Egon
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Think the actual term started away back when some fellow's would gather cattle on caribean islands and then smoke the meat for preservation! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Egon
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Jagmandave
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"Crime in Italy!" my dad would say, or "I'm gonna knock you stem winding" don't really know what either meant, but the intent was clear!
PitbullMidwest
Platinum Member
According to last Friday's National Pork Producers Council's radio show, the word barbecue is derived from the French meaning "from beard to tail", but this web site disagrees with that statement.
PitbullMidwest
Platinum Member
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( "Crime in Italy!" )</font>
A friend's mom always says "Cry Manillie", which makes about as much sense.
A friend's mom always says "Cry Manillie", which makes about as much sense.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I'm not positive about this, but I seem to recall seeing a TV program where they said that the origin of hamburger in this country was actually from a German immigrant who learned to make it in Hamburg, Germany. It was originally called Hamburg-style steak, and it wasn't until after several years passed that it came to be served on a roll (I believe at a World's Fair?) so it could be conveniently carried about.
Hopefully someone more knowledgable than I can confirm some of this. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
So, I believe the term "hamburger" is actually a variant of "hamburg" which was the original term.
I also occasionally see it called "hamburg" or "hamburg steak" here in PA. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )</font>
The history of hamburgers and all variations is really unknown since ground beef goes back about 800 years.
Each account already mentioned (World's fair, Germans...) is part of the history.
Here is a page that gives some of the history.
Hopefully someone more knowledgable than I can confirm some of this. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
So, I believe the term "hamburger" is actually a variant of "hamburg" which was the original term.
I also occasionally see it called "hamburg" or "hamburg steak" here in PA. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )</font>
The history of hamburgers and all variations is really unknown since ground beef goes back about 800 years.
Each account already mentioned (World's fair, Germans...) is part of the history.
Here is a page that gives some of the history.
PBMAX
Platinum Member
coke,soda,pop,sodi-pop = <font color="blue"> "SameDifference" </font> That gets me funny looks in North Country.....
Yonder = typical souther for - some where over there.
Yunder= realy country for - some where over there.
Far-truck = fire truck
tard= not just tired but dead tired.
cause= Just because I said so.... typical response from Dad once he said No. When I wanted to do something he did think I should be doin...
Yonder = typical souther for - some where over there.
Yunder= realy country for - some where over there.
Far-truck = fire truck
tard= not just tired but dead tired.
cause= Just because I said so.... typical response from Dad once he said No. When I wanted to do something he did think I should be doin...
Yay = a unit of measurement.
I did CAD work for quite a few years. At one of the places I used to work, we had a Laotian guy nicknamed Tony start work there. He didn't have a great command of english... especially southern english with alot of southern slang thrown in. My boss walked up to myself and Tony and started saying that we left part # XXXX off the drawing. We both didn't immediately recognize what the boss was talking about so the boss said, "You know.. that angle bracket about yay long" and held his hands up for the length. Tony looked utterly confused and finally after the boss walked off, asked me how long a yay was and that he had never heard of it. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
As for the lady mentioned above who had trouble with methaphors. Maybe this article can shed some light on her problem.
I did CAD work for quite a few years. At one of the places I used to work, we had a Laotian guy nicknamed Tony start work there. He didn't have a great command of english... especially southern english with alot of southern slang thrown in. My boss walked up to myself and Tony and started saying that we left part # XXXX off the drawing. We both didn't immediately recognize what the boss was talking about so the boss said, "You know.. that angle bracket about yay long" and held his hands up for the length. Tony looked utterly confused and finally after the boss walked off, asked me how long a yay was and that he had never heard of it. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
As for the lady mentioned above who had trouble with methaphors. Maybe this article can shed some light on her problem.
redlevel
Gold Member
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I'm originally from "Southern Indiana". (A Northern State....) My wifes family is from (the hills of) Kentucky. A truely "southern state".
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Indy, if you live in "Southern Indiana", Kentucky might be a truely "southern state." If you live in South Georgia, it ain't. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
In fact, we are suspicious of anyone from north of Atlanta. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Around here, it is "Co'cola", or a "cool drank".
For a real lesson in Southern Language, look at this list compiled by me and my students.
The following Southernisms were compiled by the 40 or so students in grades 3 - 12 in S.P.A.R.K. As we studied dialects in various readings, we became interested in the many pronunciations used in Taylor County and Middle Georgia. Some of these may differ from the way you are accustomed to hearing them. Some of the items in this list are expressions rather than dialect. We hope to compile a list of expressions used by Southerners. If you have any to add, or want to correspond with us, please e-mail Mr. Harris. mailto:mharris@taylor.k12.ga.us
Cocola--soft drink that was invented in either Columbus or Atlanta, Georgia
tide--what you get when you work too hard; "I sho am tide."
fissin--preparing; "I'm fissin' to go."
y'ontoo--would you like to? "Kin I go to town witchu?" "Y'ontoo?"
Jurdge --One who conducts a trial in a courtroom. We leave out a lot of R's, as at the end of words such as Butler, but we make up for them by adding them to words such as judge.
chimbley--what smoke comes from during the winter
chile--a young human
chullin, churrin--plural of chile
cunnel, majuh, genrul--military ranks
taters, maters--you bake taters and make sammiches from maters. You can also make a nanner sammich
bacca--either chewing or smoking
kiver--what you put on your bed when it is cold: as in "Kiver that chile up, it's cole."
light bread--as opposed to corn bread or biscuits, comes in a cellophane wrapper, same as loaf bread
po, pore--not having much money
skeet--spray; "Skeet some water on that far."
gwan--go away; "Gwan frum heah."
gwine--going; "I'm gwine to Butluh."
puncil--a writing tool
sho is--sure is
boot--part of a car where you keep the spare tire
sack--something you put items in; "Sack up them groceries."
tote--carry; "Tote that sack of maters to the house."
stank, stanks--to not smell good; "Them rotten taters sho do stank."
seddown--sit down
awrite--all right
hope,holp--help; "Holp me tote them rotten taters to the dump."
speck--expect; "I speck you better bury them rotten taters."
abode--bulding material; "Nail abode up richeer."
richeer--right here; "Romeo, wherefore art thou?" "Why, I'm richeer."
bidness--what some people do for a living; "He's in the insurance bidness."
yestiddy--the day before today
mama'n'em--your mother and them; "How's yo mana'n'em?"
widjididji--with you did you; "You didn't brang no watermelon widjididji?"
brang--bring
ast,axe--"I ast you a question."
scountel--scoundrel
suh--what you call a genrul or cunnel if you are only a majuh.
arn--something you do to blothes when they are wrinkled
liberry--a place where you may borry books
borry--borrow
loney meat sammich--what you have for dinner when you are fishing
yessum--what you say to yo mama when she asks you to behave
nome--what you say to yo mama when she asks if you have been bad
yaller --a color
hongry--wanting something to eat; "Gimme one em loney meat sammiches."
say what, do what--huh; also used to express surprise, as in "saaaaay what?"
coleglassawatuh--a cool drank of water in a glass
coledrank--a soft drink that is cool, not water
oowee--usually said "oooooooooweeee."
Mayretta--a town near Atlanta
rat now--right now
tareckly---directly; to do at same later time; "I'll do it tareckly."
raken--reckon
youngun--same as chile
how come--why?
caint--as in "I caint heppit."
pooch out--what you do to your lips when you are displeased
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Indy, if you live in "Southern Indiana", Kentucky might be a truely "southern state." If you live in South Georgia, it ain't. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
In fact, we are suspicious of anyone from north of Atlanta. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Around here, it is "Co'cola", or a "cool drank".
For a real lesson in Southern Language, look at this list compiled by me and my students.
The following Southernisms were compiled by the 40 or so students in grades 3 - 12 in S.P.A.R.K. As we studied dialects in various readings, we became interested in the many pronunciations used in Taylor County and Middle Georgia. Some of these may differ from the way you are accustomed to hearing them. Some of the items in this list are expressions rather than dialect. We hope to compile a list of expressions used by Southerners. If you have any to add, or want to correspond with us, please e-mail Mr. Harris. mailto:mharris@taylor.k12.ga.us
Cocola--soft drink that was invented in either Columbus or Atlanta, Georgia
tide--what you get when you work too hard; "I sho am tide."
fissin--preparing; "I'm fissin' to go."
y'ontoo--would you like to? "Kin I go to town witchu?" "Y'ontoo?"
Jurdge --One who conducts a trial in a courtroom. We leave out a lot of R's, as at the end of words such as Butler, but we make up for them by adding them to words such as judge.
chimbley--what smoke comes from during the winter
chile--a young human
chullin, churrin--plural of chile
cunnel, majuh, genrul--military ranks
taters, maters--you bake taters and make sammiches from maters. You can also make a nanner sammich
bacca--either chewing or smoking
kiver--what you put on your bed when it is cold: as in "Kiver that chile up, it's cole."
light bread--as opposed to corn bread or biscuits, comes in a cellophane wrapper, same as loaf bread
po, pore--not having much money
skeet--spray; "Skeet some water on that far."
gwan--go away; "Gwan frum heah."
gwine--going; "I'm gwine to Butluh."
puncil--a writing tool
sho is--sure is
boot--part of a car where you keep the spare tire
sack--something you put items in; "Sack up them groceries."
tote--carry; "Tote that sack of maters to the house."
stank, stanks--to not smell good; "Them rotten taters sho do stank."
seddown--sit down
awrite--all right
hope,holp--help; "Holp me tote them rotten taters to the dump."
speck--expect; "I speck you better bury them rotten taters."
abode--bulding material; "Nail abode up richeer."
richeer--right here; "Romeo, wherefore art thou?" "Why, I'm richeer."
bidness--what some people do for a living; "He's in the insurance bidness."
yestiddy--the day before today
mama'n'em--your mother and them; "How's yo mana'n'em?"
widjididji--with you did you; "You didn't brang no watermelon widjididji?"
brang--bring
ast,axe--"I ast you a question."
scountel--scoundrel
suh--what you call a genrul or cunnel if you are only a majuh.
arn--something you do to blothes when they are wrinkled
liberry--a place where you may borry books
borry--borrow
loney meat sammich--what you have for dinner when you are fishing
yessum--what you say to yo mama when she asks you to behave
nome--what you say to yo mama when she asks if you have been bad
yaller --a color
hongry--wanting something to eat; "Gimme one em loney meat sammiches."
say what, do what--huh; also used to express surprise, as in "saaaaay what?"
coleglassawatuh--a cool drank of water in a glass
coledrank--a soft drink that is cool, not water
oowee--usually said "oooooooooweeee."
Mayretta--a town near Atlanta
rat now--right now
tareckly---directly; to do at same later time; "I'll do it tareckly."
raken--reckon
youngun--same as chile
how come--why?
caint--as in "I caint heppit."
pooch out--what you do to your lips when you are displeased
Ok.. I'll give ya the fact that I am from further north than you, but I think ANYONE that has heard me and people from my area speak will say beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are from the south.
With that said, I can claim to be an expert on southern speaking and I think you have quite a few of your southernisms confused with ebonics hehehehehehe. BIIIIIG difference! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
With that said, I can claim to be an expert on southern speaking and I think you have quite a few of your southernisms confused with ebonics hehehehehehe. BIIIIIG difference! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
