American Dialect: Southern Speech

Faggot - also a bundle of wood in England.

Throw another faggot on the fire... Scandalous!!!

 

C M DUCKS
M R NOT
O S A R C M WANGS
L I B M R DUCKS

 

Bad thing is I can read that perfectly.

 

C M SNAKES
M R NOT
O S A R C M E D B D EYES

 

**Huffy*** I think that's a southern term.

My Mama used to say "Don't git "Huffy" wit me young lady!" followed by I brought you into this world and I can take you out!!! LOL I said this to my child recently and cringed! I AM turning into my mother!:lol:


On another note...my husband is from PA and says Crick instead of Creek and it drives me insane!!! You get a Crick in your neck and you swim in a Creek.

 

Another thing my wife seems to find funny is when I say "switch off/on the light". She prefers to "turn off the light", but I say you don't turn anything when you flip the switch.

And how do you pronounce the word "route"? Does it sound like "root" or "rout"? I say it's rout.

 

Depends, if it's Route 66 then it's "root", if it's rural route 222 then it's "rout"


Craig

 

a couple i grew up with in VA that i have gotten teased about both in MD and in NC - "toad ya" (instead of told you) and "upinear" as in they came right up in here but pronounced all as one word - i had to train myself to say it right:lol::lol: