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North-South
A word listed here is not necessarily spoken by everyone in its dialect grouping.
| North | South |
| About to | Fixin' to |
| A round ball of fried cornmeal | Hushpuppy |
| Borrow | Borry |
| A branch for whipping | Switch |
| Brickle | Brittle |
| Bureau | Chesterdrawers/Dresser |
| Children | Young'uns |
| Cowpea | Black-eyed pea |
| Crayfish | Crawdad/Crawfish |
| Crick/Rivlet | Creek |
| Crossed | Pissed/Mad/Angry |
| Dinner | Supper |
| Dragonfly | Mosquito hawk (rare) |
| Erl/Turlet etc. | Oil/Toilet etc. |
| Family member | Kin folk (pron. foke) |
| Flowage | Man-made lake |
| General U.S.Grant | Pain in my @$$ |
| Half a rack | A six pack (of beer) |
| Hassock/Ottoman | Footstool |
| Heathen | Heathern/Hellian (hellian also means brat) |
| I already have | I done did |
| I guess/I think | I reckon |
| Joshing | Jokin'/Kiddin' |
| Leaves of edible plants as a meal | Greens |
| Mason wasp | Dirtdobber |
| Merry-go-round | Whirligig (rare) |
| Mountain dew(illegal whiskey) | Moonshine/Homebrew |
| Pants | Britches/Drawers |
| Pillow/Window | Piller/Winder |
| Poivoit/Poifect/Toid etc. | Pervert/Perfect/Third etc. |
| Pung | A sleigh drawn by one horse |
| Ruined | Ruint/Ruirnt |
| Sawr | Saw |
| Shopping cart | Buggy/Buggie |
| Soda/Pop | Coke |
| Southern | Suthen |
| Spelled | Spelt/Spellt |
| Street urchin | Bum |
| 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 |
| Velvet ant/Velvet wasp | Cowant |
| Wallow | Waller |
| Worsh | Wash |
| Yokel/Hillbilly/Hick etc. | Country boy/girl |
| Youse/You all | Y'all |
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If y'all know any not listed please write them in the guestbook with their Northern/Southern translation. Please use the Northern/Southern format.Your word will be included in the list within a week.
