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[GeekyDad]

Not memes, but stuff you've picked up over the years from locals. I live in Georgia (southeastern United States) where, well, rednecks, as they're often referred to, thrive.

One of my old bosses, when talking about one of the other techs referred to him as "dumber than a double-dicked dog."

And before that a boss I had when I was a teenager (he was actually a high-school buddy of mine also) used the phrase, "God damn, it's hotter than a fresh fucked fox in a forest fire!"

 

[AJUMP23]

"Bless your heart" is common around here. I do not use it.

 

[Rest]

You're surrounded by a troubling number of people who think about dogs and sex at the same time.

You might want to assess why that is and see what you need to do to change it.

 

[Punished Miku]

Everyone around here says good bye like this. "Have a good one." Literally everyone.

 

[Rest]

Everyone around here says good bye like this. "Have a good one." Literally everyone.

Have a good what? Just say day. Fucking jackasses.

 

[dr_octagon]

Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.

 

[Mossybrew]

Everyone around here says good bye like this. "Have a good one." Literally everyone.

In my experience this is very common, at least in both California and Washington. Maybe it's a west coast thing.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

In my experience this is very common, at least in both California and Washington. Maybe it's a west coast thing.

And to dox myself within a region of the US, it's common in the Midwest, too

 

[Grildon Tundy]

I know a New Jersyian who pronounces "mish mash" as "mish mosh". He uses it often, and it sounds wrong every time I hear it.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Shy bairns (children) get nowt - if you don’t ask, you don’t get

I wouldn’t take her ratting - she is visually unappealing

Well there was nowt the matter - things took a bad turn

 

[GeekyDad]

You're surrounded by a troubling number of people who think about dogs and sex at the same time.

You might want to assess why that is and see what you need to do to change it.

Change it? Ah, hell nah! These folks love their guns and ridiculously revved-up engines, but it's shit I can understand (and mostly tolerate). I tell you what, when I go to visit my kids closer to Atlanta, those people out there, mostly, seem pretty heartless. Just driving on the highway down there is insane. Fuck that.

I do miss Brooklyn, though. But that was years ago. I'm sure it's quite different now.

 

[PapaEmeritus]

"Bless your heart" is common around here. I do not use it.

From what I've been told by family in the South, that's not really a nice saying, it's more like "you didn't know you're stupid"

 

[AJUMP23]

From what I've been told by family in the South, that's not really a nice saying, it's more like "you didn't know you're stupid"

I would say it is situational. It could be an offer of sympathy or an acclimatation of your stupidity based upon the situation. It can also be a replacement for expletives.

 

[BadBurger]

Coming from the southern US - "ya'll". Or the plural "all of ya'll".

 

[Happosai]

My Dad's an agricultural engineer and I used to be his account manager eons ago. Anyway, MidWest (Illinois) and when it came to working with older farmers for a report, they'd cut words in half.

Examples:

(actual) We had probably yielded 20 bushels more or less.

(Illinois farm vet) We teh proll yiel bout 20 bushls moleh.

In radio communications when everyone was using 2-way or CB prior to cell phones:

(actual) KW5 base to mobile -- I'll be back at the Lawndale platform in approximately 30-minutes.

(Illinois farm vet) K Dubya Fih bais-tuh-mobole -- B back Lawnduh plat approx 30.

Fun times. I'm nearly 7-years in Mexico. So, any odd vernacular isn't native to me as I didn't grow up here.

I grew up in Central IL too but went to college in the Northern part of the State. People in the North never use the word 'saw.' It drove me nuts hearing: I seen that movie too, I seen what you did, I seen that before...