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Dave Cottrell

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Southern to English Dictionary
6/28/2007 4:30:29 AM

Heidi, yall!  View ever seed such smarts?  Fer them as dissermembered how to tawk rat....


Southern (Southspeak) to English dictionary: 

  • HEIDI (noun)Greeting.
  • HIRE YEW (noun with verb)Complete sentence. Remainder of greeting.
    Usage “Heidi, hire yew?”
  • BARD (verb)Past tense of the infinitive “to borrow.”
    Usage “My brother bard my pickup truck.”
  • JAWJUH (noun)The state north of Florida. Capitol is Lanner.
    Usage “My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck.”
  • BAMMER (noun)The state west of Jawjuh. Capitol is Berminhayum.
    Usage “A tornader jes went through Bammer an’ left $20,000,000 in improvements.”
  • MUNTS (noun)A calendar division.
    Usage “My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and I ain’t herd from him in munts.”
  • THANK (verb)Cognitive process.
    Usage “Ah thank ah’ll have a bare.”
  • BARE (noun)An alcoholic beverage made of barley, hops and yeast.
    Usage “Ah thank ah’ll have a bare.”
  • IGNERT (adjective)Not smart. See “ Arkansas native.”
    Usage “Them bammer boys sure are ignert!”
  • RANCH (noun)A tool used for tight’nin’ boats.
    Usage “I thank I left my ranch in the back of that pickup truck my brother from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago.”
  • BOAT (noun)A screw you tighten with a ranch
  • ALL (noun)A petroleum-based lubricant.
    Usage “I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck.”
  • FAR (noun)A conflagration.
    Usage “If my brother from Jawjuh don’t change the all in my pickup truck, that thing’s gonna catch far.”
  • TAR (noun)A rubber wheel.
    Usage “Gee, I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuh don’t git a flat tar in my pickup truck.”
  • TIRE (noun)A tall monument.
    Usage “Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise, I sure do hope to see that Eiffel Tire in
    Paris sometime.”
  • RETARRED (verb)To stop working.
    Usage “My grampaw retarred at age 65.”
  • FAT (noun, verb)A battle or combat; to engage in battle or combat.
    Usage “You younguns keep fat’n, n’ ah’m gonna whup y’uh.”
  • RATS (noun)Entitled power or privilege.
    Usage “We Southerners are willin’ to fat for are rats.”
  • CHEER (adverb)In this place.
    Usage “Just set that bare rat cheer.” .
  • FARN (adjective)Not domestic.
    Usage “I cuddint unnerstand a wurd he sed. Must be from some farn country.”
  • DID (adjective)Not alive.
    Usage “He’s did, Jim.”
  • ARE (noun)A colorless, odorless gas. i.e., oxygen.
    Usage “He can’t breathe. Give ‘IM some ARE!”
  • BOB WAR (noun)A sharp, twisted cable.
    Usage “Boy, stay away from that bob war fence.”
  • JEW HERE (noun and verb)Contraction.
    Usage “Jew here that my brother from Jawjuh got a job with that bob war fence cump’ny?”
  • HAZE. (noun and verb)Contraction.
    Usage “Is Bubba smart?” “Nah … haze ignert. He ain’t thanked but a minnit’n is laf.”
  • SEED (verb)Past tense of “to see.”
    Usage “I ain’t never seed
    New York City.” VIEW (pronoun and verb) — Contraction Usage “I ain’t never seed New York City. View?”
  • GUBMINT (noun)A bureaucratic institution.
    Usage “Them gubmint boys shore is ignert.”
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LOL!  For a more complete dictionary, see http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/southernese.html

God bless,

Dave

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Re: Southern to English Dictionary
6/28/2007 4:40:36 AM
Hey there Dave :)  LOL!!!! gee that was a great workout!!! shore lota fun!!! 
Have A Great Day :) hugs
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Re: Southern to English Dictionary
6/28/2007 5:15:30 AM
Goodness me!

You can't call that English.

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Re: Southern to English Dictionary
6/28/2007 6:43:09 AM
06-28-2007 Tasmania - Australia Mr Dave, If you tell me your postal address I will send you Aussie dictionary from Sonya Plowman: Few Examples a bit rich cheeky; over the top. above board legal; out in the open accident an unplanned pregnancy. air between the ears to be slow, uninteligent. all systems go all is ready ancient history facts that are now old news, nolonger important. Anne's your aunty expression indicating all is fine any sex,e.g. did she give you any? a ower t arse over tit; falling over in a very undignified way Aussie salute the flapping away of ever-present flies fron one.s face 'ave a go,ya mug! cricket fan's taunt ( to a slow batman ). Back a' Bourke any remote, isolate place. backwater an unsophisticated,remote place. backy tobacco backyard job illegal; improper done without red tape bad trot run of bad luck. ball and chain wife banana bender Queenslander bang in the middle dead centre. barney fight. bash wild party. beef complaint; to complaint bender a drinking binge bend the elbow drink excessively. binglea minor car accident. Black Stump a non-existent place in the middle of nowhere. blahdy blah bllah etcetera; all the rest blanky euphemistic term for bloody blind very drunkblow through depart hastily. boink to have sexual intercourse. batch to mess up somethink, e.g. he botched it up. brassed off realy annoyed or angry brick short of a wall simple person. etc. etc. etc... Warm Regards Eva beemwwfc@Yahoo.com
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Re: Southern to English Dictionary
6/28/2007 9:38:35 AM

Hello Dave,

Hope all is well, long time no see..!

Ya'll knows most of the folks I live near here in Kentucky talks jest lik that.. ROFL ..

I had to steal a copy fur my oldest son .. he loves to poke  fun at thar accent..

Thanks for the mornin giggles !

Blessings,

Geketa

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