Southern Women

[asirimarco]

SOUTHERN WOMEN
Southern women appreciate their natural assets:
Clean skin.
A winning smile.
That unforgettable Southern drawl.

Southern women know their manners:
'Yes, ma'am.'
'Yes, sir.'
'Why, no, Billy!'

Southern women have a distinct way with fond expressions :
'Y'all come back!'
'Well, bless your heart.'
'Drop by when you can.'
'How's your Momma?'

Southern women know their summer weather report:
Humidity
Humidity
Humidity

Southern women know their va cation spots:
The beach
The rivuh
The crick

Southern women know the joys of June, July, and August:
Colorful hi-heel sandals
Strapless sun dresses
Iced sweet tea with mint

Southern women know everybody's first name:
Honey
Darlin'
Shugah

Southern women know the movies that speak to their hearts:
Fried Green Tomatoes
Driving Miss Daisy
Steel Magnolias
Gone With The Wind

Southern women know their religions:
Baptist
Methodist
Football

Southern women know their country breakfasts:
Red-eye gravy
Grits
Eggs
Country ham
Mouth-watering homemade biscuits with momma's homemade jelly

Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
Chawl'stn
S'vanah
Foat Wuth
N'awlins
Addlanna

Southern women know their elegant gentlemen:
Men in uniform.
Men in tuxedos
Rhett Butler

Southern girls know their prime real estate:
The Mall
The Country Club
The Beauty Salon

Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:
Having bad hair and nails
Having bad manners
Cooking bad food&n bsp;

More Suthen-ism's:
Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't 'HAVE' them, you 'PITCH' them.

Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up 'a mess.'

Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of 'yonder.

Only a Southerner knows exactly how long 'directly' is, as in: 'Going to town, be back directly.

Even Southern babies know that 'Gimme some sugar' is not a request for the white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table.

All Southerners know exactly when 'by and by' is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well

Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana pudd

Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference
Between 'right near' and 'a right far piece.' They also know that 'just down the road' can be 1 mile or 20

Only a Southerner, both knows and understands, the difference between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and Po white trash._____

No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.

A Southerner knows that 'fixin' can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.
Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, .. And when we're 'in line,' . We talk to everybody!

Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage

In the South, y'all is singular, all y'all is plural

Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them

Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food

When you hear some one say, 'Well, I caught myself lookin',' you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!

Only true Southerners say 'sweet tea' and 'sweet milk.' Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our tea unsweetened. 'Sweet milk' means you don't want buttermilk

And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say,'Bless her heart' ... And go your own way

To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness: Take two tent revivals and a dose of Sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your heart
And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff, .. bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language!

And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls front porch that reads 'I ain't from the South, but I got here as fast as I could.'

Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fahevah !

Now...... Shugah, send this to someone who was raised in The South or wish they had been!

If you're a Northern transplant, Bless your little heart, fake it. We know you got here as fast as you could.

[Sunseeker]

OMG so true! I'm a transplanted yankee, been here in the south over 6 years now. I call it HOME! I was geographically switched at birth, I believe

Nothin' like red beans and rice or jambalaya to get my heart a pumpin'. And the only thing flows more sweet than a southern drawl here in NW Louisiana (near TX border) is a sea-full of cowboy hats as those gentlemen swing their gals on the dance floor to a lively two-step!! What a sight

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[Fernie]

When my pastor's wife passed away a year and a half ago, Pastor Jim had the minister who preached her funeral fill in on Sunday Morning. He made a statement I thought was soo cute and I adopted it!! "I was born in the North but got here fast as I could". You would have thought he was born and raised in the south. The minister who did the graveside service at Sherri's funeral also introduced me to a new "southern" word----yr'll----the plural of ya'll!!! I like to lost it then and there!! Bad me!! Sherri would have loved it. She was born and raised in Colorado and moved to Tn. in the early 80's!!! She was only 56!!

[NakedPupsAndMe]

I reckon ya purt near rite! As soon as I say "Hello" ppl know where I'm from. The other day I caught myself sayin' "Ain't got none" & liked to threw a hissie fit. Round heah we "throw hissie fits" & "pitch a conniption"! That is sooo funny!

[Cedar518]

Oh my,.... I had the pleasure of living for (only) 7 months in Mobile, Alabama,..... dang divorce kept me from going back as that was my X's home. But let me tell you,... I loved 'bama and will always get a bit misty when I hear "Sweet Home, Alabama" .... that was where I first heard "fixin".... and how about "get up with"... meaning to get together with to talk something over?

[AlmostThere]

Have some friends from Oklahoma and they stump me when they use, "of a". It was of a Monday that she came over. Or when ask how they are they say, "fine to middlin".

[NakedPupsAndMe]

Ya'll know in the South, dinner is not the evening meal. Supper is the evening meal, dinner is lunch. If somebody's coming over after dinner, that means early afternoon.

[Echo]

One way or-atuther. Either or.
Barrie. Canst I barrie a some earl.
Mirro. Lord she's always eyeing herself in the closest mirrow. (both spellings are correct)
Yr'll. ? You will do that.
That's 'nanner, nanner, puddin'.
And you can say all sorta bad things about someone as long as ya'll say "Bless their heart". That turns what could be thought of as 'bad mouthin' into a caring conversation about that poor white trash family down by the rivah, Bless their hearts.
Best be gettin'. Get a move on it.

Yep I'm a damn Yankee!!!! LOL And a damn Yankee is one of them northerners that came down'ere and neveh went back. Bless her heart!

And I know about WalMarttin' too.