Waiting to see what recent transplant Pete has to say...he's in the coastal plain but most of it still applies.
Just pickin on you, Pete. No taxes on humor.
No taxes, just fees.
A little humor
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No taxes, just fees.
I lived in Florida over five years before I saw a live armadillo running on the side of the road. The car behind me ran over it.
I have an old friend who collects "road killed armadillos" and then isolates some of the wildest fungi seen to man/woman and their antimicrobial agents extracted from said "RKA" are unique and being investigated. Dave_n
fiasconva
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#28. The only person you are more afraid to piss off other than your mama is your grandmamma.
Protocall_Design
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A lot of armadillos have leprosy. I won't be touching them.
Asking directions on how far a town is:
1. five miles means five miles
2. about five miles means anywhere from 10 miles to 100 miles
1. five miles means five miles
2. about five miles means anywhere from 10 miles to 100 miles
YeshuaIsa53
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Ain't no way people don't like okra.
I love it fried and pickled.......Don't like boiled...It's slimy. +-
And ya know......A lot of those folks that make fun of us southerners ain't from around here ..........But many probably wish dey wuz.
Yes, there’s a way
charlie sherrill
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I roll my okra in fish batter and saute it in a skillet in olive oil. I like it very crisp (not quite burned) and salty. I use it when cooking home gown peas, soup, gumbo, and a lot of other stuff.
charlie sherrill
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Years ago while working with the local P.D. a local Mom and Pop all night restaurant would serve a huge plate of French fries covered in brown gravy for next to nothing. On our salary we couldn't pay for a large meal every night so the fries and gravy filled us up until we got off duty. A local truck stop still serves a good country fried steak with fries. I always ask for extra gravy.
Grayfox
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#29: Every man is Bubba and every woman is Darlin'.
I was in Fla several years ago and was accused of being a Yankee. Hell, I'm a native born Californian. California wasn't in the Civil war.
And the proper answer is : "No, yunta?" Trans: "No, do you want to?"...
I came across this today and just laughed so hard I had to share it.
PS. I really get the chicken reference
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU MOVE TO THE APPALACHIANS.
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13. The word jeet is actually a question meaning, 'Did you eat?'
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mckenney99
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Retched - To reach for or to place something ie. I didn't like the way he retched into my car to put the parking garage ticket on the dash.
This one got me in trouble when I told my then wife, that if he retched into the car he damn sure was gonna have to clean it up. She didn't find my comment funny.
This one got me in trouble when I told my then wife, that if he retched into the car he damn sure was gonna have to clean it up. She didn't find my comment funny.
I worked construction in the early 70's with some Arkansawyers. Took a while to learn which direction was " over yonder , yonder there, and yonder. "
In 1950, my parents and I traveled by car from Phoenix through the South to visit some relatives in Kentucky.
When we hit Louisiana my dad got a bit lost, and we stopped at a little grocery store to get directions from some locals. He got out of the car and walked into the store.
After being in the store for about 10 minutes, he walked back to the car where my mom and I were waiting, and he was laughing.
He told us that in answer to his question, a local told him he had to go down the road a bit, until he saw the "cowshun lie" and then turn right.
Still laughing, dad said he spent about 5 minutes trying to figure out what the guy was saying. He was then told that it was a blinking yellow light (a caution light) - "cowshun lie" in the local vernacular!
John
When we hit Louisiana my dad got a bit lost, and we stopped at a little grocery store to get directions from some locals. He got out of the car and walked into the store.
After being in the store for about 10 minutes, he walked back to the car where my mom and I were waiting, and he was laughing.
He told us that in answer to his question, a local told him he had to go down the road a bit, until he saw the "cowshun lie" and then turn right.
Still laughing, dad said he spent about 5 minutes trying to figure out what the guy was saying. He was then told that it was a blinking yellow light (a caution light) - "cowshun lie" in the local vernacular!
John
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I believe the word Appalachians is pronounced with all short A’s.
The word ‘n’at means et cetera. A vacuum cleaner is a sweeper.
The word ‘n’at means et cetera. A vacuum cleaner is a sweeper.
DWalt
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People who study such things say there are seven distinct regional dialects in the US, with several sub-dialects in each, such as differences in pronunciation and grammar. I grew up in Southern Ohio, and can recognize anyone who comes from there after hearing them speak just a few words. And have done that many times.
Long ago, I worked with a man who had been a soldier in Hitler’s Wehrmacht. He once told me that there was a serious communication problem in the Army because of great differences in German dialects of soldiers from different parts of Germany. I once had a roommate who was a Cajun from South Louisiana, and he might as well have been speaking Chinese. I could not understand anything that came out of his mouth.
As a result of radio and television regional dialect differences are not nearly as great today as they once were,
Long ago, I worked with a man who had been a soldier in Hitler’s Wehrmacht. He once told me that there was a serious communication problem in the Army because of great differences in German dialects of soldiers from different parts of Germany. I once had a roommate who was a Cajun from South Louisiana, and he might as well have been speaking Chinese. I could not understand anything that came out of his mouth.
As a result of radio and television regional dialect differences are not nearly as great today as they once were,
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