The Game No Southerner Can Win

It seems so simple, yet for some of us it's gonna be dadgum impossible.

[@alostrich]

Subscribe or spend the rest of eternity cleaning the Dollar Gentrals

[@mortgagepeteus9634]

Done!!!! Whew! That was feaking damn close!

[@Coolthings246]

Who knows what dirty stuff is in there

[@michaelrogers1771]

It would have been close, real close...but I think my mother in way woulda beat ya. Real close though. Ain't no accountin for accents though: "Re-MO-te Cont-ROLLLLLLLLL"

[@jeffredfern3744]

Dolla Jenerels

[@leonsus9317]

Yup, that's not the lightning round. That's just actual lightning coming through central Alabama right now as we speak. 😬

[@jamesb5764]

I’m disappointed that he said “mosquitoes” and not “skeeters”.

[@adamr9215]

Just don’t get a skeeter on your Peter, it could turn out bad.

[@MattCorps]

Oh my goodness yes! I recognize that as a legit way to say mosquitoes because I've heard it so much.

[@steveavant9727]

I call em skeeters.

[@dizzysdoings]

I'm from South Jersey and I call em skeeters! 😅

[@Wyndamn]

Mah-Skeeta

[@heffaazul]

This wasn't a skit. This was a documentary. 100% accurate.

[@LW97672]

I’m rolling 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@Darthquackius]

Eh... Not really. I mean my great grandparents talked like that, we made jokes about it. Asking great grandmother if she wanted us to meet her at "Chic-a-fils" but I was none the less born and raised Southern and I say all those names correctly. I also refer to soda generically as soda, but also rarely generically cause I'll just call it by brand. I've never met someone under the age of like 70 that REALLY did this stuff anymore, and I think the existence of search engines is a major factor in that as it sorta forces you to use less local only nomenclature

[@tylerhand6759]

​@@Darthquackius You are so amazing. We all aspire to be more like you.

[@jaywest2806]

​@@Darthquackius you're card has been pulled ya heathen gtfooh,sheesh loser

[@wdtaut5650]

I never heard of 'Belk' stores, but the instant that sign was on the screen, my head said 'Belks'. I was thinking 'CoCola' before he even showed the picture. We always said 'cokes'. "Go to the store and get some cokes." "What kind?" "Oh, some 7-Up and Dr. Pepper."

[@cmyaj]

Shortly after my wife & I married (she, from Arkansas & I, from California), we visited her parents. I found a book at their house about how to speak Southern or something like that; I figured it was a joke & thumbed through it, chuckling as I read the various terms. One that stuck out was "bub", as in a "light bub". Again, I thought it was a joke & let it go... ...until my father-in-law walked into the room, looking for a "bub". Apparently, the book wasn't a joke book; it was a translation guide.

[@clairewood7416]

I love that book!!

[@thejourney1369]

I have that book! And it’s true!

[@WyattRyeSway]

I want to read that. My moms father is from Illinois but my dads family are all from Texas or Appalachia. Once we were working outside making piles of wood we had chopped. My Yank grandpa (who was raised in an Orthodox Jewish home by a couple who escaped the Holocaust) was trying to help. He asked where he laid his gloves down (he couldn’t find them. My brother Ranger told him that he “thought he saw them catywampus to the pack that was sigoggling”. My grandpa stood there looking at him like he was an alien. That night told my mom (jokingly, I think) that not only could she not give her children proper names but we don’t even speak English. My mom objected (jokingly) and my grandpa pointed to my sister Meadow saying “she’s named after a field of grass”, pointing to my brother Canyon said “he’s named after a prehistoric geological land formation”, pointed to Colt and said “this one after a young male horse” and pointed to Ranger saying “this one is named after an armed law enforcement officer” (his full name is Ranger Blade). He then said, why couldn’t you given them normal names like Rueben, Zalman, Elimeloch, Levi, Dovid, Ester, Mordechai or Hymen”. At which point Ranger makes the ASL for a part of a girls anatomy and begins to protest, my dad points to him and said “My belt loops are about to start crackling” (an idle threat, usually). My grandpa then said the entire house was nuts. I mean, he loves us but whenever he visits and leaves he says “back to civilization!”. I do not live in the hills and hollers. I live in East Texas. I just figure to him, it must seem like a different country.

[@inconnu4961]

That was kind of them to leave that book for you! They just KNEW there would be language issues!

[@Ancaryvan]

Missing a small l, that is.

[@aworldmadeofcardboard3692]

My wife actually said she heard no difference between what Matt said and what she says. She was saying, "What is he saying that is wrong? That's what they are called."

[@inconnu4961]

LMAO! She must be a real hoot! The poor thing!

[@AllenKrell]

That happened to me, several of them sounded correct.

[@mikegoodwin2386]

@@AllenKrell Yeah, there were a couple of them that I could not tell what he was saying wrong. Backed 'em up and listened again. Still couldn't tell.

[@DD-oi3vh]

Those were all my exact answers, too...I’m a Floridian 😂 I still don’t understand what was wrong with a couple of them? 😂

[@XiAdu2]

Your wife is 100% correct 😂 I was looking at the screen like, “but that’s exactly what he said” 🤔

[@_Devil]

You know it's a true southern entertainment room when the arcade machines and alcohol are right next to eachother

[@RealJohnnyGuillotine]

Mortal Kombat Funnel, every Fatality gives a double shot.

[@BrianSmith-ct3kh]

I'm inspired to get a poster-sized copy of the Sonic 2 cover now.

[@tyjohnston8573]

Pffp. Put a gun rack on the wall with a shotgun and Airsoft guns, Yankee.

[@suzannehribal4117]

Yes! Love his setup.

[@hoperemsen6335]

That'll preach! My hubs and I have a favorite joint to get meat n' three. Delicious dinner and supper...pinball, poker machines (behind 2 shower curtains & you can action on the SEC games), Dawg signs & t shirts, beer, wine, (hookup for moonshine & other locally grown/made delights), copies of the weekly papers for 2 communities a/k/a the gossip sheets)about 4 shelves of groceries ( they run out of something you wanted & they're out - just jump up and getcha' something else...including what Miss Carrie cans...and if you don't want sweet tea get a cocoa outta the fridge cause it isn't on tap), straight-up Awful Waffle type cook, waitresses but with enough Jesus in them the daily show is more like a Baptist deacon's meeting gone off the rails) and always asking' bout your mamaan'em. Dinner time brings all the loggers, lined up down the 2 lane packed red clay road....off to the wooded side of course). Wander in lost? Guarantee you won't pay for your dinner/supper the 1st time. The love in that food is like a hug from the Lord! Aaaand they'll put ya' on the prayer list if needs be. Things I love about the South, chapter 1, verses 42-57. Love to all y'all! Go Dawgs!!❤🏈🇺🇸

[@BrianSmith-ct3kh]

"Well, you know what that sound means!" "Yeah, but we're already in the basement, we should be aight for right now."

[@meeshybee1654]

Legit thought it was going to be a tornado reference.

[@jessicabaker1274]

Nope we in the front yard with the cam corder

[@Kelnx]

@@meeshybee1654 Same lol

[@zoevalk8645]

Tornado alley understood that reference.

[@jenx5870]

We don't have basements in DFW. We have to sit in a tub with a mattress and pray...

[@oneofmany7051]

When Matt said "The Hoggly Woggly", I yelled "THE PIG!!" in my mind. Then he said it. Whew!

[@richardfabacher3705]

I had a student in a night class who would go ballistic because just about everybody in North Alabama calls it Pigg UH ly Wigg UH ly. 6 syllables instead of the correct 4. He was an assistant manager. I always called it The Pig, but never in front of him.

[@rebeccasatterley1542]

Actual conversation in a Southern house: "Ya wanna coke?" "Sure, whatcha got?" "I got Diet Coke, Dr. Pepper, and tea."

[@mindwipe8788]

It’s always fascinated me how much the idea of giving famous brands nicknames is quintessential Southern

[@graydanerasmussen4071]

In Denmark, Mickey Dee's is known as The Golden Seagull... e'body does that ;)

[@BeachPeach2010]

Everybody gets one, nobody is immune! 👍

[@macattack5863]

A lot of those nicknames are longer ex wallyworld

[@ETC_Rohaly_USCG]

Like how the grocery store “Food Lion”, is referred to as ‘$hitty Kitty’ 😂

[@Margatatials]

As an Australian I can relate

[@SevenRedSunsOfficial]

"ITS LIKE WERE NOT EVEN SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE" "Nah we ain"

[@darryllyle5250]

What is hilarious is that i'm watching this, my wife walks by and hears the question and answers exactly like Matt at the same time. It's like we are all in sync.

[@brendalarue4690]

Paid thru the schnoz for psych meds all these years, and here's Matt giving us mental health for free. F my timing 😆

[@supatiltgaming]

I love the awful waffle! Also when y'all switched from sprite to coke I was screaming 'say co-cola!'

[@stenmaulsby5924]

Oh, you mean Waffle Depot?

[@Jake9066]

Gotta spell it like it sounds: the awful wawful Friend of mine used to put 2 bucks in the jukebox just before leaving and punch up every single waffle house song, then sit in the car until the people still inside started looking visibly angry. Good times.

[@ALLENM07]

You mean the Wiffle Waffle

[@PirateLeota]

Yes! Co-cola!

[@adamr9215]

We always called it Cocaine Cola in these parts…

[@kirsbeasley87]

I don't know if I'm more proud I knew all the answers Matt was going to give, or more disappointed in myself.

[@appalachiangunman9589]

Southeast Kentucky here and we say “Reesy cups” and “Reesy peace-ez” exactly the same way lol!

[@lisahartz9334]

Exactly, how do you say it???? Sounded right to me

[@MSKofAlexandria]

@@lisahartz9334 I think reeses is supposed to rhyme with the actual word "pieces", something like ree-sis

[@subvet694]

Dollar General full of boxes nobody knows what’s in em… That is a Southern Truth🤣

[@Cowboyup57717]

Up North Minnesota here and we have em too. There's the one in the closest town that's chock full of boxes, and the one in the next town over that's known as "The Good General" it's clean and no boxes. 😂😂

[@shannonp1656]

One of them might even have a 't', or tea, which is close enough.

[@dagneytaggart7707]

It is very Twilight Zone to go in a DG that has empty aisles and full, neat shelves.

[@alexisalexander9037]

@@dagneytaggart7707 I have always though dollar tree was the twilight zone.

[@inconnu4961]

@@dagneytaggart7707 LOL I thought this only happened here in Mass.!

[@SevenRedSunsOfficial]

the three hardest things to say in life: 1. im sorry 2. I was wrong 3. worcheshirestchershetscer sauce

[@kmarch6630]

I gave up and just call it W sauce.

[@Georgia_Farmer]

Worsh-Yer-Sister-Sauce

[@adamr9215]

We call it Limey juice. Limey as in the slang term for English people, not as in lime flavored.

[@lelandconner3337]

Oh...just call it "the other soy sauce". Worster-shyster-shooster is just too damn confusing. 😵‍💫🤯🤣

[@lorireed8046]

Hmmm ....Were-sure-shire.

[@catperson6146]

I think Matt is even funnier now that he's on his own! He always was my favorite ❤

[@WyattRyeSway]

He still does the Southern channel too, doesn’t he?

[@mangani0]

@@WyattRyeSway nope, he's on his own now and no longer with southern thing. He had a post recently.

[@jackkarns2484]

Matt absolutely needed to break free from “It’s a Southern Thing” given his popularity. I subscribed to his new channel and trash canned Southern Thing. No doubt it was all about the Benjamins and now Matt can make his own way.

[@WyattRyeSway]

@@jackkarns2484 ……I watch both but Matt’s content is hysterical 100% of the time. The Southern Channel is good too. I don’t feel the need to trash them but then I guess, I didn’t see Matt’s post about leaving the other channel. I should go watch it I suppose I looked and didn’t find a video of him talking about the break with the other channel. Anyone have a link? Thanks

[@jackkarns2484]

@@WyattRyeSway You are right, my comment was strong. However, I tried other Southern Things videos but could not finish them. After a little of that I stopped watching them. In my view Matt was the star of that channel and in his video he talks about the five years he spent with them. The Pandemic was particularly hard on Southern Things content creators. They re-played existing videos while the creators received no residuals. Their right of course, as they “owned” the content, but an operation that small risks losing big if contributors are not looked after. Matt was kind in his comments but it was easy to see that there were considerable underlying issues. Just watching Matt create content for his own channel is very instructive. His output exceeds Southern Things and is broader in scope without the former oversight. I just don’t see Southern Things filling this void. We should follow their subscriber numbers. Lastly, I will look for his explanation video and a link.

[@Devy717]

I'm from Arizona and my native American family say southern things. Pop, coke and soda are all different meanings. When I first heard wally world I was so confused because I grew up in the city. This is great content and brings back memories.

[@adamr9215]

My friends from the North think that there is actually a Wally World theme park that we are talking about, like the one in the old National Lampoon Family Vacation movie. They are disappointed when we stop at Walmart…

[@tabethacrysel4692]

I live in upstate New York and I've always called Walmart Wally world. I thought everybody calls it that

[@Distophic]

​@@adamr9215Walmart is a theme park and the attractions are the stoners picking out snacks, single mothers with unruly children, and the 400 pound woman wearing sweatpants that say "juicy" on the back.

[@adamr9215]

@@Distophic I live in the middle of nowhere. The nearest Walmart is pretty rural and nowhere near as bad as they are in the city.

[@Whisper_292]

Walking through the parking lot at the state fair, I saw a pickup where the back window was covered in dust. Someone had written "WARSH" on it with their finger. 🤣

[@lorireed8046]

Haaaa haaaaa

[@prankmonkeyxs650]

I honestly thought that was a northern thing because my dad is from Pennsylvania (damn northerner) and he says warsh

[@Whisper_292]

@Sue Taylor Actually, I think the spelling depends on whether you or a family member actually owns the pickup containing the graffiti.

[@Whisper_292]

@Prankmonkey That made me smile. 😁

[@inconnu4961]

@@prankmonkeyxs650 No joke! My family is from Central Pa, and i grew up hearing about Worshington DC (which was about 2 hours south of us)

[@mattwright7689]

For those outside the south wondering if this is true, my Dad, Grandmother and Uncle ALL say MACdonalds, Wal-MartS and CoCola. It is 100% a thing.

[@ddcs0s]

Na we always got coke right but we really do call the Walmart Wally World

[@daleg5344]

I'm Canadian and i call it MacDonalds

[@syd417]

My Mamaw always said Walmarks (with a k sound on the end).

[@mrttripz3236]

In South Africa we also say MACdonalds. Is it supposed to be MickDonalds?

[@valecrassus7835]

@@mrttripz3236 Technically it's "mick" because there's no letter A, but at the same time "mack" is also technically correct. It comes down (mostly) to pronunciation/regional accent but there's the Scottish Mac-name and the Irish Mc-name, both meaning the exact same thing ("Son of") and the latter being an abbreviation of the former.

[@Scavenger82]

Comedic excellence! Matt plays both characters so convincingly.

[@lorireed8046]

And there sure was a tootin' a very judgy judge...someone one was hittin' that button like wrong, wrong, wrong.

[@valerief1231]

In high school one of our teachers was super lazy, he would have us grade each other’s papers. My friend Cheri swapped with me, she wrote “warsh” it was at that moment that I realized that my mother, born and raised in Long Island NY, had raised me like a city girl in Dallas, this was at DeSoto HS only 20 miles from Dallas, a suburb lol. But Cheri was an amazing friend and if it hadn’t been for her help I wouldn’t have graduated, I got to my 3rd HS late in my junior year, and found out that DeSoto had higher credit requirements for graduation, she helped me study for my tests and went to night school with me, and got me to the finish line!

[@jackifoster98]

She was a good friend to you! Thumbs up to her!

[@valerief1231]

@@jackifoster98 💖💖💖

[@kungfuhustling4832]

When Matt is on a game show, we all win.

[@kingMT514]

I lost it at “Who is Raymond?!”😂

[@rm3141593]

I don't know, some noodle guy?

[@teresahargett395]

How is it correctly pronounced?

[@anneOakley735]

My family totally said RAYmen my entire childhood. When I went to college, I became really confused when others called it RAWmen.

[@lelandconner3337]

Could be worse. Ever called them ROMAN noodles? 🍜🇯🇵🇺🇸🤔🤯🤣

[@patrickdavidson7379]

​@Leland Conner Of course! Roman Noodle 1, 2, 3, 4 and V

[@faithcomesbyhearingwithnic5706]

So glad you are making more videos. Keeps me tided over until SEC Roll Call. You are so talented and absolutely hilarious.

[@BrianGates06]

This is one of Matt’s funniest sketches ever 😂

[@scruffythejanitor1969]

As a northerner that married a southern woman this wasn't a skit -- Its a freaking documentatry. Besides the whole "Coke is any kind of pop" thing, the other thing we disagreed about was what a "Dollar Store" is. For me, it was Dollar Tree and ONLY Dollar Tree. For her, it was anything that vaguely resembled a Dollar General.

[@clairewood7416]

Dollar Stores, Dollar General, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree are all within a 5 minute drive from my house in Ft Worth. Didn't Dollar General buy up Dollar Tree? Seriously, I drove up McCart ave one afternoon right past the Dollar General. Three days later it was a Dollar Tree!

[@leegraves101]

Family Dollar and Dollar Tree are same family.

[@theirmom4723]

@@clairewood7416 Dollar Tree purchased Family Dollar

[@kynn23]

@@clairewood7416 That explains the Dollar General truck I saw outside Dollar Tree yesterday. I didn't realize one had bought the other.

[@dianedeck]

For me any store with the word Dollar in the name is a Dollar store.

[@victoriaparnell7339]

Finally some "cold drink" representation in the eternal argument between coke, pop, and soda.

[@clairewood7416]

in Massachusetts the generic nickname for soft drinks is 'tonic' Also there is a brand up there called Moxie and it is horrible.

[@shartsmcginty8056]

​@@clairewood7416 I tried one at a Cracker Barrel. It wasn't that bad.

[@alexisalexander9037]

Soda

[@rwtx7781]

Soda water….

[@prankmonkeyxs650]

Anyone that doesn't call them coke is just wrong.

[@edmonddrake1409]

Love the mocking southern accent from the host! It's that kind of detail that separates you from the fold. Thanks for the laughs Matt!!

[@davidedmondson5633]

I’m crying laughing. You get the emotion of both sides of this “discussion” spot on. Extremely talented.

[@auburnkim1989]

So glad you said, "co cola". The only true, correct pronunciation amongst my kin, lol. Thanks for another great one!

[@clairewood7416]

"want a cold drink?" "thank you I'll have co-cola" "What kind>" "Orange" how many times did I hear that from one of the farmers sitting around in my grandfather's old general store.

[@JoeMCool]

​@@clairewood7416 HUH?? Did you maybe remember that wrong? "Coek" is any kahnda bubbly 'n' fizzy beverage, but Coe-Cola (ya gotta twang that first "e" in the SE) is only Coca-Cola... and best served as ice-coal-Coe-Cola. 😉

[@eddyflo2978]

If you understood every single thing Matt said you may be a legit southerner, therefore hit that subscribe button and enjoy more of our souther love

[@lelandconner3337]

I'm afraid I knew every reference but I'm one of those sophista-ma-cated Southerners, y'all. (Banjo riff)...Hyuck. 🤓🧑‍🎓🤣

[@JudyGurl]

[@jeffkahl]

Hell I’m Canadian and I understood it lol

[@dineauxjones]

Yuuup

[@eddyflo2978]

@@jeffkahl we all know as told by Robin sparkles her self Canadians do not swear and are extremely apologetic. You sir sound like a Missisippian

[@William_Bryant]

*thundercrack* “Ooh is that the lightning round?” “No we just got a severe thunderstorm warning and a tornado watch.” Edit: Tuscaloosa, two hours later, and now it’s clear skies. The entirety of the Cahaba River dumped on top of us in under 15 minutes, and now the clouds are gone.

[@lorireed8046]

Same in Stone Mountain, Ga . LOL

[@cavtroopermunoz]

I too would like to see the judges ruling on Wally World and Reeses Pieces. Also, Coke is the name of all soft drinks here in Texas.

[@clairewood7416]

also Kentucky

[@lorireed8046]

Dude said there weren't any judges but, who was hitting that buzzer then? Maybe no judge but, there sure as tootin' was someone being JUDGE-y there!

[@ikreer9777]

And West Virginia

[@jonsimpson8360]

I'm from Nocona, TX and if you call a Dr Pepper a coke you'd get your ass kicked

[@MrsAlmaTrumble]

If this was an actual game, I would buy it.

[@jenniferbates2811]

It would be fun to play

[@WyattRyeSway]

Me too!

[@jamesmcinnis208]

WERE

[@asdisskagen6487]

In Matt's defense, some of them I didn't know either. For example, I had no idea there was no S at the end of Belk 😂

[@WG55]

I had to look it up. I've _always_ said "Belk's"! 😮

[@gaiterat6187]

Apparently there's not an S at the end of Aldi's either. Still call it Aldi's

[@jackclark1994]

wait, there's not?

[@MelissaThompson432]

I was just confused the first time I saw one that didn't have two names. I grew up with Belk-Lindsey, and moved to a place where it was Parks Belk. Just "Belk" sounds all kinds of wrong. (Even my phone thinks that's gotta be wrong. It "corrected" my spelling.)

[@ritadyer9295]

I’ve always said Belks even tho I’m acutely aware there is no s.

[@lauraloper3740]

Oh my goodness! I’ve heard all these names all my life! Well done Matt!!! 😂😂😂

[@ImpulseAyala]

Man, I relate to every single one. I had it nailed before ya had time to answer. Southern slang is our own form of gibberish but it works. Thanks for the laughs Matt. Have a good weekend!

[@Tayl0n]

we need a part 2 this is great!

[@jenniferbates2811]

Yes!! Agreed 👍🏼

[@jackclark1994]

this was part 2

[@johnveca2979]

Excellent Matt. I've actually crawled over boxes to get from one end of an aisle to the other at DG. DG in Louisiana sells beer, wine, and cigarettes. So convenient being able to buy three food groups at the same time, all at the same store.

[@wpeale71341]

Why? I live in Louisiana. Every DG I have ever been in had access to both ends of the aisles from an aisle running cross ways across the store. You might have to climb the boxes to get something hiding on the shelf behind them but you can get to every aisle. But hey if its an issue just drive a mile and a half further down the highway and go to another DG. There is like 10 in every parish.

[@CrusaderKnight2000]

"Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to stop eating the cigarettes, we have chips in the next isle over."

[@andrewvelonis5940]

So it's not just us!

[@WatchingFromWork6636]

Having moved from Michigan to Arkansas watching this at work is hilarious. Please keep the amazing content coming.

[@Pete--]

Surprised you didn't call the remote a clicker at the end, lol. Amazing skit.

[@tdl487]

Ah man Matt this was gold! All those nicknames are completely valid answers.

[@mariejustme]

Hilarious!! I use every one of those nicknames and I’m edumacated. 😂

[@inconnu4961]

Your friends at Georgia Tech would say otherwise! LOL

[@Nothuman76]

This is real, "you want a coke?" "yes" "Which flavor?" "Sprite"

[@stephenguilfoyle5737]

Never knew till now I’ve been saying Reese’s pieces wrong my whole life

[@ButterWolf117]

We always add an ‘s’ at the end places that don’t have it. It’s just easier

[@ikreer9777]

Makes up for all the missin' g's.

[@Genera1Mi11s]

This was great! I got all of them right! At the end I was like come on co cola! 🤣

[@jcortese3300]

You could do the same thing in Philadelphia. "What kind of sandwich is this?" "A hoagie." "What does literally everyone else call it?" "I don't care."

[@peterlatella7090]

Thanks for giving the world laughter in this time of distress. You guys are great.

[@susangrossman8431]

You are a comedic genius Matt as I’ve said before. This video made my day. Very creative. Very “southern”. Thanks so much for posting. Looking forward to your next video!

[@nlaguins]

Definitely didn't think anything was wrong with Reese's 😂

[@lorireed8046]

LOL SAME!!!

[@KaileeH]

It's pronounced Ree-siz.

[@bucketofsunshine6366]

Haha I even went back to listen a second time just to make sure. Sounded fine to this yankee 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@kynn23]

Some people call them "Reesie cups" here in MI too. I've always wondered where that nickname came from. Maybe now I know.

[@dizzysdoings]

Same here.

[@SadieQuinn24310]

I literally watch this video every time it pops up on my home page and it never get old... ima need y'all to make me the full version!!

[@vickiwilliamson1420]

Oh gosh... I so literally laughed out loud with "Belks". Guilty as charged. 😆

[@hemaccabe4292]

We love you Matt! Keep it coming. You should so do a sitcom.

[@aaronlopez492]

We all have friends like this. when they have a conversation with you, have to decode what they're trying to say.

[@Jake9066]

Unless you don't have friends like that, but that just means it's you.

[@asdisskagen6487]

There's a Boomhower in every crowd.

[@inconnu4961]

@@asdisskagen6487 BOOMHOWER! LOL Thats it! He was the funniest guy on that show!

[@robertbeisert3315]

Yeah, I do know a few annoying people who want to go to a "Mick Donald's" before swinging into a "Wall Mart" to buy some "Sprite". Just say you want some Micky D's before getting some coke at the store, already!

[@bowlnow824]

I actually learned some interesting facts about these stores I didn't know. Thank you and funny as Yankee trying to live in the south in August!

[@tiredofit4761]

Haha Arkansan here. It’s THE Walmart or Wally World, Micky Ds, Dollar Store, Awful Waffle, Belks. So funny and true

[@vickiemoore8181]

Aren’t all those carbonated beverages coke!!!!!🤣🤣🤣. Wanna coke? Yeah! What kind?

[@darthhauler9947]

I only started watching "It's a Southern Thing' to see you. Glad you're doing good and will always be watching your videos. Such great content and it's all true!! Southern born, and southern bred and one day I'll be southern dead.

[@lorireed8046]

I was born in California! Border patrol hears my accent and does a double take after seeing my passport. LOL I just smile and say my Daddy and Momma were ,both, in the military. Smile and move on.

[@johnthomas2485]

Piggly Wiggly used to run commercials back when I was stationed at Ft Bragg in the 80s. They even had a jingle. "Piiiiigly Wiggly. Piiiiiiigly wiggly"

[@dieselhead89]

Point of fact: Dollar General was founded as a family store in 1939 in Scottsville, KY. The name "Dollar General" was introduced in 1955. They are presently headquartered in Goodlettsville, TN.

[@bascodelagamma]

DG - Founded in Kentucky. I am from the hometown of DG in south-central Kentucky. The corporate headquarters moved to Tennessee several years ago but DG got its start in KY.

[@alostrich]

Y’all really wanna claim it tho?

[@clairewood7416]

I grew up a little ways from Scottsville, in Todd County. I never knew DG was founded in KY much less "close to home"

[@michaelandpenelopemccollum6416]

@@alostrich Not much else to claim!

[@greggsplaylist]

Midwesterner here and I got like half of the product ones wrong as well.

[@melissalawson7803]

It's cool. I've heard before "The only things differentiating the South from the Midwest are location and climate."

[@chipgarrett3139]

Born and raised in SC. Huge, huge Star Wars fan. Born in 79. When I was a kid, I loved Obie Kenobi.

[@DoodleBear223]

I didn't realize I had been pronouncing "Reese's" wrong all this time lol

[@lorireed8046]

Not gonna stop since I heard no difference.

[@Anukinihun]

I was locked in on that Marvel vs Capcom Arcade machine in the back. I want one sooooooo bad.

[@gypsybelle4757]

Lol! I had to rewind and watch part again because I have *never* heard anyone call that department store anything but “Belk’s”. 😂😂😂 I thought he had gotten one right! I’ve never looked at any sogns or seen ads because it’s al word of mouth advertising. “Heeeey! Cute shoes! Where did you get those?” “Girl! I got them on saw at Belk’s! They have the cutest stuff.”

[@deborahavery3012]

Grew up in Virginia, went to college in Kentucky, graduate school in Ohio, and lived in the midwest ever since. Still don't know whether it's soda or pop. Took the easy way out and gave up all carbonated beverages.

[@brysonprocter5246]

I lost it when you roasted Vandy.🤣🤣🤣

[@Josh-Stewart]

Love your videos Matt.. you’re hilarious and entertaining 🎉😂

[@stephaniepapaleo9001]

😂 💀 😂😂😂 this is what we all needed today!! Omg “there might be a T in Dollar General”

[@kcjd8659]

I grew up in S Florida (so surrounded by northerners-Boca), and my stepdad was from Kentucky. He used to tell a joke: “Why did the Wise Men have ashes on their feet? Because they came from afar.” I didn’t understand this joke until I moved to Kentucky.

[@KeilaBevins]

LOL THE CRACKHOUSE I CANT 😂🤣

[@1985toyotacamry]

That got me good lmao

[@ginafrye6216]

We call it the house of crack!😂

[@curtisstewart3179]

Nobody knows what is in a Dollar General until they get all the boxes unpacked. And since they never get all the boxes un packed....nobody knows what is really inside a Dollar General. Except for Little Debbie's. There is always Little Debbie's in Dollar General.

[@annejoyner3729]

I love this- I've had the flu for a week and I needed a good laugh.

[@frankkang8994]

Important note: it isn’t “Belks” but “Belk’s” when we don’t call it Belk. Why? Because the department store was historically shopped by upper crust Southern families, who considered the store not simply as a brand department store, but the store owned by the Belk family. As the debutante culture is still alive and well in the South, many families still hold that same conception or have inherited it, and it has spread across the Southern lexicon. This, if you need a nice pair of formal shoes for your ball or gala anywhere South of the Mason-Dixon line, you’re going to “Belk’s.”

[@clairewood7416]

Back in the day when I was growing up in KY, we went to Parks-Belk and McNeal & Edwards. These 2 were in Clarksville and not very fancy. Nashville was big time: In order of fanciness from bottom to top: Harvey's, Castner-Knott, Cain-Sloan, and the creme de la creme Rich-Schwartz.(which was the fanciest store in Nashville - it was the Neiman's of Middle Tennessee) That would have been the Debutante store for certain!

[@leegraves101]

Around here we still call it Leggett’s

[@alanlight7740]

Even in Monroe, North Carolina where the first store was established, people call it Belk's. Also in the Waxhaw area where the Belk family is from, even though Waxhaw itself is too small to have its own Belk's (though it did briefly have a store in the early 1900s). Before my family moved to the Waxhaw area when I was a kid I lived in Charlottesville where we had Leggett's. It's the same chain, but Belk's had a unique franchising model by which various franchisees established their own sub-chains with their own names, but using the Belk's back end and supply chain. This led to a number of curiosities, including I recall a Belk-Leggett's near the Virginia-North Carolina border - I'm thinking maybe Danville but it's been a long time so I can't recall for certain.

[@jimr907]

Another GREAT one from Matt!!!!!!! Love it!

[@rof8412]

Oh lord, my mom (originally from New York) would get on me (born in North Carolina) about how I would say words. K-Mart was K-Mark, for example. It would also drive her crazy that I say A-lanta or A-lantic instead of AT-lanta or AT-lantic or that I have a habit of dropping 'th' in words: Nor' Carolina or ba'room instead of bathroom. And yes, McDonald's is always Mickey D's.

[@shyshy82]

Man I love these shows, that's exactly how they talk in my home town.

[@carltonbrown6508]

Move that man to the championchips bracket!

[@aaronthomasmay]

Gonna need more of these Matt 😂

[@CeriseGrist]

I'm loving this one. You're hilarious Matt. Keep it goin.

[@MicahRocksOfficial]

We were cracking up because there really is a “Hoggly Woggly” in Tallahassee Florida. It’s a convenience store totally ripping off the Pig.

[@meridethhendry5733]

You’re hilarious! So much fun to watch!

[@Zeyev]

I thought Dixie Rexall was one word until we left Alabama. It was astonishing to see a drugstore with the name of Rexall - "where's the rest of the name?"

[@andyatkins1]

Matt, you are my brother from another mother! Every. Single. Answer. Keep up the great work!

[@benbrindley9405]

When you brought out the awful waffle bit I actually started dying I dont think Ive ever heard anyone not saying the nickname

[@AcolyteBlaze]

I'm a Georgia boy, and I use all of these😂😂

[@adfdasdfadfadsfareae]

"Hoggly Woggly" sent me. During Katrina, the wind blew most of the letters off the sign, so people started calling it the Iggly GG.

[@inconnu4961]

LMAO!! I LOVE it when stuff like this happens! When the signs light up but certain letters dont work. We call it as we sees it!

[@adfdasdfadfadsfareae]

@@inconnu4961 my local ACE Hardware is currently the "AC Had-re". It amuses me greatly.

[@terrylawson7378]

I needed this laugh today! Love it!

[@dragon13azalea]

I have never heard my 4 year old giggle at any other video more than this one. 😂. You do such a great job on your videos. Keep up the great work!

[@BinroWasRight]

ROFL!!! Hilarious as always. "Reesie" must be an Alabama thing. They're called Reese's cups/pieces in Texas.

[@donniestoolthoughts9209]

I see how you spelled it, but how do you pronounce it?

[@adambaldoni5491]

@@donniestoolthoughts9209 "Reese is"

[@dreabia4759]

@@adambaldoni5491that one was really tripping me up because I’m like how tf did he say that one wrong? I was not hearing it.

[@brotha-man7]

I died when he said hogly wogly!!!

[@jeanaprewitt9658]

How is "coke" the wrong answer for the lemon-lime beverage? Southern hospitality: "Do you want a coke?" "Sure." "We have Sprite, Dr. Pepper, and Ne-hi."

[@JenGa001]

🤣😂💯 the absolute most accurate video you've ever made....well done Sir!!

[@RachelHS825]

Really clever! Laughed out loud 😂

[@BrodyJoeandBriars]

That's 'cole drank', Matt! 😁🤣