The Southern ABCs

[@ItsaSouthernThing]

Yep. We really make this book, y'all. Get it here: bit.ly/3aKyYbq

[@katshrinks8309]

I’d get it I wanna know all the letters

[@duvzgaming4164]

Uhh hello?

[@TearYouApart360]

Glad yall did. I just bought one for my niece.

[@MovableNu]

So cute! I need to find a child to buy this for. Or just for my own collection! 💚🖤💚

[@cquick3277]

Jesus Saves Love God✝️

[@friendzonekj]

If “N” is for “Nanner pudding,” then “T” has to be for “Tater salad”

[@FrankHorigan]

Nah it’s tex tacos or Texas

[@tocabanana1637]

Hahahahahahahahahaha

[@squiresam]

B should be for BBQ, as ubiquitous to the south as breathing.

[@thecrazydisneyparksfanatic921]

B is is for BBQ, southerners do it best, some will claim that theirs is better than the rest, if you’re from the north you think grilling is BBQ too but us southerners knows this just isn’t true

[@lilytreick6882]

@@thecrazydisneyparksfanatic921 that’s a really cool rhyme! :)

[@layla4294]

🥵 BBQs the best

[@canoslo6126]

Exactly! Where I was raised, summer meant crab trucks on one corner and mobile BBQ pits on the other. And since they were mobile, they’d just move to a different corner if they heard the health department was out and about that day.

[@bretterry8356]

B is for a barbecue, mesquite or hickory smoking. Burgers and hot dogs on the grill ain't barbecue, no joking.

[@Meela234]

I listened to this like a little kid. I love it!!

[@vikithomasson7772]

Me too!! And I just realized that I was smiling every minute!!

[@mirandajelly]

"M" should've been for "Macaroni", the best vegetable ever

[@michaelclemons8298]

And "H" for homemade- like the best macaroni

[@manxgirl]

You mean 'macaroni pie'? Macaroni comes out of a box and a college freshman can make it. Macaroni pie is made by your mother with love.

[@Aizawa_Shouta_]

@@manxgirl and if it is made with spaghetti noodles you know she got the recipie from grandma and its gonna be good

[@laceandribbonsviolin]

Mmm, wheat and cheese, the best veggies on the food pyramid🔺🍔

[@kiemc1855]

@@laceandribbonsviolin 😂🤣😂🤣

[@vanessaperkins8473]

He has a very nice reading voice he should read more books out loud God bless yall

[@m.mickeypayne9811]

He should think about doing commercial voice-overs.

[@QueenGoddessYume]

Matt, Charlotte is absolutely darling. I can tell she's a spitfire. Beautiful, strong willed and Southern, Bless her Heart! 💞

[@donDiegoEstebanMgLKenNDJohnson]

Children are smarter than folks give them credit for. She obviously knows you do not pick up your feet and step when walking through the LEGO minefields of life.

[@candacewilliams7475]

We do the lego shuffle when walking into our kids room.

[@tracydimond3759]

When my sons were little I gotta major minefield...legos, match box cars, and little green and tan army men! 😵🤬😆

[@elliaforsyth5638]

@@tracydimond3759 yes but legos are the worst

[@southerndigest8996]

And for the record: y’all is NOT singular. We may say “How are y’all?” to just one person, but we are asking about his/her mama and family because that’s the polite, hospitable thing to do! “All y’all” is for when we are talking about a group and we want to make it clear we are talking about every single person in the group. For instance, you walk into church and greet the folks in your pew: “Good morning! Y’all doing okay?” Which means “Good morning! How are you and your family today?” But then we may say, “Are all y’all coming to the potluck after the service?” Which means “Are you and each member of your family coming to the potluck after the service, or are some of you going home?”

[@SL-lz9jr]

Whoa. I did not know the implications. Been using y’all for half my life as a Californian, but only in the plural sense to those being directly addressed. Good to know re: these use cases.

[@jenniferschmitzer299]

is all y'all's something you say just between friends

[@southerndigest8996]

@@jenniferschmitzer299 We may not use “all y’all” in the most formal settings... (“Court is now in session. All y’all rise!” Just doesn’t sound right, does it?) But we definitely use it in the workplace, the classroom, in public, in private and yes, with total strangers in informal settings: “There’s plenty of hot biscuits for all y’all, but we’re running low on cornbread.” “Can all y’all take a seat near the front, please? The mic isn’t working!” “Welcome to our newcomers! Do all y’all have a start-up packet?” “Hey! All y’all kids-out of the pool!”

[@wayneshingler9664]

That's how it OUGHT to be used, but it isn't. Plenty of Southerners have confused me by using y'all in the singular to just me as an individual. "Are y'all coming over later?" "No, just me." "I was talking about you. In the South, we say, 'y'all'."

[@southerndigest8996]

@@wayneshingler9664maybe those folks are transplants...? I have some dear friends who are transplants from Michigan. They had been here 17 years and still didn’t use “y’all” properly, though they didn’t realize it. Yes, I told them how-it wouldn’t be good manners to let them go on exposing themselves that way.

[@kristenchandler9030]

I like that this book gets that "bless your heart" isn't usually meant as an insult, as most people think. If anything, it's usually more feeling sorry for someone, like "he had to work so hard, bless his heart." Okay, I've never actually used that phrase myself, just had to put that out there!

[@Ryarios]

I personally have never heard it as anything but an insult. Maybe it’s a location thing...

[@kristenchandler9030]

@@Ryarios Texas here, and the expression is mainly used by the older generation (think over 60). I've heard seen people on the internet say it sarcastically in a mean way, but the old folks around here who say it genuinely are being sympathetic.

[@debrarevay7493]

@@kristenchandler9030 I'm 65 and say Bless Your Heart all the time. It's only in a good and loving way. My parents said it and my Grrand Parents said it and never in an ugly way. Born and raised Texan and have lived in the same small town all my life and love it more everyday. God Bless y'alls hearts. I really mean it.

[@JW-bu3xt]

Gulf Coast here, I use it as both, depends on the situation. 😘

[@ZeeNastee]

"My knees!" I felt that.

[@dennisfant2620]

"Nanner pudding". Love it. Working in Iraq, I had said something about winderrs in your house. He said there isn't an R in Windows.. I said yes there is too where I live in (LA.) "Lower Arkansas.".

[@mosart7025]

My husband ran a restaurant in Southern Ohio (considered Appalachia). A couple gave their name to the hostess; Awinder. When she took them to their table they said, "There ain't no winder here. We told you two for a winder!" True story.

[@Sara11614]

Sounds like when my father was building a house for an Asian gentleman. His boss came in and was showing the man the progress of his new home. My dad pointed to a door hinge and told his boss "the other one broke". So his boss responded "I'll go get you a nuddin'". When he walked out the man asked my dad what a "nuddin'" was.

[@jkm4645]

I feel they put the whole "gotta clean up the house before Mama gets home" bit in there just as an excuse for why they only wrote half the alphabet for the video.

[@babysushi953]

You gotta buy the book to know haha

[@nataliazecca6322]

It’s just a really well-done teaser for the book. Like on Amazon how they let you read a few pages before purchasing the book, but it won’t let you preview the entire book cause obviously then hardly anyone would actually buy it.

[@ashley2883]

The book is really good 👍 gotta buy it but I think there is someone who has a KZbin video reading the whole book

[@weeb9332]

Charlotte is a very precious little helper.

[@SL-lz9jr]

Not a Southerner but would totally get this book for when I have children some day. I think it’s important we learn about different cultures. :)

[@rianaconklin6954]

Absolutely loved this lol I was raised in the south until I was 11 and then moved north to New Hampshire and got picked on for my funny accent and the weird words I used, but I didn't care and even though I've lived here longer now, I still use "yall" and a few other southern terms, you can take the girl outta the south but you can't take the south outta the girl lol, great video, love yall's channel and really look forward to the next video, thanks for sharing 😁❤

[@DoctorQuackenbush]

Hello from the Lakes Region.

[@rianaconklin6954]

@@DoctorQuackenbush hello back lol I actually moved to Laconia when my family moved back from Florida.

[@DoctorQuackenbush]

@@rianaconklin6954 Hello neighbor from Gilford.

[@AndrewWillisTN]

My husband and I grew up in Keene! And now live in TN so we’re fixin’ to do the opposite and pick up a funny accent 😉

[@rianaconklin6954]

@@AndrewWillisTN ❤😊 love this lol I live in Bradford New Hampshire now but have lived all over at this point, hope that yall are really happy were you're at now ❤❤

[@IJustWantToUseMyName]

I grew up on the Iowa/Illinois border and we call them lightning bugs. I was shocked to find out people from other areas didn’t know what I meant by that. Same with crawdads.

[@ElizabethJohn3]

I grew up in western Jersey and my family always called them lightning bugs too. I always thought when I heard other people call them fireflies that they were a different type of bug. Lol.

[@elultimo102]

Southside Chicago boy called them lightning bugs. Granny Clampett enlightened me on crawdads in the 60s. (She smoked them).

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

A world without grits and corn bread now that would be torture

[@jakesgenuineanarchy5955]

Damn right

[@maryann7619]

Love the crumbs flying out of the mouth. Like he stuffed the whole thing in so to not get caught sneaking a piece.

[@rhyfelwrDuw]

I'm a Brit and as far as I know - we don't have grits, I work in a bakery and people have started asking if we sell cornbread, so I'm guessing it's becoming a thing over here! I've never had it! Not sure what 'grits' are - we have granola here - is that the same as grits?

[@tswain92_]

@@rhyfelwrDuw They're kind of like polenta, only a little more finely ground.

[@decorummortis5175]

I never had grits until I came down south for work and such. Being born and raised in ny my family doesnt like grits. Lol

[@usa3479]

Matt your baby girl is beautiful and I love the book too.

[@Jiddy12345]

S is for Southeastern Conference.

[@constancemiller3753]

Sweet tea.

[@allisonjohnson1717]

@@chilling_monkey amen!

[@Mrs.buildingblackwealth]

agree

[@otakuryoga]

i can most relate to him at the end "oh my knees" as he stands up

[@sburris65]

I'm child free but I want that book.

[@dessy87]

Y'all know what, I jus put in my order for this here book. I'm talkin college prep in the South for sure! It's like a cook book for the young'ins.

[@magicinmichigan]

Well that's just the cutest book ever. I need to get some for all my Midwestern friends who have kids that will never have the privilege of being raised in the south.

[@annewillis916]

That baby Charlotte sure is precious and the book is essential for any southern child :) Thanks, y’all!

[@lindasmith2193]

Why am I not surprised that most of them were food

[@awilli182]

"G is for..." Please be grits... Please be grits... Please be grits... "Grits!" YUUUSSS!!! 😁😁😁😁😁

[@johnathaneaglin9949]

I cannot tell you how happy I am to know this is a real thing!

[@johnmarkconnolly6414]

I’ve always heard “zinnia” pronounced “zeen-ya”. But maybe that’s just Texas.

[@Winnie-Kay]

I've been watching these videos for awhile now, and I'm of the mind the "It's a Southern Thing" folk are wannabe southerners. It's all good, though, because the videos are entertaining, they do get most of it right, and who doesn't want to be southern? 🙂

[@indivisiblebyzero1]

here in South Carolina... It's "zeen-ya" here too... even showed this to my momma, only comment other than that this was sweet, was "it's pronouced...zeen-ya..."

[@TheScarlett618]

Nope. We pronounce it that way here (Oklahoma), too. 😉

[@lorishaffer9854]

Yes. AL and Panhandle FL also say Zeen-ya

[@carennorthcutt7724]

My grandma from West Virginia grew beautiful zinnias, taller than me, when I was little. Zeen-ya. Or zinn-knee-yas when someone other than family spoke. What do I know? They were pretty, drew butterflies, and were good cut flowers in a vase. Happy memories.

[@EspressoLaine]

My brother’s West Virginian kindergarten teacher taught that “E says ehh, ehh, ehh, as in AYYYGG” 🥚 🍳 I reckon O is for Oal, what you deep fry fish in. 😂

[@TigerLilly4495]

I'd love to see a WV ABCs book. "F is for far" (fire) "P is for pineys" (Peonies) "L is for liked-to've-never" "P is for pepperoni roll" "H is for holler" Etc. Now I might just have to write this book...

[@bluejae4850]

I literally heard your pronunciations! Sounds like home!

[@tswain92_]

@@TigerLilly4495 You should.

[@nancybush4736]

A true southern lady use C for Crisco sir

[@nerdypunkin4336]

OMG my co workers laugh at me so much cause I say oal can't say "oil" to save my life 😂😂😂😂

[@JB.Rochwol]

Bless your heart y’all. And, God Bless Texas!

[@marycasanova8905]

Matt should read southern children's books more often.

[@blanchekonieczka9935]

In Pennsylvania they're lightning bugs. Only stuck up people call them fireflies.

[@KaylaBuhdayla]

I was TOTALLY the guy in this video!!! I’m sharing this with all my teacher friends! Put the biggest smile on my face 😃

[@bubbles9975]

That book 📖 is ADORABLE 🥰 Gotta get me 1.. & am fixin' to 😄

[@melindaunknown6411]

That is a beautiful little girl! Such beautiful hair. Just precious.

[@Lindseyjones6422]

This made my day !!!! I was listening to every word like I was in kindergarten again!!

[@JareddarArt]

Video starts with a cuteness overload, the best way too. Of course it had to end that way. Bless.

[@noahtheguy1828]

P is for Pollen, it makes everyone sneeze. It comes out in the spring and makes you wheeze

[@bookish6943]

Kindergarten Teacher: "E is for....?" That one Southern kid in the back of the class: *"ÉTOUFFÉE"* Teacher: "I-"

[@cultofthevoid5677]

Bobby Hill after he's been hanging around Bills cousin too long.

[@EspressoLaine]

My brother’s West Virginian kindergarten teacher taught that “E says ehh, ehh, ehh, as in AYYYGG” 🥚 🍳

[@jawjagrrl]

The pain is real. Moved north at age 9, and did I ever catch hell for my Mayberry RGD accent. A year later I caught it again when I went back for a visit and sounded "like a yankee". A few more moves and decades later, no one can tell when I'm from anymore.

[@kdonor]

That's how I say egg and I grew up in South Dakota!

[@sheriBmo]

"Y is for Y'all. Well, yea, that's the name of the book." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@someoneontheinternet9462]

Me right before video ends: I would legitimately buy this Me right after video ends: I am getting that book right now or so hep me God

[@app77]

same...i bought 2. *LOL* can't wait to get them. :)

[@alnonymous2482]

I'm fixin' to. 😉

[@banon485]

I just bought one too. The signed copy is literally one penny more than the regular. That poor woman signed those books for an extra cent. Y'all know I had to buy a signed one to show my appreciation!

[@rhyfelwrDuw]

I've been to California on holiday (I'm a Brit), but after watching these I really want to visit the South!

[@lynnmking3008]

I love this!!! I lived in Georgia for 22 years and sat listening like a little girl! Nice move to only read parts of it to reel us in by our interest like a catfish!

[@anye76]

Awwww I gotta buy this book. How precious y'all 💖🥰💕🌷

[@e.b.wilson3665]

I'm so glad this is a real book!

[@МарияК-з1е]

That book has given me more knowledge than 4 years of college

[@GenaWooten1]

I love this little book. My daughter constantly wants me or her Grandma to read it to her

[@aislinngraves4291]

That is just as precious as sweetpeas growing up on a porch. !

[@ivi122]

I love ❤️ him! He’s hilarious and a great actor too

[@Alabamafan2]

I'm fixin to order it!!!! Too cute!!

[@Suleclo]

Nanner puddin. I love it.

[@twomustangs]

"What's the abbreviation for Arkansas?," someone might ask ya. "That's easy! It's AK!" Noop. AK's really for Alaska.

[@allisonhicks2353]

Was gifted this book and I love reading it to my son! Starting his southern education young y’all!

[@brittanysmth90]

Make this a mandatory book for all grade school classes, A.S.A.P!

[@hannahkroon5233]

I'm from South Africa (so also in the South, just a different one)... And honestly, I think we'll do well in the South (the one in the US) given what appears to be quite a big cultural overlap (manners, hospitality, good food...). Absolutely love your It's a Southern Thing books!

[@jennybeam7226]

Love & light from Grover, North Carolina!❤

[@alnonymous2482]

And from Farmington, Arkansas! ❤

[@Addicted2Muzic94]

That is the cutest thing ever. My 2 daughters were loving this video too

[@Nova7o9]

Those illustrations!! 😍 Gorgeous and adorable, and charming poetry. I need to get this book!

[@Myrtle2911]

I'm not even Southern and don't have kids, but I want that book! It's adorable!

[@moxiemckeldrey5486]

That has to be the most precious little video to date.

[@kelvinmulkey2136]

I gotta say, I'm having a very bad time in my life, and I stumbled across you cats. I watched the whole evening. It really lifted my spirits. I hope y'all do get a tv show.

[@TearYouApart360]

I just bought one for my niece. I know she'll love it.

[@peabodymartin5201]

ZINN-ee-uh. You put the emPHASis on the wrong SylLABle!

[@Soulfulcottage]

YES!

[@jamesrogers1554]

I thought I was going crazy with the way he pronounced it....

[@chrisstinnett8183]

Looked it up. Both Merriam AND Webster say it goes both ways: zi NEA and ZE nya.

[@southrnbygrace]

I've always said zeen-ya

[@versacegang42]

I'm Australian and we pronounce it Zinn-ee-uh too

[@gabbyquigley]

Love it! When I have kids I know what we're reading before bed.

[@mikeconner3684]

Lies! There's never enough deviled eggs!

[@SteveHarwood-pq3fn]

My Grandma made the best deviled eggs! I was like a hobbit with mushrooms 😆 had her show me how she made them when I grew up, now I make them for my family 👪

[@davidhoffman1278]

So true, I can eat an entire plastic snap lid carry case full of them all by myself. Yes, it means I must skip eating other foods at the potluck.

[@blizzgamerchic]

And just like that I know what I’m getting my granbabies this year! Besides clothes and shoes I LoVe ❤️ picking up Cajun Books and this fits right in. 🦞🎄👶🏽

[@hungjurysr425]

H is for humidity S is for sweet tea

[@JMarieCAlove]

I’m from California and my Mexican-American family is so down to Earth, we grew up with cornbread, plain or even added a bit of sugar or bits of jalapeño peppers and always spread on real butter, and have it sometimes with lunch or dinner, even breakfast! And there’s always deviled eggs at home (I don’t like eggs but I make good deviled eggs for my hubby), or at family potlucks, or church potlucks, we like sweet tea and iced tea with lemon or just plain tea. We say “Hi guys”! Or just hi. But always give big hugs and sit around talking and laughing and gossiping. We say, “that poor guy/girl”…. I live in the Central Valley, 2 hours north of Los Angeles, so life is slower here, hot and dry but really cool and friendly people. My friends from L.A. (I grew up there for 30 years),tease me and tell me my city is practically Oklahoma and Texas put together! That’s ok with us! Btw, your daughter is too adorable and that’s a cute story book. I should show your video to my sister, she has four daughters under 9 years old, (Bless her heart!) and she loves to read to her daughters. Thank you for sharing! 💖😁

[@a.sanders9585]

Great job Matt. You have a wonderful reading voice. Need to start reading more books aloud. Love the book.

[@bryceleinan]

I’m surprised N wasn’t NASCAR

[@Susie82961]

60yr Tennessean! That book is adorable y’all! Fixin to buy it!

[@terencewright9972]

She is so adorable!!

[@maryholmes3980]

This is great! Y'all should make a video reading the whole book so we can share it to our northern friends.

[@lisalocklin7081]

That book is awesome and Charlotte is adorable!!!

[@cathykirby9190]

Darling book and those illustrations are so wonderful

[@mosart7025]

Y'all gotta divide this up. Do one book on food, one on sayings, one for flowers, one for sports, etc.

[@Manu-pw1rv]

Great book, the illustrations are so precious!

[@jesusislord2457]

Zuh Neeyuh? 😂 Bless Matt's heart. ☮️💖🙏

[@johnnyjohnson1326]

While in the Army years ago, we convinced some Yankees that grits grow on trees.

[@whitecrow1949]

Big smile, y'all! Bless you!

[@BigJon410]

I taught L was for look see? For when you need to do a quick inspection.

[@intellectualiconoclasm3264]

Great work folks! This warmed my heart y'all.

[@diamondstuddedpunchingbag4718]

M for Magnolia!! Our 5 years old name is Magnolia and she was SO excited to hear her name!!

[@janejones7638]

I wish I knew a southern baby. This would be the perfect gift.

[@sharondavis9541]

Give it to any baby. It's good to teach youngins bout other cultures.

[@BeccaBearSc]

This Southern adult wants it but Im broker than broke right now

[@brinstarmedia1411]

I grew up in the north calling fireflies "lightning bugs", but no one else calls them that here so I stopped calling them that since no one understands what I'm talking about

[@createmychaos5250]

I've never been able to find as many deviled eggs as I want! I think I should make some today and possibly share with my family. Bless their hearts.

[@leosong829]

Was about to judge for reading a kids book, then I realized I was listening to this guy reading this

[@homie_on_the_range]

my life was wrecked at exactly the 3:34 mark, when i learned that growing up in east texas has failed me yet again, cause up until this point i thought Zinnias were pronounced ZEENYA

[@cherylhee9762]

I don't think that Matt really knows what a zinnia is and that was the first time he ever pronounced it. He was hooked on phonics. He did the best he could, bless his heart!

[@homie_on_the_range]

@@cherylhee9762 I wish… I googled it after I watched this video and the way he says it is the correct pronunciation

[@riggs20]

@@homie_on_the_rangeMariam Webster says both ways are acceptable.

[@ctrygrl3]

This is my favorite video from y'all!! LOVE THIS! I don't teach anymore for health reasons, but I just ordered a book! Y is for YAY! :D

[@riverratrvr9225]

She looks just like you! Love this channel y'all!

[@intigniadickey2224]

Can hardly wait til my soon-to-be-married son, who's marrying a Southern gal have kids. Then I'll get them this book and the Southern Night Before Christmas. Y'all are very creative. Hope you have sales through the roof : D

[@Ghosty_B0o]

OMGOODNESS I PRACTICALY LIVE OFF OF CORNBREAD!!!!! Texas is the best. All of the south is awesoms

[@Cat-hw2ee]

bless your heart is such a classic though, cause it sounds so kinda when we mean it sarcastically.

[@medawson01]

Adorable! At first I didn't think this was a real book for sale.

[@shelteredsparrow2736]

Really cute. I have a funny story to tell.! I am from Michigan and we were visiting South Carolina. My family went to a restaurant. They told us that the special was I think it was lobster grits. In unison my entire family said “what are grits?” Everyone in the restaurant turned around and looked at us like we were aliens

[@81jmurray]

Best Southern Thing yet!!!!!!

[@a.s.3267]

Beautifully read. Re the comment on the pronunciation of zinnia, I've always known it as zin (rhymes with pin)-ee-u (as in cut).🇦🇺 Thanks y'all. Bless your hearts. 🌼🌻🏵️

[@danielleporter1829]

I'm not southern and I want "Y is for Y'all"

[@rhyfelwrDuw]

I say y'all and I'm not even American (I'm a Brit, still in the UK)! It's a lovely way of grouping folks when speaking to them (if you get what I mean)!

[@elizabeth3653]

Are you northern? Or no

[@danielleporter1829]

@@elizabeth3653 I'm born and bred in a 'iittle' ' city next to the Pacific Ocean that's world famous for being where the Academy Awards take place. But I been been down south several times to a 'little' state where JR Ewing and his kin folk called home.

[@minhnguyen690]

2:18 I did not know that Alaska was in the south 😁