Southerners Answer the Most Searched Questions about the South

[@benjaminnelson3477]

Matt is actually correct. There was a study done by a linguist and Appalachian southerners accents are closer to Old English than the rest of the U.S. dialects.

[@milajade2011]

I was just about to say this.

[@larissa-je8dc]

Yep

[@AngelfromGenX]

The southern accent is just the British accent played at half speed, or the Southern played at 2x speed is British. Try it.

[@kimberlycoltrainrsrccr2626]

Also depends on the drawl of the region. My 'Bama born parents were raised in TN. Their accents are slightly different than my LA (that's lower Alabama) relatives compared to the Cajun born & raised ones. Then there's my Geechee ainties who speak Gullah and that's just a whole nother world of encyclopedic proportions 🤣

[@nancykilbourn836]

There are many Southern dialects. Each is interesting and lovely.@@kimberlycoltrainrsrccr2626

[@elainehill6504]

I'm a west coast transplant and the way people here seem to know who you are through who your relatives are and how everything's connected seems to me to be a uniquely southern thing. I never experienced it before anyway. Here's an example: we lost my mother in law a few months ago. They had been at the same credit union for decades, and of course after she passed we had to do the usual paperwork involved at the bank, death certificate, take her name off the accounts, close the credit card that was in her name etc. They were very sympathetic of course, that's normal. Well, a couple weeks ago my husband got a paper check in the mail (weird I know!) and we went to deposit it--we use the same bank. We were in the drive up lane, like the third one over from the window, so not like we were face to face with the teller or could even see her. She gets the check from the little tube and as she's processing it asks "How's Mr.(FIL) doing? We're so sad about Miss (MIL) I hope he's getting along okay." We were kinda shocked, we do 99% of our banking and bills online so it's not like we go into the bank and know the employees. But this lady saw his name on the check, knew who his dad was, and remembered that his mom had passed and genuinely seemed to care how we were doing. That's not something I ever experienced until I moved here.

[@auburnkim1989]

To be honest, I'm surprised that you didn't get a sympathy card from them. Did people bring food like they do in my area?This is why I love the South, the friendliness. Of course it also means everyone knows your business but that's ok with me. May I please suggest Jeanne Robertson's "don't send a man to the grocery store" on KZbin. She is the epitome of the southern lady and a humorist. It focuses on the requirement to take food when someone is sick or passes. Hilarious but true.

[@sweetbamabelle]

It's an art

[@levelselect6800]

I don't think it's uniquely a southern thing. I was born on Guam, but lived around the states. With how my family from Guam and how I've lived, I've been able to laugh a lot and relate to a lot that has been shown on this channel.

[@meagananterola1465]

We are very thoughtful here

[@Geoffrey___]

I'll speak for California and the West Coast as well as for those from other REAL cities... A) Nobody asked you to move to the West Coast B) In-N-Out is NOT good. STOP praising it. It doesn't endear you to anybody in California. It just shows you're a tourist. Just visit Universal Studios and Disneyland...

[@calvinbrown5252]

My mother's cousin grew up in Georgia. Was sent up north one winter by a company he worked for. His coworkers didn't want to believe him when he told them he'd never been out of Georgia before then because of how well he handled driving in the snow, and on icy roads. He asked them if they had ever driven on a Georgia red clay road after it had just gotten done raining, or while it was raining

[@melissapyle7879]

Country folk know how to handle a lot of different situations..

[@MegaKat]

@@melissapyle7879 on the flip side, my incredibly white Yankee father (grew up in PA, WV and almost exclusively OH) taught me (native American born in Ohio and raised in NC) taught me to drive on NC ice He even showed him off with a couple donuts. He wasn't a country boy; I, however, was a city girl. He was a city boy that just knew how to drive.

[@marianne3024]

That Clay is scary!

[@johnd5398]

What no one bothers to discuss is the fact that northern snow and southern snow are different. Northern snow is usually dry and it packs down to a hard surface on which you can drive. Southern snow is slush on top of 2 inches of black ice. No one can drive safely on black ice. And those people flying off the shoulders and killing people in the southern snow?? Almost always northerners who think they're smarter than everyone else.

[@camden336]

Your not getting out of red clay literally the whole state of north carolina is red clay. Hope you got AAA if you get stuck after a rainstorm your screwed.

[@tvdan1043]

So the "when" vs. "whenever" thing, I think the question was probably aimed at people who say "Whenever you go to the store..." instead of "When you go to the store..." and it's about managing expectations. If you ask someone to pick up milk "when you go to the store", there's an assumption that a trip to the store is imminent, or it's being strongly suggested that you go to the store right now. If you ask the same thing, but say "whenever you go to the store", the immediacy is removed and you're just asking for milk to be added to the shopping list for the next scheduled Walmart run.

[@meshaerobinson8316]

Yes!

[@willp.8120]

Yep

[@debbylou5729]

Thank you! Snobby northerners

[@AFLoneWolf]

'Whenever' is the 'Whatever' of time.

[@muricanriot1376]

You must be a linguist up north

[@squeakynips]

As an Aussie I connect with Southern people so easily, I can tell by the accent if I’ll be able to relate. Love Southern people ❤️🐝

[@marcusmcintire6683]

Y'all have more in common than you think with us.

[@steveharvey3054]

As a southerner, I love y’all Aussies. Met a few and England last month and we have so much in common

[@scottishhellcat]

I'm from Georgia and I have a delightful Aussie friend. She is 81 years young and feisty as hell. And I love to hear her talk.

[@dmacarthur5356]

I've heard it said that Australia is British Texas.

[@squeakynips]

@@dmacarthur5356 I love that ❤️

[@carolallison9685]

I grew up in California but have lived my whole adult life in the south, so I've actually lived here longer than i did in California. I remember back when my husband and i decided to buy a house out in the country, all of my friends were really concerned about how i was going to use the bathroom, or how we were going to have lights. I live like 15 minutes outside of a large city in Tennessee. It's ok guys, we have plumbing and electricity. I even had one friend ask how i was going to buy groceries. I told them i planned on hunting and gathering, and if that didn't work out, i would just get in my car and drive to the grocery store 5 minutes from my house.

[@teawithc8303]

Wooo. Tennessee crew!

[@mizlavera]

😂😂😂

[@KennyJohnson-ym6ux]

Born and raised in Tennessee, and I haven't met a single person upset about being in the south. However one dude thought we had no phones.

[@xjood805]

@@KennyJohnson-ym6ux yeah we pretty much live in caves here in ga

[@floydkendall2703]

My life started in California, also. Been living in Nashville for 50 years.

[@LarryEArnold]

About basements: First, a building's foundation has to be below the frost line, the deepest point where the ground freezes. Up north, once you dig down several feet to the frost line, you might as well put in a basement. Down south the frost line is only about a foot deep, so digging deeper to add a basement is more expensive than adding a second floor or a larger first floor. Second, the water table answer is also valid.

[@Arkay66]

And in some parts, we live on top of a rock ledge, which makes it real hard to dig a basement... I surely would love to have one, though...

[@jasmirris]

@@Arkay66 or like where I live our soil is clay so a basement is pretty expensive to dig for. We would love to have them because it's cooler but the upfront cost is whew!

[@EthanNeal]

Yet another concern is of expansive soils. Horses up and down the I-35 corridor in Texas don't have basements because the soil will put pressure on, crack, and eventually destroy concrete foundations when it absorbs water. It's gotta go somewhere!

[@commehter]

My house has a basement but I'm not sure it was a well thought-out feature to add during the construction. Most of the time, it's fine, but when a heavy rain hits it can leak pretty badly. We see a lot of rain here at the foot of the Appalachians.

[@ericaskye7704]

We live in Rockansa … opps excuse me Arkansa so it takes drills and bulldozers to dig in the ground around here so no basements

[@moxdonalds925]

I was born in Tuscaloosa and live in a small town in Texas now. My favorite idiosyncrasy in the south once someone pointed it out is our habit of contracting words excessively. The best example is “Y’all’d’ve” a contraction of “You all would have.” Used in a sentence, “Y’all’d’ve gotten hurt if you got drunk and started jumping into the creek.”

[@kitty19cat751]

Omg I felt this comment on another level. I've never realized this is something I say until I read your words and said that sentence out loud 😅

[@terryk711]

Y'allda. If Y'allda listened to me we wouldn't have gotten lost.

[@matildamiller3233]

I love how we do that, and understand it. I had to explain what "me'er" meant to my child's teacher (we moved to a north/Midwest location for a time). My child had used it in class, and she had overheard, but wasn't sure of what it was. I explained it was "come here", chatted with her a few minutes, then without thinking about it, hollered at my lil one to "me'er". She was able to see it in action at least, lol.

[@kitty19cat751]

@@terryk711 this is why the original comment stumped me for a sec. Because this is how it actually comes out of my mouth 😅😅

[@janesharp4341]

"Jeet yet? Puya sefuppa cheer and have a bite!" -quoting a Tennessean at suppertime when a friend shows up unexpectedly.

[@jimthompson606]

My friend from Georgia was in the Army in the early 60's. He had convinced some Army buddies from Brooklyn that in order to get to Atlanta, you took a plane to Chattanooga and then had to take a stagecoach to Atlanta.

[@telisabearden2961]

😂😂😂

[@BrokeToBlessed]

😂😂😂 sounds like something my papa would have said to his Army buddies

[@VoodooLegacy369]

I love the South because: 1) The people are genuine. 2) Life is slower and enjoyable. 3) The food makes you pass out into a deep sleep. 4) Folks appreciate us who are in the military. 5) Again, sincere people.

[@Pharaoh_Tutankhamen]

Same bro

[@celemirelewen]

Some of us have an appreciation for the military that toes the line of hero worship. It's me. I have an appreciation for the military that toes the line of hero worship.

[@thethrashyone]

Sincerity is a four letter word in a world dominated by cynicism, which is probably why many interpret southern sincerity as some kind of social ill. Personally I find sincerity quite refreshing.

[@Pharaoh_Tutankhamen]

@@thethrashyone How's it a 4 letta word?

[@ijustdocomments6777]

A little bit of Googling on the military aspect shows that the south-eastern states specifically contribute more than their fair share of the population as armed services recruits. We appreciate ya'll more partly because we've got family who served or are actively serving. Lot of generational military families down here.

[@EsausFables]

Since you asked so politely, my momma is feeling much better after her injection appointment for the arthritis in her hands! She’ll be right as rain tomorrow for when she plays the piano at the Wednesday night church service 🥰

[@viperdemonz-jenkins]

now that is a Southern answer.

[@mistylee717]

My dad is from Vermont. Dinners were quiet and very dignified. No elbows on the table. The first time he ate with my moms family, he didn’t get to eat because there were so many conversations going on he just kept saying ‘excuse me’ and no one heard him. 😂😂😂

[@nancykilbourn836]

My husband is a Southern California native. When we were dating, and then married he like to eat dinner with my family. We talked a lot, laughed a lot. His family did not, ate in almost silence. How sad it was to eat with them.

[@momkatmax]

@@nancykilbourn836 My family is Swiss German and the dinner table is the big gathering place. You eat, talk, then rest for more. None of this "have dessert in the living room". My Mom's family was quiet at the table, which drove her nuts to eat with the inlaws. Note, that we are Northerners.

[@akah7187]

As a native Texan (yeah I know Texas is confused about where it fits) sir and ma'am are a must. Being friendly is who we are. I now live up North and wow are the people not so friendly. I get homesick and watching your videos lifts my spirits. Keep up the good work!

[@keeperofthegarden2306]

I just moved back to Tx! We lived in OH for 17yrs and I agree most of them weren't that friendly! I'm glad to be back home!

[@sigsin1]

I was born and raised in Michigan. I lived in Alabama, then LA, then Eugene. Then Michigan again and OUCH. RUDE.

[@JackieOdonnel]

Northerner here. I'm so sorry we're a colder bunch. It's definitely true. I'm so enamored with Southerners when I visit my boyfriend who lives in Nashville. The North is friendly but in a different way. (I felt the same way about Germany when I lived there; to most Americans, they are cold and unfriendly, but if you get to know them, they have a very defined friendly and humorous side. No question about it.)

[@burnthecandleatbothendz]

I live in Fargo and most people are friendly here

[@jamesgoogle1744]

as a man from Alabama we accept Texas as southern

[@Nurichiri]

I use this channel as a whole as an educational tool. I'm a northern Midwesterner by culture and blood (5 generations) but I have been adopted by a southern mama. She used to be my MIL but we get along better than she does with my ex that is her blood kid. Also, I have custody of her only grandchild, so there's that. I use this to understand where she's from (born and bred Alabamian).

[@Dante1920]

Roll Tide!

[@NicholsonRecordings]

Sweet home!

[@3TXSisters]

Lucky you!

[@urmasslow]

She's from the best state.

[@aeli999]

My mom's neighbor was like that with her daughter in law. She was furious at her son for divorcing her favorite daughter-in-law. They remained close for a long time. Alabama! Best state ever (don't listen to Mississippi lol)

[@kellycrawford1625]

Southerners are flat out more polite. I say this as a person that was born & raised in the north. I have family in TN, KY, NC & AR. When we are traveling to the south, I intentionally don’t pack everything we will need. I enjoy shopping in the south. No one grunts at you. No one shoves you out of their way. No one swears at you for being in their way. Shopping in the south is great. People smile. People say things like excuse me, please, thank you & yes ma’am/sir. They smile at you. Southern customers help others find things. I could go on for a lot longer. Basically shopping in the north =🤬. Shopping in the south = 😁

[@janesharp4341]

So true, my bowling partner told me today that I was mean, (I don't remember what I said that that prompted that) and I agreed, I am mean but I am very polite so I have that going for me.😅

[@janesharp4341]

We had a cousin from Boston visit us in TN. She went in a drug store for a bottled water and was gone way too long. She came out apologizing, when she went to pay the cashier literally took the bottle and put it back saying, "oh no honey, that water is $1.29! Here, let me get you the 2 for a dollar bottled water!" She was shocked!

[@DarthTwilight]

They do where I live, but that's merely because New Jersey, New York, and Ohio have relocated to my State.

[@thomaswilson5966]

🤫🤭🙄

[@stoicbubble5755]

That stuff you mentioned in the second paragraph is normal!?

[@ashlady9]

This one got me. As someone who moved to Tennessee from Colorado in 2008, I am now believed to be a local due to my accent/communication style and understanding of the culture. Hell yea.

[@the_real_littlepinkhousefly]

My mama's doing all right, considering she just turned 90 and has a crap ton of health problems. Thank you for asking. If I tried to go into "all 'em" it would take too long and fill up my word quota. My mama is from East Texas, so that's the part of Texas that is most "Southern", and she pronounces oil as "ah-wul." Seriously. We used to razz her about it like crazy (I grew up in West Texas and we just said "oy-ul" like everbody else.) Mama also double-joints a lot of words, so she says "way-ull" for "well". My son is a linguist and he could answer why all this is, but he's an adult now and on his way home from church so I'm not gonna call him while he's driving. (I watched church online, got my own health issues.) No basements in some parts of the South because the bedrock is too hard and too close to the surface to dig out without dynamiting. And maybe that flooding thing is a deal in some places, too. Southerners talk a lot because we have a lot to say and we're generally very social. Also, maybe a lot of us have ADHD. (Look up "ADHD infodumping.") Many of the top universities in the country are in the South, and I guarantee they're not mostly populated by Northerners. So a dang awful lot of us are WELL-educated, thankyouverymuch. Y'all Northerners stop worrying about us and take care of your own business. You're always welcome to come visit or move here, but please behave. Don't make us sic our Southern mamas on you.

[@vrcarlos6955]

This was funny! Nailed it!

[@LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever]

Welcome to visit maybe, but moving here a lot of them want to change our culture and everything else about their new home - so maybe just visit and then go back to your big city rat race

[@tejaswoman]

As a southerner with ADHD whose mama is from East Texas and is only 5 years younger than yours, I almost did a double take to make sure I didn't write this myself. And my mom is fine, considering she just found out she's now on TikTok!

[@the_real_littlepinkhousefly]

@@tejaswoman Holy cow, TikTok? My mom can't even navigate a smartphone. (She's never been very techie)

[@jimmysmith773]

Sorry but to visit is one thing but to move down here and try to us is another if you want to change us just stay up there

[@cwillimas9980]

Y’all did a great job answering the questions. Pronouncing “oil” is definitely affected by the area where you grew up 😂

[@kathycarter2406]

Once in a college art history class we went to a museum of southern artists. The woman at the museum said "Now these are our "oil" paintings." But what this yankee heard was "Now these are our all paintings." I was taking notes and I asked the person next to me what was the name of the artists because I didn't get the name.... lol It took me a bit but as she continued the lecture I figured out she had said "oil" not all.

[@braylenr]

For Oklahoma it's said without the "oy" sound. You say it from the back of your mouth.

[@Archangel_158]

Can confirm. It’s “ull” where I’m from.

[@PolyBiBadger]

I say it like “oy-ull” but sometimes there’s a little twang in there 😂

[@dancingrl7350]

True. We were always led to believe that in Texas, they said "awl" as in, "my fam'lih is in the awl bidniss". And that may or may not be true.

[@WyoLifer37]

As a lifelong Wyoming resident I used to get questions about riding horses to school, if we had indoor plumbing, if we were located in Canada, and how we got along with Native Americans. I suppose those are all googled now.

[@kathrynjackson6137]

I’m a southerner born and bred and I guess I didn’t realize “whenever” was a problem for northerners to understand like they can’t understand “fixin”. Uh, glad I follow y’all so I can become better educated. Love your channel!

[@Thumper68]

Whenever is totally normal in the northwest I think almost every single one of these questions are made by those in New York City where they make that awful salsa 😂

[@fidgetssailing4725]

But when Notherners try to use y'all and can never pronounce it right , but feel they've adopted not only a Southern accent - but the Southern language as well - SIGH. No - Just stop. Please, for the love of God stop!

[@Thumper68]

@@fidgetssailing4725 how can you mispronounce y’all? You see I grew up first 11 years of life in Arkansas then the next 17 or so in Washington state and the next 11 in Texas. Nobody thinks they have a southern accent because they say the word y’all.

[@fidgetssailing4725]

@@Thumper68 Hmm well that was your experience - mine was in talking to people from NY, NJ and Chicago - they do mispronounce it as it still sort of sounds like two words they're combining instead of one word

[@truthunfiltered314]

@@fidgetssailing4725 Yeah, they still say "you all" but just take out the space and squish them together. If you really want to get 'em going, just borrow the word "you'ns" from the Appalachian mountain folk.

[@DarthDave]

Yo. Y’all talked about banana pudding and I was like “damn they’re right. I could go for some banana pudding right now. Hold up. Don’t I got some in the fridge?” Update: I am now eating banana pudding and can confirm I am happier 😋.

[@janesharp4341]

Banana pudding is a holy sacrament in the South. I feel closer to Jesus after having a big ole bowl.

[@kimberlycoltrainrsrccr2626]

​​@@janesharp4341 Oh! I thought the triple size spoon was so I didn't need a bowl🤣 And I thought the silver one w holes was to help add air so I could breathe without taking it from my mouth 😂

[@donjackson5522]

That’s actually pronounced “ nana pud’n”.

[@DarthTwilight]

@donjackson5522 Or bananer pud'n if you done be so-phisticated

[@vikkibishop7862]

Came for the jokes, stayed for the spaceballs t-shirt 🤣

[@MM-kd3cb]

The term Yankee originated as a derogatory term referring to the people who created and formed the United States of America, the British redcoats used it as a slur suggesting the American people were simpletons they would beat into submission, and they would sing Yankee Doodle Dandy to mock the patriots. The patriots however after they started defeating the British troops adopted the song to mock the British redcoats. The origin of the word Yankee isn’t known for sure, though some believe it came from the Dutch who hated the English settlers and referred to them as janekke, which was purportedly an insult. The Dutch colonized what was first called New Amsterdam, they were bankers, and tried imposing slavery of the Indian tribes, who they were very antagonistic to. They were utter failures in their attempt to be successful and New Amsterdam was taken over by English settlers and eventually became New York.

[@mikeorr3333]

The word originated from Dutch, meaning John Cheese. It was a slight, implying that cheese production was the only thing the Dutch were good at.

[@ugaladh]

This explains where "Yankee" came from, refering to the colonists. Southerners calling Northerners "Yankees" is left over from the Civil War.

[@sabinal17]

And none of the New Yorkers gave a poop over being “British “because they didn’t like Stuyvesant Plus the Brits didn’t mess with the businesses so no one was mad. (NYC Documentary)

[@janejones7638]

I used to think Macaroni was the name of the feather. About 20 years ago, I learned the history of the song. Maybe we call Northerners Yankees because more of them were Patriots. Many Southern states had more Loyalist than Patriots. My mom's family from both sides lived in North Carolina at the time. One side was Loyalist and the other Patriot (they lived in different areas, they didn't know each other). I could be in the DAR but that's not something that interests me. I could be in the DAC but I'm not interested in that either. My mama's mama's family lived in TN at the time of the Civil War, they fought for the Confederacy (They were the Loyalist family). My mama's papa's family still lived in NC. They didn't fight as many in that area of NC didn't. They were tobacco farmers. Slavery wasn't common in that area.

[@deniserichards4280]

Like the North tried to do to the South? 😊

[@cyberwood2004]

In colonial days, most of the people who settled in the south already spoke English, whereas most of those who settled in the North had to learn English. A Southern accent is closer to a British accent than most folks realize. (Look at some SNL videos of Dan Ayckroyd imitating Jimmy Carter, and how he slips into British a lot.)

[@jijitters]

I've never heard it presented this way, but this is so true! Most white people in the South especially are very likely descended from people from the UK, and while the English accent they use isn't exactly the same, they have the same "source" accent, so to speak. Whereas (this is just one example!) both sides of my family trace back to the area surrounding Lake Superior, as part of the Nordic countries' immigration pattern. The "Minnesotan" and "Yooper" accents, are both time-altered versions of the way Norwegian/Swedish/Finnish people pronounced English when they were first learning it.

[@KarenC-ll7un]

Interesting that you think our French and Spanish ancestors who settled the South already spoke English. Just for fun... please explain the Cajun accent.

[@jacilynbrainard7481]

The joke about asking for a *breathy* oil change and Express Lube not even looking at the air filter… Man, that one got me! 😂🤣

[@salmonjanet]

Yall always make my day! I laughed so hard at the food bit because it's true. Found out yesterday that my MIL is making dinner for us today, for our weekly family visit, and I have been thinking about it since then. And I'll be thinking about it afterwards, until I step outside in the humidity and reach a level 10! 😂😂😂

[@freedomcat]

Eat more vitamin c rich foods.

[@elenwinl9786]

Enjoy your lovely meal and time with family!

[@shelbylynne9212]

As an Arkansan, I find these questions hilarious! 😂😂

[@MLJ7956]

Loved this vid, y'all. 😎👍 Y'all should put together an episode with a Southerner, a Northerner, a Midwesterner, a West Coaster, an English person, a European, an Australian, a Japanese, a Chinese, an Indian (from India), a Spanish person, a Native American, etc and all talk about various slangs and phrases that they use. I bet that would be both interesting to compare and might even be humorous at the same time. 😁

[@freedomcat]

Lost in the Pond Lawrence for the Brit, and Old Fashioned AF his wife Tara for Midwestern/hoosier.

[@corvidsRcool]

@@freedomcat Lost in the Pond, but yes. Excellent suggestions.

[@freedomcat]

@@corvidsRcool I'm going to fix that. I blame Auto correct.

[@jrsydvl7218]

If you need a Midwesterner then Charlie Berens is the go-to.

[@levelselect6800]

lol not mad at whats said here but I "sigh" because as always Pacific Islanders are left out. lol. no we are not Asian. and no we are not just Hawaiian or Samoan. but cool. We'll definitely bring food around and invite everyone though.

[@saundrajohnson1571]

I love the Miss first name. The way I was brought up, that is to be used for any unrelated woman that you’re on a friendly, or somewhat familiar basis: friends of parents, ballet instructors, Girl Scout leaders, etc. Since leaving the South, and most recently Texas, I can only recall being called Miss Saundra once. I think it is such a friendly and respectful term. I wish it were used more often, in more places. I still use it all the time. You can take the girl out of the South, but you can’t take the South out of the girl. 😉

[@cdenese108]

I'm called Miss at my office, at first tried to make it stop but gave up five or six years ago. It's a term of respect with a little endearment mixed in. :)

[@saundrajohnson1571]

@@cdenese108 Excellent definition!

[@sdearing6375]

I always hated that in the south - I am not a miss and it just seems so patriarchal

[@the_real_littlepinkhousefly]

Interestingly, at the church I went to when I was living in Arizona, we had the kiddos call their Sunday school and other teachers "Miss" Whoever. Of course, several of us there were Southern ex-pats, so maybe that's why. I don't think it was an Arizona thing. In my "mama's group" we had two Texans, a Mississippian and an Okie, so there was a lot of Southern influence.

[@pistolannie6500]

Its called... MANNERS, folks!! Use em once in a while.

[@TheCarterJP]

Northerner from Pennsylvania who married a southern girl from South Carolina. We currently live in Virginia, but not south enough for us. Planning to retire to South Carolina and be closer to family in SC, NC, and GA. Love the South!

[@LeadTrumpet1]

Driving in snow in the north is a mandatory skill. They don’t shut things down around here unless they absolutely have to.

[@Evrennnnnnnnnnnnn]

Don’t forget about the potholes

[@veulmet]

@@Evrennnnnnnnnnnnn or as some of us call them chuck holes.

[@LeadTrumpet1]

@@Evrennnnnnnnnnnnn The pothole down the road from me only got fixed because NYDOT hit it with their line painting trucks and realized it was on the corner of two state roads and they couldn’t bum it off on the town. The potholes are terrible. It would be easier if they had an online form you could submit with pictures and location details about said potholes.

[@Evrennnnnnnnnnnnn]

@@LeadTrumpet1 it really would But potholes combined with Boston traffic and you one hell of day

[@freedomcat]

Got a 2015 Beetle through a winter storm warning to work and then found out I was supposed to stay home.

[@daniel0atk]

Whenever someone asks me why I call all soda Coke I say, "Because Coke is from here?" Since I'm from Georgia, and well Coke is from Atlanta. The Oil one had me laughing though, I say words with oi as OL so soil becomes sol, etc. Great video y'all, keep up the hilarious work. :)

[@aprilsatterfield3868]

Coke was invented in Columbus GA then first sold in Atlanta.

[@daniel0atk]

Yeah, sorry about that. I always forget where *exactly* it's from. But, thanks for reminding me!

[@peterounsaville2630]

Dr.Pemberton Columbus Ga.

[@freethebirds3578]

I was raised in Maryland by Hoosier parents, and I always said Coke. Go to a restaurant and you order a Coke and the person taking your order would say, "What kind?" I quit that when I moved and got Coca Cola every time.

[@peterounsaville2630]

I live in Columbus and my childhood was on base Ft.Benning so then the Infantry Museum was my playground and now hey come on down and live the experience of it brings

[@banshee46]

I'm from South Eastern Texas, actually grew up in San Felip, and have lived in the north for about 20 years. It's *amazing* how quickly I drop back into my native accent when I start watching these videos. It's making me smile :P

[@wshreels]

Matt: "People say the guys down here dress like tablecloths..." Cameraman: *aggressively zooms in to Matt and Ryan's collar shirts*

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

So much plaid 🤣

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

Must be whoever asked the question has never been to New England....plaid is everywhere.

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

@@queenbunnyfoofoo6112 the Midwest is pretty plaidy too, as far as I know

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

@@ThinWhiteAxe True 😄.

[@GissGR78]

😂😂

[@freefoodchef7939]

I found your channel a few months back and love it! I'm a Californian, but we moved almost constantly when I was growing up. One of the places we lived was Gadsden, during 8 months of age 12 in 1972(!), and I loved it there. Your videos have reminded me of why. Also, most of my relatives have been Southerners, and both of my parents had Southern roots and I'm starting to realize I was raised Southern as a result, which explains why my fellow Westerners don't understand things like why I love grits and say things like "gully washer." Anyway, long story less long (yes, I can see now that's my Southern tendency, too), I just took early retirement and have been looking for other areas of the country to relocate to, and your channel has prompted me to look at Alabama. Right now my focus is the northeast part, like around Fort Payne. Got lots of travel, tourism and relocation guides arriving soon!

[@dawng.8836]

My brother is in Phenix City and really likes it .

[@freefoodchef7939]

@@dawng.8836 Thanks so much for the suggestion. I'll check it out!

[@gabrielellis3334]

I'm also a Californian who was partially raised in the south as well. I also still have a lot of southern tendencies I 100% agree with you

[@freefoodchef7939]

@@gabrielellis3334 Thanks so much for telling me that! Glad to know I'm not the only one. I've met very few Southerners here in CA, and it's my impression that most West Coasters are afraid to relocate to any place farther east than the Rocky Mountains, especially not to the Deep South. But after dealing with all the ignorant and insulting assumptions that abound about CA and its residents, I can only imagine that all the same sorts of assumptions exist about the Deep South. I think it's more about just finding the areas of a region where your interests and values align with the locals. The northeast part of AL looks to provide the most for me, but that doesn't mean there wouldn't be any other parts of the state that do.

[@gabrielellis3334]

@@freefoodchef7939 yea I found a good group of friends where I am at I CA I tend to be the wise old sagely guy of the group dropping tid bits of wisdom here and there

[@angelacollier4140]

I'm a cross between Northern and Southern. I was born and raised in Indiana. My parents were from Virginia (mom) and George (dad). I grew up with a crazy mix of north and south. As an adult, I have lived in Louisiana and Alabama. I LOVE the South. I fit in so well, my accent from my heritage emerged and no one even knew I was a Yankee! I'm back in Indiana but I understand "It's a Southern Thing" and the references y'all just keep doin' what you're doin' y'all are wonderful!!

[@bphipps312]

As a Kentuckian moving to chicago I’ve gotten all of these but the biggest ones were: “Did you go to the bathroom outside?”, “Did you have electricity?“ , “How old were you when you got your first pair of shoes?”… and they call us uneducated? IM FINNA GO OFF ON A BUNCH OF THEM!. That pretty much shit the conversation down. Love y’all, keep’em coming ❤

[@parkerbrown-nesbit1747]

I'm from Kentucky too, and have had people who were surprised that I was wearing shoes!

[@bethprather9241]

The best is too reply like some of these. Im from Ky and educated MA.. We need good answers.. or just add too it like they are.. we put sugar mashed postatoes or steak.

[@kristiecornell5723]

@@parkerbrown-nesbit1747 What part of Kentucky are you from? I'm Spencer County.

[@bethprather9241]

@@kristiecornell5723 Garrard County... It is 35 miles south of Lexington..

[@parkerbrown-nesbit1747]

@@kristiecornell5723 Calloway County, in Western Kentucky, although I was born in Middlesboro, in Bell County.

[@bethwhitaker8794]

Matt’s statement of “get to work or die” is so true!!! I’ve been here 22 years and I still don’t know how to drive on the snow

[@corvidsRcool]

The best advice I was ever given was from a friend of my mother's who'd lived up north when I first learned to drive: "forget you have brakes". When I was driving back to college and snow flurries at home turned into a serious storm halfway there that left quite slick roads that popped into my head and I had no trouble at all. Obviously, I had to stop t times, but her point was to just go slow and steady. It's been working for 30+ years, although l'm white-knuckling the steering wheel all the way. LOL

[@KatrinaRasbold]

"We can read, write, and whoop your ass." Dear gods, I love you people. Please let me be your mama.

[@jadeblues357]

Born and raised in upstate New York and at the age of 25 I chose the The South and I’ve never had any regrets and just to test that theory I went back to my hometown lived there for a couple years hated it and I was welcome back home as a hurricane was coming into Florida and all I could think was I’m home😎🥰

[@riorio982]

Mom is doing well, thrilled that we just sold her car. We advertised it on the front lawn of our house in the country, and we had a buyer within about 24 hours. Thank you so much for asking! How is your mom doin?

[@Soulfulcottage]

Ha! I struck up a chatty conversation with the librarian at my daughter’s school and halfway in, I realized she must be from the North - she’s looking at me like, “why are you talking to me about the book your daughter took out last week, and how do I get out of this?” 😂😂😂 What can I say? We aim to be friendly, sorry if it’s too much for you!

[@lucycliburn2344]

I taught missions education to Elementary school girls. They called me Miss Lucy. Fast forward 20 years, and I was helping one of my former students when her boss came in. She introduced me as Miss Lucy. And I loved it!

[@robinm.2246]

😂😂 you guys handled those questions so eloquently and precisely (trying to make myself sound educated)… Oh hell y’all did great! And also thanks for asking about my mama, she’s doing awesome!!

[@steggiec]

My NC coworker always gets super excited when she talks about food, either a meal she made recently or lunch or dinner she’ll make soon or food in general. So #1 is super accurate for her.

[@TBcinema]

"Soda" came from the Soda fountain or Soda shop where one could get the fizzy drinks before the times when they were packaged and distributed. Like old Soda water bottles from the cartoons. "Pop" comes from the sound the cans made when opened since folks not in the south only had canned soft drinks when they were first introduced.

[@jacobnash9755]

The part about pop isn't accurate. Soda bottling in the north started in 1839 while soda canning did not come along until the 1930s and was still very rare into the 1960s. The north had over 100 years of bottled soda before the can took the markets. So it was not called pop because they didn't have bottled soda at first.

[@Alcoholic_Nerd]

@@jacobnash9755 It's because bubbles POP......

[@maylieallen8919]

I would imagine also the seectuon was limited specifically to just coke giving us our beloved slang

[@ArtByKarenEHaley]

We called it soda-pop in my family in the 90s here in Oregon. Nowadays everyone usually says soda, or the name of the drink.

[@blkbass]

This one was a riot. Please do more.

[@RBKeown]

Watching stuff like this makes me love love love being from Alabama ❤

[@lane95]

Tbh I think the "why do southerners talk so much?" Question was actually asked in the way of like talking to strangers. For example in the south walking by ur neighbor or maybe just passing someone you wave and say hey or oh how's ur day when you're in line somewhere. Or talk to someone in the grocery store for no reason. Whereas northerns don't do that. I see the answer as just southern kindness.

[@tamaj152]

I think you're right. I moved to the South from the northern Midwest, and the thing I kept telling my friends back "home" was "People make EYE CONTACT when you pass them on the street! They say hi!" I've lived in New England, too, and if you talk to people you don't know in the grocery store they think you're some sort of creepy person. It is really too bad. Glad to be here!

[@dragex6582]

Indeed, indeed. You can have full blown conversations with strangers while waiting in line. Go to the theater, and you can make a new friend(s) with the fella(s) beside you during the commercials! Pass some people on the street or in the store, and you get a smile, a nod, and a "How're ya doing?" We're a friendly sorta folk down here, with exceptions of course. I drive across the country for a living, and it was a shock to go up north and NOT be able to chat with folks randomly, or even get a returned nod!

[@l.r.8573]

We were taught it's the polite thing to do, which caught me off guard after I moved to the west coast and found that people back away from you as if you just asked them to lick the anthrax in your hand if you simply say hello.

[@firebladetenn6633]

My husband told me that me holding doors open for people, randomly talking to others, and just smiling at strangers would creep out or make a northerner suspicious of me. It breaks my heart that people up north would think me suspicious just for striking up a conversation. 😢

[@dragex6582]

@@firebladetenn6633 It's a sad reality with those Yanks, unfortunately.

[@lauraburgess1534]

Liz's indignant reaction to almost every question had me rolling 😂

[@katyaa6556]

WHY DO YOU HAVE AN ACCENT!?!?!?!?! 🤣

[@WadeWeigle]

My Mom is doing very well thank you. She’s got a whole mess of chickens that are just coming into their eggs now and she thinks the tiny eggs are super cute. How is y’all’s Mommas doing?

[@retirednavy8720]

I was raised in the Rocky Mountains and spent 25 years in the military. I was stationed on the West Coast, the East Coast, the mid-west, Hawaii, overseas and FL. When I retired I stayed in the South. 'Nuff said!

[@willames363]

Y’all crack me up, just went through some rough medical things, and had abdominal surgery, from the hospital bed they’d hear me laughing then groan. Can’t thank y’all enough for fun and funny content. Hope y’all had a great weekend and a good week.

[@ZhovtoBlakytniy]

Hope you get better soon! 🙏

[@krisevans5022]

Hope youre on the mend

[@avidreader4140]

Godspeed your recovery

[@chrissiler2382]

My mom, who has past, was from TN. I grew up mostly in WI and can remember everyone loved her accent. I always wondered "what accent?" I wish I had found this show before she passed. She would have loved it. Thanks.

[@migueldelmazo5244]

Driving in the snow is a skill. Driving in melted snow that re-froze into ice isn't safe no matter who does it. That's what we get in Georgia. Of course, most people near Atlanta aren't actually Southerners.

[@Ephesians5-14]

You know what my favorite thing is? Seeing northerners whizz past my house in the snow and then the next day seeing 20 abandoned vehicles on the side of the road. It's not really possible to traverse snowy and icy roads without salt no matter who ya are 😄

[@STho205]

Most people in North Atl metro are immigrants from tropical asian countries. They've never seen it till their first to third year here.

[@kazeryu17]

When I lived in pensacola Florida, we had ice storms. It would rain on a very cold day, and the rain would freeze as soon as it hit the ground, and then the temperature would drop even further, causing everything to be coated in ice. It looked cool, but was sketchy, because the stairs for my high school were outside of the building.

[@stevemoore595]

As a 69 year old "hillbilly" from the great state of Arkansas, Little Rock, (Home of Johnny Cash and Glenn Campbell) I love these videos from our friends from Alabama - a truely great Southern state if there ever was one! Most of us get along beautifully - Black, White, Hispanic. The use of Ma'am, Sir, or Miss is just ingrained in us at an early stage of our lives. Yes Sir and Yes Ma'am is also taught early - All of this is taught to respect our Elders. I have been chatised for calling a person "yes ma'am" out West after she asked me if I needed syrup for my pancakes at breakfast one morning - Seriously! I will hold a door open for a man or woman, it's just the polite thing to do. What is wrong with being polite and helping others? I'm not going to change and you will never hear me say "you guys" to a bunch of boys and girls. Proper ediquette would be: "Y'all" because that means: "All of you". The only time you would use the vernacular of "y'all" to a singular person would be in referance to his family. You see a single man/woman on the street and you say": "How y'all doing?" you are referencing his whole family. You would not just walk up to some dude on the street and say "How y'all doing?" That would be similar to walking up to a single person and say "What are you guys up to? And yes, even in a small state like Arkansas, we have regional accents too. Northern Arkansas Ozarks (True mountain folks that hid from the "Revenors of illegal moonshine stills making corn whiskey are a tough breed to assimliate with, especially with the influx of "Yanks" coming to many Retirement Centers up there. Their accent is more precise and direct to the point. Now you go down some what and follow the White River as it returns to a normal flow as it once was before it was damned up to make hydro-electric power and it turned the upper White River into a great trout fishery. Now down near DeValls Bluff the water returns to it's normal temperature and catfishing and other warm water species return to their natural habitat. Shouvel-nosed catfish (not relly catfish thrive). Brim, bass, perch, aligator gar, you name it thrive here. But, The folks that live along the White River have their own dialect too. Go down to Southern Akansas farmland and you will meet some of the friendliest people around. They have hardscrabbled the land, a lot from government allotments and homesteading - both for Black and White folks. Good people that work the land diligently and trest and respect each other. Their speach patters a a bit slower because the are ot in the hot sun battling it every day. We got German settles that arrived in the Eastern farm land so ther verbal influence added to the overall complexity of the Arkansas language. We also had the Swiss move to the Middle Ozark/Ouachita Mountains to establish wineries and a more of them moved to Eureka Springs for the early treatment of body ails by natural springs - it is a cool town! Also, there is a great amount of history since a lot of the Indian Tribes were forced to trek through Northern Arkansas along the Trail of Tears - forced march by the "damn Yankees" to move all indians out of the "civilazed population"- a sad time in our History because the Indians and Southerners got along.

[@elliottpotter7982]

Bro just wrote a novel

[@Tragedy01xx]

You said it perfectly. I was born and raised about an hour south of little Rock. In south Arkansas.

[@janedoe7621]

The Ozark region, particularly the northwest, was also heavily settled by Italian immigrants as wine country, so that could add a bit of that flavor to the accent here.

[@leahcrosby6597]

I’m from Stuttgart Arkansas and you are absolutely right about how the accent and the way we go about things are completely different. I remember being in Hot Springs and running into a couple and just by how I reacted and responded to them ask how my day was they instantly knew I was from south east Arkansas and I know they had to be from northern Arkansas. We both just so happened to be right.

[@mintz9782]

Well these people are from the big city, more yankee than southerner. You can tell. Less southern than others.

[@JulieProbst-eb4bl]

Y'all are great. I just found your channel here & I am sub-sceribed!!! 😊 I grew up in Cali & loved any chance to possibly meet southerners. I have been stuck in AZ for a few years now & my husband & I are moving eventually to GA or SC!!!🎉🎉🎉 To be close to my daughter who married an awesome southern man & I CANNOT WAIT TO LIVE THERE...IN THE BEST PART OF THIS COUNTRY! I'm so done w/ the Westcoast. Y'all are amazing! We will get to be w/ the best people living there, we will get great food & have REAL sweet tea!!! AND I am so excited to be subscribed to you KZbin now also!❤

[@pschroeter1]

"Why can't southerners drive in snow?" That's silly because here in the north every year when we get the first real snow fall there are accidents everywhere as we find out drivers have completely forgotten how to drive in the snow since last winter. Maybe not Alaska.

[@STho205]

Yep. The first snow is the same everywhere. Thats were the cars with bald summer tires and the people that think it isn't so bad...only 6 inches....except it is 6" atop an ice sheet that formed on a road that was 60F at sunset yesterday. Typically below Ky we only get a first snow...so there is chaos. We just stay home, since i have a steep gravel road.

[@AlphaWolf096]

People at higher elevations in the Appalachians seem to handle snow pretty well, even when it’s the first snow of the season. Then again, you’re constantly getting practice with rough terrain and/or rain too. Not to mention that we have equipment up here to handle it.

[@STho205]

@@AlphaWolf096 i live in the Apps in a national forest. I don't drive until the melt begins if it is the classic snow...70 degree then rain then 25F then 40 then 6" of snow then 15F...that's walk in the woods days and work from home. If it's a clean snow...30F dry roads, snow of 8", stays below 32....pffft that's nothing. I do have tire chains for the forestry road. They make me remove them when i hit the county pavement. You're right, we do get lots of cold rain, black ice, fog practice on switchbacks over 1200ft cliffs... that warms us up for the snow. About 5 days of snow every 2nd or 3rd year. They don't usually plow up here in NC, but they sand and gravel the major roads so you can lose a windshield. More serious snow in KY and the western Virginias. City and suburb folks down in the lowlands are terrible. They're used to straight, lit and well drained roads. They go nuts in even a hard rain.

[@AlphaWolf096]

@@STho205 Definitely seems like it depends what part of the mountains you’re in, then. I at least know Boone tends not to struggle too much with snow.

[@rhast57]

It's true, northerners forget how to drive in the snow every year. That first big snow, most people spin out or crash or slide. Then they remember 'oh yeah, snow.'

[@katwalker07]

As a southerner, here's an answer to the basement question: it all depends on how high the water table is under the ground. If the water table is higher, there won't be any basements because they'll get flooded. If the water table is lower, basements will be more normal.

[@creakimoi2958]

I was told once in Texas it was because the clay dirt, when it got hot, would just put too much pressure on the concrete used in basements and crack them which wasn't worth the repair...

[@fafolguy]

@@creakimoi2958 I was told clay was a lot harder to excavate for a basement, so a ground level foundation was easier and cheaper.

[@creakimoi2958]

@@fafolguy and probably all the reasons we've been told individually are cumulatively true. I just know outside of Fort Hood in Central Texas...basements weren't all too common in places I lived

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

Yep clay like Houston and Dallas swells and shifts with water making foundations crack. Out in West Texas red dirt and rock basements are more common. Often they are separate from the house and called 'fraidy holes for Tornado shelters. That's pronounced "taarnaada"

[@willp.8120]

@@creakimoi2958 Basements are all over the northern half of Georgia and the soil is clay. The southern half of the state is nearly basementless because the soil is sand and has a high water table.

[@jaelguest348]

Im a student from Nashville studying abroad in Europe rn. This little taste of home made my day. I was crying laughing y'all are hilarious:) Thanks guys!

[@jacobrichardson611]

Fun fact almost every state has its own accent even some large states have different ones per area even if it's small

[@Evrennnnnnnnnnnnn]

Then there’s the Midwestern states which have no accent 😂😂

[@jacobrichardson611]

@@Evrennnnnnnnnnnnn actually they do!

[@Evrennnnnnnnnnnnn]

@@jacobrichardson611 it was a joke mate .-. Even my parents are from the Midwest and they say they have no accent .-. Its called a joke 🤦‍♂️

[@Godlim17]

This! I come from PA we have a Philadelphia accent, central PA accent, PA dutch accent, and a western PA accent. All within the same state. We also are split on pop and soda.

[@jacobrichardson611]

@@Evrennnnnnnnnnnnn oh I'm sorry! I didn't catch it lol...wooooosh

[@KenFromchicago]

Southern food is the bomb. Of course y'all are happier. Especially the larger portions. Same reasons Northerners can't handle heat. Less exposure. We associate slow talking with lack of smarts but in a culture in built in massive heat, you learn to pace yourself. And you're not always rushing, so more time to talk. Southern etiquette includes "Miss" and "Mister". Southerners have accents because accents are cool! Accents are like spice to language. In rural areas, there are few people, more spread out, so no need to build upward, just build outward. Also, yes, in Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, swamp area or low sea levels, you don't want flooding. You build vertically where people are crammed in together. That's why ranchstyle homes are so popular. More room to build sideways instead of building basements or second floors. Liz nailed it. Coke was well known soda that coke got genericized like Kleenex or Aspirin or Xerox machines were for facial tissue, headache medicine and copy machines. Southerners can look different than Northerners due to greater exposure to the Sun, to heat, and lack of superficial fears about skin treatment, greater acceptance of larger body mass as a sign of good cooking and good eating. I learned that last one personally. My mom was from Louisiana and a fantastic cook, to which my ample belt size can testify.👍😁

[@brad2403]

The reason I say Ma’am,Ms,Mr,Mrs is because growing up I was taught it was being polite and showing respect to my elders.Very rarely do you hear that these days sadly. I would say I’m happier than a lark in a meadow. Great video y’all did a great job funny as always and you ain’t wrong about banana pudding.

[@andrewyerian214]

Thank the many parents who do not teach their kids those words anymore. I almost never see it up here in Ohio either. It’s not a Southern or Northern thing, it’s a human thing and should be taught.

[@LIFEwithBAVAN]

Now we have pronouns

[@jerrysmith3516]

Gave you a thumbs up just for mentioning banana pudding.

[@Shebrew144]

Definitely, i got in trouble if i didn’t call an elder Mr. or Mrs. its a sign of respect.

[@supercheese7033]

You still hear them everyday, if you live in the South. At least the true South (Atlanta, Houston, Nashville, South Florida have been overtaken, not Southern anymore).

[@cheryltattersall5044]

I love the audacity of people asking such stupid questions. I talk way too much and I would love to sit and talk to ya'll. Thanks for the fun videos

[@jesuslovesyou4400]

But how does one fix ignorance if they can't ask questions?

[@hellhound1389]

I always say there's no such thing as a stupid question just stupid people

[@matthewcox7985]

The way he said "Dwog" reminds me of my grandmother... who was from New York!

[@ramonafricke5118]

I grew up in North Carolina, joined the Navy at 19, and I've lived in several places since then. I will always be a southern girl, no matter where I roam, 'cause in my heart North Carolina will always be my home!

[@KateEileen]

Lol - I miss the south (except for the summers). Wasn’t born or raised there, but lived there for 36 years before moving north to be closer to family. I love your videos and they always leave me smiling!

[@CTHou13]

I love how southerners ask about your mama. Going to a small town store where I know no one - I am gonna ask the clerk how their mama is doing today. It is just polite and it is what we southerners do. It shows we like you

[@GramsMusick158]

A Lot of the way southerners speak seems to do with courtesy. My family is from various parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. We have been in California for 4 generations and we still use some of these southern terms because it is polite

[@sarahmeyernc]

Lol I did some research into this recently for a project, but in NC we don’t have basements until you’re in the Piedmont (center) or Mountain region of the state because have a high water table on the coast. Near the Atlantic, if you dig deep enough to dig a basement, you’ll be standing in a lot of water lol. I remember being a kid and digging a hole in the sand with my classmates and it was only about 5’ deep and there was standing water in the bottom.

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

Yes! I was gonna say that too. I'm also in NC and we don't have basements in my area, but I have seen them "out west" in the Piedmont and mountains.

[@elisamascanzoni5024]

Piedmont...in USA?

[@victoriasmith5771]

@@elisamascanzoni5024 piedmont of NC

[@stihl0256]

The house foundation has to extend into the ground below where it would ever freeze. Which in the north can be as much as 6 feet. So might as well put in a basement, you have already dug most of it. In the south the ground freezes down to about zero feet so no reason to dig a basement.

[@robert7879]

I live in coastal south eastern n.c. and some people here have basements but not many

[@mimirusert4947]

My mama is doing right fine, Thank you so very much. Bless you.

[@uofa82]

I’ve seen articles by speech experts who said that Southern speech is more close to the British speech than any other speech in America.

[@crystalaguilar7003]

I was looking for this comment and wondered if anyone else knew this

[@maryannsarkady7950]

I have lived in southern New Jersey most of my life, my accent is different from North Jersey, I have a blended accent it’s more like Philadelphia / South Jersey. I lived in Ohio for a brief period and kept getting asked “ what exit are you from”? Here in south Jersey we have pick up trucks, baseball caps , rodeo’s, country music, large farms. North Jersey is mob central !

[@Robbie09]

I was born in Philly and raised in S Jersey. Growing up, I had that merged Philly/S Jersey accent too. I lived in Jax, FL for 10 yrs after HS and NC another 10. I’m now back in S Jersey. Everyone I speak to says I sound like I’m from the south, until I get angry…then my Philly/Jersey accent comes out. I admit, though, that I did hang onto much of the politeness I acquired from living in the south.

[@christybrady74]

Hey hey now, not all if North Jersey, I went texas and the first thing they asked me was was my family in the mob and did I know bon Jovi, lmao

[@acaliaaidras5012]

I grew up in the middle of New Jersey (yes, Central Jersey IS a thing) and somehow I don't have much of an accent. When I moved to Georgia and told people I was from Jersey, they would always say ""you don't sound like you're from New Jersey". 😆 Don't even get me started on that whole "Joisey" nonsense.

[@juliehilton1701]

Love your work 🤣🤣 I’m from England, I’m not really sure of the dynamics of the northern/southern thing in the USA but I still enjoy watching thanks

[@NewJerseyJets22]

I am from the Northwest and I love this channel because it’s fun to learn about different countries.

[@joshwells3933]

😂

[@joshwells3933]

Like that socialist country of Washington state…

[@NewJerseyJets22]

@@joshwells3933 I’m actually from Idaho but I live in Seattle. Still very red though.

[@cristyedwards1128]

Hum…the War of Northern Aggression was fought so the South wouldn’t become its own country. The South is still part of the US.

[@laikanbarth]

😂😂😂 Thank you for the laugh!!

[@EdwardGarrenMFT]

So this is what I learned about the term Yankee and probably where it comes from. I had a roommate from Boston who was Irish, and the Irish in Boston identified very strongly as Irish. One day he made a comment about the old moneyed Boston elite, and referred to them as Yankees. I did a double take and asked about this and he explained to me that Yankee is the term the Irish use to describe the English. I’ve also read a lot about the lead up to the Civil War in this country. After the revolutionary war the Scots and the Irish living in New England were offered land grants in what we now think of as the American South as payment for fighting in the revolutionary war. One of my mothers ancestors, surname Brackett, was a silver smith in New England, who fought in the revolutionary war, and received a land grant in what is now Northeast Georgia. So as the Scots and the Irish migrated south out of New England, they took their language with them and Yankee is the term they use to describe the English. If you know much history about what is now the United Kingdom, the English spent centuries committing genocide and other forms of subjugation against the Scots and the Irish. That is why we generally are hospitable to Yankees, until they start telling us how to live. Hope that helps explain where the term Yankee came from. Also, in my mind and I think in the mind of most of us who are Southern identified, anyone who did not grow up in the South, with at least one southern parent, to experience the culture as a part of our upbringing and formation, is automatically considered a Yankee. It has nothing to do with genetics anymore per se, and everything to do with the culture and an attitude about how we treat the world, as God’s creation, and the people who live on the world, as God’s children. I had a friend who is an anthropologist when I lived in Miami and she explained to me, that in anthropological circles, rural southern culture is considered the most complex culture on earth. Only people who grow up in it ever really understand it or know how to navigate in it. We have layers of nuance and metaphor that do not exist another cultures. After almost 40 years of living in Los Angeles what I have discovered and I’m very thankful for is that most elements of Southern culture exist in other cultures as well as a central theme. For example face-saving is a strong central feature of Asian culture along with humility. Hospitality is very important to middle easterners, and the ability to communicate with metaphors and allegory is central to most non-European cultures. So I intuitively understand people from all over the world in ways that my “Yankee” friends never understand. I grew up in rural Central Florida between Tampa and Orlando. The place has been overrun with and ruined by all the Yankees that are retired there, but in the mid-60s it was very much an extension of Georgia and Alabama.

[@BROUBoomer]

Hi Edward Garren, Thank you for your comment. This makes sense to me. Virginia born and raised, moved to Orlando, Florida area age 10 in 1974. It's the subtle nuances when speaking to others. Southerners pick up on the little things that are important to other cultures that aren't important to Yankees, so we do understand them better. I've worked for theme parks for about 30 years. I can understand and somewhat communicate with non-English speakers; at least the cost of items, but not that additional tax to the price... Working with Yankees, they just give up and ask me for help. Calling your elders Miss or Mr before their name is just common courtesy. Especially your parents friends. My parents call them by first name, then unless otherwise informed I can too as long as I add Miss, Ms, or Mr first. Just like I can call my parents siblings by first name, so long as Aunt, or Uncle is added first. I never called my grandparents by their first name EVER. It was Grandma last name, Grandpa last name, Nanny last name, and Papa last name. IF I ever were to disrespect them by calling them by their first name, I'd have seen the backside of the woodshed. Learning respect at an early age is very important in the South. People judge your family by your behavior. You represent your ancestors and your family every time you walk outside. My favorite Southern thing is when you meet someone new, you explain where you are from, and who you're related to. Yankees don't understand this important ritual. But we want to know if we're talking to a cousin we haven't met yet. Pre mid 20th century, Southern families were large, you might not even get to meet all of your first cousins. My mother has 18 blood aunts and uncles. I have no idea how many cousins she has, I've never met most of them. I remember one story she told me about a girl in school being snotty to her and thinking she was better than. Momma put her in her place when she told her I don't know who you think you are, but next Sunday dinner at grandma's house I'm telling on you, and aunt so and so and your daddy will be eating supper on the porch. Dumb butt, you're my first cousin, and I'm grandma's favorite, you're in big trouble now. So there. Never forget who you're related to, they'll tattle on you faster than a neighbor will. Nice chatting with you. Take care, stay safe, have a nice day. 👵🙂✌️🖖 😷 🙉🙈🙊 🌎☮️🕊️

[@katemolly100]

Wow thanks for the info!

[@cabranoia]

Yankee was also a derisive term used by the British for the American colonists leading up to and during the Revolutionary War; which the colonists of the New England colonies proudly adopted.

[@STho205]

The Yankees already had that term at least 130 years before the Revolution and over two centuries before the 1861 War. Dutch called the New England and Hampshire settlers that (with their own pronunciations starting with a J). The French softened it to yankee. NE descendents just kept using it on themselves. Virginians, Pennsylvanians and Carolians thrown together with them in the Continental Army used the formal proper term: Damned Yankee. You'll find a passage about that in Joseph Plum Martin's rev war diary Always, remember to use the full proper term out of courtesy: Damned Yankee.

[@boomznbladez405]

@@STho205 we are going to clean up your history. Not that its wrong, but you seem to think the person before you stated the origin on the word when they did not, just one of its many evolutions. There is debate on if its actually a Cherokee word meaning coward. But regardless, Janke(late Yankee) was a derogatory term for the dutch settlers there, that eventually began to be applied to New englanders as whole (namely when pre revolution tensions started to rise). To call someone a yankee was like calling them a lazy good for nothing POS. Eventually the british started singing a derogatory song called "Yankee Doodle" which we unironically appropriated as a battle hymn. So from then on Americans in general were called Yankees, and was no longer seen as derogatory to us in the States, but as a symbol of where we are from. Fast forward to 1861, and you had two main groups in the US. Yankees, who are Americans and wanted to be American (i.e. preserve the union) and you had Rebels, those who wanted to rebel and leave the union. So northerners got called Yankees, or Billy Yanks, and the southerners got called Rebels, or Johnny Rebs.

[@juttamedina8468]

love you guys,live in the south (texas) now since over 40 years ad it's the best place on earth with the best people and the best "language"

[@jewelsgrl]

As a Northerner who has lived in the South for 17 years I absolutely loved this 😂

[@hannahtaylor6520]

I'm from Mobile and was honestly shocked as a child the first time I visited family in northern AL and they had a finished basement instead of a crawlspace under their raised house that floods every summer

[@rs8638]

I’m from Mobile as well and only saw one house that had a basement. Was completely shocked when I saw it.

[@chargerrival4188]

South Carolina is 49th in the nation for education. I moved down here in 2020 from Michigan which is 13th in the nation and it was a huge change.

[@fewridge6479]

Be proud of your southern accent. The great Lewis Grizzard said “God talks like we do”.

[@wacowildcat]

Im from the far western end of Kentucky. Our accent, drawl and dialect is only spoken in those few counties and no where else. Ive been all over the south and its always the same question… “You’re not from here are you?” Its awesome.

[@therayven3147]

Man, I give y'all a thumbs up because y'all from Birmingham Alabama... I just moved here a few months ago and I'll tell you what, I ain't been so happy, and less stressed in years... Y'all have a good'n, and God bless...

[@JasonMoir]

Idea for a future Bless Your Rank: Matt rates different brands of grits he's snorted.

[@patriciagodfrey6345]

My Ma passed some decades ago (I am ancient), but before she went to her reward she made certain to do her best in teaching her little girls to be proper Southern ladies even though we were in the North. It stuck. I only feel at ease around people from the South, or folks raised by people from the South. It really is a different mindset and way of life. And, by the way, at that comment about snorting grits... I almost snorted my grits. ;-)

[@nancykilbourn836]

I know that feeling you have. I have lived my 55 years of married life in Southern California. Lived all over the South and family from Louisville. I still get so very homesick. Then I cook. that helps a little.

[@patriciagodfrey6345]

@@nancykilbourn836 And today (Thanksgiving 2023) is a Southern feast my Ma would be so proud of! :-D

[@taylorread2407]

A southern accent comes from the Europeans that settled the region. It actually comes from the Scott-Irish. They first came over and settled in the Appalachians and eventually moved over toward the south. Dolly Parton’s accent and Loretta Lynn’s accent are both examples of the Scott’s-Irish American accent that we can still here today. Most southerners’ accents are really just tamed down versions of that accent. The Midwest doesn’t have an accent because the Midwest was the area of the country where all travelers merged on their trains. Their accents would merge together and now they have no accents (at least to the rest of the US).

[@ShaunaLiTheStarcaller]

Basements: Texas does not have them because the ground is so hard to dig into (I can barely dig holes to plant bushes in my backyard lol) that it is not very cost effective to do so. You can find some houses that have them but its rare. :) You are likely to spend $30,000 to $100,000 to build a 1,000 square foot basement in Texas... and I can think of many things I'd rather spend that kind of $$ on. :P

[@Dakotako]

I’m in west Texas, when we have a pet die, I get to play rock roulette finding a spot to bury it. I usually need a pick axe at about a foot down.

[@jrsydvl7218]

They say the same thing in AZ and NV. But it doesn't seem too hard to dig pools. Basements are usually 10-20 degrees cooler than upper floors. I figured they'd be more common in the southwest.

[@emberandfriendsanimations2454]

And over here on the gulf coast near Houston, they would flood quite often and be expensive for the average person to maintain They had to completely redo the tunnels under Houston after Harvey (I don’t even know why or how they built tunnels under Houston, considering it’s partly built on a swamp)

[@LynyrdSkynyrd.4Ever]

The expansive clay soil in Central Texas is bad for basement building as it is in constant motion and holds water. If you have a basement, it's gonna crack and leak water at some point.

[@KyrenaH]

@@Dakotako Where I live you have to dig 4 feet down to bury a pet. I did that earlier this year. It was terrible I could barely get through the clay. Then it rained and filled in half the hole so I had to start over again.

[@CaptRABriggsJr]

Whew! Alright all y'all! Most educational and informational and entertaining! Born along the Mighty Mississippi River in Southeastern IOWA... (Yes, our home had a HUGE basement!) Through military service, I have spent most of my life in the "South" and 4 of 5 of my bio-kiddos were born in the South (NCx2, SCx1, TXx1... that "other one"... WAx1.) Traditional ways, family, manners-- yes! Sweet Tea, Pecan pie AND Deviled Eggs with whatever BBQ was placed in front of them--ALL great Southern staples. Best part of being Southern? Knowing you can travel anywhere in the Galaxy--yet, home is where that catfish, slaw, hushpuppies and sweet tea will be waiting.... (Yes. That 3 year tour of duty at Fort Dix NJ, after returning from 1 year in Iraq, was MOST painful--we were SURROUNDED--by Yankees who took issue with the Texas plated Ford F-150 truck and NC/SC flag stickers on the rear view window.) Whew! Please pass the sweet tea. Appreciate all y'all being. (Yes. I have a high school diploma plus.... Lol.) Capt Rick in Central Texas.

[@quentinfowler8048]

My momma is doing great. Thanks for asking. Love you guy.

[@robylove9190]

I have lived all over the country. I can say definitively, people in the south are friendlier. I have learned that people who don't say y'all are not as friendly. That's why I retired in the south.

[@MrsAlmaTrumble]

Loved this episode. Y'all always make my day.

[@karrihoopes284]

I don’t even know what to say. Love this! I’m from a weird microcosm in Utah where lots of people from the South moved here while I was in high school. We wave at people we don’t know, have people with and without accents and understand them, I love grits-especially with cheese, love hominy and fried okra, we drive in snow but aren’t so good in heavy rain. Keep it coming whenever you want.

[@JF-um2pf]

I lived from age 10 until my early 30s in the South (Georgia, then moved to Utah, where I've been for 15 years now). So, of course I'm now curious about this town! Do the people there still have a southern influence from the influx of Southerners those years ago?

[@aeli999]

Southerners are nice, friendly, willing to talk to you even if they don't know you. I went to visit a friend in Cleveland OH and we stopped in at a Target. I was talking to the cashier like I do down here and she just stared at me. My friend was just like, we don't talk up here. I feel sorry for y'all up north. How do you make friends if nobody ever talks? My mom could get anybody's life story in 5 minutes. She'd sit down next to a perfect stranger at the doctor's office and they'd tell her everything. She didn't ask for their story, but she was comfortable to talk to and friendly, and people always responded really well to her. I forgot to comment on the basement thing. Some places have basements, but a lot don't because the water is too close to the surface. I'm in North Alabama and we have swamp and marsh here, so unless you're on a good sized hill, you are unlikely to have an actual basement. Plus basements are more expensive to build and most builders aren't willing to make the effort unless it's a completely custom house.

[@opinionatedone]

We're from Manitoba and I think my Mom and I were meant to be southerners. We're both like your Mom. I got in trouble working as a cashier because people would talk to me and I kept forgetting to move the line along!! Figured it out before I got fired!!

[@lissajedi]

I work at a grocery store in Delaware, and it creeps me out when customers are overly friendly and chatty. Like, I'm not here for conversation, I'm trying to work. Had a lady come up to where I was working, and asked if I was ok from when I got hit in the parking lot recently. I had NO CLUE who she was, how she knew I got hurt or wtf she was making it her business to know! Never seen this lady in the 3 years I've been working there. So bizarre and intrusive

[@brandondavis7777]

@@lissajedi Your lack of social skills makes you the rude/creepy one, you know this right?

[@therayven3147]

Man, you ain't lying about that... Called to set-up my medical insurance for here in Alabama, and when I mentioned I came from Reno Nevada, boy, she got to ratchet jawing with me about how her mamma got married there years back... Then she told me how she was from the Bay area in California, and moved down here, and how she liked it better down here... Then I just called social security Friday and the lady and I got to ratchet jawing for like 20+ minutes about cats, if I remember correctly... So yeah, people do like to talk down here, and if I like ya, I ain't against that...

[@dustypeppers1358]

@@lissajedi Please stay in Delaware.

[@kungfuhustling4832]

"Why do Southerners look different" Feels like somebody returned home, after vacationing in the South, and told their friends "It was weird. Everywhere we went people kept showing us their teeth". (Smiling)

[@Dakotako]

Or they went to Louisiana

[@alphagt62]

As the old saying goes, no one retires and moves up North.

[@OhBuoyancy]

I thought it was because we are all so incredibly good looking.

[@ArtByKarenEHaley]

They aren't wearing wet coats

[@bethprather9241]

You are my goal to answer every question that tries to come across judgemental or piss you off!! I love the answers

[@MrsAlmaTrumble]

Southern- snow, better go stock up on bread, eggs, and milk. Northern- snow, oh well.

[@veulmet]

I think it's some parts of the south where there is a high water table like the southern 2/3rds of Florida and around New Orleans where they don't have basements. Otherwise it's what is the common for what the local builders want to do. In my part of the northern Midwest it's the builders water table or if there is a lot of stone preventing basements.

[@ginaduncan9607]

I've never checked Google for anything about northerners. Bless their hearts.😅

[@samuellawrencesbookclub8250]

With the question 'why do southerners say Miss (first-name)?', I figured the question was more about why you use the first-name, not the surname. In Britain a respectful way of referring to an unmarried woman called Sarah Jane Smith would be Miss Smith, in the Southern US you would call her Miss Sarah Jane, even if she were married. You do have a point though, you folks do seem to call women 'Miss' more. As a Brit, I generally would only refer to a woman as 'Miss' in a formal context; at school all female teachers were 'Miss X', a boss, or employee, might be called 'Miss Y', and business might address a customer 'Miss Z'. It's not the sort of thing you say in a casual context; the barista at my favourite café is Gloria, not Miss Gloria, nor Miss Hammond, and the lady who sits in the row behind me at my church is Josephine, not Miss Josephine, nor Miss... actually, thinking about it, I don't know her surname, which does rather illustrate my point.a

[@toodlescae]

It's basically the same principle. If your mom introduces her friend by saying "This is my friend Sarah" then as a kid, or even adult, out of respect for your elders you say " Nice to meet you Miss Sarah" because you may not know her last name. It could also be because you know a lot of women named Smith so it's easier to differentiate them by first name but you still have to be respectful by using Miss or Ms (Mizz) Sarah.

[@samuellawrencesbookclub8250]

@@toodlescae That does make some sense, now I think of it, but here we would use the first name alone. I mentioned the woman who sits behind me in church, she is a fair few years my senior - no offense to her - but nonetheless even the children in the congregation call her Josephine.

[@lynnhawkins952]

@@samuellawrencesbookclub8250 If I had called an elder in the church by only her first name my grand mother/mother would have (literally) knocked me upside the head.

[@samuellawrencesbookclub8250]

@@lynnhawkins952 This is an elder, moreover who helps in the Sunday School, and helps get the children ready for Confirmation. Very much respected, but - in Britain - we don't tend to call women 'Miss' outside of particularly formal situations.

[@shawnycoffman]

It's warmth, it's familiarity while still being respectful. It's just basic manners to us.

[@jonathonsanders2508]

When I took an HVAC class here in Texas, one reason given for why we don't have basements in the South is because we had no need for coal or oil burning furnaces. In older homes, they would have a fuel burning furnace and would have them installed in the basement to control how much heat you wanted in the house. Then you would need space to store the fuel needed to use the furnace. In the South, our winters are much more mild so we could get away with a wood burning stove in the house. But furnaces in the basement always remind me of the kid's dad in "A Christmas Story" always going down to the basement to battle it out with the furnace.

[@katieparris3593]

I lived in an old house here in TN with a basement, furnace and coal shoot, but not very common. My brother works in construction and he says there is a lot of rock near the surface so it's hard to dig basements- you have to blast which can be expensive. But, really, why would you want to live underground anyway?

[@laikanbarth]

@@katieparris3593 Basements are great for tornadoes.

[@kilyaded7332]

In some places in Texas, we don't have basements cuz the house is sitting on bedrock already

[@ryanmalin]

HVAC guy here who lives in the south. The reason we dont have basements in Florida is because the water table is too high. You dig down 4-6 feet here and you hit water. The old draft furnace wont work unless theyre flowing up so thats a legit reason for a basement.

[@jacobnash9755]

​@Sassygirl 🇫🇷 while true, most of the South is very hilly. So, even though tornados are sometimes very common, they tend to not do much damage at all in these areas. In some areas they hardly touch down before the shift in terrain causes their base flow to become disrupted. Now while there is still flat land, it tends to be broke up a lot and not the same as the midwest plains. They are just much less of a threat in many areas of the South.