2007-06-17 16:13:47 · 15 answers · asked by basketball_for_alwayz 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
That would be a southern "belle". It means a southern beauty (a beautiful southern woman).
2007-06-17 16:17:51 · answer #1 · answered by obro 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What A Southern Belle Does NOT Do:
Never wear white shoes or carry white handbags before Easter or after Labor Day.
A Southern Belle Never Curses beyond -- Dad-gum-it and Fiddle Dee Dee in public.
Let a gentleman know what she is thinking. If she suspects he may know what she's thinking she must then change her mind.
Take out the trash, mow the lawn or change the oil in the car. Belles simply do not acknowledge these chores exist.
A Southern Belle would never dream of doing something
today that she could think about tomorrow.
A true southern belle never lets the man she's "after"
see her first thing in the morning
Never eat large amounts in public... they only nibble and say that they aren't hungry.
Does not call men on the telephone.
Never sweats.
Never blows her nose in public. In fact she might not EVER blow her nose!
Never has a single gray hair until they're darn ready to have one!
What A Southern Belle Does Do
They use the word "audacity" in everyday conversation
They can chug-a-lug 3 Mint Juleps in one sitting.
They swoon and then faint when a Daddy Long-Legs spider comes within 25 feet of them
The can be in complete control of any given situation and still respond "Why Suh! Whatevah do yuh mean by that?"
Is always soft spoken
Is witty and charming
Is a bit mysterious
Is kind, considerate, and always a lady
Loves being a woman and uses her femininety to the utmost power
They call their father "Big Daddy".
They teach their children to call him "Big Daddy."
Everyone else calls him "Big Daddy".
Keeps the parasol industry in business
Some of the above were inspired by SUNEY'S Page. A great Belle page
2007-06-24 17:56:12 · answer #2 · answered by m_soulliere 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Southern Belle is a girl or woman from the South.
2007-06-18 00:06:59 · answer #3 · answered by Candy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure you have heard of "the belle of the ball": a "southern bell" is along the same line. The woman would ,of course, be from the south. she would be very feminine, but she would also be very strong and able to handle any situation if there were no one else there to do for her. A true lady lets the man handle a situation but as in the Civil War when there was no one else to handle things, the ladies took care of the situations themselves. A true "Southern Belle" can handle anything.
2007-06-17 23:25:35 · answer #4 · answered by Ava 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Southern Bell is (or was, until recently) a telephone company in parts of the south.
2007-06-17 23:24:59 · answer #5 · answered by Rick 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a wonderful term that means a true lady of the south.. soft spoken.. totally feminine.. and completely unashamed of her total dependence on men.. lol
now that sounded catty didn't it.. but for an unmarried girl from the south .. the ultimate goal is to marry well and have a perfect home and children.. in the most classy and costly way.. sheer frivolity
for the mature woman who is married with a home and children.. it means to be completely and totally asorbed with making her family the most comfortable and most sought after for entertaining and such..
she is careful of her speech, commanding in a quiet and thoughtful way... a hands on mother who never gets her hands dirty.. and always looks like she is never not put together
she makes things happen in her world.. and the men leave her to it.. she is a southern bell and will hear of nothing else but caring for visitors and never making them feel unwelcome or in the way.. even if they are.. she is in other words dear friend.. a total fake.. sorry but it is the truth..
2007-06-17 23:23:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
a southern debutante is the way my sister-in-law told me. A young lady who can host a party, smile no matter the mood, always graceful, and somehow can smile as she stabs you in the back kind of thing. I do agree that the belle might have possibly orginated with the french in Louisanna. It sounds as plausible as anything else.
2007-06-17 23:18:46 · answer #7 · answered by debra_fairchild2000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Belle*
It is a typical southern girl, country, beautiful, polite, well-mannered, speaks for herself.
2007-06-17 23:17:32 · answer #8 · answered by TypeA 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is a term used to describe a pretty lady from the south. Same as a Georgia bell.
2007-06-17 23:22:55 · answer #9 · answered by roy40371 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it's belle. belle means beauty or beautiful in french. one from the south is a southern belle. many french in lousiana. maybe it originated there.
2007-06-17 23:16:57 · answer #10 · answered by slkrchck 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋