Best Southern Sayings
Tell me your favorite "Grandma" sayings.
They are all hilarious, and not just the Southern ones.
"Back-asswards" seems to be nationwide, for example.
I just heard this yesterday:
"He’s so dumb, he could throw himself on the ground and miss."
When someone fell over, my Aunt Clara used to say they "Fell ass over teakettle", a favorite saying in our family. (Maine folks swear more than SC folks, I suppose)
post some more, this is "Laugh Friday" already...
Mine
"Kiss my big ass" is one of my favorites. It brings people together like a good chicken bog.
(I dedicate that one to Reich Marshall Doug!)
SS
oh I remember...............
You have got one of my favorite subjects with this topic. My grandmothers both raised me. Minnie Belle died in 1994 and Connie in 2005. I miss them every day but can still hear their sayings and expressions. Minnie Belle used to always say "icebox' instead of refrigerator, and "airbobs" for earrings, and "thunderboomers" for thunderstorms and "Rebco and KMark" instead of Revco and Kmart. Grandmama Connie used to say "Gee Manetti!!!" and "GRACIOUS GRANDDADDY" when something amazed her, or if she was worried because you came home late she'd say "I WAS STANDING ON MY HEAD!!"I always imagined her truly right by the front door standing on her head and was so disappointed I always missed it. And whenever Granddaddy wanted you to smile (like 2 seconds after a skinned knee or tooth knocked out which I was famous for doing since I was always jumping off high places or bicycles-in-motion), he'd tickle under your chin and say,"Aw, gimme some Hollywood" and that meant, smile. And we always did. Thanks for bringing back great memories to start this day.
Great comment!
Thanks for the giggle, Coastal Lady. You made me think of my grandmother's sayings. To my Grandma Beaulah Peacock Fairfax, underwear was "step-ins", a kiss was "sugar", she made "hoe-cakes" for breakfast, going shopping was "goin to town".
best name ever....
"Beaulah Peacock Fairfax", I absolutely love that name!!!
Great sayings, Coastal Lady, I'm gonna use that "give me some Hollywood" on a kid for sure, so cute!
My mom has a language of her own...
My Mother has a language of her own and I swear she makes up words. Until you have been around her for a while you might not understand what she is saying. It drives me crazy and then what happens...we slowly turn into our mothers. When I moved to Hilton Head all of my friends there would stop me midsentence and ask me to repeat myself because they didn't understand what I said or just wanted to hear a funny word again. Granted, they were all northern transplants living in Hilton Head.
Here are some of Momma's best...
ET - I et grits for breakfast. She doesn't say ate.
Kelvinator- Get the milk from the kelvinator. I think this was a really old brand name for the refrigator.
Might Could- We might could have chicken for supper. Never dinner of course.
She also knows some really old words that people don't even use now and when she is with her friends or my neighbor who also speak "mother" they will be talking "up a storm" in their own little language.
Sometimes I laugh at her and sometimes I just sit and wonder if I will do that when I am her age.
Life won't always be easy, but it can and should be rewarding.
A Southern Curse...
"John Brown It"
I know there is a historical reference there but that is a saying I sometimes hear when something doesn't go right and a person doesn't want to say the things a person ,say from Maine, okay or NY, might utter.
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Southern Sayings
Who hasn't heard or said, "Bless your little pea pic'n heart".
More Southern sayings
I just love these sayings. We don't know we even HAVE sayings until someone remarks on them, do we?
My daddy used to say, " as nekkid (naked) as a jo-ree." We never knew what in the world a "jo-ree" was. My mother would say something was "wee-woy" when she meant crooked or off-balance. And, of course, I also say it!
Whenever a kid would get hurt or some accident happened, we always said this little rhyme: "Help, murder, call the police. The baby swallowed the mantle piece!" Go, figure!
A favorite that my NC
A favorite that my NC cousins used to say..."Say Law"! (drag that out with a looooong accent as you say it.)
BLESS HER HEART
"BLESS HER/HIS HEART" is another.
Usually said after something nasty:
"She is as dumb as a GD stump, BLESS HER HEART."
SS
God Willin'
My favorites include
"I'm gonna tan your hide!"
"God willin' and the creeks don't rise" as in "I'll be there tomorrow God willin' and the creeks don't rise!"
How about "South Cackalacky" as in "I live in South Cackalacky"
God Willin'
My favorites include
"I'm gonna tan your hide!"
"God willin' and the creeks don't rise" as in "I'll be there tomorrow God willin' and the creeks don't rise!"
How about "South Cackalacky" as in "I live in South Cackalacky"
My mama said
This isn't a famous southern saying but it was famous at my house when I was growing up and we are all southerners. I had not thought about it in a while but it popped into my head after reading various posts on this site.
Mama always said, "You can't just say anything you please, especially things that are mean and ugly, and then say 'Just kidding!'. Your words are already out there and have done their damage."
On a different note, Grandmama (born 1914) used to say, "I Swan!" which was short for "I Swannee!" which a lot of people her age used to say instead of "I swear!"
Both Grandmama and Granddaddy (born l910) used to say "Good Night!" (in a long drawn out way) instead of the usual "Great Day!" I catch myself doing the same thing now!
Not here, Oh no
I must have a low mind. None of my favorite Southern Sayings can be shared in a family friendly environment. Sorry folks.
But I do want to bring up a disturbing trend in modern reporting. Since when did "raft" and "slew" become acceptable substitutes for many? I confess to watching a lot of Andy Griffith (and liking it) but the Mayberryification of modern english is not an improvement in my mind. I cringe when I see either of these in print. I have found them in everything from the State to Forbes and The Economist. The world is definately coming to an end.
Southern Sayings
She is dumber than Sheetrock. Dadgum (for Damm) Witchy (with you) dono (don't know), crasser than a bed bug. You fill in the blank on these, Sh@#ing in high Cotton. He is about as worthless as T@#s on a bore hog.
Super
Perk:
That is hysterical!!
Thanks for the laugh---no flies on you, honey!
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