I am putting together some of the old sayings I heard as a child in Alabama. If anyone remembers those they heard and want to share it will be appreciated! Or if they know of a site i can go too for them!
2007-08-23 09:22:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Now, girls, don't be ugly!
2007-08-23 09:33:31 · answer #1 · answered by Pinyon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best Southern Sayings
2016-11-14 04:44:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Author Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908. Title The favorite Uncle Remus; illus. by A. B. Frost. Selected, arr. & ed. by George Van Santvoord and Archibald C. Coolidge. Publisher [Boston] Houghton Mifflin Co., 1948. Description vii, 310 p. illus. 24 cm. Contents Some goes up and some goes down -- Brer Rabbit gets a house -- Why Brer Rabbit is bob-tailed -- Brer Fox shingles his roof -- Cousin! Cousin! -- Money mint -- Little Mr. Cricket -- Why Miss Goose roosts high -- Laughing place -- Wonderful Tar-Baby -- Briar patch -- Saddle and bridle -- Fox atter 'im, Buzzard atter 'im -- Eleven more licks -- Miss Cow and the persimmon tree -- Stinkin' Jim -- Jack Sparrow -- Old Hardshell -- Brer Tarrypin learns to fly -- Take up the slack -- Lounging 'round and suffering -- Brer Coon and the frogs -- Brer Rabbit raises a dust -- Brer Mink holds his breath -- Mr. Dog's new shoes -- Brer Buzzard's gold mine -- Moon in the mill pond -- All the grapes in the neighborhood -- Wahoo -- Mud and water do the work -- Creetur with no claws -- Mr. Benjamin Ram -- Heyo, house! -- Brer Rabbit loses his luck -- Trouble in the Fox family -- Just one 'simmon more -- Agin the law -- Bag in the corner -- Gizzard-Eater -- Bear hunt -- Billy Malone -- Brer Rabbit save his meat -- Old man Hunter from Huntsville -- Mr. Smarty -- Dollar a minute -- Ingle-Go-Jang -- Brer Rabbit gets a licking -- Brer Fox holds the horse -- Most ticklish chap -- Who nibbled up the butter? -- Little rabbits -- Fresher the better -- Brer Buzzard and the tombstone -- Why Mr. Dog is tame -- End of Brer B'ar -- Brer Wolf says grace -- Awful fate of Brer Wolf -- Bookay -- Why Craney-crow flies fast -- Brer Fox follows the fashion. Addt'l author Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928. Van Santvoord, George, 1819-1863. Addt'l title Uncle Remus.
2016-05-21 01:26:24 · answer #3 · answered by joana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, AI'll be (Well, I will be - my PawPaws favorite)
Yor achin' for a breakin'
I liked to killed myself
Ya'll come back now, ya hear?
Just throw me in a chair and call me a sack of potatoes
Yall youngens better get in this cher house and eat supper for i get a switchin to yuns
It's hotter'n a fresh-fried-fox in a forest far
Ya' make yer bed, yer gonna' lie in it
That girls dummer an an toad sittn on a bulfrog
It's hotter than a possum makin love in a whool sock
That beats a hen a-rootin' on a rock pile
2007-08-23 09:38:10 · answer #4 · answered by JMFS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neater than a mosquiters tweeter.
Cow droppin's are called "Sunbaked cakes"
So ugly she had to sneak up on the dipper to get a drink.
Not the sharpest tool in the shed
2007-08-23 09:35:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's some phrases and words and their meanings.
Clodhopper- Heavy work shoes. These steel toed boots sure are clodhoppers!
Dixie- CSA, the South. Welcome to Dixie!
Fixin’ to- About to. I am fixin’ to make myself something for supper.
Hold your horses- Be Patient. Hold your horses and let me finish telling you what I was trying to.
Laid Up- Resting, Unable to work. I’m laid up in the shade reading a book.
Much Obliged- Thank you, hope to return the favor. I’d be much obliged if you’d reply to my letter.
Reckon- to think, to perceive. I reckon I best get going.
Sorry- Worthless and lazy. Sometimes I reckon my sorry computer is a piece of junk.
Y’all – You all, two or more people. Y’all best read this!
Folks- People. You folks just don’t get it.
Awfullest –The Worst. That was the awfullest storm I’ve ever seen!
Cause- “cawse”, short for because. Cause I said so, that’s why.
Contrary- Obstinate. Sometimes you can be so contrary.
Directly- Soon. I’ll get to you directly.
Fetchin- Attractive. That’s a very fetchin outfit.
Hush up –Shut up. You best hush up.
Kin- Family, related to. I have some kin up North.
Supper- The evening meal. What would you like for supper?
Tore up- Distraught, very upset. My dear friend was very tore up over what happened.
Tuckered Out –Very Tired. All this work done tuckered me out.
Over Yonder—Over there. Over yonder is the rail road station.
Awfully—Very That is awfully sweet of you to have sent me such a nice letter.
Kain’t—A contraction of cannot but pronounced with a hard k sound. I kain’t stop!
Critter—Creature. You kain’t walk threw the woods without seeing lots of critters!
Damnyankee- City slickers from the North. Chris is a damnyankee, but he's my good friend!
Fetch—go, get, and bring back. I am going to fetch me a drink, you want something?
Fixins—Good food, trimmings, what is needed to prepare a dish. It was a good meal, with all the fixins.
Haint—Evil Ghosts. Ain’t no haint going to drive me off!
Pitch a hissy fit—to loose one’s temper. You best not pitch a hissy fit.
Hoochie-Coochie---*grins*
Hot Damn—An especial damn. Hot Damn, that’s a good deal!
If’n—A variation of “If” If’n I do this, will you leave me be?
Kick up a ruckus—Cause a commotion. I think you just want to kick up a ruckus!
Might Could--- Might be able to. I might could do that, sure.
Mighty—Very. That was a mighty nice thing to do.
Nigh on—Nearly, approaching. Its nigh on midnight.
Parts—Region, area. Around these parts, no one has the same birthday as me.
Pick on—To pester or harass someone in particular. I just like to pick on you is all.
Possum—Opossum. Damn possums, I keep tripping over them.
Recollect—Remember. I can recollect a time when all seemed right in the world.
Spell—Awhile, a stretch if time. I reckon you best sit down a spell.
The Sticks--- Far from civilization, way out in the backwoods. I live out in the sticks.
Story--- A tale, a lie. Fiction. Well, you asked me to tell you a story about fishing.
Still---Distillery. I got a moonshine still out in the woods.
Tarnation—A substitute for damnation. What in tarnation is that?
Tater—A potato. I cooked me up a mess of taters for supper.
Touched—“tetched” not all quite there, crazy, insane. I think that man is a bit touched.
Uppin--- to do something suddenly or unexpectedly. I can’t believe you just uppin vanished.
Upside—On the side of. I am going to knock you upside the head.
Vittles—Anything worth eating. Come here and eat these vittles!
Right—Quite, fairly, really. I am right tired of these here nonsense.
Proud—Happy, well pleased. I am real proud to meet y’all.
Like—Nearly. I like to had an heart attack!
Aw shucks—Damn. Aw shucks, you didn’t have to do that.
Mess—A bunch, a lot of. I am going to fix up a mess of grits.
Bless your heart---something you say when you think a person is acting foolishly. Why bless her heart, she meant well!
Cotton Pickin—used in the same tone and as a substitute for “Goddamn”. Now wait just a cotton pickin minute!
Hard up—Lacking something. He was hard up for money.
Tearin it up—Doing something good. Man, you’re really tearin it up out there.
Lick of sense—Common sense. If you had a lick of sense, you’d do what I told you.
Peaked- Pale, sickly. You look a might bit peaked.
Smarts—Hurts. Damn, that really smarts!
Terrapin—Land Turtle. I had a Terrapin for supper one day
Cipher—Count. You are mighty good at ciphering.
T’aint—There isn’t. T’aint no body here.
Colorful Sayins.
He doesn't know his *** from a hole in the ground.
He was grinnin' like a possum eatin' briars.
If you do that again, I'm gonna pretend like your *** is grass, and I'm a power lawn mower.
There were so many people in that place, you couldn't stir 'em with a stick.
He's as country as a bowl of grits.
If my dog was ugly as you, I'd shave his *** and make him walk backwards."
2007-08-26 17:33:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've known him since the earth cooled.
I've got more of those than Carter's got liver pills.
2007-08-23 15:12:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
tarnation ya'll, I'm so hungry I could eat the a**-end out of a skunk!
2007-08-26 17:49:43 · answer #8 · answered by Dragons Slayer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Well, foot"!
"In a coons age"
"Hold your horses"
"I'll be there directly"
"Old as dirt"
"Doggonit"
"I swauny"
2007-08-26 16:51:26 · answer #9 · answered by Stacy K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"i reckon" "hollar""yall"
2007-08-23 09:31:03 · answer #10 · answered by curvy_chick000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋