WHAT ARE SOME WORDS THAT SOUTHERN PEOPLE SAY THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROm NORTHERN PEOPLE?

Question

FOR EXAMPLE:
SOUTHERN PEOPLE SAY YA'LL
NORTHERN PEOPLE SAY YOU ALL

Answer 1

Coke vs. soda
Freeway, access road, frontage road
Water fountain vs. drinking fountain

google "yankee dixie test," and you'll find a quiz that has a good listing of Southern vs. Northern vs. Midwest vs. Northeastern sayings

(I'm Southern and have never said 'y'all' in my life.)

Answer 2

Jeff Foxworthy: Has a red neck dictionary that is hilarious.
If your mother drinks ice tea from a quart jar, your a redneck.
You can go over yonder,
a hollar is a canyon, a dip is a causeway, a brook is a river and a branch is where the river goes.
Folks means family or parents or anyone related to you.
He is just a hoop and a hollar away. Or down the road a piece.
As the crow flys means the quickest way to your destination.
That man is orneryer than a junk yard dog.
She is just as cute as a speckled pup.
They tore into him like a monkey with a cup cake.

Answer 3

Southern-soda
Northern-pop

Answer 4

I am from the south, but I don't call my soda soda or pop. I just call it drink and so do my cohorts. Another thing I like saying is "there ain't no sucha dunnit" which in essence means there is no such thing. Then the one that really gets people is when we say we are "fixin" to do something instead of we are going to do something.When someone doesn't get along with someone else we sometimes say that those two don't "gee haw." There are many more things that we say I just can't think of all of them right this minute.

Answer 5

When southern people order a soft drink they say soda or if they are really southern they will call it a coke, even if it is a sprite. People from the midwest call a soft drink pop.

Answer 6

In the South, there are three meals of the day: Breakfast, Dinner, and Supper. The big meal of the day is "dinner," usually in the middle of the day. I have known very few Southerners who use the term "lunch."

Also, Southerners say "Bless his heart" a lot, as a sort of left-handed compliment after an insult. For example: "He's just an ugly little retard, bless his heart!" As though "bless his heart" in some way excuses one from insulting another!

Answer 7

Northern - shoes
southern - runners

northern - eh
southern - yall

northen - have bags of milk
southern - have jugs of milk

Answer 8

Well im from Alambama so im pretty country but i know northerners say water differentley

Answer 9

I;m from Texas and everytime I go to another state it confuses people when I say "I'm fixin to" instead of "I'm going to" They also laugh at the way I say oil and any words with an I in them like "nine"

Answer 10

Ain't
Pronunciation: 'Ant
Etymology: contraction of are not
Date: 1778
1 : am not : are not : is not
2 : have not : has not
3 : do not : does not : did not -- used in some varieties of Black English


Air-Up
Function: Verb
To pressurize or inflate. Example: "Air-up your car tires before you go on a long trip."

A larking
Function: Verbal phrase
Originates from the word "lark" which means to engage in harmless fun or mischief. To go a larking means to play a prank or joke on someone.

All y'all
Etymology: Intensive form of y'all
This usage states "you all" more emphatically. For example, saying "I know y'all," would mean that one knows a group of people; saying, "I know all y'all" would mean that one knows the members of the group individually.

Arkansas toothpick
Function: Noun
A large knife.

Arkansawyer, Arkansan, Arkie
Function: Adjective or noun
1: A resident or native of Arkansas.
2: Referring to a resident or native of Arkansas.

Bowed Up
Function: Colloquialism
Marked by impatience or ill humor . Refers to the way a snake bows up his head before he strikes.

Bread Basket
Function: Colloquialism
Stomach.

Cattywampus
Function: Adjective
Askew. Example: The storm knocked the boat cattywampus and it started to take on water.

Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
Function: Colloquialism
A person capable of doing many things.

Darn tootin'
Function: Colloquialism
For sure. Correct. "You're darn tootin', that is oil."

Egg on
Function: Verbal phrase
To urge to do something. Example: "He only did it because the crowd egged him on."

Figure
Function: Verb
To calculate, consider, conclude or decide. Example: "He hadn't figured on winning the lottery."

Fit As A Fiddle
Function: Colloquialism
In good shape, healthy.

Fit to be tied
Function: Colloquialism
Angry.

Fixin'
Function: Verb
To get set : be on the verge Example: We're fixin' to leave soon.
Function: Noun
Customary accompaniments. Example: We had a turkey dinner with all the fixins.

Frog Gig
Function: Noun
A pole used to spear frogs for cooking.
Function: Verb
The act of hunting frogs for meat. Often called "frog gigging."