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For a girl that isn’t really from anywhere (thanks to being raised army brat style) I was shocked to find out that I am, dialectically speaking, a southerner.\u00a0 Or at least that is what is computed by this little quiz <\/a>I took – I had no idea that I had such southern style… wow.\u00a0 I was 70% southern.. wow again.<\/p>\n

Alphadictionary.com<\/a> is a linguistics and language website that researches\u00a0how differently we Americans use language throughout this country as well as provides us with a very in-depth look at languages throughout the world.\u00a0 Here’s\u00a0a very funny overview of some southern dialect:<\/p>\n

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A Glossary of Quaint Southernisms<\/h3>\n

A selection of “quaint Southernisms” from Dr. Robert Beard of AlphaDictionary.com:<\/em><\/p>\n

a-<\/strong> A prefix added to the present participle to make it purtier, e.g. “Abe’s a-workin in backer t’day; Ma’s a-talkin to you, son!”<\/p>\n

Ahere<\/strong> adv.<\/em> In this direction, as in, “Yall come ahere; I got sumpn a show yuh.”<\/p>\n

Backer<\/strong> n.<\/em> A large cultivated weed you can smoke legally. (Southerners don’t get all that excited about the syllables in front of the accented one.)<\/p>\n

Bard<\/strong> v.<\/em> Past tense of the infinitive “to borrow.” Usage: “My brother bard my pickup truck in never brung it back.”<\/p>\n

Caint<\/strong> v. aux.<\/em> Cannot.<\/p>\n

Carry on<\/strong> v.<\/em> Overdo your actions or make a lot of fuss, as in, “Yall young’ns stop a-carryin on so; we cain’t hear each other talk.”<\/p>\n

Catty-corner(ed) <\/strong>adj.<\/em> Diagonal.<\/p>\n

Damyankee<\/strong> n.<\/em> City-slickers from exotic places like New York, Chicago or Philadelphia. (Notice down South it is one word.)<\/p>\n

Dinner<\/strong> n.<\/em> The meal et around the middle of the day.<\/p>\n

Err<\/strong> n.<\/em> A colorless, odorless gas containing oxygen, as in: “He cain’t breathe. . . givvim some err!”<\/p>\n

Ever<\/strong> adj.<\/em> Quicker form of “every.”<\/p>\n

Fixin<\/strong> v. aux.<\/em> Getting ready to: “I’m fixin to leave.”<\/p>\n

For crying out loud! <\/strong>exp.<\/em> Well, I’ll be darned!<\/p>\n

Gol darn (it)! <\/strong>exp.<\/em> An expression of surprise or frustration.<\/p>\n

Haid<\/strong> n.<\/em> The uppermost part of a human or animal body.<\/p>\n

His’n<\/strong> poss. pro.<\/em> Belonging to him, as in “Are them-air boots mine, yourn or his’n.” (See “her’n” for more.)<\/p>\n

If’n<\/strong> conj.<\/em> Variation of “if”. (Southerners love their new suffix, -n, so much, they stick it everywhere. See young’n and his’n.<\/p>\n

Kin to<\/strong> adj.<\/em> Related to (someone) .<\/p>\n

Like-to<\/strong> adv.<\/em> Almost, nearly. “Hit like-to kilt d’man when he saw his boy a-wearin’ a kilt.”<\/p>\n

Lord a’mercy! <\/strong>inter.<\/em> What you say when thangs get out of control.<\/p>\n

Mawnin<\/strong> n.<\/em> The early part of the day.<\/p>\n

Might could<\/strong> v. aux.<\/em> Might be able to. Auxiliaries don’t scare Southerners they way they scare Northerners; we string them together fearlessly, “I might coulda finished choppin the wood if’n hit hadn’t rained.”<\/p>\n

-n<\/strong> Suffix for creating nouns from adjectives: young-n, little-n, big-n, that-n over yonder. However, Southerners are so proud of it, they stick it on a lot of other words: if’n, his’n, her’n, sos’n, etc.<\/p>\n

No ‘count<\/strong> adj.<\/em> Worthless.<\/p>\n

Pitcher<\/strong> n.<\/em> (1) a vessel for holding and pouring water; (2) a visual representation of something, as a photograph. The “t” is silent.<\/p>\n

Plumb<\/strong> adv.<\/em> Completely: “Are you plumb crazy?”<\/p>\n

Purt near<\/strong> adv.<\/em> Nearly, close to.<\/p>\n

Saerdy<\/strong> n.<\/em> The sixth day of the week.<\/p>\n

Story (tell a) <\/strong>Well, sorta, you know, tell a lie. For example, “That’s a story, mama! I never told his girlfriend he et snails!”<\/p>\n

Sugar<\/strong> n.<\/em> As in “Gimme some sugar”: affection, a chance to snuggle your neck, huggin’ or kissin’ or both.<\/p>\n

Supper<\/strong> n.<\/em> The meal (supposed to be) et around 5 o’clock.<\/p>\n

Them<\/strong> pro.<\/em> Those. “Jimmy John, where in the world did you git them pants?”<\/p>\n

Them-air<\/strong> pro.<\/em> Variant of “them”: “Jimmy John, where in the world did you git them-air pants?”<\/p>\n

Uppin<\/strong> v. aux.<\/em> To do something suddenly or unexpectedly: “I toad him we’s havin liver puddin fer dinner and he uppin left.”<\/p>\n

Whup<\/strong> v. <\/em>Inflict physical pain on someone younger and\/or smaller than you using a leather strap or switch.<\/p>\n

Used by permission. \u00a9 2006 The Lexiteria.<\/em><\/p>\n

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