Southern English

[k0ua]

My mil is old school Va and there hardly a time were together that some new to me old time phrase comes out, my bil and I have talked about writing a book. lol

Does anyone ever use the term "foot accelerator" ? she and my wife do.lol

I havent heard this in a while, but old timers around here called it the "foot feed". I guess on older cars was there also a hand throttle?

 

[Soggy Bottom Outdoors]

Shake like a hound passing peach pits.

 

[bandaidmd]

I havent heard this in a while, but old timers around here called it the "foot feed". I guess on older cars was there also a hand throttle?

I also think that was the origin as the early cars had hand throttles.

 

[bandaidmd]

I'm 50 miles east of "warshington" DC

 

[Bwana64]

I took your vocabulary test. 90% dixie and it asked if General Lee was my grandfather!

 

[Alan L.]

Dumb as a post

 

[bandaidmd]

I took your vocabulary test. 90% dixie and it asked if General Lee was my grandfather!

General Lee was my wifes cousin, true story!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Any of you ever drink any "bluejohn" milk? Or milk that was a little bit "blinky"?

 

[k0ua]

Any of you ever drink any "bluejohn" milk? Or milk that was a little bit "blinky"?

Yep to both.

 

[Daver1963]

Here's a fun little test that's in the spirit of this thread.

Are You a Yankee or a Rebel? - alphaDictionary * Southern Accent Test

If you google rebel or a Yankee test there are several that come up and if you answer honestly they usually are pretty close as to where you grew up .

My results usually come up about 55% dixie and since I'm about 50 miles south of the Mason Dixon line that's pretty darn close.

Mine came up 85% Dixie. Wanted to know if I still used Confederate money.