Among Friends

[Kalli]

I’m a northerner through and through. Have heard all of these except the tea cup whiskey one. 

[AngelWhispers]

Wow what a blast from the past! I live in the South and the funny thing is some of those sayings are still being used today! I am guilty of using "Bless your/their heart" all the time and I say "hun", not meaning anything negative by it. It's just who I am and a part of me as a gal raised in the South..  And yes we love sweet tea!

[Mistic]

@ECBG

"Bless Her Heart"  ~  "LOL!"  I spent 10 years in the Smoky Mountains of NC.  That "BHH" really gets a work out.  It's like anything goes, as long as when you are done, you say "BLESS HER/HIS HEART!"  

[ECBG]

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@Mistic wrote:

@ECBG

"Bless Her Heart"  ~  "LOL!"  I spent 10 years in the Smoky Mountains of NC.  That "BHH" really gets a work out.  It's like anything goes, as long as when you are done, you say "BLESS HER/HIS HEART!"  

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@MisticExactly.  It's either "I feel or I feel sorry" for that person, or "they couldn't do any better than that!".

[ECBG]

My great aunt would exclaim "law" or "Law" when she heard something extreme or was trying to put emphasis on a statement she made.

"Laaaaaw, she was the best cook!".  It always hit me like "Lordy", (not to be irreverent).

[Mistic]

@ECBG

AWE LAAAW!   LOL.  Did we live in the same place?  How about "Eat Chet?"  ~  Have you eaten yet?  Or one of my favorites.  I had not been there long, and my boyfriend (Husband for almost 41 years now) tells me "Gotta git Earl."  I thought it was someone that I hadn't met yet.  Earl was OIL for his car!   I needed a translator for months.  Very Kind People, but I could not understand many things they were saying.  

[ECBG]

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@Mistic wrote:

@ECBG

AWE LAAAW!   LOL.  Did we live in the same place?  How about "Eat Chet?"  ~  Have you eaten yet?  Or one of my favorites.  I had not been there long, and my boyfriend (Husband for almost 41 years now) tells me "Gotta git Earl."  I thought it was someone that I hadn't met yet.  Earl was OIL for his car!   I needed a translator for months.  Very Kind People, but I could not understand many things they were saying.  

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@MisticSomewhere I have heard "Ja eat Chet?".  I don't know where that came from, though.  We didn't speak like that.  My students always complained if I corrected their written work because of the grammar and especially verb tenses.  Once, a student asked me if I taught English.  I just smiled and said "I teach YOU!".

My great aunt grew up in Morgangton, NC.

[Mistic]

@EGCB ~

Small World.  I was just in Morganton last October for my Son's Wedding.  We stayed in a beautiful rental home up on a secluded mountain top.  All 3 of the new big homes were rented out for all to stay...  The wedding took place on the overlook at Wisemans View, just off the Parkway, near Linville Falls.  A long drive from home for all (PA), but they love that place, so that was the final destination.    

[BettyNewbie]

"I dont know them from Adam"

"Katie bar the door'

and "So help me Hannah"

[reynie]

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@Imaoldhippie wrote:

I grew up hearing these north of the Mason Dixon.

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Same here. I've heard most of those. Cute to read though. Thanks for posting them @ECBG!