Local/Regional Sayings

[Dorothy39]

More nervous than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs

Don't know them from Adams housecat=new family

y'all need to go up the line a bit and tote your sister= go to the store and take the kid sister along

some Tennessee upbringing wisdom

When stopping for a bite to eat in Georgia, I bought a little booklet titled" How to speak Southern"


It is hilarious!!!

i.e.

Madge=A state of wedlock that any preacher can put you into, but only a lawyer can get you out of.

Jawja=southern State just north of Florida.


Fem=A necessary ingredient in the creation of photographs.

Very entertaining booklet!!!!

[momoffuzzyfaces]

WOW!!! Who woulda thunk it!!!
Kansas is the most "normal" state in the union!!!!

[Chilli]

I love this thread! I never even thought about all the different saying in different parts of the US/world.
I've already heard all the ones around here already mentioned. Ours is just the typical "ain't, yuns, yonder, reckon, ya'll," etc...

((PS, soda is called soda here. The only time people say Coke is when they're referring to either Coke-cola or Cocaine^^!))