Patrick

The only things that outnumber Truck Stores are Churches

You have (regretably) used the following words - y'all, fixin, yonder and git

You know what dressing is (as in turkey and dressing)

You know who drives the number 8, 17 and 42 cars

You no longer cringe at people wearing baseball hats at the dinner table

You see the following Bumper stickers when you are out in your own truck -
" If you can read this then you're not a true redneck"
"Bush for me"
"My boss is a jewish carpenter"
"My son is an honor student, "yes yer honor", "no yer honor", see you next week your honor"
a dixie flag

The word conservative seems to be interchangable with the words religious zelot

You somehow now beleive that the south will rise again against the yankee scum

The girl you sat next to in church last week regonised you from the Pink Pussycat club and thanked you for her big tip

There is not democratric party headquarters in your town

You have tried grits

You know how many of your neighors have guns and have seen most of them

rincewind

It's funny, because it's true.

Lion in Winter

I must say I thought "git" was a good English word...........

syllk

I was thinking the same thing myself...oh well, I must be wrong and have Deep South heritage somewhere. I guess I'll be going out and buying a shotgun then...

rincewind

Longest word in the Southern dictionary?

Shhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttt!

dbark

And the shortest?

Ha' (the "a" very diminutive, hardly uttered at all.) When I was first here, I wondered what "ha' " meant. Found out it means hi .....usually followed by y'all

nxylas

Depends on the context. Git as in "randy scouse git" is pure English, whereas git as an abbreviation for "get out of here" is Southern.

TRPardoe

With spelling/typing like this you have a cheek criticising rednecks ;-)

Lion in Winter

Are scousers particularly randy?

nxylas

"Randy scouse git" was what Alf Garnett used to call his son-in-law (it also became the title of a Monkees song, written by Mickey Dolenz about his experiences in Britain - he didn't understand what the phrase meant, so it came to sum up his sense of cultural dislocation).

Lion in Winter

Catchy.

rincewind

He got this just from visiting England :scared:

Randy Scouse Git (Micky Dolenz)

She's a wonderful lady
And she's mine all mine
And there doesn't seem a way
That she won't come and lose my mind.
It's too easy humming songs
To a girl in yellow dress
It's been a long time since the party
And the room is in a mess.

The four kings of E.M.I.
Are sitting stately on the floor
There are birds out on the sidewalk
And a valet at the door.
He reminds me of a penguin
With few and plastered hair,
There's talcum powder on the letter
And the birthday boy is there.

Why don't you cut your hair?
Why don't you live up there?
Why don't you do what I do,
See what I feel when I care?

Now they've darkened all the windows
And the seats are naugh-a-hyde.
I've been waiting for an hour,
I can't find a place to hide.
The being known as Wonder Girl
Is speaking I believe.
It's not easy tryin' to tell her
That I shortly have to leave.

Why don't you be like me?
Why don't you stop and see?
Why don't you hate who I hate,
Kill who I kill to be free.

Why don't you cut your hair?
Why don't you live up there?
Why don't you do what I do,
See what I feel when I care?
Why don't you be like me?
Why don't you stop and see?
Why don't you hate who I hate,
Kill who I kill to be free.

nxylas

I can see the British influence on the verses, particularly the second one, but the chorus is a bit of a mystery, I'll admit. It sounds like a caricature of what the WW2 generation was telling the longhairs during Vietnam.

davewilliams

... your porch collapses and 31 dogs are killed

Dave

doctor scrumpy

A git is in fact the medical term for a pregnant goldfish.