(This has been around for a while, but it’s too good to print only once, y’all.)
There ain’t no magazine named “Northern Living” for good reason. Who wants to live up north? Nobody would buy the magazine!
Southerners know everybody’s first name:
Honey
Darlin’
Shugah
Southerners know their three religions:
Bapdiss
Methdiss
Football
Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, or beans make up “a mess.”
Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of “yonder.”
Only a Southerner knows exactly how long “directly” is, as in: “Going to town, be back directly.”
Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between “right near” and “a right fur piece.” They also know that” just down the road” can be 1 mile or 20.
A Southerner knows that “fixin” can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.
Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, … and when we’re “in line,” we talk to everybody!
In the South, “y’all” is singular, all y’all” is plural.
And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff…bless your hearts, I hear they’re fixin’ to have classes on Southernness as a second language!