Here in the Southern US we have a peculiar way of expressing ourselves,just as every culture does. I'd like for us to share them with each other-please use them in a sentence for example:

Y'all come back now,ya hear?

Geat yet?  Did you eat yet  

Yuanna?   Do you want to?

Ok,you get the point- now run with it and have fun

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Texas! Need I say more??

When deciding between two similar choices you say: " Six one way, half dozen the other."

When faced with a question of how many you answer: "75 or 3."

When you notice that someone is angry you comment: "They're madder than an ol' wet hen."

When confronted by someone who is obviously mentally impaired you say "They don't have the sense the good Lord gave a turnip."

I'll add more as I think of 'em, but it's after midnight here and my eyes are gettin' awful heavy and it's muddlin' my brain some.

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Here in the Nashville area, we have a LOT of ethnic expressions.  We tend to want to shorten down every sentence we say.

Such as this sentence:  "He does not work fast."  We would say, "He dud'n work fast." (Well..., we would actually say "He's slow as Hell" )

There's plenty more of those, but I think ya git'ta picture now don't 'cha??

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Oh, I forgot to add that we also say:

Djeet yet?

But for, "Do you want to go?" 

We say:

"Yonna go?? With the "o" having a long sound, such as the word "only" sounds.

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Thanks y'all(one syllable that can mean 1 person or 5000).It's great to see you having fun with this.

I had thought of a few more :

Here in the South we are reluctant to add more syllables than is absolutely necessary so we usually leave the "G" off every word,ie: workin',playin'goin',etc.

Fixin'- I'm fixin to go to town or I'm fixin'dinner.

Hellfar- hellfire

Sheeeyet- just sound it out

Ya dang tootin'- I most assuredly am

spicket- the dang spicket keeps dripping (the spigot or tap is malfunctioning)

Make a rabbit hug a hound- this is a delicious meal you've prepared

She ain't the brightest crayon in the box- her intellectual level and IQ are just above that of concrete

Yonder-not here but over there. "Ya musta lef it over yonder,ya dang idgit"

Well sheeeyet far: expelling fire

Here in Georgia and South Carolina the 3 world capitals are Atlanta(Hotlanta),Savannah, and Charleston

Whodja: Whodja say yo Mama is ? What is your mother's name?

He walks on his knuckles. He has a striking resemblance to an ape.

More to come- I hope you can add some more of yours.

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although i dont have anything to add, im enjoying this threat a lot

any more???

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Women complain that men never ask for directions. Perhaps we've been thinking about it all wrong. I've always thought that it was purely "a guy thing" and that my hubby simply couldn't/wouldn't admit that his sense of direction was less than perfect. Now that I think about it though, I believe that men refuse to ask for directions because they are afraid of looking foolish when they have difficulty understanding the directions they are given.

We all know that different regions of the country have different colloquilaisms that are used, especially when giving instruction. For example, here are directions to my home, in Texanese:

Head north outta town, cross the tracks and hang a left, foller that around till ya come acrossed a bridge then take a right next to the big oak tree. After ya pull up a hill you'll come to a crooked fork, take the left fork. Then start countin' roads and take the fourth 'un and my place is the second on the left. Don't git it confused with the neighbors barn though 'cos it looks kinda like a house but it ain't got no road goin' to it.

What do y'all think? Is it because they can't admit they are lost or fear of misunderstanding the directions?

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This is priceless and I understand them completely-of course I'm not a man either and that helps.(not man-bashing guys)

My favorite starts out with"you know where that old guy that kept turkeys used to live before he died-well turn there and........"

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We can't leave out the South's favorite comedian after Lewis Grizzard- Jeff Foxworthy and his claim to fame:

You might be a redneck if:

1. You have a '59 Buick up on concrete blocks in your front yard.
2. Your idea of landscaping is to plant flowers in an old tire that you've painted white.
3. Your cousin and your wife are the same person.

I live in the land of rednecks and have quite a few in my family so this is not an ethnic slur-we love our rednecks.

Add to these-there are thousands of them.

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 We southerners pride ourselves on making others feel welcome, Southern Hospitality and all. Unfortunately I don't know very much about Malaysia so there's not much I can ask about the ethnic expressions used there. I do like the "polite" ways you quoted and would hate to here the "rude" ways!  Post some more expressions, I would be interested in reading them.

I will end with an expression that isn't southern, but is definately a regional dialect (from California I believe):

Later Dude!!

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It occurred to me that I might have left the impression that this thread was for Southerners only-far from it. I hope we can hear from all our global members and share in some of their regional speech.

I guess the South is just so famous for the way we talk-you should take a trip to the "low country"(that's Charleston) where a lot of Gullah is still spoken. Makes Southern lingo sound like Proper Kings English.

Come on guys-you probably have phrases you use everyday and think they're perfectly "normal" but no one outside your own culture would have a clue what you're saying.

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Well all I am a NEW YORKER born and bred here livin in Staten Island the forgotten Boro. Any who here is a few NY Slangs:

FORGETABOUTIT   as one word  yep the SOPRANO's

Movie deeter   = Movie theather

erl=    oil

tootles= bye

take at eas= take at easy

batroom=Bathroom

I will thing of some more, yes NY has its own language, and all the gals have mouths like truck drivers, but hay thats what makes NY the greatest City in the world, and we are very diverse.

lets keep this thread going, I am learnin some new words here ya all doin a great job ya hear   LMAO

MIKee

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UKisms

"Same as that"=I agree

"gobsmacked"=amazed

"diamond geezer"=good bloke

"bloke"=man

"Init"=isn't it

"eh?"=pardon?

"well wicked"=very good/cool

"pukka"=real thing or very good depending on context

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I just knew you guys would chime on in-looks like we've got a friendly competition going on between Australia and the Southern US. Where are you Aussies?

I'm still waiting for our resident guru(Ross) to impart some Malaysian lingo. He is always so proper and polite but I'll just bet that underneath that gentlemanly demeanor lurks a heart as impure as ours. Shall we put the heat on him?

Where are you O fearless leader?

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Gayle,

What a fun thread you have going here!  I was born in Georgia, but hav elived in Florida more often than not.  So, all of the things you are putting on here...I can relate to!

purtnear-ya purtnear ate the whole goldang pie. You came close to consuming the entire pie.

jahear that Old man Jones upndied? Did you hear that Mr. Jones passed away?

Why is it called a "near miss" when 2 airplanes come too close to each other in the air? Doesn't it make more sense to call it a "near hit?"

What's wrong with your car? Oh,that thingy broke.

Yahoo,Bozo,Bubba-southern rednecks(before you get upset,I have a cousin named Bubba)-honest to God it's right there on his birth certificate.

Here in Geogia our governor is  named Sonny-I wouldn't lie to you-you can look it up.Sonny Perdue. He won't mind me poking a little fun at him-he's a personal friend of mine and a really great guy.

Now this is the one that always gets under my skin-whenever a catastrophe hits I swear that news reporters search for the most redneck Southerners they could find so this is what you hear  and see in the media:

Bubba and Eunice are standing in front of their trailer that has been blown to smithereens by the tornado.As Bubba spits out some of his snuff he says"Well,me and the Missus wuz sittin' on the porch shellin' butterbeans and I hollered at her to git her ass up and start runnin' cause the good Lord had come to git us. I swar(swear) that big ol' wind just took Eunice,all 300 pounds of her, and drapped (dropped) her down purtnear the fishin'hole. She wuz a'screamin' and a'hollerin' to beat the band.I tell you one thing Mr.(wadja say yo name wuz) I was as skeert(scared) as the day the outhouse got blowed over when I wuz sittin' on the pot.WOOOEEE!!! Ya wanna talk bout sh#*t flyin'.

Now the civilized world sees this interview and no wonder they think that Southerners "ain't got the good sense that God gave a goat"   

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Georgia's governor is named Sonny?? I thought we were gonna have it bad in Texas, we got Kinky Freedman running in the next election! I kid you not!! A governor named Kinky. Won't everybody want to live here! I lov ethe UKism's. They're really great. Gimme more!!!

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You just know that we're not going to have a public official named Wentworth Hollander Townsend,1V-somebody might think he's a Yankee(no offense,ok?) No,we have Sonny,Fritz,Jimmy,Bo,and Happy. I am not lying to you.

To continue the Bubba saga:

By the end of the interview ol' Bubba noticed that the reporter and the cameraman were snickering. Now Bubba ain't the brightest light in the hall but he ain't as dumb as he looks so he says "y'all git off'n my propitty an' if ya thinkin' I'm lyin' y'all can just butter my butt and call me Biscuit and whilst yer at it just KISS MY GRITS"

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Waz sup!!  What going on!!

Eh!!

Just the once..could mean whenever that is..

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I'm crackin' up!!!

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Hey Aussies,Malaysians,UK,other countries- WHERE ARE YOU?

I know I'm not the only one with a whacked sense of humor-where are you O FEARLESS LEADER?

I will be out of here for the rest of the night-going over to Sam's thread on Demanding Tougher Penalties.... she has compiled a gazillion petitions and I want to make sure I haven't missed any. I strongly encourage you to follow me and make a difference.

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HELLO GAYLE, AM ALWAYS READING THE POSTINGS HERE IN THE GROUP FROM THE COPIES I GET. SORRY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN AROUND THAT MUCH... HOW ARE YOU DEAR LADY??? WORKING HARD ?

YOU ARE A GREAT HOST, LOVE TO READ ALL THAT YOU POST.

HEY ROSS -- BACK TO YOU, 10 FOLD,ALL YOU POSTED ABOVE,  "SEGURA A BARRA QUE ESTÁ FICANDO PESADA ..."

"ME QUEBRA O GALHO"...

"SACODE A POEIRA, DÁ A VOLTA POR CIMA"

"MIXOU"

"CHEGA MAIS"

ROSS "PIROU"...

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Dear and honored fearless leader:

I will probably regret this but

What in hell did you say?

You have an unfair advantage and I have a suspicion that thou art speaking in tongues(certainly one I don't understand)-if you can do so without us getting kicked out of Care2,translate.

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LOL...i just got into this thread today and boy! Gayle, I'm cracking up with what Ross said about you in Bahasa Malaysia. Do you want me to translate or just wait for the fearless leader to explain it himself?

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Hey River and Gayle, so what incentive do I get to translate fearless leader's ramblings, eh? ok, I will put your minds at ease since I'm such a nice person...LOL! Here goes :

"Welcome to the Durian Group. My name is Roslan etc (such a long name he has eh?) from Malaysia. I live near Bukit Jalil Kuala Lumpur. Who said I'm the fearless one? Who? Ooo..Mdm/Ms Gayle. She's my friend. She's beautiful. But her face is like ....ermmm...a dog! Her photo profile..uhh? " LOL

Ok, the last paragraph just says that he's going to sleep now coz tomorrow he has to go in work much earlier than usual. Whole night was raining heavily. Flood near Jalan Bukit Bintang. It's the norm.

The End..

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to add....

I grew up with some of the ones from the south. no unfortunately i did not grow up in the south.

am really enjoying this thread though!!

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Born in New Jersey and moved to the mountains of N.C. when I was almost 20. My father from N.J, My mother from N.C., gave me 2 places of expressions.

N.J. --- Talked too fast for people in south

Dawg ---- Dog         Cooofeeeee ---- coffee

Erl  ---- oil                 Baaaallll ----- ball

goil --- girl                

N.C. --- Had to slow down my speech

Ya'all --- You all      Batry ---battery

Pop --- Soda            Git --- get     "I love the South"

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You are my hero-actually my avatar is really me. I am such a talented black lab with a whacked sense of humor and I'm absolutely beautiful.

Truthfully,my avatar is my precious Jack who along with his brother Simon passed over the Rainbow Bridge 2 years ago. The grief is still pretty raw so I don't talk about them much. All my posts are in this teal color because that was the color of their collars-just a way of memoralizing them.

To happier topics-don't you just love our leader? I knew that underneath that suave,tuxedoed picture lived a heart as impure as the rest of us.

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YOU HAVE NOT BEEN IN ROSS AND ARE ALREADY LEAVING...

OK, GREAT POSTING AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE NEW PROJECT. 

WHEN CAN WE HAVE THE SOUNDS OF YOUR MUSIC HERE IN THE GROUP ???

ABRAÇOS =  HUGS!

ATÉ BREVE (SEE YOU SOON)

SOME EASY SIMILAR WORDS FROM ABOVE TEXT :

PROJECT = PROJETO

MUSIC = MÚSICA

GROUP = GRUPO

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CANSEI  =  (AM TIRED) MEANING "I GIVE UP" (= DESISTO).

A ONE THAT IS NOT GENTLE / KIND:

"A PORTA DA RUA É SERVENTIA DA CASA"

(THE HOUSE DOOR TO THE STREET IS YOUR WAY OUT)  = USED TO SEND SOMEONE REALLY AWAY.....

"DAR A VOLTA POR CIMA" = TO LET THE PROBLEM OR LOSS (NORMALLY $) ASIDE AND START AGAIN...(TRANSLATION WOULD BE..+- TURN OVER IT BY THE TOP..!!??)

"SACUDIR A POEIRA" (REMOVE THE DUST) ALMOST THE SAME MEANING AS ABOVE MANY TIMES THE COMPLETE BEING "SACUDIR A POEIRA E DAR A VOLTA POR CIMA".

"MANDA VER" (NO WAY TO TRANSLATE...) = +- (WHEN FOR FOOD: EAT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT) (WHEN OF A PROBLEM : TELL ABOUT) AND MANY OTHER SITUATIONS...

I GUESS THE MAIN PROBLEM WOULD BE, FOR YOU, TO PRONOUNCE ALL THE WORDS IN PORTUGUESE... GOOD LUCK! (BOA SORTE!)

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