speak music..."
No one ever mentioned which tune we were singing, however.
Southern Sayings
- Wild as a peach orchard hog.
- So buck toothed he could eat corn-on-the-cob through a key hole.
- Slick as an eel.
- Slicker than a greased pig.
- Full as a tick.
- Fat as a tub a lard.
- Ol' boy's tougher 'n whit leather.
- He ran like a scalded dog.
- Rough as a cob.
- Just as happy as if he had good sense.
- Cold as a well digger's hindend.
- So dull he couldn't cut hot butter with a knife.
- Crazier than a run over dog.
- Tougher than a one eared alley cat.
- Faster than greased lightning.
- Better 'n snuff, ain't half as dusty.
- Limber as a dishrag.
- Nervous as a long-tailed cat
in a room full o' rocking chairs.
- So ugly she'd run a dog off a meat wagon.
- Took off like Moody's goose.
- As scarce as hen's teeth.
- Purty as a speckled pup.
- Done gone and got yankee rich.
- Sorry as a two dollar watch.
- So poor he'd have to borrow moeny to buy water to cry with.
- Plumb tuckered out.
- Older than the mountains and got twice as much dust.
- I’m so hungry my belly’s nawin’ a hole through my backbone.
- Crooked as a dawg’s hine legs.
- Time old dogs are dead aren’t you glad you’re a pup.
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