Southern English

[Barry N]

Oh, I plumb forgot - while I never reached a "Bar the door, Katie" level warning, I do recall "I just might have to go out back and cut me a hickry switch" if I persisted in whatever miscreant way at that time. Worked very well, as I had a strong imagination of what that meant!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Oh, I plumb forgot - while I never reached a "Bar the door, Katie" level warning, I do recall "I just might have to go out back and cut me

a hickry switch

" if I persisted in whatever miscreant way at that time. Worked very well, as I had a strong imagination of what that meant!

Here'bouts, that was know as a dose of "Hickory tea".

 

[Daver1963]

Oh, I plumb forgot - while I never reached a "Bar the door, Katie" level warning, I do recall "I just might have to go out back and cut me a hickry switch" if I persisted in whatever miscreant way at that time. Worked very well, as I had a strong imagination of what that meant!

I grew up in the South, but my mother was English and even after many years in the South she never uttered the phrase "go cut me a switch." However, she was very fast with flip-flops, sandals, and flyswatters!
She never totally lost her English accent even after 40+ years in the South, but she (of course) did pick up certain phrases, which spoken with an English accent sounded a little funny. Imagine, if you can, us sitting around talking about some local miscreant troublemakers and my mother with that accent saying "they're nothing but poor white trash."
Quite astonishing for me and a little bit funny.

 

[brin]

Gas Pedal is the " Foot Feed "...." Furinuh " means...and here's why...." A comin' up a storm' etc...just too many...

 

[jinman]

Though it may not have been strictly southern English, "chewing the fat" and/or "chewing the rag" were common expressions for long mindless conversations. Of course, really uninformed conversations about topics were people just "flappin' their gums" or "battin' their gums." Also "flappin' their jaws" was a similar common idiom. They all meant that you were spending time gabbing, a very common southern pastime.

 

[k0ua]

Though it may not have been strictly southern English, "chewing the fat" and/or "chewing the rag" were common expressions for long mindless conversations. Of course, really uninformed conversations about topics were people just "flappin' their gums" or "battin' their gums." Also "flappin' their jaws" was a similar common idiom. They all meant that you were spending time gabbing, a very common southern pastime.

Interesting. a "ragchew" is a common Amateur Radio term still in common usage all over the world today, meaning a contact with another Amateur Radio operator, conducted in a friendly manner where both participants spend some amount of time talking about any common interests. Not all, Amateur Radio contacts are ragchews, especially contacts between operators in different countries where there may be some language barriers when the topic deviates from Amateur Radio. More regional contacts between operators with a common heritage are often "ragchews".

James K0UA

 

[Gunny]

Some of he wife's family were in this weekend visiting (from the mountains in Eastern KY). I guess I've been around them long enough that it just quit registering on me, but this weekend I noticed that they don't/can't say "it", it's always "hit".

"Hit'll be a long drive home. Hit's been awhile, etc"

 

[IslandTractor]

I've always loved the polite sarcastic put down "Isn't that precious" best delivered by a smiling matronly syrupy sweet Southern lady. You never can be sure whether she is being straight or sarcastic. Brilliant way to be snarky but maintain a civil air.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Some of he wife's family were in this weekend visiting (from the mountains in Eastern KY). I guess I've been around them long enough that it just quit registering on me, but this weekend I noticed that they don't/can't say "it", it's always "hit".

"Hit'll be a long drive home. Hit's been awhile, etc"

My Grandad, whose folks were from Bowling Green, used that term. He also said "fit" for "fought", and "Hain't" for "Ain't".

 

[PMA]

A haint down here is ghost. My granddaddy said it all the time.

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