Southern English

[jinman]

"get shut of"

"She needs to get shut of that man!"

Similar to DaveR's post, I grew hearing "get shed of" as meaning to get rid of something. I thought it was them saying another word, but I was quickly corrected when I used the other 4-letter s-word.

 

[crash325]

Talking too fast!!!! Seems most people on TV news shows talk way to fast. Sure hard to understand at times. And so many females with a gravel Gurti voice.

When I get speed talking on the PH I tell them "I'm old & my ears hear slow, - Slow down.) Some rattle off PH # so fast its like one word & they expect you to write it down.

Most of these folks are from the NYC & DC area.

 

[smstonypoint]

That seems to be accurate, at least for my state. We called it "pop" or "coke", unless we were eating a Moon Pie, and then it was an "R.C. Cola".

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It used to be pronounced "R O C Cola" in NC.

Robert Cook Edwards was the President of Clemson University when I arrived there in 1977. He and wife, Louise, were loved by the students and were affectionately known as "R.C. and Moonpie." Students now sponsor an annual "R.C. and Moonpie Downhill Run" in their honor.

Downhill Mile runners race straight to the ESSO Club (a local tavern of some renown). Recreational Downhill runners run half the course, chug an RC Cola and eat a Moonpie, and then run the last half of the race.


Steve

 

[PMA]

What do y'all call a water hose or a hose pipe?

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[Bird]

Jim, I had the misfortune of spending a New Years Eve in a hospital several years ago, and the dinner tray that night included a long stemmed (plastic) champagne glass and a bottle of Perrier. I was happy for the opportunity to try it, since I'd only heard of it, and I was even happier that I hadn't paid good money for it. Needless to say, I've never tasted any since.

I was probably about 12 years old when I was walking down an alley in Ardmore, OK, early one morning and the back door to the R.C. Cola bottling plant was open and I asked an employee just inside the door if I could come in and watch what they were doing. He said I could, and I only watched a few minutes. And after seeing how filthy that place was . . . . well, I've still never drank an R.C. Cola.

 

[/pine]

What do y'all call a water hose or a hose pipe?

Years ago a siphon hose was commonly referred to as a "Georgia Credit Card"

 

[bcp]

And do you fasten that hose to a bib, hydrant, or a faucet?

Bruce

 

[bandaidmd]

the bib is the adapter that screws into the spigot

 

[DT86]

And do you fasten that hose to a bib, hydrant, or a faucet? Bruce

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A faucet is mounted to a sink.

A spigot is on the side of your house.

A hydrant is what a fire truck uses or one of the vertical frost free kinds of spigots you use at the barn.

 

[/pine]

A spigot is on the side of your house.

AKA "hose bibb"

 

[smstonypoint]

Jim, I had the misfortune of spending a New Years Eve in a hospital several years ago, and the dinner tray that night included a long stemmed (plastic) champagne glass and a bottle of Perrier. I was happy for the opportunity to try it, since I'd only heard of it, and I was even happier that I hadn't paid good money for it.

Bird, you may not have paid good money directly, but I bet your insurance company did.

Steve

 

[DT86]

Bird, you may not have paid good money directly, but I bet your insurance company did. Steve

Having spent time in the hospital myself with no insurance, yes you can bet someone did pay. I swear they list every last Q-Tip and Kleenex on the bill. And they're not even the good ones!

 

[VonD]

"Drunker'n Cooter Brown"

"revenuers"

Chiggers

Haint

Round tuit

BLABSH (Built Like A Brick Sh_t House) -On the topic there's the "two seater" that had alternate use for corn cobs

"Chitlins" that's a food group

"Ole Bessie" - multiple forms of transportation

"Glory Be" a multi-use expression of surprise, adoration, and realized expectation.

"Buffalo Rock" - only had it in North Alabama and it was spicy sarsaparilla cola

Tobacco will sooth a bee sting
Pork fat will draw out a deep splinter
fresh sassafras tea will darn near cure the common cold
Vaporub on a cigarette will get the congestion out (I hated that as a kid but it worked - also educates you not to smoke at an early age!)
squirrel does taste good if your granny cooks it, so does rabbit and dumplins
...and there ain't nothin' better'n fresh blackberry cobbler with hand churned vanilla ice cream

 

[PMA]

And do you fasten that hose to a bib, hydrant, or a faucet? Bruce

Spigot

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[Bird]

Bird, you may not have paid good money directly, but I bet your insurance company did.

Steve

Of course, you're right. I doubt that they itemized and listed it on any bills, but it was part of the meal. And yes, I did have insurance.

 

[Bob77064]

Spigot

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My BIL calls any faucet or hosebib a spigot.

 

[PMA]

Do y'all say over there, over yonder or over yonder way?

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[jinman]

My BIL calls any faucet or hosebib a spigot.

Don't forget tap, as in tap water.

 

[Bob77064]

Do y'all say over there, over yonder or over yonder way?

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I say over there, some here say over yonder.

 

[Bob77064]

Don't forget tap, as in tap water.

He would still say say spigot.