CONFESSION: I've been hiding my real southern accent. And also, 26 of the "funniest" Southern Expressions And How to Use them. Spoken like the real me.
It's true. I've been fake newsing all of you. My accent is way worse than it currently sounds. I've been fluffing it up to sound smarter. But the truth is, I sound like any other person in Tennessee who isn't trying to sound like they're not from Tennessee.
I'm going to speak like normal old me and, bonus, I'm going to read to you an article called, "The 26 Funniest Southern Expressions (and How to Use them).. And I'll tell you if they're legit Southern expressions.
Here's the list:
Southerners don’t claim “territory”…they claim “stompin’ grounds.”
Southerners don’t say “you guys”…they say “y’all.” (And “all y’all” for five or more people.)
Southerners don’t say “cater-cornered”…they say “caddywonked.”
Things in the South aren’t “broken”…they’re “tore slap up.”
Southerners don’t say “oh, wow”…they say “good lord!”
Southerners don’t say “I’m sorry”…they say “bless your heart.”
Southerners don’t get treated “unfairly”…they “get the short end of the stick.”
Southerners don’t change channels with a “remote”…they use the “clicker.”
Remote Southerners aren’t “anxious”…they’re “like a cat on a hot-tin roof.”
Southerners don’t “take themselves too seriously”…they’re just “too big for their britches.”
Southerners won’t tell you that “you’re wasting your time”…they’ll tell you that “you’re barking up the wrong tree.”
Southerners don’t hand you a Coca-Cola when you ask for a Coke…they say “What kind?”
Southerners aren’t “about to do” something…they’re “fixin’ to.”
Southerners don’t use the “toilet”…they use the “commode.”
Southerners don’t “suppose”…they “reckon.”
Southerners don’t use a “purse”…they carry a “pocketbook.”
Southerners don’t push a “shopping cart”…they put their groceries in a “buggy.”
Southerners aren’t “broke”…they’re “so broke they can’t afford to pay attention.”
Southerners don’t call people “unintelligent”…they say “dumber than a sack of rocks.”
Southerners don’t check for food in the “fridge”…they look in the “frigidaire.”
Southerners don’t eat “dinner”…they eat “supper.”
Southerners aren’t “caught off guard”…they’re “caught with their pants down.”
Southerners don’t “pout”…they “have their feathers ruffled.”
Two Southerners aren’t friends because they “get along”…they get along because they’re “two peas in a pod.”
Southerners don’t go “batshit crazy”…they “fly off the handle.”
Southerners don’t tell people to go “fuck themselves”…they politely suggest to “stick it where the sun don’t shine.”
This was going to be a DLive stream but I chickened out, and plus, I really want to start using DTube more often.
I hope you all have a wonderful day! Thanks for watching my silly little video!
♥ - Serena
The article I am reading in this video is at this page:
https://matadornetwork.com/life/26-funniest-southern-expressions-use/
If for some reason DTube won't play, here is a YouTube version:
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A confession ♥️♥️♥️
Good Lord!!
Secretssss!
Pd. You sound cute both ways
Pd, red lips again, you look so preeeeeeeetty
I enjoyed your list. In South Africa. we say "dumb as ground".
I now watched the whole video... I have enjoyed it! Thanks for keeping me company lots of times on Romance on the Air! I love you voice southern or not southern!!!
I KNEW YOU HAD A SOUTHERN ACCENT!!!! Haha! I know because I too, have taught myself not to speak that way. I grew up in Texas and live in Missouri now. But there's only 3 situations when I accidentally let it slip... when I'm drinking, when I'm yelling or angry, and every once in a while when I'm singing! My husband and kids make fun of me whenever I let it slip... HA! This is hilarious! I've heard people say y'uns instead of y'all around here as well.
How do you spell the replacement for y'all? Like y'unce? I couldn't hear it that clearly.
I think I've used short end of the stick before.
I like listening to accents. I'm not sure I could tell the difference between your hidden voice and non hidden voice :)
Lunch dinner supper woah! Ah what fun. Summary of video: pretty much all the statements aren't true.
Ha ha! You might be the only person to watch it ! Aww! You'nse or Younse is how people around here spell it.. well, people from my hometown. It is not really a Nashville thing, but more of a TN/KY border thing. Meaning "You Ones" I guess? lol. In which case, You'nse really makes no sense. Hard to explain :D Thank you so much for watching this! I didn't think anyone would. Big hugs!