ADVICE TO NORTHERNERS MOVING SOUTH
*Save all manner of bacon grease. You will be instructed
on how to use it shortly.
*Just because you can drive on snow and ice does not mean
Southerners can. Stay home the two days of the year it
snows.
*If you do run your car into a ditch, don't panic. Four
men in the cab of a four-wheel pick-up with a 12-pack of
beer and a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to
help them. Just stay out of their way. This is what they
live for.
*You can ask Southerners for directions, but unless you
already know the positions of key hills, trees and rocks,
you're better off trying to find it yourself.
*Remember: Y'all is singular. All y'all is plural. All
y'all's is plural possessive.
*Get used to hearing, "You ain't from around here, are you?"
*Don't be worried that you don't understand anyone. They
don't understand you, either.
*The first Southern expression to creep into a transplanted
Northerner's vocabulary is the adjective "big ol", as in
"big ol truck", or "big ol boy". "Fixin'", as in "I'm fixin'
to go to the store", is 2nd. And "Y'all" is 3rd.
I hope ya'll are fixin' to have a big ole' laugh!!
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