SOUTHERNisims

Today we look at things unique to the South, Southern People and all things Southern
A few phrases I've heard include ;


He's so clumsy he'd trip over a cordless phone.He's about as handy as a back pocket on a shirt.That's about as useful as a trap door on a canoe.He couldn't carry a tune if he had a bucket with a lid on it.She was so tall she could hunt geese with a rake.She was so tall if she fell down she would be halfway home.He was so fat it was easier to go over top of him than around him.It happened faster than a knife fight in a phone booth.NO!! I AM NOT FALLING ASLEEP!! I was just checking for holes in my eyelids.

Words =        Buggy =   cart,  fixin' to = about to,  mater, tater =  Tomato, Potato,  All y'all, Chief Cook and Bottle Washer, Chief Cook and Bottle Washer= jack of all trades, goober = peanut, Hankering= craving, hear tell= 2nd hand gossip,like to =   almost.

 OK   there are a few.  I welcome any I missed. WE have such an interesting