Southern English

[k0ua]

My mil is old school Va and there hardly a time were together that some new to me old time phrase comes out, my bil and I have talked about writing a book. lol

Does anyone ever use the term "foot accelerator" ? she and my wife do.lol

I havent heard this in a while, but old timers around here called it the "foot feed". I guess on older cars was there also a hand throttle?

 

[Soggy Bottom Outdoors]

Shake like a hound passing peach pits.

 

[bandaidmd]

I havent heard this in a while, but old timers around here called it the "foot feed". I guess on older cars was there also a hand throttle?

I also think that was the origin as the early cars had hand throttles.

 

[bandaidmd]

I'm 50 miles east of "warshington" DC

 

[Bwana64]

I took your vocabulary test. 90% dixie and it asked if General Lee was my grandfather!

 

[Alan L.]

Dumb as a post

 

[bandaidmd]

I took your vocabulary test. 90% dixie and it asked if General Lee was my grandfather!

General Lee was my wifes cousin, true story!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Any of you ever drink any "bluejohn" milk? Or milk that was a little bit "blinky"?

 

[k0ua]

Any of you ever drink any "bluejohn" milk? Or milk that was a little bit "blinky"?

Yep to both.

 

[Daver1963]

Here's a fun little test that's in the spirit of this thread.

Are You a Yankee or a Rebel? - alphaDictionary * Southern Accent Test

If you google rebel or a Yankee test there are several that come up and if you answer honestly they usually are pretty close as to where you grew up .

My results usually come up about 55% dixie and since I'm about 50 miles south of the Mason Dixon line that's pretty darn close.

Mine came up 85% Dixie. Wanted to know if I still used Confederate money.

 

[Daver1963]

LIKE - as in don't have enough or need some more

"like $14 having 27 cents."

 

[milkman]

Since it's got cold here, I need to get out my long handles. The corn we ate for breakfast was flake hominy, can't find that anymore.

 

[buickanddeere]

I havent heard this in a while, but old timers around here called it the "foot feed". I guess on older cars was there also a hand throttle?

"foot feed" used to be heard in Southern Ontario .

 

[Gary Fowler]

Here's a fun little test that's in the spirit of this thread.

Are You a Yankee or a Rebel? - alphaDictionary * Southern Accent Test

If you google rebel or a Yankee test there are several that come up and if you answer honestly they usually are pretty close as to where you grew up .

My results usually come up about 55% dixie and since I'm about 50 miles south of the Mason Dixon line that's pretty darn close.

Mine said 100% Dixie. Is General Lee your grandfather?

 

[QRTRHRS]

Having grown up in PA where per the History Channel there are five regional dialects (not to mention PA German, etc.) along with living in and traveling in several states and countries, let me say this. For me, the people here in KY are so soft spoken that my biggest problem is that I just plain cannot hear them. Maybe it's just my "artillary ears" and having spent to much time around big mouths, lol!

 

[Jim Shooz]

68 percent Dixie here, according to this test.

61% Dixie here.

And I only transited through The States (2 days) on the way to London

 

[farmer2009]

94% Dixie here.

SBO how bad did it get for you? We had about 1/4" of ice and 1/2" of sleet.

 

[Stick895]

My Dad used to say "I'll put a knot on your head that a calf could suck".

I will steal this one!

 

[Soundguy]

77% Dixie. Your neck must be a just little rosy!