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expressions that pepper the southern to, but eventually you will likely hear
lexicon. Small children might be said yourself using the same kind of speech.
to be “knee-high to a grasshopper”. If As you become one with this area, you
a suggestion is made to do something may even hear yourself saying, “Y’all”,
that likely won’t work, you might hear and “over yonder”. It’s OK, as long as it
someone say, “That dog won’t hunt.” If comes naturally.
you lack conviction, someone might tell
I hope these little tidbits will help
you to “run with the big dogs, or stay on
newcomers to ease into the local
the porch”. If you have eaten a bit too
lifestyle. Once you do, you’ll wonder
well, you might be “full as a tick”.
why you’d ever want to live anywhere
A place that isn’t right here, is said to else. For my taste, life in these parts is as
be “over yonder”. “fine as frog hair”.
It does take a bit of getting used
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