Members pappyld04 Posted May 29, 2008 Members Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 Southern Drawl Words TranslatedThe Association of Southern Schools has decided to pursue some of the seeminglyendless taxpayer dollar pipeline through Washington designating Southern slang, ory'allbonics, as a language to be taught in all Southern schools. The following are excerpts from the Y'allbonics/English dictionary: HEIDI - (noun) -Greeting. HIRE YEW - Complete sentence. Remainder of greeting. Usage "Heidi, Hire yew?" BARD - (verb) - Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow. "Usage "My brother bard mypickup truck." JAWJUH - (noun) - The State north of Florida. Capitol is Lanner. Usage "My brotherfrom Jawjuh bard my pickup truck." BAMMER - (noun) - The State west of Jawjuh. Capitol is Berminhayum. Usage "Atornader jes went through Bammer an' left $20,000,000 in improvements." MUNTS - (noun) - A calendar division. Usage "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickuptruck, and I ain't herd from him in munts." THANK - (verb) - Cognitive process. Usage "Ah thank ah'll have a bare." BARE - (noun) - An alcoholic beverage made of barley, hops, and yeast. Usage "Ahthank ah'll have a bare." IGNERT - (adjective) - Not smart. See "Arkansas native." Usage "Them bammer boyssure are ignert!" RANCH - (noun) - A tool used for tight'nin' bolts. Usage "I thank I left my ranch inthe back of that pickup truck my brother from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago." ALL - (noun) - A petroleum-based lubricant. Usage "I sure hope my brother fromJawjuh puts all in my pickup truck." FAR - (noun) - A conflagration. Usage "If my brother from Jawjuh don't change theall in my pickup truck, that thing's gonna catch far." TAR - (noun) - A rubber wheel. Usage "Gee, I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuhdon't git a flat tar in my pickup truck." TIRE - (noun) - A tall monument. Usage "Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, Isure do hope to see that Eiffel Tire in Paris sometime." RETARD - (verb) - To stop working. Usage "My grampaw retard at age 65." FAT - (noun), (verb) -- a battle or combat; to engage in battle or combat. Usage"You younguns keep fat'n, n' ah'm gonna whup y'uh." RATS - (noun) - Entitled power or privilege. Usage "We Southerners are willin' tofat for are rats." CHEER - (adverb) In this place. Usage "Just set that bare rat cheer." FARN - (adjective) - Not domestic. Usage "I cuddint unnerstand a wurd he sed ...must be from some farn country." DID - (adjective) - Not alive. Usage "He's did, Jim." ARE - (noun) - A colorless, odorless gas Oxygen. Usage "He cain't breathe...give 'imsome ARE!" BOB WAR - (noun) - A sharp, twisted cable. Usage "Boy, stay away from that bob warfence." JEW HERE - (noun) and (verb) contraction. Usage "Jew here that my brother fromJawjuh got a job with that bob war fence cump'ny?" HAZE - a contraction. Usage "Is Bubba smart?" "Nah...haze ignert. He ain't thankedbut a minnit'n 'is laf." SEED - (verb) -- past tense of "to see". VIEW - contraction (verb) and pronoun. Usage "I ain't never seed New York City ...view?" GUBMINT - (noun) - A bureaucratic institution. Usage "Them gubmint boys shore isignert." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cmwise1 Posted May 29, 2008 Members Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 Since I live in NC and have had ample opportunity to jaw wit maw nayburz, I would have to say it's all true. Except most Southerners are transplanted northerners!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ToyQueen Posted May 29, 2008 Members Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 lmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members toohotcatmom Posted May 29, 2008 Members Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 Being that I'm a born GRITS (girl raised in the south)....yep - them r the correct pronunciations....I do declare - yes saw ree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hollybw Posted May 30, 2008 Members Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Shit... Amost alla des sound famiyar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members pappyld04 Posted May 30, 2008 Author Members Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 HEY, HEY, HEY, are you makin fun of us southern folk!! Fer tha northin folk what transplanted.... put yo heart in Dixie or git yo ass out! Absolutely not! I R a West Coast transplant but been around this here drawl since I was knee high to a grasshopper! Just trying to help them there Yanks! Excuse me I have to go check the earl for mama! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Review Team TonboMidori Posted June 2, 2008 Review Team Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 What did you do, interview all my relatives? If most Southerners nowadays are transplanted Northerners, then where did all the real Southerners go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ManofHerdreams Posted June 2, 2008 Members Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 What did you do, interview all my relatives? If most Southerners nowadays are transplanted Northerners, then where did all the real Southerners go?Were rite cher. Since us true born in the south folks don't cotton much to stangers we don't have many folks to talk to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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