It's taken awhile, but, I'm starting to learn the language. Like weww, that means well, as in: weww, I think that would be it for sure. Or as in: He pissed us off, so we wewwed him. Also, being ill means the same here as being orney or grumpy or just argumentative. Mewk is something you drink, and it comes from cows like milk. I figger by the time I get all this red clay to resemble black dirt, I might actually understand what these folks are saying. There are some new southern terms I've picked up and am trying to define. They say things down here like: "It's over there apiece" or "It's over yonder". Now, if I could find out hor long apiece was, or how far yonder is, then I'll know how for a yonder and a half is, though, I'm told it is not legal to up a yonder a half. Ahh, it has been clarified, apiece is a distance, yonder is a direction! Down here, chilli does not come with beans unless specifically requested. They have chilli, and chilli with beans, two distict items. When I made a pot of chilli, and included beans, I had everyone confused. When I added celery, I had them in total shock! Posed has nothing to do with getting ones picture taken. It's used more like this: You're not posed to do that! Coral is not what ocean reefs are made of here, the coral is that group of singers at sunday's go to church meetin... acks/axe now this gets to be a real toughy in determining what's actually meant when one hears this tonation in a sentence. Someone might be trying to chope something up, or someone might be trying to get an answer to a question being posed. Of course it well could be a combination of the two the person might well be seeking an answer to hack upon. Anyway, hearing this requires that one seeks clarification, so they know whether or not you need to duck. taks/tax yes, another one of those complex intonations. Sometimes it's meant one owes a sum to the govm'nt, sometimes one is refering to a chore that needs to be completed. Again, one is advised to seek clarification. But, beware, in the south simple clarifications most often lead to long drawn out series of tangents that may well never find the path's source as one sought. wif to accompany, or next to, or a possession, etc. You know, "You're either wif me or aginst me". Could be to smell something, context counts. ---------------------------------------- Most Southerners do not use turn signals; they ignore those who do. In fact, if you see a signal blinking on a car with a Southern license plate, you may rest assured that it was already turned on when the car was purchased. If there is the prediction of the slightest chance of even the most minuscule accumulation of snow, your presence is required at the local grocery store. It does not matter if you need anything from the store. It is just something you're supposed to do. Satellite dishes are very popular in the South. When you purchase one, it is positioned directly in front of the house. This is logical, bearing in mind that the dish cost considerably more than the house and should, therefore, be prominently displayed. One last warning but probably the most important one to remember: Be advised that in the South, "He needed killin'" is a valid defense! ---------------------------------------- Southern accents hinder contact SHREVEPORT, La. -Southern drawls have thwarted voice recognition equipment used by the Shreveport Police Department to route non-emergency calls. A switchover to a lower-tech, touch-tone system - in, which callers hear a voice recording they can respond to by pressing a different number for each division -is scheduled for today, said spokeswoman Kaycee Hargrave. The voice-recognition system asked people to name the person or department they wanted. More often than not, the system just didn't understand, and they wound up at the wrong place, said Capt. John Dunn, who oversees police communications. -From wire reports
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