honey, give me some sugar....
will that be one lump, or two??
ROFL
--
lampy
A Mogwai is simply a highly evolved Tribble
"Paul T. Holland"
bellatlantic.net> wrote in message
news:4558FDAC.58DE5EF4@bellatlantic.net...> brings to mind dialect comparisons
>
> imagine if you will sweet nothings being whispered by say, a southerner vs
a
> brooklynite, irish vs cockney, and so on...
>
>
>
> lightlady wrote:
>
>> The North has coffee houses,
>> The South has Waffle Houses
>>
>> The North has dating services,
>> The South has family reunions.
>>
>> The North has switchblade knives,
>> The South has Lee Press-on Nails
>>
>> The North has double last names,
>> The South has double first names.
>>
>> The North has Indy car races,
>> The South has stock car races.
>>
>> The North has Cream of Wheat,
>> The South has grits.
>>
>> The North has green salads,
>> The South has collard greens.
>>
>> The North has lobsters,
>> The South has crawfish.
>>
>> The North has the rust belt,
>> The South has the Bible Belt.
>>
>> FOR NORTHERNERS MOVING SOUTH . . .
>>
>> In the South: If you run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four men in
a
>> four-wheel drive pickup truck with a tow chain will be along shortly.
Don't
>> try to help them, just stay out of their way. This is what they live
for.
>>
>> Don't be surprised to find movie rentals and bait in the same
store....do
>> not buy food at this store.
>>
>> Remember, "y'all" is singular, "all y'all" is plural, and "all y'all's"
is
>> plural possessive.!
>>
>> Get used to hearing "You ain't from round here, are ya?"
>>
>> Save all manner of bacon grease. You will be instructed later on how to
use
>> it.
>>
>> Don't be worried at not under standing what people are saying. They
can't
>> understand you either. The first Southern statement to creep into a
>> transplanted Northerner's vocabulary is the adjective "big'ol," truck or
>> big'ol" boy. Most Northerners begin their Southern-influenced dialect
this
>> way. All of them are in denial about it.
>>
>> The proper pronunciation you learned in school is no longer proper.
>>
>> Be advised that "He needed killin" is a valid defense here.
>>
>> If you hear a Southerner exclaim, "Hey, y'all, watch this," you should
stay
>> out of the way. These are likely to be the last words he'll ever say.
>>
>> If there is the prediction of the slightest chance of even the smallest
>> accumulation of snow, your presence is required at the local grocery
store.
>>
>> It doesn't matter whether you need anything or not. You just have to go
>> there.
>>
>> Do not be surprised to find that 10-year olds own their own shotguns,
they
>> are proficient marksmen, and their mammas taught them how to aim
>>
>> In the South, we have found that the best way to grow a lush green lawn
is
>> to pour gravel on it and call it a driveway.
>>
>> AND REMEMBER: If you do settle in the South and bear children, don't
think
>> we will accept them as Southerners. After all, if the cat had kittens in
the
>> oven, we wouldn't call 'em biscuits.
>>
>> Send this to four people that ain't related to you, and I reckon your
life
>> will turn into a country music song 'fore you know it.
>>
>> Your kin would get a kick out of it too!
>>
>> --
>> lynn
>>
>> I AM...
>>
>> A=aware- of it all
>> L=love- for all
>> I=intuitive-with my body and my surroundings
>> V=victorious- in all i do
>> E=exited- about it all
>
