02/26/21 Grif.Net - ABC's of Speaking Southern (part 1)
Robert Griffin
AHMA (contraction).
Usage: "Ahma gonna sit rat cheer til foe the safnoon."
AIGS (noun). Preborn chickens.
Usage: "Honey ... git me another play-it of beckon and aigs."
ALL (noun). A petroleum-based lubricant.
Usage: "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck."
ANOMALY (phrase). My usual practice.
Usage: "Anomaly drink Dr. Pepper, but ah'll have a Pepsi few don't mind."
ARMAGEDDON (phrase). Reaching a certain state.
Usage: "Armageddon sick of all them comet movies.")
BAIL (noun). A metallic instrument.
Usage: "Y'all come eat when you hear the dinner bail ring!"
BALD (adj, verb). Cooked in very hot water.
Usage: "Bring me some bald shrimp and another moon pah!"
BARD (verb). Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow."
Usage: "My brother bard my pickup truck."
BAWS (noun). Supervisor
Usage: "If you don't stop reading these Southern wurds and git back to work, your baws is gonna far you!"
BOB WAR (noun). A sharp, twisted cable.
Usage: "Boy, stay away from that there bob war fence."
BRATS (noun). High beam headlights.
Usage: "Turn off yur brats, Bubba! You's blindin' me!"
CHICK (verb). To inspect or monitor.
Usage: "Chick ural, mistah?"
COAT (noun). A legal gathering.
Usage: "All rise ... this coat is now in owduh"
CODE (noun). A common sickness.
Usage: "I ain't coming to work ... I got a code."
COTTON (noun). Box or container.
Usage: "Ju' want a cotton of cigarettes?"
(D,E,F, coming soon. Credit: “The Southern Word Homepage”, a favorite of mine)
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Dr Bob Griffin
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"