BradMc
<b>Charity Liaison</b><br>BoM September 07
Most of Yall know I moved to (South Carolina from Northern Minnesota), I had to learn a how to speak the Northern Canadian talk to live in MN
Well the Northern talk isnt here in the South, and I mean to tell ya, Im still getting used to the many new words and lots of new meanings ..OMG this is to much fun.
The other day I had a guy (good ol boy with bib overalls on) ask U ant from around these parts r Ya son So I went about telling him I moved from Northern MN, Well U ant got no Northern accent either , where the hell u from Boy So I went about telling him I was from Calif. Move to MN, and now to SC
OMG I though this ol boy was going to cry, he was laughing sooooooooo hard,
He says let me get this straight. U r from Calif. Learned how to talk like a Canadian/Minnesotan and now u have to be learned how to talk/hear Southern.
This ol Boy sets me down and starts telling me a thing or two about life in South Carolina.
1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road .
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in South Carolina .
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders....All 10,000 of them live in South Carolina , plus a couple no one has ever seen before!
4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite ya.
5.'Onced' and 'Twiced' are words
6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
7. 'Jawl-P?' means 'Did y'all go to the bathroom?'
8. People actually grow and eat okry.
9. 'Fix-in-to' is one word.
10. There is no such thing as 'lunch'. There is only dinner and then there is supper.
11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two.
We do like a little tea with our sugar.
12. Back-ards and for-ards means 'I know everything about you.'
13. The word 'Jeet' is actually a phrase meaning 'Did you eat?'
14. You don't have to wear a watch because it don't matter what time it is. You work
until you're done or it's too dark to see..
15. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.
MORE THINGS TO LET YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA:
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You've ever had to switch from heat to A/C and back in the same day.
3. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
4. You know what a 'DAWG' is.
5. You carry jumper cables in your car- for your OWN car..
6. 90% of South Carolina kitchens will have these five spices/condiments: Morton Salt, McCormick Black Pepper, Texas Pete, Dukes Mayonnaise and Hunts Ketchup.
7. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for NASCAR and other local gossip..
8. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
9. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit 'a bit warm'.
10. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer and Christmas..
11. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past time known as 'goin' to Wally World or Wal-Martin'.
12. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chicken stew weather.
13. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
14. We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our Daddy says we can drive, we can drive, dag-nabbit.
Im not sure that (Mother Mc) will ever be able to understand my
Western/ Canadian/Minnesotan/Southern accent :ccowboy:
Well the Northern talk isnt here in the South, and I mean to tell ya, Im still getting used to the many new words and lots of new meanings ..OMG this is to much fun.
The other day I had a guy (good ol boy with bib overalls on) ask U ant from around these parts r Ya son So I went about telling him I moved from Northern MN, Well U ant got no Northern accent either , where the hell u from Boy So I went about telling him I was from Calif. Move to MN, and now to SC
OMG I though this ol boy was going to cry, he was laughing sooooooooo hard,
He says let me get this straight. U r from Calif. Learned how to talk like a Canadian/Minnesotan and now u have to be learned how to talk/hear Southern.
This ol Boy sets me down and starts telling me a thing or two about life in South Carolina.
1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road .
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in South Carolina .
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders....All 10,000 of them live in South Carolina , plus a couple no one has ever seen before!
4. If it grows, it'll stick ya. If it crawls, it'll bite ya.
5.'Onced' and 'Twiced' are words
6. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
7. 'Jawl-P?' means 'Did y'all go to the bathroom?'
8. People actually grow and eat okry.
9. 'Fix-in-to' is one word.
10. There is no such thing as 'lunch'. There is only dinner and then there is supper.
11. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two.
We do like a little tea with our sugar.
12. Back-ards and for-ards means 'I know everything about you.'
13. The word 'Jeet' is actually a phrase meaning 'Did you eat?'
14. You don't have to wear a watch because it don't matter what time it is. You work
until you're done or it's too dark to see..
15. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.
MORE THINGS TO LET YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM SOUTH CAROLINA:
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You've ever had to switch from heat to A/C and back in the same day.
3. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
4. You know what a 'DAWG' is.
5. You carry jumper cables in your car- for your OWN car..
6. 90% of South Carolina kitchens will have these five spices/condiments: Morton Salt, McCormick Black Pepper, Texas Pete, Dukes Mayonnaise and Hunts Ketchup.
7. The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for NASCAR and other local gossip..
8. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
9. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit 'a bit warm'.
10. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer and Christmas..
11. Going to Wal-Mart is a favorite past time known as 'goin' to Wally World or Wal-Martin'.
12. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chicken stew weather.
13. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
14. We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our Daddy says we can drive, we can drive, dag-nabbit.
Im not sure that (Mother Mc) will ever be able to understand my
Western/ Canadian/Minnesotan/Southern accent :ccowboy:
