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In reply to the discussion: Do You Speak Southern? (knowing what certain phrases mean) [View all]oneshooter
(8,614 posts)97. I believe that "belly wash" refers to any non alcoholic drink.
Tea, soda, coffee were often referred to as "belly wash".
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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
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
Meh. Some may be "Southern" but they are like 'regional' within the South.
Behind the Aegis
Jan 2014
#3
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
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
pretty weak test. I'm as southern as they come and hadn't heard of a few of em
NightWatcher
Jan 2014
#26
That list was more for a region of the South than the South as a whole
Seeking Serenity
Jan 2014
#31
Born and raised in NYC, parents born here, but grandparents born in the south..
SummerSnow
Jan 2014
#56
You talking about Walhalla then you talking about mountain influence.
Are_grits_groceries
Jan 2014
#76
Interesting because I work directly with a number of people in North Carolina
liberal N proud
Jan 2014
#103
Where I lived in Texas as a kid a hard rain was sometimes called a frog strangler, but more often..
WillowTree
Jan 2014
#110