Southern Culture

Some of the foods that are rather unique to the South are:

Language

The following are a few phrases that are often used in the South.

Just for fun, the Dictionary for Yankees and other Uneducated People by Bill Dwyer suggests the following "Southern" words:

AIN'T - The sister of one of your parents.
BEGGER - Some people just naturally grow this way over smaller people.
CHAIR - "C'mon naow, let's hair a big CHAIR for the team."
GOWN - "Pappy's GOWN to Birming'ham."
HOMINY - What number, i.e., "HOMINY children do you declare?"
LACK - Enjoy, i.e., "If yo' LACK biscuits, you'll LACK my mammy's."
MINT - Intentions, i.e., "Ah MINT to call, but it slipped my mind."
NECKS - What the barber says after he's finished with a customer.
PEARS - Appearance, i.e., "She PEARS to be sickly."
PIN - "This PIN don't write, hit's outten eenk."
POLICE - A term of politeness all southern children are taught, i.e., "POLICE get off my foot, ya clumsy ox!"
PUTTY - What you are if you're not ugly.
ROUGH - The cover over a building.
SNOWS - Many a wife is kept awake nights by a husband who SNOWS.
TAR - If one blows out, it's nice to have a spare.
WAR - You'll find it strung between telephone poles.
YEAR - You have one on each side of your head.

The following words were submitted by readers:

FISH-CAMP - A seafood restaurant (submitted by Neal Konneker)
FIXIN' - About to do something...."fixin' to go to the store" (submitted by Lynn Daughtry)
RECKON - I figure - "I reckon I ought to go now" (submitted by Lynn Daughtry)
MASH - To push as in a button or a gadget... "mash the button" (submitted by Juli Dalton)
LIKE TA HAVE - To almost, as in "I'd like ta have hit him" (submitted by Nick Christensen)
IN FRONT OF - Across the road, as in "They live in front of so-and-so" (submitted by Barry Anderson)
FUR PIECE - As in "Oh, it's jest a fur piece down the road..." (submitted by David Tedder)
WINDAS - Pronounciation of windows