# Tell me you're southern w/o telling me your southern **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690 "2023-01-24T01:19:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/81 "2023-01-24T23:04:01Z")
We ate dinner once at **The County Line** (somewhere in Texas), years ago and they were playing this as background music. We bought a copy of the CD and it’s floatin’ around here somewhere. The YouTube clip is not complete, but you’ll laugh your bee-hind off at this. Set a spell. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fIdikLrpr_c/hqdefault.jpg "The Country Line - Texas Speak") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIdikLrpr_c) ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/82 "2023-01-25T01:49:54Z")
“Ever last one a y’all” is also acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/83 "2023-01-25T01:55:49Z")
Biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Every day. Also, I’ll be smoking a hog this weekend. That’s right. A whole hog. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/84 "2023-01-25T01:59:46Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Also, I’ll be smoking a hog this weekend. That’s right. A whole hog. And it will be served with a vinegar based sauce, I hope. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/85 "2023-01-25T14:01:04Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > And it will be served with a vinegar based sauce, I hope. You forgot “as the Good Lord intended?” ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/86 "2023-01-25T14:45:21Z")
Q: “How big is it?” A: “It’s about yea big.” [motions with hands to indicate just how big] Also, saying “plumb” to indicate how extreme something is, as in “I’m plumb worn out.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/87 "2023-01-25T15:00:14Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Also, saying “plumb” to indicate how extreme something Or how complete or how well-made. Dad used to put on an accent and, after finishing something ‘close enough for government work’, say ‘It’s perty nigh, but not plumb.’ ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/88 "2023-01-25T16:05:04Z")
I call the back door of the liquor store the “Church Door.” I know both ways to pronounce “Beaufort.” And why it matters. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/89 "2023-01-25T16:59:59Z")
If you’re in my age group or lower, you’re either a boy or girl. If you don’t identify as those genders, I’ll shrug my shoulders and mouth “you know.” ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/90 "2023-01-25T17:17:55Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Every day. I heard THAT! S’got me grinnin’ like a possum thinkin’ ‘bout eatin’ me some bisgits n gravy! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/91 "2023-01-25T17:27:56Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > And it will be served with a vinegar based sauce, I hope. And a whole mess of greens! ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/92 "2023-01-25T18:03:34Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > I keep telling y’all yer not supposed to say y’all unless yer talkin’ to more’n one person If’n there’s jest one it’s “yew.” Oh my god, yes. Drives me straight up a wall when non-Southerners try to put on a Southern accent and say “How y’all doin’?” to one person. _That’s not what “y’all” means, folks!_ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/93 "2023-01-25T18:21:51Z")
With pepper vinegar! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/94 "2023-01-25T19:06:13Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > > [@WildaBeast](#): > > > > And it will be served with a vinegar based sauce, I hope. > > And a whole mess of greens! What!? Slaw. Good Eastern Barbecue should be eaten with slaw. Now I want barbecue. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/95 "2023-01-25T19:14:15Z")
Nope. Cabbage has to be fried with bacon grease. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/96 "2023-01-25T19:23:11Z")
Look - we’re southern, not Scottish. Not everything has to be fried. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/97 "2023-01-25T20:16:19Z")
I like both types of music, country and western! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/98 "2023-01-25T20:23:32Z")
But when we do fry… ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/99 "2023-01-25T22:52:21Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Now I want barbecue. Me too. So I went searching for what barbecue is available in the part of Northern California I live in now. This is one of the few barbecue places near me: > **[Buckhorn Valley - Buckhorn BBQ + Grill](https://buckhorngrill.com/menus/valley/?location=valley)** > > View the menu for the Buckhorn BBQ + Grill Valley locations (Folsom, Land Park, Rocklin, Sacramento - UV, and Vacaville). I’m not sure if that link will take you directly to the menu I’m looking at. If not, go to the section for “platters”. What? Who serves barbecue on a fancy plate, with a side of _roasted vegetables_? What is that asparagus doing there? That kind of offends my Southern sensibilities. Barbecue goes in a styrofoam take out container, with slaw, and a piece of white bread. Or cornbread is also acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-youre-southern-w-o-telling-me-your-southern/978690/100 "2023-01-25T22:58:41Z")
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