Please explain Southern-style communication to a clueless Yankee

[Anonymous]

Freeman wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess I am a Southerner?? Texan here, and when referring to the geographic area, I prefer to say Texan vs South or Southerner, etc.

Yep, Texan is definitely different from Southern. Of course, I grew up in south Alabama, and we didn't think those idiots in north Alabama really qualified as Southerners either. And don't even get me started on Florida...

Tennessee here- Just have to say, Amen on Florida!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh?

Anonymous wrote:

Realy, OP, you are an idiot. I have lived all over the world and I have never encountered such rude, inconsiderate, thoughtless, comments of DCUM posters, who think, they are so wonderful and without fault. No one can help to whom, or in what geographical area, they are born. I hope you will profit by the below quote Of Sachiel Page. Your post brands you as a common, ignorant bigot.

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common."
Satchel Paige

She had to get that off her chest. Bless her heart.

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[Anonymous]

This is so funny. I have lived in both North and Southern U.S. and I find Northeners FAR more polite. I suppose the directness is preferable to passive aggressive by most.

[Anonymous]

11:32 - THIS.

How does a Northern or NORMAL person manage all the backstabbing high school BS? Say what you mean and mean what you say. Isn't it rather uneducated and classless otherwise?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Freeman wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess I am a Southerner?? Texan here, and when referring to the geographic area, I prefer to say Texan vs South or Southerner, etc.

Yep, Texan is definitely different from Southern. Of course, I grew up in south Alabama, and we didn't think those idiots in north Alabama really qualified as Southerners either. And don't even get me started on Florida...

Tennessee here- Just have to say, Amen on Florida!

Geography according to a Southerner:

Florida doesn't count. It's an annex of the North.
Texas doesn't count either. It counts more than Florida, but really, it's just its own entity and should be treated as such. Texas is basically just its own distinct region.
Virginia as the south is pushing it; NoVa does NOT count. I'd say Richmond is as high north as you can get and still be considered "South."
Rednecks live in such places as Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Mississippi. In Louisiana, you have swamp trash. In Tennessee and Kentucky and North Carolina, you have hillbillies. They're all very distinct groups, so please get your pejoratives correct when you use them!
Missouri is the Midwest, not the South, do not make us laugh. Same with Indiana. I don't care if that shit borders Kentucky; Kentucky barely gets a pass itself. If you are from Indiana, you are a Midwesterner.

[Anonymous]

Northerners do not distinguish southerners. If you are rude, you are rude. it doesn't take much to figure out someone is a backstabbing bitch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never understand why mid-atlantic folk think they are Southern.....

See, that's what I am saying! The north won't claim us either. The fact is that we're a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll. In fact, many of us have ancestors who migrated here from both directions. I am a product of Virginia stock. Is Virginia (not NoVa) not Southern?

I apperciate the fact that you realize that NoVa is not Southern. People from up North don't understand that and think all of Virginia is "The South".

Yes, Lee Highway and the Custis memorial throw us off. Also the racism, gun ranges, and truck nuts. We're slow that way.

[Anonymous]

15:27 - BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.......

I think the Virginians need to learn more history than their version of the Civil War (sorry "war of northern aggression"...snicker.....)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Bless her heart" also allows you to say really mean shit about people.

Ex: "That girl is just so ugly, bless her heart". You're excused because you said it in a sickly sweet voice, too.


I'm from Tennessee, and went to college in Georgia. PP had it right, watch GCB, you'll get it.

Northerner's do this they just say "I love her to death, but...."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Bless her heart" also allows you to say really mean shit about people.

Ex: "That girl is just so ugly, bless her heart". You're excused because you said it in a sickly sweet voice, too.


I'm from Tennessee, and went to college in Georgia. PP had it right, watch GCB, you'll get it.

Northerner's do this they just say "I love her to death, but...."

This is true!!! In New York we say, "That's my heart but....."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Bless her heart" also allows you to say really mean shit about people.

Ex: "That girl is just so ugly, bless her heart". You're excused because you said it in a sickly sweet voice, too.


I'm from Tennessee, and went to college in Georgia. PP had it right, watch GCB, you'll get it.

Northerner's do this they just say "I love her to death, but...."

This is true!!! In New York we say, "That's my heart but....."

Wow, I've never heard this one before! If someone were to say that to me, I'd be confused!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Freeman wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess I am a Southerner?? Texan here, and when referring to the geographic area, I prefer to say Texan vs South or Southerner, etc.

Yep, Texan is definitely different from Southern. Of course, I grew up in south Alabama, and we didn't think those idiots in north Alabama really qualified as Southerners either. And don't even get me started on Florida...

Tennessee here- Just have to say, Amen on Florida!

Geography according to a Southerner:

Florida doesn't count. It's an annex of the North.
Texas doesn't count either. It counts more than Florida, but really, it's just its own entity and should be treated as such. Texas is basically just its own distinct region.
Virginia as the south is pushing it; NoVa does NOT count. I'd say Richmond is as high north as you can get and still be considered "South."
Rednecks live in such places as Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Mississippi. In Louisiana, you have swamp trash. In Tennessee and Kentucky and North Carolina, you have hillbillies. They're all very distinct groups, so please get your pejoratives correct when you use them!
Missouri is the Midwest, not the South, do not make us laugh. Same with Indiana. I don't care if that shit borders Kentucky; Kentucky barely gets a pass itself. If you are from Indiana, you are a Midwesterner.

St. Louis and Kansas City are Midwestern. Northern Missouri is Midwestern. Southern Missouri is the South, though. It's as Southern as TN or Arkansas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Bless her heart" also allows you to say really mean shit about people.

Ex: "That girl is just so ugly, bless her heart". You're excused because you said it in a sickly sweet voice, too.


I'm from Tennessee, and went to college in Georgia. PP had it right, watch GCB, you'll get it.

Northerner's do this they just say "I love her to death, but...."

This is true!!! In New York we say, "That's my heart but....."

Wow, I've never heard this one before! If someone were to say that to me, I'd be confused!

We say this is in the "outer boroughs", lol. They also say "Not for nothing but.... [insert insult] as in "Not for nothing, but she really isn't that cute." It is meant to convey that the speaker isn't saying it just for the sake of being mean spirited but that the observation needs to be made (speaker is almost forced to make the observation) since it is relevant to the topic on hand. The heart comment would go something like "That's my heart but ... she needs to give me back my money (Or) she's been acting crazy lately"

[Anonymous]

Where it's from it's "That's my girl/boy/gender neutral descriptor, but....."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm always amused when my Southern friends shake their heads and say things like, "Oh, she's from xxx neighborhood in Charleston. But she didn't go to xxxx school. I don't KNOW her. . . ."

In other words, the person is not in the same "class" as them - and they are not interested in ever knowing her.

The other code word is "lovely," with lots of emphasis. So-and-so's mother is LOVELY - meaning she's filthy rich. Or xxx's house is LOVELY - meaning it's huge, traditional, and decorated with a lot of chintz. Pastels of all the kids hang on the walls. Lots of pale yellow.

PP, you forgot, "Who ARE your parents?" And, "How long have YOU been in [X town]."