97forever
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I am sure ya'l---uh---you all(?) will.Originally posted by DeeDee@Oct 12 2003, 08:03 AM
I hope you found this thread informative 97. We will all be waiting to hear how your trip up north turns out.
All yan---uh--northern US forum members...
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Luv4Dale8
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The only people I ever heard call it pee-can are people from Michigan. I was born and raised in Ky and Tn and never heard pee-can. :lol: [/b][/quote]
I say PEE-CAN
...actuly, I say bothAnd where are you going anyways, 97 forever (arent you the one going somehwere?)
97forever
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Yep.That would be me Luv4..And,just going--ahem--'up north'- way up north. Well---somewhere up north and...never mind.
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Luv4Dale8
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:lol:
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Flametamer
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Go to your video store, rent My Cousin Vinny. The differences will be obvious.
Just don't change, be yourself as I did when I moved to the GLORIOUS SOUTH from the COLD north!
I am sure ya'l---uh---you all(?) will. [/b][/quote]Originally posted by 97forever+Oct 12 2003, 09:49 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (97forever @ Oct 12 2003, 09:49 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--DeeDee@Oct 12 2003, 08:03 AM
I hope you found this thread informative 97. We will all be waiting to hear how your trip up north turns out.
All of you
May I also suggest that you say sneakers instead of tennis shoes, and you didn't carry anyone to thee store, you drove them. Please dress warmly, and holler at me when ya git back. 
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bowtie
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just face it bro. you're screwed. You can't talk like a yankee, you're from Alabama you can't even talk like a southerner. :lol:
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JarrettFan
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And what ever you do......don't call the thing you push around Wal-Mart a 'buggy'. It's a grocery cart!
I about fell over dead from laughing the first time I heard the greeter at Wal-Mart ask me if I wanted a 'buggy'. I had no idea what she was asking me. True story!
Lee
I about fell over dead from laughing the first time I heard the greeter at Wal-Mart ask me if I wanted a 'buggy'. I had no idea what she was asking me. True story!
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97forever
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Thanks Lee....that would have been the first mistake I made.GROCERY CART---got it.
You were expecting maybe Wisconsin?Nope.They talk funnier than even you do Dee! [/b][/quote]
I'd be careful if I were you, 97. The authorities up here just love to arrest good old southern boys.
97forever
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ooops...I am just guessing here NW---but I bet YOU are from Wisconsin,right? 
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17_Fan
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I'd be careful if I were you, 97. The authorities up here just love to arrest good old southern boys.
[/b][/quote]Especially the ones that have 'Illinois' on the plate & speed down the Interstate at a buck-20!
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17_Fan
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I say PEE-CAN
...actuly, I say bothAnd where are you going anyways, 97 forever (arent you the one going somehwere?) [/b][/quote]
Yup...that's how they say it in the Carolinas.
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17_Fan
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One other thing I thought of...probably won't affect ya unless your planning a cookout. We call it lighter fluid up here, not starter. When I was down at Bristol, some gal asked me to borrow some starter. At first I thought they were having car problems and needed a jump start.
May I add that ya don't mash the button, you push it. Try Iced Coffee if they have it there.
97forever
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mmm?Push a button instead of mash it? WEIRD concept Kat....
I guess they are just different up yonder... And iced coffee is just plain wrong,man.What next?French-Vanilla coffee creamer?
I guess they are just different up yonder...
And iced coffee is just plain wrong,man.What next?French-Vanilla coffee creamer?
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JarrettFan
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Oh Yea, one more thing. Don't drive around looking for a 'bowld peanut' stand. There aren't any!
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17_Fan
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The only thing I mash is potatoes & 'the gas'It's cold up here...everybody drinks their coffee hot...except some of those yuppies who frequent Starbucks.
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Flametamer
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Especially the ones that have 'Illinois' on the plate & speed down the Interstate at a buck-20![/QUOTE]
Normally, it's a buck twenty five. and the Wisconsin Coppers are too busy with thier doughnuts to bother with us Land of Lincolners!
Especially the ones that have 'Illinois' on the plate & speed down the Interstate at a buck-20![/QUOTE]
Normally, it's a buck twenty five. and the Wisconsin Coppers are too busy with thier doughnuts to bother with us Land of Lincolners!
That would be correct, 97. Make sure you eat some good old Wisconsin cheddar when you're here.Originally posted by 97forever@Oct 12 2003, 06:45 PM
ooops...I am just guessing here NW---but I bet YOU are from Wisconsin,right?
Yes, 97 we DO have french-vanilla coffee creamer. After all, we northerners are very civilized.Originally posted by 97forever@Oct 14 2003, 04:46 AM
mmm?Push a button instead of mash it? WEIRD concept Kat....
I guess they are just different up yonder...
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RACER35
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97,Stop by my place in N.E.Pa. and I'll make the GRITS.
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stridsberry
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If you come up to the Northeast, remember that to say something is "dank" or "solid" is a COMPLIMENT. It doesn't mean it's musty, around here.
97forever
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If you will make 'em,I can sure as heck eat 'em RACER35!Originally posted by RACER35@Oct 14 2003, 06:24 PM
Stop by my place in N.E.Pa. and I'll make the GRITS.
Why,I am sure they will be dank good man!(how was that Strids?)
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stridsberry
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Pretty good, except don't add the "good" at the end. Example: "I went to a pretty dank concert yesterday", or "Those are some real solid shoes you're wearing." Generally speaking, the terms themselves are interchangable. Solid, eh?
97forever
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Yes. Very dank ! Hah! They will think I am from New-damn-Jersey by the time I am thru practicing! Thanks for the tips guys!
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smack500
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and the Wisconsin Coppers are too busy with thier doughnuts to bother with us Land of Lincolners!
[/quote]That seems to be the same no matter where you go.
I have lived in the south and up north. Most people I knew or talked to didn't have an accent only a few. I didnt notice much diffrences. I live in virginia, and have family in vermont, while I have some other family members in florida. We visit them once a year, and I didnt take Nortern / southern classes and I was fine. a few things here and there, but easy to pick up on. Of course I guess its diffrent when you have traveled to both places throughout your childhood.
Whizzer
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Unless you glow in the dark from drinking water laced with chemicals, there is no way in hell anyone would take you as being from New Jersey. But then that theory will be dashed when you open your mouth.
All is not lost and there might be a way. One choice is to play the part of a deaf mute, carry a sign that says you are from Sussex or Warren Counties in New Jersey as they are still somewhat rural and it is easier for an Alabama country boy to fit in.
And act normal, or at least as normal as a person from Alabama can act. Do not try to pull the "ole country boy" routine since even the farmers in New Jersey will see right through that one. Keep in mind all public establishments have indoor plumbing.
One thing frowned upon in the north is the blowing of ones nose without using a handkerchief. Holding one side of your nose and blowing through the other side with no way to catch the missle is verboten. In case you haven't been educated on a handkerchief, it is a cloth, usually about 12 to 18 inches square that people from more densely populated areas use to capture the "missle" upon ejection.
Pickups with plenty of beer cans in the bed are not status symbols but more likely reason for the state police to stop you.
Streaks of chewin' tabacca down the sides of a Mustang or Tundra fail to impress and a no-no in the sophisticated culture of Noo Joisey.
The finger is not waving as a gesture of friendship. It is means ya done something to displease someone. The finger is a wonderful replacment for a car horn and reduces noise pollution.
There are many more subleties but for now hope this basic lesson in personal hygiene and etiquette suffice but if there is more information sought, I'll do my best to get you a little further past the basics.
The folks wondering how to correctly pronounce the word spelled P-E-C-A-N, the proper prounciation determines your financial wherewithall.
Pee-cans = income under $20,000 per year.
Peek-canz = close to the Mason-Dixon line, annual income of $30,000.
Pah-cahns = Actual amount undetermined. Old southern family money and lots of it should cover it though.
Hope this clears up the use of the word, pecans.
Way too funny Whiz!!! :lol:
Whizzer, I think that is some very good advice you have given ol' 97.
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17_Fan
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But a Kleenex facial tissue will suffice in a pinch!
Whizzer
Gig'em
I dunno about the Kleenex, 17Fan. Some of the ole boys I've seen use the rural technique of one finger nose blowin' would blow right through a Kleenex, unless it has wire mesh interwoven.
ROTFLMAO at the Kleenex conv.
97forever
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The time honored art of 'Snot-Rocketism' WOULD be lost on the northern realms wouldn't it? What a culture! Ya'll must have cheated during the war of Northern Aggression!
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bowtie
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Ya'll just don't know what you're missing. The art of "Snot-Rocketism" as 97 so perfectly named it is definately an art. Try blowing that mass out of your nose without getting it on your beer belly or square toed dingo's is really hard to do. But, if you ladies will give it a shot you could pick up on it pretty quick.
Oh, and Whizzer, I may be a southern boy, but I'm smart enough to know that I don't want a peice of cloth with week old boogers on it in my back pocket, so that I will leave up to the yankees. :lol:
Oh, and Whizzer, I may be a southern boy, but I'm smart enough to know that I don't want a peice of cloth with week old boogers on it in my back pocket, so that I will leave up to the yankees. :lol:
Whizzer
Gig'em
GEEZ Bowtie !!!! I think you're missing something.
Up here in North Carolina, (why is the direction "north" considered to be "up"?) they have more than one handkerchief and it is washed regularly, not bought one at a time and carried it until it falls apart from age and decay.
Up here in North Carolina, (why is the direction "north" considered to be "up"?) they have more than one handkerchief and it is washed regularly, not bought one at a time and carried it until it falls apart from age and decay.
97forever
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In fact(Now that Bow so astutely brought it up)---many Northern ladies would benifit from learning this art....as well as the famous method of 'drip-drying' so favored by the southern lasses! SAVE OUR PAPER PRODUCTS!!!