Learn to speak Southern US
1. JAWJUH- noun. A highly flammable state just north of Florida. Usage: "My brother from Jawjah bard my pickup truck."
2. BARD- verb. Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow." Usage: "My brother bard my pickup truck."
3. MUNTS- noun. A calendar division. Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and I aint herd from him in munts."
4. RANCH- noun. A tool. Usage: "I think I left my ranch in the back of that pickup truck my brother from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago."
5. ALL- noun. A petroleum-based lubricant. Usage: "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck."
6. DAYUM- A cuss word Rhett Butler used in "Gone With the Wind." Usage: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a dayum."
7. IGNERT- adjective. Not smart. See "Auburn Alumni." Usage: "Them N-C-TWO-A boys sure are ignert!"
8. BAHS- noun. A supervisor. Usage: "If you don't stop reading these Southern words and git back to work, your bahs is gonna far you!"
9. BAWL- What water does at 212 degrees Fahrenheit. Usage: "That gal cain't even bawl water without burnin' it."
10. TIRE- noun. A tall monument. Usage: "Lord willing and the creeks don't rise, I sure do hope to see that Eiffel Tire in Paris sometime."
11. TARRED- adverb. Exhausted. Usage: "I just flew in from Et-lanna, and boy my arms are tarred."
12. OVAIR- In that direction. Usage: "Where's yo paw, son?" "He's ovair, suh."
13. FARN- adjective. Not local. Usage: "I cudnt unnerstand a wurd he sed. .. must be from some farn country."
14. EAR- noun. A colorless, odorless gas (unless you are in LA). Usage: "He can't breathe. .. give 'em some ear!"
15. JU-HERE- a question. Usage: "Juhere that former Dallas Cowboys' coach Jimmy Johnson recently toured the University of Alabama?"
16. MUCHABLIGE- Thank you. Usage: "Muchablige for the lift, mister."
17. IDINIT- Term employed by genteel Southerners to avoid saying Ain't. Usage: "Mighty hot today, idinit?"
18. SEED- Seen, past tense. Usage: "I ain't never seed New York City."
19. VIEW- Have You? Usage: "I ain't never seed New York City! ... view ?"
20. HEAVY DEW- phrase. A request for action. Usage: "Kin I heavy dew me a favor?"
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