What is the most Southern thing to say?

What is the most Southern phrase?

What's a Southern saying?

“'Til the Cows Come Home”

A Southerner knows that if you're going to do or talk about something till the cows come home, it's going to take all day. – “They'll be arguing about this till the cows come home.”

How do you say hello in the South?

Howdy. This is a Southern way to say hello.

What do Southerners say weird?

Words Southerners Say Weird

caint - can't (I caint do that.) fitt'in - fixing to, about to (I'm fitt'in to buy one.) fitty - fifty (Can I borrow fitty cents?) i'moan - I am going to (I'moan go to that game.)

Southern Sayings

How do Southerners say pretty?

What is a Southern accent called?

The Southern American English drawl, or "Southern drawl," involves vowel diphthongization of the front pure vowels, or the "prolongation of the most heavily stressed syllables, with the corresponding weakening of the less stressed ones, so that there is an illusion of slowness even though the tempo may be fast."

What Southerners say when it's hot?

This one's gonna be a scorcher. You could fry an egg on the sidewalk. You could fry an egg on the hood of that car.

How do Southerners say goodbye?

How do Southerners say sugar?

I should also note that we rarely use “r's.” Sugah for sugar, suppah for supper. We also don't pronounce “t's” and almost never use “g's” at the ending of words. Southerners say Adlanna for Atlanta. We also say puddin' and lookin'.

What are some old phrases?

What Southerners say when its cold?

Cold enough to freeze the teats off a frog: 15-05 degrees F. This saying is just silly, of course. Everyone knows frogs can't nurse while hibernating. 5.

Is yall a southern thing?

Y'all is the main second-person plural pronoun in Southern American English, with which it is most frequently associated, though it also appears in some other English varieties, including African-American English and South African Indian English.

Is Buggy a Southern word?

Buggy. Those precious Yanks might think "buggies" are irrelevant for anyone who doesn't have a baby or use a horse for transportation. Not so in the South, though! This is just southern slang for a shopping cart.

What is the saying hotter than a?

'Hotter than a fire hydrant chasing a dog,' and 85 more ways to say it's hot.

How do you say it's really hot outside?

What is a Southern twang?

This term refers to the tendency (usually among American Southern accents) to turn a monophthong (a single sound) into a diphthong or tripthong (i.e. multiple vowel sounds).

Do Southerners talk slow?

One of the most commonly held assumptions about American accents is one with arguably negative connotations. That would be the pernicious rumor that Southern people speak 'slower' than Northerners. I put this assumption in quotation marks, of course, because it is very likely untrue.

Are Southerners flirtatious?

Southerners as a people are raised to have manners, to respect others, to respect ourselves, to take chances and that you catch more flies with honey. So, naturally, the ability to flirt is somewhat ingrained in our culture. Shoot, flirting may as well have been invented in the South.

How do you compliment a Southern man?

What do Southern People call friends?

In the South you can just call them Bud. Saying, "Hey, how are you, Bud?" sounds casual and friendly—and unlikely to insult the person whose name you just can't recall. Bud is short for Buddy or brother.