What Are Some Words That Southerners And Northerners Say Differently?

There’s 1000 things southerners say differently
Ya’ll – You all
Fixin’ – You fixin’ to go to the store?
Supper – Dinner
Tea – This means sweet tea damnit!
Old Lady – Wife

Well, Southerners eat Dinner…Northerners eat Supper
Southerners sit in the Den…Northerners sit in the living room
Southerners sit on a couch…Northerners sit on a davenport
Southerners put ice cream in the ice box…Northerners put things in the freezer
Southerners want to go out with “ya’ll”…Northerners want to go out with “you guys”.
Southerners go a “far piece” to visit their good friend…Northerners go a long way to visit theirs
Southern women go to th beauty “parlor”…Northern women go to a beauty “shop”
If I think about it very long, I can think of dozens. There’s a great book on “how to speak southern” and “how to speak yankee…funny.

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Vestibule – Foyer.
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Whatagal’s only idea of a southerner is apparently Bush. She’s probably never lived anywhere south of Maryland. Many southerners have a certain twang to their speech, but it doesn’t mean they’re ignoramuses.

I say ‘pound’ to indicate hitting something over and over, while a friend from Texas says ‘bound’ for that same thing. I also say ‘washclothes’ but I’ve heard people say ‘warshclarthes.’ Candy —> sweets, thongs —> flip flops, etc. as well.

America/North – Amurica/South
Nuclear/North – Nukular/South

Uhmm well I dont know the differences between north and south, but I say channel selector instead of remote, and I say sweeper instead of vaccum

Yall!
We southerners say “yall” but northerners say “you all” or “you guys”
ahha (:

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