Northern | Southern |
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About to | Fixin' to |
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Borrow | Borry |
Brat | Hellian/Heathen/Heathern |
Brickle | Brittle |
Bureau | Chesterdrawers/Dresser |
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Children | Young'uns |
Cowpea | Black-eyed pea |
Crayfish | Crawdad/Crawfish |
Crick/Rivlet | Creek |
Crossed | Pissed/Mad/Angry |
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Dinner | Supper |
Dragonfly | Mosquito hawk (rare) |
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Erl/Turlet etc. | Oil/Toilet etc. |
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Family member | Kin folk (pron. foke) |
Flowage | Man-made lake |
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General Ulyssis S.
Grant | Pain in my
@$$ |
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Half a rack | A six pack (of beer) |
Hassock/Ottoman | Footstool |
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I already have | I done did |
I guess/I think | I reckon |
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Joshing | Jokin'/Kiddin' |
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Leaves of edible plants as a
meal | Greens |
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Mason wasp | Dirtdobber |
Merry-go-round | Whirligig (rare) |
Mountain dew(illegal
whiskey) | Moonshine/Homebrew |
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Pants | Britches/Drawers |
Pillow/Window | Piller/Winder |
Poivoit/Poifect/Toid
etc. | Pervert/Perfect/Third
etc. |
Pung | A sleigh drawn by one horse |
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Round ball of fried
cornmeal | Hushpuppy |
Ruined | Ruint/Ruirnt |
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Sawr | Saw |
Shopping cart | Buggy/Buggie |
Soda/Pop | Coke |
Southern | Suthen |
Spelled | Spelt/Spellt |
Street urchin | Bum |
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Take something
to | Carry something
to |
That..over there | That thar/there.. |
There/Deh | Thar/Yonder(with prepositions) |
10 to 8 (time)
| 10 til/till
8 |
Tree branch used for
whipping | Switch |
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Velvet ant/Velvet
wasp | Cowant |
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Wallow | Waller |
Worsh | Wash |
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Yokel/Hillbilly/Hick
etc. | Country
boy/girl |
Youse/You all | Y'all |
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