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PotatoChip

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88. I got 60%. Heads up to NRaleighLiberal for my correct 'Mater' answer.

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Sat Jan 25, 2014, 03:56 PM

Jan 2014

... I love it, btw. I now refer to all of my tomatoes as 'maters' and it seems to be catching on up here among my gardening friends. There is just something about that word that makes us all smile.

Interesting to me was how some answers were so similar to words used up here in the NE. 'Buggy' for a grocery cart would be one example. Perhaps it goes back to a similar Irish/Scot ancestry?

That was fun. Thanks AGG!

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Do You Speak Southern? (knowing what certain phrases mean) [View all] Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 OP

I got 16/20 which I thought was OK given I've never been to the South or had a friend from there. Shrike47 Jan 2014 #1

We said about half of those things in Michigan at least 56 years ago. Luminous Animal Jan 2014 #2

Lightening bugs were a mysterious and wonderful happening to me the only time I ever saw them. Shrike47 Jan 2014 #4

There are a few things I miss living on the West Coast and lightening bugs rates in the top 5. Luminous Animal Jan 2014 #7

The woods would light up like a Christmas tree treestar Jan 2014 #113

My cousins from California used to love going after them treestar Jan 2014 #62

We use firefly & lightning bug interchangeably in Wi. Jackpine Radical Jan 2014 #104

I'm from the south. Jamastiene Jan 2014 #109

Well, I knew what 'maters were from watching Andy Griffith Art_from_Ark Jan 2014 #14

A lot of people from the south migrated to Detroit RainDog Jan 2014 #89

I think it is more rural idiom than regional. Luminous Animal Jan 2014 #93

Meh. Some may be "Southern" but they are like 'regional' within the South. Behind the Aegis Jan 2014 #3

True. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #6

True...so many think "Southern" is uniform. Behind the Aegis Jan 2014 #8

All of my family is Southern and I've lived in Miss. all my life, LuvNewcastle Jan 2014 #10

The Devil isn't beatin' his wife here in TN but it's colder than a witch's tit in a brass brassiere. okaawhatever Jan 2014 #22

But is it as cold as a well-digger's ass? Tom Ripley Jan 2014 #71

Lolz. Exactly. nt okaawhatever Jan 2014 #92

Here in East Tenn last week, it was cold enough to freeze the balls off a pool table!! Ghost in the Machine Jan 2014 #112

I'm surprised that one wasn't in there. One of my favorites. nolabear Jan 2014 #91

Obviously not, 65% and that was only because of lucky guesses. Live and Learn Jan 2014 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #33

I'm at 50% Southern. onestepforward Jan 2014 #9

I've lived for a few years here and there south of the Mason-Dixon but I didn't MADem Jan 2014 #11

That was probably considered way too easy. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #12

I got 70% Le Taz Hot Jan 2014 #13

50% for me LOL madokie Jan 2014 #15

5 or 6 were actually familiar. Barack_America Jan 2014 #16

Texas.. sendero Jan 2014 #17

That one stumped me too... socialist_n_TN Jan 2014 #38

The one about the belly button was Texasgal Jan 2014 #95

Born, raised, and live in South: Haven't heard of many of these. Hosnon Jan 2014 #18

A lot more were on point to me. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #20

It is AJC... Hosnon Jan 2014 #25

Same here. Born and bred Southerner from GA. I didn't score so well. n/t FourScore Jan 2014 #40

Me too DFW Jan 2014 #77

I didn't think "preaching to the choir" was a Southernism. nt raccoon Jan 2014 #19

I think that's become a lot more widespread. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #21

Missed 6, about as many were guesses I got right, and... JHB Jan 2014 #23

Another phrase I've heard all of my life Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #42

70% ... I guessed at most of them, only knew a few for sure. nt Raine Jan 2014 #24

pretty weak test. I'm as southern as they come and hadn't heard of a few of em NightWatcher Jan 2014 #26

When you are from the rockies cattle country Drahthaardogs Jan 2014 #27

back east is anywhere east of New Mexico Kali Jan 2014 #58

Yes. Drahthaardogs Jan 2014 #63

85%, but I only lived in the south (north of Charleston, SC) for two years livetohike Jan 2014 #28

Not too far from me. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #34

My particular favorite, splained to me by pnwest Jan 2014 #29

85% Codeine Jan 2014 #30

True. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #43

That list was more for a region of the South than the South as a whole Seeking Serenity Jan 2014 #31

I've always heard "Busier than a one-armed paper hanger.".......... socialist_n_TN Jan 2014 #39

yeah I missed the "hitting on all cylidars" too arely staircase Jan 2014 #49

comin' a blue norther arely staircase Jan 2014 #51

Pine straw! Exactly! Seeking Serenity Jan 2014 #54

Pine straw? Codeine Jan 2014 #57

We say "not firing on all cylinders" in California. Codeine Jan 2014 #59

I agree with all of those you listed. LuvNewcastle Jan 2014 #69

I got a 65% & i live in SC... giftedgirl77 Jan 2014 #32

Where bouts? Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #35

I have never heard of that place, but we are transplants. giftedgirl77 Jan 2014 #37

Ah yes. Aiken. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #41

I got a 90. n/t QC Jan 2014 #36

Pretty much all my life living in the south........ socialist_n_TN Jan 2014 #44

It comes from the Atlanta Journal Constitution so arely staircase Jan 2014 #48

From Louisiana, but only got 80% NWmomma Jan 2014 #45

I always thought people were saying pot licker arely staircase Jan 2014 #47

I ot 80 percent arely staircase Jan 2014 #46

65% after 10 years in TX - TBF Jan 2014 #50

I got 80% Warpy Jan 2014 #52

55% and I've been living in the South for quite a while. WorseBeforeBetter Jan 2014 #53

I didn't get 3 of them Kali Jan 2014 #55

same here on cylnders arely staircase Jan 2014 #64

Agreed on all fronts. nolabear Jan 2014 #105

Born and raised in NYC, parents born here, but grandparents born in the south.. SummerSnow Jan 2014 #56

80%. However, I guessed on a few, and a lot are heard north and south. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2014 #60

80% treestar Jan 2014 #61

I got 90%. stage left Jan 2014 #65

You talking about Walhalla then you talking about mountain influence. Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #76

I say the "Climb a tree" phrase sometimes. LuvNewcastle Jan 2014 #86

To get shed of something arely staircase Jan 2014 #66

Of course you got them all right Generic Other Jan 2014 #67

I think Are_grits_groceries Jan 2014 #75

I got 80% 2naSalit Jan 2014 #68

I got them all correct, but thank god I still don't "speak Southern" Tom Ripley Jan 2014 #70

Bless your heart. nt Lex Jan 2014 #83

LOL! Tom Ripley Jan 2014 #98

I've heard many of those OnionPatch Jan 2014 #72

Missed 6 but don't mean much since many of my hits were guesses. Heard one UTUSN Jan 2014 #73

I was missing quite a few of them so I quit. Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #74

17/20. Grew up in GA. Live in MN. MNBrewer Jan 2014 #78

At least one of them is not just Southern Sanity Claws Jan 2014 #79

65%? Yikes. I have only visited the south on occasion, but Cleita Jan 2014 #80

I missed 4. octoberlib Jan 2014 #81

Bless your heart is going national. Cleita Jan 2014 #84

18/20 libodem Jan 2014 #82

This Canadian got 60% from mostly guessing. nt laundry_queen Jan 2014 #85

Quite a few of them are open to interpretation or must be regional. n/t X_Digger Jan 2014 #87

I got 60%. Heads up to NRaleighLiberal for my correct 'Mater' answer. PotatoChip Jan 2014 #88

I'm SOuthern as they get and missed a couple. nolabear Jan 2014 #90

75% - not bad for LiberalElite Jan 2014 #94

12/20 and I live in Texas. nt Demo_Chris Jan 2014 #96

I believe that "belly wash" refers to any non alcoholic drink. oneshooter Jan 2014 #97

I got 100% too, AGG... Rhythm Jan 2014 #99

90% I missed the "belly wash" and buttermilk questions. 11 Bravo Jan 2014 #100

50% and I'm from NYC HockeyMom Jan 2014 #101

I got 17 of 20. I'm as Yankee as can be. PeteSelman Jan 2014 #102

Interesting because I work directly with a number of people in North Carolina liberal N proud Jan 2014 #103

All you need to know: Initech Jan 2014 #106

This Midwesterner who has lived in the South for 30+ years got 75%. n/t chieftain Jan 2014 #107

75% for this Yankee... 3catwoman3 Jan 2014 #108

Where I lived in Texas as a kid a hard rain was sometimes called a frog strangler, but more often.. WillowTree Jan 2014 #110

Yikes...I bombed that test Cali_Democrat Jan 2014 #111