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1. If someone says "bless her heart," what might they really mean?
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2. What does it mean when someone says, "fixin' to?"
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3. What is a "clicker"?
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4. If you want a soft drink to go with your meal, what do you ask for?
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5. If you use the word "reckon," what are you really saying?
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6. How do you address two or more people?
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7. What does the phrase "a mind to" mean?
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8. What kind of food is this?
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9. What are "britches?"
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10. What does “that dog won’t hunt" mean?
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11. What does it mean to rubber-neck?
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12. What is a buggy?
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13. What does it mean if someone has a "burr in his saddle"?
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14. What is this food called?
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15. What do you call a purse?
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16. How do southerners like their tea?
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17. What food is the south known for?
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18. Which two teams play in the Iron Bowl?
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19. What do you typically eat with your waffles?
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20. If you're going "muddin" what are you really going to do?
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21. What is a honky-tonk?
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22. What does it mean to "piddle"?
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23. What does cattywampus mean?
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24. What does it mean to "get your picture made"?
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25. What do you typically put on biscuits for a perfect breakfast meal?
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26. If it's not barbecued, it's fried. Which of these things is typically fried in the south?
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27. What is the cornbread dish made with herbs, spices, eggs, etc. that is served independently of the turkey?
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28. What is a pot likker?
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29. You don't press buttons in the south. Instead, you do what?
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30. True or False: Florida is considered the south.
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31. What is a "real frog strangler"?
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32. Where is yonder?
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33. What does it mean when someone "ain't hittin' on all cylinders"?
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34. Is macaroni and cheese a vegetable?
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35. And last, but not least, what are those flashy bugs that light up the sky called?
Things are done a bit differently in the south. Life moves a little slower, people are nicer, and there's a unique language unknown to many up north. Life in Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, and other spots in the south is a bit of an anomaly to a newly arrived northerner. Read more