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If you hear "pop" around NC for soda, that person is probably not a native NC'er. (Midwesterner maybe, where pop is used a lot?)
Now if you hear someone ask for a "Cokecola", they are probably a native....and they aren't really asking specifically for a Coke...any kind of soft drink would fit the bill.
That is so absolutely true. Coke = soft drink
Goes something like this...
"Can I get you a coke?"
"Yes, thank you."
"What kind? We've got Sprite, Cheerwine, Coke, etc"
Soda, Pop, etc are definitely not native terms.
Now, I did spend some time in Texas, but I've heard my folk around here use the term fixin' too.
And if you're mad, that just 'tans my hide' Or from someone who is gonna give you a whippin,' I'm gonna tan your hide'
And just to put the shoe on the other foot, I had a devil of a time when I got lost up around Boston a few months ago and stopped to ask which city I was in and was told Pibiddy. I must have asked him 3 times to repeat the city name, finally he slowed it down for a good Southern girl, "PEA-BODY" he said. Oh, I said, finally understanding with an emphatic, "Oh, Peabody!" Why didn't you say it right the first time!? I've gotten many a laugh out of that one.
Oh, and one of the many uses for bacon fat...grits, baby grits.
And anything you say afterwards, no matter how rude or nasty, instantly becomes acceptable to say.
"Well Bless Your Heart, but if that just isn't the worst hair cut I've seen in my life."
"Well, Bless Your Heart, but you don't have the brains God gave a fence post."
Desdemona & NCMommy, your interpretations use to be only one side of "Bless your heart." It depended on the person. Now, since I haven't lived there in many years it may have changed... like so much else has. But some of my fondest memories are of my Grandaddy saying to me as a child "Bless your little heart". And he meant it as only purest of pure intention.
But I did get a snarky "Bless your heart" from a woman while visiting this summer. I didn't comment since I had my kids with me. So I've experienced the ones you've mentioned too. Maybe only Southern Grandaddies give out the good ones any more. I hope not.
Oh NCMommy2-4. laughing so hard I fear incontinence. Still laughing. I have never thought of it that way. Tears now. I guess you are right. That really is what it means. Great translation.
When i was growing up (i still am) a "drink" was any soda pop.
Do you want a drink? That would include any soft drink at the store. No soda, soda pop, pop, just drink.
What are your favorite NC slang words or phrases???????
being from upstate NY we had stopped at the waffle house while visiting my daughter ----had some difficulty ordering food from the waitress --we sat down at the counter instead of the booth and she questioned us as to (phonetically) jeet yet?? hubby and i sat there clueless my daughter giggled and interpreted for us--did you eat yet? Of course the waitress then asked us if we wanted our home fries scattered smoothered and covered---it was the first that we heard of that --but yum it was good stuff!
Any others ???
My grandmother used to say something to the effect of what you are saying about "Did you eat yet?" And of course it was said like your waitress said it. I bet I was grown before I realized that this was not an actual Daniel Webster dictionary word. LOL
We had some friends that moved from NY and he stated that the thing that irked him the most was that every time he asked where someone was or where something was the answer was nearly always "It's over yonder." He stated he was still trying to figure out where over yonder is.
What are your favorite NC slang words or phrases???????
being from upstate NY we had stopped at the waffle house while visiting my daughter ----had some difficulty ordering food from the waitress --we sat down at the counter instead of the booth and she questioned us as to (phonetically) jeet yet?? hubby and i sat there clueless my daughter giggled and interpreted for us--did you eat yet? Of course the waitress then asked us if we wanted our home fries scattered smoothered and covered---it was the first that we heard of that --but yum it was good stuff!
Any others ???
Penny,
"jeet yet".
Heck, you can hear that in Philly every day.
Know what I love about North Carolina speakese?
Silly, I know.
The way the work NINE is pronounced.
Love it.
Then again I sort of love the whole southern accent. Love it.
I have lived alot of places...including texas...I also say coke for everything carbonated...and it confuses my fiance all the time...What do you call shoes? I say tennis shoes for everything where he calls them sneakers. Ya'll has still stuck with me
Being from Texas my IN's and EN's sound the same...I get laughed at when i say Tin and Ten and they both sound like Ten...
We will be moving to NC soon...I cannot wait to get away from "use guys" as in "use guys coming over?"...
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