I had beans for breakfast. I’ll be tootin’ all day!
It’s outta tune.
It’s outta tune.
Twice as nice.
I had double trouble.
so did Stevie Ray Vaughan
Doppelganger Danger!!!
Where!?!?
In properly spoken Southern English, a person who is (or does something) crazy can be described as “tetched in the hade” (touched in the head), but one loses “touch” with reality (“S/he done lost touch, bless their little heart”). It’s a very fine distinction that should never be violated, but no one knows why.
Does anyone know of a good college looking for an SSL (Southern as a Second Language) professor or translator?
I do d’clare, y’almost made me spit my mint julep all ovah m’keyboahd.
My kin are from nawthen 'bama, so I realize (as I’m sure you do) that Southern English changes every half mile or so–roughly “over the next ridge.” The fact that you and I both recognize the word “tetch,” should be considered a minor miracle in that respect, cuz. 
Q: Why do some southerners believe the Three Wise Men were firefighters?
A: Because Scripture says “they came from afar.”
Uncle Frank couldn’t read or write so there was no note or letter found where
he died. Just a rope around his neck and the kitchen table turned on it’s side.
Q: Why couldn’t Christmas have been held in Alabama?
A: They couldn’t find three wise men and a virgin.
“This was my dad’s radio,” the little boy said
“But I guess it’s mine and mom’s now, 'cause my daddy’s dead!”
Dad had a wreck about a month ago
He was trying to get home in a blinding snow
Y’all ain’t a-doin’ it right. It’s ‘titched’ in the hade. And a ghost is a ‘haint’.
“Memaw was titched in the hade and drownt in that there crike. Now she spooks us, coz she’s a haint.”
“Its”.
Cue Liberty Bell!
Hey, I didn’t write the song. :mad:
Proclamations of innocence are rarely effective.