Strictly Southern

How to Speak Southern
Words and pronunciations

South Georgia Dictionary
Just for laughs

Microsoft in South Georgia
If Microsoft was located in South Georgia...

On Moving toThe South
If you are from the northern states and planning on visiting or moving to the South

Living in Atlanta
Something like 55 streets in Atlanta have the word "Peachtree" in their names. How did this mania begin?

Things a True Southerner Knows
The difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit.

What Is A Grit?
Many people feel that grits are made from ground up bits of white corn. This is obviously a lie.

"Southerners speak music..."Mark Twain

southern scene with dogwood tree and fence

Southern Sayings

A good attitude is like Kudzu - it spreads.
Wild as a peach orchard hog.
So buck toothed he could eat corn-on-the-cob through a key hole.
Slick as an eel.
Slicker than a chased greased hog.
Full as a tick.
Fat as a tub o lard.
Ol' boy's tough as whit leather.
He ran like a scalded dog.
Rough as a cob.
Just as happy as if he had good sense.
Cold as a well digger's tail.
So dull he couldn't cut hot butter with a knife.
Crazier than a run over dog.
Tougher than a one eared alley cat.
Scared my mule ( when something really startled them )

Faster than greased lightning.
Better than snuff, ain't half as dusty.
She's limber as a dishrag.
Nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full o' rocking chairs.
So ugly she'd run a dog off a meat wagon.
Took off like Moody's goose.
As scarce as hen's teeth.
Purty as a speckled pup.
Done gone and got yankee rich.
Sorry as a two dollar watch.
So poor he'd have to borrow moeny to buy water to cry with.
Plumb tuckered out.
Older than the mountains and got twice as much dust.
That's a gracious plenty ( when being offered something)
In all my born days. . .

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