How to speak Southern G-O
February 2, 2001
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Please note that this piece only has fun with an accent, it's not a
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condemnation or mockery of a people group, it's all in fun... Y'all member that while yer laughin. Gahrill: The front section of a car or in Jungle gloss terms, someone's face. "Jethro didin' take kindly to that monkey so he got right up in his gahrill." Goff: a game played with clubs and a little white ball Good ole boy: Any Southern male between age 16 and 60 who has an amiable disposition and is fond of boon companions, hound dawgs, fishin', huntin', and good lookin' women, but not necessarily in that order. " Bubba's a good ole boy." Griyuts: What no Southern breakfast would be without - grits. "Ah like griyuts with butter and sawt on'em, but Ah purely love'em with red-eye gravy." Hale: Where General Sherman is going for what he did to Etlanna. (Atlanta) "General Sherman said "War is Hale" and he made sure it was." Hep: to aid or benefit. "Ah can't hep it if Ah'm still in love with you." Hoss: a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous animal Idee: something a neck thinks. "Ah ain't got no idee." Idinit: Term employed by genteel Southerners to avoid saying Ain't. "Mighty hot today, idinit?" Isis: meaning "I am." For example: "Isis going to da store for more pop." Jew: Did you. "Jew want to buy attair comic book, son, or just stand there and read it here?" Kumpny: Guests. "Be home on time. We's havin' kumpny for supper." Law: Police, or as Southerners pronounce it, PO-leece. "We better get outta here. That bartender's doen called the law." Liberry: a building where thousands of literary works are kept Mash: To press, as in the case of an elevator button. "Want me to mash yo floor for you, Ma'am?" Muchablige: Thank you. "muchablige for the lift, mister." Nawthun: Anything that is not Southern. "He is a classic product of the superior Nawthun educational system." (sarcasm) Ole well: a source of petroleum Ovair: In that direction. 'Where's yo paw, son?" He's ovair, suh."
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