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8. LOL! Thanks. And my Grandma's favorite expression was...

Reply to OxQQme (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2013, 03:36 AM

Dec 2013

"Shit fire!"

Don't think I've ever heard that one outside the South.

I grew up in Upstate South Carolina, where you can still hear English usages dating back to Queen Elizabeth, if not earlier.

e.g., when my friends and I came in from a hard day playing in the mud, somebody would probably holler at us that we were "nasty as karn." I was about 25 years old before I figured out what they were saying - nasty as carrion, or very nasty indeed.

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How southern women talk [View all] OxQQme Dec 2013 OP

Don't you think that's a little offensive to Southern women? nolabear Dec 2013 #1

What about Southern men? whathehell Dec 2013 #20

Soft as yo' mamanem's buttermilk biscuits, Baby. nolabear Dec 2013 #23

LMAO!!!!! Sissyk Dec 2013 #2

I haven't said all of those things myself, but I've heard them all Arkansas Granny Dec 2013 #3

LOL! Or "He cain't help it, poor thing." nolabear Dec 2013 #4

Yes, on bless your heart!! Sissyk Dec 2013 #5

My very very proper Southern neighbor lady said to me dixiegrrrrl Dec 2013 #6

Another episode of that, and I might could start missing the South... petronius Dec 2013 #7

LOL! Thanks. And my Grandma's favorite expression was... onager Dec 2013 #8

Well, I never spent much time in the South... Wounded Bear Dec 2013 #9

1:09 What?... Locut0s Dec 2013 #10

That is what we say here in the South! CottonBear Dec 2013 #11

Give me a holler if you need anything! Phentex Dec 2013 #15

By "we" do you mean only women? whathehell Dec 2013 #21

It is a common vernacular phrase used by both men & women. n/t CottonBear Dec 2013 #28

Hell yes, only my daddy said "Ima knock a knot in your tail and knock it off!" nolabear Dec 2013 #24

lol! HappyMe Dec 2013 #12

Yeah, that's not an expression unique to the south... Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #14

WTF? Phentex Dec 2013 #13

Yay! Audio porn! Iggo Dec 2013 #16

There's the Southern Belle accent, and there's Redneck. One is sexy, the other... Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #17

I'm fixin to un-recommend this (nm) Rambis Dec 2013 #18

"Little Bob, you come down offa there, before I snatch you bald-headed!" Aristus Dec 2013 #19

Well, imma jump up and run off. Y'all go with us. nt rrneck Dec 2013 #22

Ha! Iggo Dec 2013 #25

Moon Pies are sacred! Sissyk Dec 2013 #26

I recognized almost all these expressions, and have never lived in the South. kwassa Dec 2013 #27