When People Find Out You're Southern

[@jekku4688]

"Bless your heart." The kindest, most deadly words ever uttered.

[@waiki8223]

You see, it’s funny for me having been living for the past 3 years in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. You hear “Bless your heart!”, “Bless your cotton socks” etc as words of appreciation or having done something kind, a real good deed. When you describe a patient who particularly miserable etc we say “It’s a sin!” As a sign of feeling truly sorry for that’s person’s suffering and misfortune. Looks like it’s complete opposite in the South of US…..

[@redrooster1908]

Friend from North Carolina now living in Wisconsin, fed up with school teacher.... Do you think Southerners are stupid??!!!!

[@cmdrnight6693]

That and "Oh Honey" in that disappointed tone.

[@Ghosty_B0o]

Yep

[@Terminalsanity]

Right up there with "Y'all come back now y' hear."

[@Rhodieman]

When I tell people that I'm from Africa, they assume I live in a mudhut and ride to school on my pet zebra on dirt footpaths while dodging lions.

[@ruttiesoothie]

Yup...very true...

[@ErickWhite-Gronok]

As I would assume most Southerners would ask, "What part. What's your favorite food. Can you teach it to me. Tell me about your family. Want some biscuits and gravy..." Least that's where most of my family would of went. I've met quite a few people from Africa, and my Uncle has visited.

[@c.a.g.7707]

When I tell people I did Peace Corp in Liberia, people just stare at me blankly until I explain.

[@GeeklingNo1]

You don’t? And I suppose Australians don’t keep kangaroos in their backyards? Pshh, y’all can’t fool us. We know all your secrets.

[@Martian74]

That must have been exciting when you were younger, a pet zebra would be fun. What country did you move to to get the internet?

[@alostrich]

Ok but my hu-yuck was pretty solid.

[@samueljoyce5867]

It was pretty darn solid, Matt! I can watch your taste ranking videos all day!

[@stacytowles]

It was so natural 😆

[@potatoesareyummy981]

fellow southerners.. arise.

[@Kit.E.Katz45]

Yeah, it was!😀

[@daisycutterx3300]

Yes, it definitely was, Matt!!! 😎

[@LaineyBug2020]

I love how her accent legit got thicker the angrier she got. This is totally me when angry or tired. I've lived in the midwest for over 30 years, but lived in the quasi-south for the first 5 years of my life, not to mention how much time we spent visiting back home. It was endlessly entertaining for my friends.

[@SuperVstech]

Midwest? Oh you poor thing...

[@KyaraStAmant]

Me too. My Arkansas accent gets THICK when I’m mad or tired.

[@mervyngreene6687]

This video hit home. I was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. I went to school in Massachusetts and California. Sometimes, it got on my last nerve. First, they would always ask why I didn't have an accent. Then, I got the cousins marrying thing. Then, it was the condescending "I am so impressed that you are in school here." And, finally, the big one (or two): Either, it was "you're not angry because I'm a Yankee, are you?" To which I respond "not everybody in the South is still fighting the Civil War!" Or, my personal favorite, "You must be so happy to get away from all that racist!" There is ALWAYS something that they just did that proves how stupid that question was. My favorite is when I get to ask them why they crossed the street when three black teenagers walked towards them.

[@ayakotami3318]

I'm the same way but I've lived in the south save for 8 years in Hawaii when I was a child. People know that I'm angry when my accent picks up. Theu know not to mess with me. 😅

[@davegreenlaw5654]

Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. However, I did spend a couple years in high school at a boarding school in Pennsylvania in the mid-80's...over Reagan's re-election campaign. Summer of '85 we had one girl arrive from another boarding school in South Carolina. She had the cutest accent I had heard, so I was thrown for a loop when she told us she was from Indiana. Then again, that fall, finishing high school back home, I can still recall my first day of Home Ec. class. We all introduced ourselves - there were really only 5 of us in an elective class - and I happened to mention that I had spent the last couple of years down in the US. As I was heading back to my seat, our teacher said "Yes, I can hear a bit of your American accent.", and I was thinking "Huh? *WHAT* accent?"

[@nurselaykan3721]

Man when she hit him with the “Bless your heart,” I FELT that

[@mattslupek7988]

Yep. Me too.

[@georgiobenelli4854]

A virtual slap to the cheek

[@Pharaoh_Tutankhamen]

It's cuz I invented the frace

[@georgiobenelli4854]

@@Pharaoh_Tutankhamen my southern grandmother said that 50 yrs ago

[@Pharaoh_Tutankhamen]

@@georgiobenelli4854 Well bless your..... How the Tut am I supposed to respond to that?

[@KiggenG]

"I had a layover in Atlanta once..." "Everyone has." Priceless! Simply priceless!!

[@kthwkr]

I have never had a layover or connecting flight in Atlanta. Because once I get back to Atlanta I'm home.

[@yumri4]

@@kthwkr Then you know the mess up there recently with the "no Uber" then "yes Uber but with conditions" to "no Uber but yes LYFT but also no to family pickup " to you have to rent a car if you want to leave by car from the airport" to whatever rule they have now. I hate Atlanta traffic and it always seems like those rules effect how bad it gets. It is never good .... ok it was during lock down and the majority of people didn't drive but before and after traffic around the airport is only beat by the traffic for the exit to I-20 on I-285. So if you have to go south or east or south east when you get out of the airport you are fucked if you are in the beginning of the day or end of the day or at 2am to 4am. Atlanta traffic sucks even compared to the layovers you get in the Atlanta airport. Thankfully it is also the last airplane stop for me to which mean car traffic is a nightmare.

[@freestonew]

I have not flown for like 50 years, but once I had to take a Greyhound bus, and of course I had a layover in Atlanta! They say when you die, as you go to heaven you will have a layover in Atlanta!

[@tylersmith7054]

I'm pretty sure I'm still trying to figure what gate they switched my flight to.

[@michaeljay7949]

What made it best for me was how casually it was said.

[@jackmorris4099]

So this confirms what I’ve always suspected. Being from the south in America is like being Northern in UK the other end of the country still wonders if you have colour TV and running water. Bless your heart Londoners.

[@mchelvantx]

Actually read a book once by a historian who said the north of England is comparable to the south in the US due to those perceptions

[@bluesageful]

Too true,. I'm from Alabama and was literally asked if we had television by a Yankee..... Really? And , I've had several British friends, and I realized years ago that it is reversed in U.K.

[@wyattwilliams2457]

@Sarah Hamilton and Germans that came here when WW1 was starting to begin to brew.

[@onatarabandrui8375]

Absolutely 💯%

[@jackmorris4099]

Thanks for the reply’s folks. I love watching ‘It’s a southern thing’ and I now know why a lad from Lancashire finds it so relatable.

[@Snuzzled]

"Why don't you have an accent?" She literally does though 😂 Only someone else from the South would think she doesn't have a Southern accent here

[@MaverickJackJohnson]

As someone from Louisiana...she absolutely has an accent.

[@traegoins6903]

She has an accent, she just likely saw a speech therapist to mellow it out because southerners are discriminated against in job markets outside of the south.

[@sdcard551]

@@traegoins6903 lmao where did you get that info from

[@Qw3rtScapes]

I can’t tell if I do or not lol

[@charliedaniel718]

Dawg she don’t sound southern at all. Y’all should hear mountain folk in upstate sc. u wouldn’t understand a lick of what they saying

[@0cujo0]

Ooooohhh she went all “Julia Sugarbaker” on those fellas lol

[@susanjspaulding]

LOL!!!! LOVE watching Julia Sugerbaker!!! :)

[@mannfan12]

YES!! Go get 'em "Julia"!

[@CajunRose]

Oh absolutely! And she finished up with a classic.

[@VolcanoEarth]

..and THAT'S the night the lights went out in GEOR-GIAH!

[@Tiekin515]

@@VolcanoEarth I just looked up the scene from that episode when she defends her sister. In this skit here the woman is just like her in that scene

[@komalcaptures]

Dang she pulled a ‘bless your heart’ only the most southernmost of people can pull those off successfully.

[@komalcaptures]

@eedd sdsd okay thanks 👍

[@jacquelinechristian9090]

Saying "Bless your Heart" can be both sympathetic and/or you are an idiot! Just depends on the inflection. Video girl NAILED IT!

[@komalcaptures]

@@jacquelinechristian9090 yup!

[@CortexNewsService]

I might have cackled when she said that.

[@Nikhetto88]

@@CortexNewsService same. 😂

[@sandyb296]

OMG!! The "Bless Your Heart" took me straight out because I was waiting for it! 🤣

[@Jonathan_Greer]

I'm a transplant, and it amuses me how many people in ATL don't know what it means.

[@francoisa5656]

To: Sandy B And Bless Your Heart was delivered SOOOO well 🙏❤️. 🗡️

[@heman5954]

Had me in stitches 🤣

[@bunsonhoneydew9099]

@@heman5954 me too

[@francoisa5656]

@I love God You should capitalize Lord, if you are serious. Our Lord deserves that respect. And use the possessive, "Lord's"

[@MacXimus2009]

when I moved away from Alabama as a teenager, I quickly learned a new accent because I was getting treated like I was dumb. I felt that for real.

[@TheMadagascarqueen]

hope that's not happening to you anymore and you can use your accent with pride again

[@neilreynolds3858]

Yeah, I speak standard English now but I had to learn to do it. If I'm talking to somebody who was raised in some place like old Nevada, it comes back.

[@voyaristika5673]

I moved to the south from California 30 yrs ago in my 40s. I love the Southern accent, the manners, everything. But TV and social media have done so much to strip away regional differences, and it's a loss. I'm fiercely defensive of the south. My mother was born and raised in Alabama, left in her 20s, and dealt with a lot of ignorance about where she was from. Somehow white southerners are still acceptable targets for discrimination. Not ok.

[@cioccolatamania3622]

The stereotype can be crippling. My friend worked really hard to erase his Alabama accent when he was admitted to a medical school in NJ. Granted Alabama has a slew of issues but I thought his bama accent was cute

[@lambda653]

​@@TheMadagascarqueen Nothing to be proud about coming from the south.

[@alaska4939]

It’s like when people assume everyone from Alaska lives in igloos and mushes dogs 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@cassierobertson5778]

And wrestle polar bears, right? 😂 Actually, all my assumptions about Alaskans involve chopping firewood and being so robust you scare germs and small mammals.

[@goodi2shooz]

Don't feel bad, when we moved to Oklahoma from California I had to explain that I didn't know how to surf that I didn't know any movie stars and we didn't live on the beach..

[@rayjohnson2387]

They don't???

[@r.l.royalljr.3905]

I grew up in New Mexico and I still get people asking how I got into the US whenever I travel.

[@mum78964]

Or everyone from Australia rides kangaroos and has a pet koala 🤦🏼‍♀️🐨🦘

[@courtneehudson3182]

I love how she basically says eff you in southern and he doesn’t even pick up on it😂 bless your heart has so many meanings it’s hilarious 🤣

[@mikenicholas5759]

And then there is poor ole thang, bless his heart

[@CantTakeTheSkysFromME]

That is how southerners say eff you too people. Hit them with the facks real nice like. and a bless your heart.

[@JohnDoe-dh3pd]

That's a knife

[@zapazap]

I would reply: 'do you mean that as a blessing, or as an insult?'

[@salvation7779]

I'll be honest South Texas has nothing with the South we're so close to Mexico we've been assimilated into Mexico culture

[@thor30013]

"Have either of y'all ever been to the South?" "... I had a layover in Atlanta once." "Everyone has."

[@DinsdalePiranha67]

Most of my experience with visiting the South was visiting an uncle who lives in Virginia (he was an executive with a government contractor) and taking a vacation in Florida (mostly in the Keys; wife had friends who lived in Marathon). Oh, and a layover in DFW on the flight home.

[@lokiisbestantihero]

I went to Orlando for spring break last year, that’s about it.

[@owenspivey4354]

Like my mamma always said, “it don’t matter if you’re traveling to heaven or hell, you WILL have a layover in Atlanta”. Delta, the next best thing to getting there.

[@jawjagrrl]

@@owenspivey4354 we always said, "even if you're goin' to hell, you gotta go thru Hartsfield."

[@WillieStubbs]

Delta probably has a secret policy that requires all passengers get a taste of being in the South by having to have layovers, especially in Atlanta. Hard to think we all live in the sticks when you see how big Atlanta is.

[@rixmale]

This is, by far, the BEST episode! I was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and everything about this is so true! I may talk with a distinct Southern accent, by that by no means should be an indicator of my level of intelligence!

[@R3dp055um]

Pffft, Atlanta ain't exactly "The South".

[@Kaijuus]

Atlanta is not the South. Lol.

[@nativeExarch]

Whereabouts in Atlanta were you raised, I was raised mostly in Decatur, but lived a little bit in College Park, and no, I'm not a grady baby.

[@nativeExarch]

To all of y'all saying Atlanta is not the south, why is that exactly?

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

@@nativeExarch Probably because they are being every bit like the cast of this video they just won’t admit it!

[@littledancingfawn]

So true. I get tired of actors or anyone that portrays a “stupid” or “ignorant” person, they’ll always do a southern accent.

[@Rikkilover17]

YESSSS so many "actors" pride themselves on being able to do a "southern accent" and its NEVER right. They never heard the melody we tend to have in our word infliction

[@movietimeateds69]

@Sarah Hamilton i learned how to talk when I lived in the south, then when I moved to CA when I was 6 I dropped it because kids are mean.

[@dee7353]

Yes. They sound terrible.

[@HashiriyaSquadron]

Portrays*

[@pricklypear7516]

@@Rikkilover17 . . . I'm assuming that that was a spelling error, but it's actually pretty hilarious.

[@achanwahn]

“Why are you apologizing to me like someone just died?” OMG that’s so true!

[@lisaarmstrong4135]

maybe because I'm died at 99 years old

[@richardhawkins2248]

I used to get that from my mom every time we visited Colorado. One day I lectured them and sounded a lot like the lecture in this video and added that most of the military that are worth their salt and can be trusted have a southern accent. The man that helped end the Vietnam war was from Virginia. His name was John Paul Vann. I knew him.

[@Hituvuvuvu]

Don’t use Gods name in vain

[@richardhawkins2248]

@@Hituvuvuvu You need to learn what using the lords name in vain actually is before commenting on it!

[@personone1382]

@@Hituvuvuvu OMG can stand for Oh My Gosh too, instead of Oh My God

[@johncline7518]

You know you've stepped in it when a southern woman says "bless your heart."

[@garygsp3]

There are different inflections of the phrase. You've done something super nice and you get a "Bless your heart". That one isn't bad and is a genuine blessing. Usually a hug is in there somewhere too.

[@unluckycricket3136]

Or honey child.

[@Manager_Mister]

@@garygsp3 Oh, bless your heart, you think you know the difference. Arn't you special.

[@Stasiaa1212]

@@garygsp3 Umm nope that’s not what it means. It’s just straight up an insult down here

[@curlyque2717]

@@Stasiaa1212 speak for yourself. I never use it as an insult. It's a genuine blessing.

[@youtubeaccount9674]

a professor of mine (from the midwest) is acutely aware that he's raising his children in appalachia, so he's made a point to give any dumb character in a book he reads to them a new york accent

[@elsenored562]

Not for nuthin' but that's funny! [Brooklyn accent]

[@lindickison3055]

I hate New York, Mass. accents, but not quite as much as British. Midwest/southern fall gentler on my ears - and quirky vocabulary.

[@iris__and_rhizomes]

“Why don’t you have an accent?” “Because it only comes out when I’m angry.” YES! When that accents shows up, whoever I’m talking to had best hush their mouth.

[@CantTakeTheSkysFromME]

I had a language arts teach as a mom, I wasn't allowed to have a southern accent ( because fo that no known what my accent is, I get all around the world and states, its funny. then I say I'm from the south. and if they ever hear it there usually are floored. By the change) But if I get made lord hold on to your boots.

[@kollington2380]

I'm practicing my Southern accent currently becuase I'm tired of sounding like a Bluetahn. I've been living in fl for awhile now. The southern accent only comes out when I'm excited

[@elainethomas9985]

I grew up in Colorado (relatively accent free) but my mom and her people are Southern. My friends think it's hilarious that I develop a Southern accent when I'm highly P.O.'d. I just tell them that's my early warning system and I'm fixin' to blow a gasket. LOL

[@ayakotami3318]

I'm the same way. People know I'm angry if my accent comes out. Especially if I say "Y'all". 😅

[@terrimcnutt7968]

Yes... a guy from New York city commented once on how i thought i could get my way because of my "fake" southern accent. I let him have it with my real accent..told him it only comes out strong when im mad or extremely tired. He apologized

[@andrewwickes1091]

"Bless your heart" "No, I don't think that's a good thing" HAHAHA

[@CortexNewsService]

No, no it is not.

[@andrewwickes1091]

@@CortexNewsService Oh, I know it ain't Lol Texas by raising and been in NC for the last decade. I know that phrase Lol

[@James-sm5vg]

As a southern, if you get told that you probably have made a huge mistake.

[@James-sm5vg]

@@andrewwickes1091 I’m from Nc

[@fartzerelli1385]

'Bless Your Heart' is New York equivalent of 'go ** your mother'

[@shalmaratrethewey1006]

I'm a nurse and had a patient that had moved from up north to south Alabama. She was talking to her son who was upset she had come south. I walked into her room and she handed me the phone saying "Will you please tell my son you have running water in Alabama!"

[@andrewharrison1320]

Ummm what 😂

[@the2leaves]

Lord have mercy! Sure we do, it's in the creek.

[@pamelavance8753]

@@the2leaves it's in the crick. 😂

[@nicholasholden8139]

lol same thing when I say I live in a camper park like do you have electricity, do you have water, do you have a fridge, do you have a toilet, do you have a TV, etc etc.

[@helpmegetto10kwithnovideos81]

@@nicholasholden8139 ur profile pic 🤡

[@chandranelson2772]

My wife was in the military, and she’s from the mountains in Georgia. She purposely got rid of her accent because she was teaching classes and people thought that it was okay to make fun of her accent, or they said that they couldn’t understand it. In the military. She does have an accent if she’s tired, drunk, or angry though.

[@jitaru3707]

1:26 "Why don't you have an accent?" he says with a southern accent.

[@thisisdumbfor5]

I was born in Biloxi and spent my formative years between there, Texas, Florida, Virginia, and Kentucky. My accent is a little... different!

[@ravens6286]

Most of the time my accent comes out is when I get mad 😁.

[@mannfan12]

@@thisisdumbfor5 Yeah mine too. I was born in Birmingham but grew up in Mississippi, NOLA, Florida, Low Country (SC), Tidewater (VA) in addition to Alabama. As an adult, I lived in Maryland for five years and the last 25 in Texas. So yeah my accent is generally Southern but with a few twists here and there..

[@TheRealPurpleHand]

But he did a decent job of faking not having an accent...... Right?

[@teresamcmurrin8672]

@@ravens6286 I grew up in Oregon, but my Mama was from Texas. I've been told that when I'm pissed off, I sound just like her, right down to the Texan accent!

[@JAF1323]

My grandmother is from the north. My now late grandfather was born and raised in Arkansas. He had a PhD in chemistry, but people thought he was a dumb southerner just because of how he talked. It was crazy that people thought that. He was one of the smartest people I’ve ever met, but he never bragged about it. He was such a good man. He was so humble and so kind, and he loved his family dearly. He helped with the community a lot. He did so much good. Yet, if people talk to him, they wouldn’t think he was smart just because of where he came from and how he grew up talking. It’s crazy. I wish people would change their attitude about the south because it’s frustrating and wrong when people think we’re all stupid.

[@inconnu4961]

LMAO your grandfather sounds like a great man & he sounds like he understood something that you dont yet understand, about human nature: most people assume they are smarter than others for many, many reasons other than accents! Accents are like races, they are very noticeable and an easy to go to difference to point to, but subconsciously you are being judged on FAR more than your accent!

[@blackwing1362]

Is it bad I read that in my old southern accent?

[@JAF1323]

Blackwing: not in the slightest

[@ryry4862]

I’m from Arkansas and today someone asked me if they sold goldfish crackers in Arkansas and then asked me if we had Starbucks there. I’m from LR so it’s not like I’m from the country where it takes an hour to get to the nearest Walmart 😭😭

[@zchris87v80]

@@ryry4862 *walmarks. Grew up in a city of a million plus in the south, but didn’t know that was a thing until college (yes, we do that here)

[@ogr8bearded175]

My late Mother was visiting my sister in Wisconsin . She fit in by looks just fine with green eyes and blonde hair, but when she opened her mouth to speak it gave away she wasn't a local. One man asked her where she was from and she told him Alabama. The man replied, "Alabama? Is that in the United States?" She quickly retorted, "Not by choice." Bless his heart, he didn't know what he'd walked into.

[@ArtificialPerson]

Oof what a comeback!

[@AmandaFromWisconsin]

It's in the United States because our side won. ;) I'm from Wisconsin. Deep-fried cheese curds. Go Packers.

[@loughlinpagnucci8182]

There was a time where Alabama tried to leave the U.S. Didn't go so well. However, these days the South have a lot of patriotic Americans. God Bless the U.S.A.

[@loughlinpagnucci8182]

@@AmandaFromWisconsin Go Pack Go. Rodgers about to win his third MVP, as well as his second super bowl.

[@Kaijuus]

Lol of course not by choice, the South doesn't know much.. especially how to fight a war...

[@ishatype2764]

I actually had a northerner ask me if I could tell the difference between the words "oil" and "all" when I said them, and followed up by asking me (singular) if "y'all were offended by that". lol. I told him "y'all" was plural, you know, like "youz guyz". Bless his heart.

[@MamaofaWrestler]

@Isha Type I've never heard the oil thing, but I used to say egg, and people were like "why do you say it like that?" I said "that's how to say it, why is that wrong?" They told me "It's pronounced aig." (The ai like in "ain't.) My cousins live in New York and the first time I ever heard "yuz guyz" I was 27. Also my cousin asked if I had any "soda." I was like wtf? It's not soda, it's coke!

[@ishatype2764]

@@MamaofaWrestler lol I've not heard the "aig" thing, but I have been asked to say "Pepsi" a few times because admittedly I add a syllable (Pay-ep-si). That one's on me. lol I've also had to tell some Northerners that "barbeque" in at least some parts of the South is also a noun and not just a verb, as in "I'd like some Carolina barbeque right now."

[@sorin_markov]

@@ishatype2764 Maybe this is my Southern ignorance showing, but how in the world have they not heard of barbecue as a noun? What else do they call it?

[@ishatype2764]

@@sorin_markov I guess to them "barbeque" is how you cook meat on a grill, not a product you eat, and I think to their defense they will say "barbequed pork" and the "barbeque" is an adjective. I've said that in SC I say "barbeque" and everyone knows exactly what I mean. The only question in SC is whether it's a mustard sauce or a red pepper/tomato/vinegar sauce. Now that can cause some fights where I am just like Clemson vs. U of South Carolina lol

[@neilreynolds3858]

Yankees can't hear the difference between oil and all. I remember one of them politely asking a guy over and over to say them but he could never tell which was which. I'm having the same problem with Russian consonants.

[@BrianWilliams21706]

Best part is when she finished with "bless your heart." Those 3 words have so many different meanings by the tone of voice

[@ChanaRo613]

And Talia nailed it!

[@ArtStoneUS]

At least it was not "bless your little heart"

[@suzieq7926]

@@ArtStoneUS My Grandma says “Bless your heart and soul.” That is when you know you’ve stepped in it bad.

[@davegreenlaw5654]

And by her tone there I translated that as "And I really don't care if you were to drop dead tomorrow."

[@johnstorton]

It must be a Dixie thing. I'm from Texas, and I thought "Bless your heart" were words of sympathy.

[@glynnwright1699]

I am British with family in SC, my son married a girl from the state and now lives there. I have almost continual contact with people all across the USA through business and it came as quite a quite a shock just how the Southern States are viewed by other Americans. Just recently I was speaking to someone from NY State; when I told him I had family in SC he said "You have to get your son to move, those people are just..... The North lost the civil war." Over the years I have visited almost every state and, without a doubt, the most hospitable, kindest and most charitable people I have met were in the Southern States.

[@ladytalksalot4097]

Wait, he said the North lost?

[@glynnwright1699]

@@ladytalksalot4097 I believe by that he meant 'Southern' values and ideologies prevailed in the USA.

[@daisycutterx3300]

Well, we all know that the USA beat the CSA, it maybe some folks in that state didn’t get the message. ;) Speaking of which, I hope those two rural counties in Oregon get to secede and join Iowa (“Greater Iowa”) and those Virginian counties get to secede and join West Virginia. Oh, yes. And the portion(s) of California that have been trying to raise public awareness that they would like their state to separate due to vast differences in fundamental beliefs.

[@ladytalksalot4097]

@@daisycutterx3300 Erm, you sure you've got all your states right? I'm from regular Iowa, and Oregon isn't anywhere near here, so how would we gain counties from them? Do you mean Illinois or something?

[@queenbunnyfoofoo6112]

Was that person from New York City? The City is a whole 'nother planet. I used to live in very upstate NY near Canada ...everyone there hates the City. Come to think of it, most of the state hates the City. The people way up there definately country...good people.

[@bnwing]

And I was thinking, “Um, she already does have a southern accent...”. lol It was softened a bit, but still there!

[@jaysenconerly2430]

It's not an accent where I'm from.🤭🤭

[@soccerchamp0511]

They all did, though. I don't think Matt could not have a southern accent even if he tried. 😄

[@wayneshingler9664]

What's funnier is that the bald guy also had a Southern accent while playing someone who's never been to the South.

[@beast6213]

how did the guy asking the question have more of an accent than her?

[@BEEDRILL303]

Didn’t the dude sitting next to her also have one?

[@zacharyscroggins8959]

AMEN!!! FREAKING PREACH!! I AM SO TIRED OF GETTING STEREOTYPED IT IS RIDICULOUS, everyone thinks I marry my cousin, and everything else in this video!! THE PEOPLE WHO AREN’T SOUTHERN NEED TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES

[@brianb8060]

"Did you have shoes when you were little." Yes. Of course I only wore them when I had too. Which is a problem when you've got fire ants, sand spurs, and 150F beach sand.

[@bonnih6931]

Brian B oh, wait a minute, I totally forgot, I had 1 pair for school, 1 pair of keds for summer, and a pair of flip flops for the beach! I actually wore out a pair of school shoes that weren't saddle shoes or penny loafers. This was before my 8th grade.

[@JonJaeden]

1960 or 61 ... Eagle Lake Elementary School, Eagle Lake, Florida ... shoes optional ... during the World Series the boys went to the auditorium to watch the game while the girls stayed in class ...

[@brianb8060]

@@JonJaeden Well I finished 5th grade 30 years after you. The first half of the year was at Jerry Thomas Elementary in Jupiter, Fl. The second half was at the new Jupiter Farms Elementary.

[@teresaellis7062]

I live in Western Washington and I only wore shoes when I had to. It is a right of all children to avoid shoes like they are trying to eat your feet!

[@komododraganwitchsmagickat1264]

As someone who lived in the south for a long time. Yes I had shoes when I was little. I just refused to wear them when I could. 😅😂

[@nwragsdale]

I was in a class on workplace discrimination. The instructor asked if it was offensive to make fun of someone with an Hispanic accent, Asian, Middle Eastern, etc. The entire room replied yes, with a heated discussion on this type of discrimination. The Instructor then asked if there was anyone with a Southern accent. The entire class said my name. The Instructor then asked if it was discriminatory to make fun of my accent. You could've heard a pin drop.

[@firestorm165]

An "oh s**t we f****d up" silence or a "what is he talking about?" Silence?

[@rhemacreel1339]

@@firestorm165 it’s probably because if he’d asked the second question first, the kids might have said yes. But now that they had all said no to the first question, they’re realizing that there’s not a difference between those accents and a southern accent, and therefore neither should be made fun of.

[@firestorm165]

@@rhemacreel1339 yeah, just asking if they were self aware enough to realize that

[@rhemacreel1339]

@@firestorm165 👌🏻

[@mechellenelson4940]

He should have jumped up and said heck yeah is it you bunch of yanks. We don't make fun of the way yall butcher our language but yall make fun of us all the time. Yall just jealous cause y'all can't talk like we do. (Not right anyway)

[@ArWaltA]

Want to like this twice! "Bless your heart" Rollin'!

[@mcshark13]

Southerners absolutely judge people based on where they live, especially during football season.

[@shannonw.8372]

Touché!

[@KyaraStAmant]

Amen

[@holligee5777]

Damn Alabamans! Love, an expat Arkansan in the wilds of Missouri

[@KyaraStAmant]

@@holligee5777 I feel you. I’m an Arkansas girl living in New Orleans, surrounded by purple and gold.

[@OoogaBoog]

Bless your heart....

[@tedwiley2181]

This is the best one yet! I am from Arkansas and I used to work for a multi-national company. We had a sales meeting in Dallas and reps from all over the country was there, One of the reps from New York made it a point to sit across from me at dinner. She asked some of the same questions to me that were asked in the video! The one that I remember the most is "do you let your wives wear shoes"? Since this woman was so misinformed about the south, I played along. This made for a very entertaining evening. After dinner, one of the other southern reps pulled me aside and asked me why did I do that to that poor woman. My response was that she deserved it.

[@mikeries8549]

Well....I.....uh... I can literally take you to the exact spot in Arkansas where your shoeless wife....living in a trailer house parked on the side of the road....stereotype actually lives. It's between Manila and Blytheville and many other areas in that state. The dump is the front yard. Can't miss it. 😀

[@Rhythmicons]

Arkansan here too. Seeking asylum.

[@darlenashaw785]

Wikipedia was invented in my home state of Alabama by a Huntsville native!

[@Purple_Usagi281]

I lived in HSV for 15 years. I miss it so much.

[@darlenashaw785]

@@Purple_Usagi281 HSV is a great area! I live in the Tuscaloosa area.

[@independentthinker8930]

911 came from Alabama

[@DebbieHerbert]

Roll Tide!

[@darlenashaw785]

@@independentthinker8930 yes it did! Haleyville if I remember correctly.

[@ellbcee]

The shoe question. Raised in TN, went to college in Maine and honestly got that question in the first week.

[@WillieStubbs]

That was my fault, I used to run around barefoot everywhere I went until I left for the Air Force. Hot asphalt didn't have nothing on me. I just didn't like shoes. But I wear them in Arizona... the thorns will get you through your shoes. It's like everything has thorns here.

[@bluesageful]

Yep, same here

[@timhutchinson3264]

ellbee cee, I grew up in central Maine (this was the 60s & 70s) and anyone south of Massachusetts was a "Southerner." Just a world away from us. 😊

[@ellbcee]

@@timhutchinson3264 college was central maine (Colby) in the early 90s and it was a different world for me then.

[@timhutchinson3264]

@@ellbcee Colby, very respectable! Been to Waterville many times, coming from Bangor. Yes, I'm very sure it WAS different from Tennessee!

[@FAHnGirl]

“Weeee don’t judge people based on where they come from.” She had me up until that line... because we totally do. Example: North of I-10? Yankee. 😅😅

[@rickymcgowen6776]

What part of I-10.

[@circedelune]

She don’t mean we don’t know whether they’re southern or not. She meant we don’t assume they are stupid because they aren’t southern.

[@edvarnadoe4308]

South of I-10 is now Yankee or from California! Lol

[@kenhayes3448]

Yep, and its d*mn yankees

[@buddytoups1129]

For the uninitiated, in extreme south Louisiana I-10 is our Mason-Dixon Line :)

[@brinstarmedia1411]

Hey, there is a stereotype that us northerners are smart, fast talking people. I can assure you that I am in fact quite stupid

[@mbyerly9680]

Well, bless your heart.

[@susieballard4957]

I am from the South But I sure can speak fast. I have to say something and I don't have the time to tell you So I talk fast and We both go on about our day. People have told me that I would be a good fit in Brooklyn N.Y. Or California; What's funny is I have never been to those state's. I guess I come off as welcoming and friendly But I have a dark heart.

[@mbyerly9680]

@@susieballard4957 I grew up with two brothers and a father who all thought everyone wanted to hear them talk so I had to talk fast to get anything in. The skill comes in handy in everyday life and business.

[@tabithaalphess2115]

I was born in the North and moved to the South. I can confirm that idiots are everywhere. They are not a regional disease. It's just the ones down South tend to be more polite

[@ScienceNotFaith]

I don't know if I'd agree with you. Most stupid people don't know they're stupid because they can't self-assess. You however have shown that ability which means you aren't stupid. Maybe you don't have the education of others, or maybe you don't know a lot of facts and details, but that isn't the same as being stupid.

[@kimberlysewell1277]

Telling people i'm from Texas "What? Where is your accent?" "Does everyone there have horses?" "Yeehaw!" 🤨

[@mockfanatik]

I am a Texan, someone told me we all live in Trailer parks and marry our family members. What's so funny, I live in Frisco, it's median income per family is $127,133. Just because I speak with a southern accent didn't make me an idiot either. Plus, other countries rate sexiest accents and most agree that it's the southern accent. 😉

[@ThatGirlJD]

@@mockfanatik They say that until they want to buy a big house or a lot of land. Then they get down here as fast as they can because they can afford more home down here. Funny how they remember we don't all live in trailers.

[@mannfan12]

@@mockfanatik Can't tell you how many times I've been told by someone that they love my Southern accent.

[@marlysgardner6072]

I once convinced a clueless person that the HOV lane was for "Horse Only Vehicles." It was awesome.

[@mockfanatik]

@@marlysgardner6072 I took a picture of a field with horses next to a huge office building and told them it was a parking lot in Texas. LOL

[@EmmySue002]

“Why don’t you have an accent?“ “Oh I do. It only comes out when I’m angry” haha so accurate.

[@holdupitsruby3801]

When I get nervous my accent will get even thicker than it usually does, and it's a THICCC country accent

[@violetopal6264]

Imagine getting mad at your northern-born little sister and she suddenly asks why you started sounding like a cowgirl. 🤦😄

[@holdupitsruby3801]

@@violetopal6264 oh God that sounds awful 😂😂😂 and hilarious

[@elizabethb9551]

Oh yeah. It's totally a thang.

[@data9594]

So true. I talk pretty normal but when I get mad I need subtitles

[@Nikkimommyof4]

Preach!!! I was born in Mississippi and was raised without any accent whatsoever. My dad was grew up in Louisiana. I wasn't allowed to use slang growing up and was given vocabulary lessons as punishment. No one ever knew my family was southern unless we told them because none of us have accents but sound quite cultured. So um... yeah that's the south too.

[@saucywench9122]

So true. If I used the word ain't it was a mouthful of soap. And don't get me started about walking around with books on my head.

[@ericbroussard7402]

Louisiana here and, yeah. Same.

[@monicaminyard7502]

“We don’t judge people based on where they come from.” YES, WE DO!!!

[@brucewelty7684]

In the true South, the locals ALWAYS remember where you WERE from. live there for 80 years, the locals will refer to you as, Oh yeah he is from Tuscaloosa. etc.

[@sabinal17]

Thank you ...absolutely

[@Purple_Usagi281]

Exactly! First time I went to Tennessee, a guy made fun of my accent. I had to remind him that Tennessee is still part of the south. My cousin from Mississippi always made fun of the way I said school. I told her “Sorry I don’t put the extra oooo in the word like you.” lol

[@valdezAF]

Oh we most certainly do! 😅

[@rmblake8465]

OMG yes. For example, Matt is a favorite of mine but his love of White BBQ sauce has me judging him and the rest of AL because.......who eats white bbq🤣 I'm totally judging

[@johnperry4857]

True story. I am from the South. In a job I held for eighteen years, there was a fair amount of turnover in my office. There were two women who worked in my office at different times. Both were born and raised in the New York City area. Both were of Italian descent. Neither had ever met the other. On two different occasions, each woman participated in a conversation my colleagues and I were having about regional dialects. On each occasion, I mentioned that my Southern accent had become more pronounced as I got older. Each woman responded - word for word - identically: "Oh, you don't have a Southern accent. You sound intelligent."

[@godandsarah1306]

Ugh

[@xero402]

They said more than they intended

[@lindacosta5688]

As an Italian American, I apologize

[@mcconn746]

They sound pretty dumb. LOL

[@rachelhoyle5728]

Oof 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@xero402]

As a Southern man, I have experienced this. I did tech support for 30 years and I have been talked down to by people who needed my technical assistance. The most frequent offenders were from Washington and Oregon. California,Arizona,and Nevada were always decent ,courteous, and respectful.

[@IHeartQuilting2]

Well that sucks. But realize that most of the racism my cousin has experienced were also in Washington and Oregon. So, maybe just rude people.

[@xero402]

@@IHeartQuilting2 That may be true, but ,more than once these people had something derogatory to say about my Southern accent. It was if they wanted me to know my place.

[@fuzzyhead878]

I've never really had much issue from any of these states. The one that sticks out the most for me is Michigan. New York is a distant second. Namely they complain that we (Florida) don't have good pizza. That's not to say they all do it. I would say 75% love being here, and just mention pizza as a minor tradoff if they mention it at all. Ironically the most anti-south stuff I hear is from people in or near downtown Orlando. But I guess that confirms it's the dividing line between "true south" Florida and the rest of the state. Which I hate saying because I love my Cuban American bros in Miami.

[@silkyflower3188]

That’s interesting… I sometimes have the hardest time GETTING technical support here in the South. Actually, I do better when I’m on the phone I think, but it’s not always convenient. I used to frequently have problems with tech support people who tried to tell me things like, “Oh no, your virus problem can’t be due to a vulnerability in our software.” And I’m going, “I’m a programmer’s daughter. I literally find the same virus in the same file every time in YOUR program, no matter how many times I’ve uninstalled, deleted, redownloaded, and reinstalled it! After some time, it ALWAYS shows back up in the SAME place!” Now, the virus itself may not have come from the program, but it would still always end up there. And I always knew when it had because my CPU usage would suddenly skyrocket. And they would still tell me that there wasn’t an issue with the software. 🙄 I noticed some time ago that the software in question no longer exists. The company replaced it with a completely different program. 😂 This isn’t the only time I’ve been treated this way, but it’s the only specific incident that comes to mind.

[@ImnotassweetasIusedtobe]

I lived in the deep South and the PNW and the PNW has the most low- down, most passive aggressive people in the US IMO. Lived there 12 years

[@denisek292]

As a Southerner myself, “Bless your heart” isn’t always a put-down, but rather a way to express empathy for another’s pain or sorrows. I hate it got turned into something ugly.

[@agrofindastation]

I think it's all up to context. Say it with a genuine smile after something that requires empathy, it for sure is still good.

[@denisek292]

@@agrofindastation I live in Alabama, and that’s how we’ve always expressed empathy to our friends and family. It seems like in the last 15 years, people have become “snarky.” My MeMaw taught me when I was a small child in the ‘70s to say something nice, or just don’t say anything at all. Social media wasn’t around, so no hiding behind a screen name, but people were willing to work their differences out leading to fewer hurt feelings. Technology has changed our social interactions…it’s often difficult to know if you’re being put-down or praised on KZbin (that’s all the social media I use) I have always lived in the South, and love it here. Thank goodness we still treat everyone like our neighbors. God Bless You and Your’s!

[@agrofindastation]

@@denisek292 boy howdy, if what you said isn't the truth. Anonymity is the absolute worst in bringing out the base instincts of people. Thank you, and may you and yours also have a blessed everything! 🙂

[@mcconn746]

I kinda agree but at times there needs to be a polite way to say "you dumb sheet". Bless your heart works for me.

[@marycarroll3084]

@@denisek292 My dad said the same, "if you can't say something nice don't say it." He was from Bertie county NC.

[@ladylacy64]

No doubt...friends call my accent so "cute and country"

[@stephanietip]

I have been called "more country than cornbread"whatever the hell that means.Yes,I was raised in the Tennessee Mountains.I can catch a fish for dinner,pull veggies from the garden,fix the sewer line,make a little something to drink,,shoot a deer and read.I own shoes and wasn't related to my husband by blood.

[@Heathharris508]

Same

[@braelynnpruitt6340]

Earned me the nickname cornbread

[@calypso4396]

Well Bless their hearts :)

[@MC-jd1cc]

@@stephanietip but did you learn to read by the light from your fireplace and have to learn to write by using a board and charcoal?

[@S6m16m]

Somewhere, Samuel Clemens just leaned back in a chair, with a satisfied smile, and took a long sip of a cool drink. 😉

[@robinsmithhill7689]

It was sweet iced tea

[@alnonymous2482]

So did Mark Twain 😉

[@henryfromskalitz8725]

Cold sweet tea

[@JaimeDornanLady]

From a mason jar, no doubt!

[@marktwain368]

Hell yeah!

[@allenpinnix5241]

When Emily Post wrote of Southerners in 1922 --".... [their] voices are full of sweetness and music unknown north of the Potomac ." So true.

[@TheyDarthElmo]

"I had a layover in Atlanta once..." "Everyone has." I have only ever flown once in my life and I had a layover in Atlanta. Just in case anyone doubted the truth of those words.

[@carlablair9898]

Hartsfield-Jackson (Atlanta) is the world's busiest airport.

[@fuzzyhead878]

Dallas is also a big offender here.

[@anye76]

Well my granny always called me her Yankee baby, she said it under her breathe to her friends..."this baby was born up north, they do things different up there, ya know. But shes a sweet baby, bless her heart, she don't know nothing y'all. Ain't been raised right" But now, I've been living in the south 20 years I reckon I've got sweet tea, biscuits and gravy in my veins now. Went to the butcher got souse meat and cracklin'. I think granny would be proud I came home❤🤣😂

[@patriot9455]

I lived in Alabama for several years, that "bless your heart" was a step shy of "When did you just say", in a frosty tone. Bless your heart can be anything from "cute baby", to "go straight to the pit of the hottest place you can imagine". "What did you say "following "Bless your heart" is "let me help you meet Jesus, and you will not like his attitude today." I had a garden, so all my "bless your heart's" were sent with food.

[@danyale06]

I don’t think “bless your heart” = cute baby. I think it’s equivalent to saying, “how precious” about an ugly baby.

[@MagicalAuroraDream]

I had a conversation with a professor about this once. She's from Pennsylvania, I'm originally from Washington, (the state, not the city.) She mentioned to me after class as we were chatting how she'd come to learn what it means, basically Southern sarcasm when anything but is meant. Even after living here for 16 years, I still identify partly as a west-coaster. It's like Southern isn't just where you live ... it's a way of life you kind of have to be raised in. I'd feel like I was participating in cultural appropriation if I ever called myself Southern.

[@patriot9455]

@@MagicalAuroraDream It is easy to catch "southern", impossible to cure.

[@HeatherLynseyMusic]

Bless your heart basically means im sorry you’re stupid 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@patriot9455]

@@HeatherLynseyMusic There are exceptions, but when I heard it being used, it was a church worthy condemnation, and few disagreed, lol. I like people who undestand southernisms.

[@miriamdruyan]

If I had a dollar for every "so where's your accent?" I'd be a millionaire y'all.

[@hannahscott6604]

THIS

[@chelseyaustin6015]

I'm from VA/NC and I moved to a different region of VA and they said I'm not a real southerner because I don't make my "i" sound like an "a" when I say things like: like, right, hike, etc.

[@maixe13]

@@chelseyaustin6015 same but for some reason I can only say size with an “A” everything else is fine.

[@biker5662]

💯% same

[@traegoins6903]

@@maixe13 my i's usually sound like a blend between an a and an i sound that i dont know how to describe without sound.

[@bamachine]

I am hoping it is a little better now than it was back 30 years ago, when I spent a couple of weeks in Newark, NJ. I was there for training to get certification for some software. The first day, they had us seated in alphabetical order, which put me basically in the last seat. Then starting at the front, everyone stood up, introduced themselves, where they were from and a little about their qualifications. Everyone else was from either NJ or NY except one from Quebec and another from Philadelphia, then they finally got to me, the dude from Alabama. The looks on their faces, priceless. Even more priceless, when it turned out I knew more about the software than the instructor. The entire class wanted to sit with me at lunch that first day and proceeded to ask a bunch of ignorant questions. By midweek of that first week, I had thoroughly disabused them of the notion that they were more intelligent than the lone southerner, as they all came to me with their questions about the software.

[@thelisanalgaib9702]

That "Bless your heart" was just devastating! I expected him to fall over there!

[@christine3477]

I was literally saying “the only thing that would make this perfect is a bless your heart”... and then it came! 😂😂😂

[@AggieBand04]

"I've seen Con Air, I can handle it" 😂😂😂

[@seanoleary4374]

Put. The. Bunny. Back. In. The. Box.

[@Taverens_Pull]

@@seanoleary4374 it's the line everyone remembers

[@saucywench9122]

Those accents were really bad

[@inconnu4961]

@@saucywench9122 Sometimes thats how you sound to us!

[@InAllKindsOfWeather]

“I had a layover in Atlanta once” hits even more hilarious when I have a layover in Atlanta at least once a month. Including today 😂😂😂

[@rhonda5368]

I want to share this.. Born in raised in South Mississippi. Moved to GA when I was 18. Got picked on cause I sounded so country. After 2 years I went home to Petal, Ms to visit my folks. Got picked than by my own family for a different accent I suppose to had.. And when I replied to a comment I said "bless your heart" man my cousin wanted to fight me.. she said I called her stupid.. lol.. I haven't been home in 11years.. when I talk with my moms she tells me my accent is so strong.. um I guess each area has different types of accents.

[@sheilahollley7129]

I moved to Soso a few years ago , so I guess we are neighbors. Born in Mobile, but lived in North FL for over 30 years. It is definitely a culture sock, but people here are by far the kindest people I have met. God bless the great state of Mississippi!

[@jetteboy]

As a military brat, I have lived everywhere, every region judges people who are different.

[@kenwelch198]

Y'all think that's bad. Try being from the south AND a Florida man.

[@harrysweeten9417]

Ken, at least "Florida man" is famous for his adventures and misdeeds.

[@IJustWantToUseMyName]

After that story about the Florida man saving his puppy from an alligator this past week, Florida man is finally getting some good publicity. Use it while you can! lol

[@masonpyle5929]

Especially being a North Florida man. North Florida is nicknamed South Georgia sometimes. Better than being nicknamed north cuba or New York floated down south aka South Florida. North Floridians deserve more recognition.

[@SteveHarwood-pq3fn]

Gotcha better, try being from the south AND a Virginia man. "The war between the states" and slavery gets thrown in your face.. my two favorite phrases to the northerners l live and work with here in ... ugh, NYC is "why ain't you special, or kiss my grits!" 1st one they nod they're dumb head in agreement, second one a look of confusion... I just say go Google it 😆

[@wyattwilliams2457]

@@masonpyle5929 which town I am from Macclenny, baker county.

[@charanpreetwalia8443]

Yup! When I came from India, I was constantly given praise for knowing English. I was asked about cast system and cows, dowery, tigers, cobras, red dot, curries and the list goes on. I was also asked if girls were allowed to go to schools and if I would get a choice to find my own husband.

[@gohan12991]

Yeah but most likely you also did arranged marriage didn't you?

[@lizard3755]

That's so stupid and small-minded, I'm sorry you had to deal with that

[@forgetmenot957]

I’m a Brit and LOVE a southern US accent. Leanne Morgan sounds fabulous!!

[@mr.morgan5643]

So true!! Most Americans have no idea how wonderful the South is! Long live the South! Y'all have a large day!

[@beckysonnier6369]

Love it! When I feel people looking down on me for my accent I really lay it on thick. Lol can’t help myself. Let them think we are a bunch of DA’s😊 maybe they will quit moving here!

[@SiminaDar]

I live in Arkansas and one of my old teachers talked about going to a conference in New York. He said when he told people where he was from, multiple people looked down at his shoes and said "I thought people didn't wear shoes in Arkansas." He put on a super thick yokel accent and said "Nope, just bought my first pair today!"

[@rustyaxelrod]

I wasn’t born in the South but I got here as quick as I could.

[@henryfromskalitz8725]

Best place in the world

[@komododraganwitchsmagickat1264]

Welcome!

[@crossfire-zs3wb]

@@henryfromskalitz8725 Agreed

[@cambellschunky704]

Ya damn skippy, peanut butter.

[@ellecrane3955]

Welcome! 🤗

[@noahmccullar4083]

Hey y’all, stop tell Yankees we’re smart and normal. Too many are down here already

[@andreamiller3578]

LOL. Facts!

[@jessicamiller6461]

Yes ssshhh. Don't tell them northeners.....

[@juliusbonner7458]

The only they came here for is the best food in America

[@bluesageful]

Amen 🙄

[@EvelynElaineSmith]

We Texans would put it another way, "Don't California my Texas," which admittedly has already happened in Austin.

[@savvyshelly3983]

This is so frustrating that this is accurate! It’s not a good thing, “hon”.

[@ChristysChannelYall]

Aha, yes, when I moved from Alabama to Seattle as a 10th grader back in the 80’s I was immediately put into a Biology class I had already taken…same book and all…and the remedial English class. Despite my protests that I had already taken that Bio class and I was supposed to be in honors English. Well, I wrote a paper in the English class and the teacher, bless her heart, she took me to the principal and said, “she is in the wrong class”. Yes, I’m actually smart, gotta love what our accent does for us 😂😂😂. I eventually got a “we’re sorry about that” on the Bio class AFTER I had taken the whole class again 🙄

[@D_waters]

when she said bless your heart i was like oof thats gotta hurt

[@randlebrowne2048]

Only if they are smart enough to understand that they are being insulted.

[@samuraixx5192]

Well bless their hearts, some people just don't got the same sense the good Lord gave a flea.

[@DodiTov]

Mine is "the sense God promised a doorknob."

[@carennorthcutt7724]

@@DodiTov mine is "the sense God gave a goose." Used it for years, cannot recall where I first came across that phrase. Not at home. TV? Book? Not sure.

[@ManesniRyloth]

Thank you for that, you just made my wife snort her tea :D

[@samanthamyers4267]

I've always heard it as "the sense God gave a chicken."

[@wyattwilliams2457]

@@samanthamyers4267 we serve 2 types of tea at my house, we have sweet tea for normal conversations, and for important conversations we have hot tea.

[@ElliesDonna14]

Well bless your heart y’all. 💜😂. This is absolutely the truth. I get calls every year from family that lives in California because she misses home and misses the accent. I’m from Ky 💜

[@girlnamedblake4885]

My extended family in New York always asked if we had plumbing, shoes, and access to dentists....in 2001...........bless their hearts. We lived in Memphis....

[@angelawagner3181]

When I lived in Tennessee, people acted like this when they found out someone was from Mississippi. My friend from Jackson, MS was asked repeatedly, in all seriousness, if her family wore shoes and if their home had a dirt floor. I found it ironic because I grew up in a poor part of the Midwest where some people really did have dirt floors, while my friend's father was richer than Croesus.

[@matthewk2175]

“Like we don’t judge people on where they come from” unless you’re a yank 😂 my dad just moved to Georgia and he says he gets poked fun at all the time for being from Indiana 😂😂

[@derrickmeade4891]

Tell him if it's fun spirited they expect him to trade wit with em. Tho if there is a hateful tone not to do that cause that person's just looking for a scrap and it's best just not to bother with em cause it's a waste of breathe. Edit: alot like how trade workers throw insults between friends, gotta be quick with them comebacks lol

[@xero402]

Some of the most loyal Southerners are the ones who weren't born here. I count many of them as brethren.

[@karstensebastian7598]

Tell you what South of Indianapolis we are more South here then we are Midwest. I aint even kidding i get made fun of for my southern accent when i go anywhere in the state north of Indy. Im from South Eastern Indiana by the way.

[@brianarbenz7206]

@@karstensebastian7598 Exactly. I'm from New Albany, the southernmost part of Indiana, and we get curious looks from Central and Northern Indiana residents four our (to their ears) Southern accents.

[@karstensebastian7598]

@@brianarbenz7206 Rushville here so not as far South as ya'll are but still what I would call the Deep South.

[@JustinSmith-ph1le]

Pretty sure we judge northerners and Californians, because of where they’re from

[@jamesanthony8438]

I've met plenty of both. It ain't really judgin' if it's true. How they are is just a Fact that we've all come to accept. =)

[@tjbowman68]

Oh there are "Southerners" all over and many of them have never been to the South.

[@ritaroberts6787]

No. We judge them because they just keep moving south and trying to change things.

[@jamesanthony8438]

@@ritaroberts6787 Fleeing crappy policies from their home states and voting to implement the same stupid policies that drove them out in the first place where they move to. We get a lot of that garbage here in Texas. I'm lookin' *directly* at you, californians. =)

[@OrchidKiller]

@@ritaroberts6787 like what? Non-political. Just curious 😊

[@tinamcnalley2575]

I'm born in Nashville. Tennessee all but 6 months of my life. Southerners are notorious for judging people based on where they come from! My parents moved 7 miles from where I grew up about 25 years ago. They had been in a suburb of a city that housed professors from the local university and scientists and engineers from a nearby nuclear facility. They moved to a small southern town with the highest teen pregnancy rate in the state, as my parents were in the first wave of "foreigners" settling in the lower priced community. For the first few weeks, my German mother kept exclaiming how much she loved her new neighbors as they were so friendly and nice. Having lived in another backwoods community in the hills for over a year myself, I finally told her to be a bit careful, as the sunny attitudes could be very phoney. The next week while shopping at a produce market, a man politely attempted to strike up a conversation with her. When she opened her mouth to answer him, her very good English with it's very pronounced German accent came out. The man ran away from her immediately without saying a word. I lost track of how many times, while living in the hillbilly town, I had to set through extended diatribes on how stuck-up, rude, ignorant, & selfish college graduates were, until someone would eventually remember I was there. A chorus of "oh, but we don't mean you!" would follow - often with a "Bless your heart," at the end. The lower the education level the more judgemental Southerners become. But in my experience that holds true for all people all over this country and others around the world. Southerners simply make a better effort to maintain social graces when in public.

[@tinamcnalley2575]

@@SouthernAngler Thank you for proving my point.

[@abbymcmahon365]

Best skit y'all have done!!! Love it!!!

[@christopherbarber9351]

Great writing, Matt! Wonderful performance by all -- and of course super wonderful performance by Talia. This episode is very much needed.

[@mindyflow3035]

When I was in the fifth grade, my class went to Washington, DC for a field trip. When the folks up there found out I was from NC, they were amazed that I wore shoes on a regular basis.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

THAT just shows you what's in d.c.!

[@m1cajah]

I moved to the DC metro area for my career. I was in my first consulting meeting with a client and afterwards my coworker/boss (a Boston native) told me to lose my accent or I’d never be taken seriously with Fed clients. So I worked hard to neutralize it. But when they needed to be told they were wrong I’d bring it out to “soften the blow” a bit. Worked a treat.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@m1cajah An accent works just fine when you start getting red-eyed!

[@sandradee8880]

Lol we moved from California to North Carolina. And they think my son funny because he never wears shoes. He runs around bare foot and overalls his choice.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

@@sandradee8880 Why not! That's the state dress code, sort of!

[@starorcarina8525]

"Why don't you have an Accent" Southerners, Asians, Africans, etc.: I felt that

[@tiggergolah]

This was me while I was in the Navy. I went to college at night to earn my B.A. (which I completed with a 4.0 GPA.) I had one Dept. Head, a flight surgeon, from Ohio. He was particularly offensive, saying some of the same things about Southerners you hear in this video. It would be funnier, but this is real life for some of us in some occupations (like the military.) We have to work with people who refuse to let go of their uninformed biases, and they sit there and call us bigots with a straight face.

[@ktcat1]

I was one of those bigots for a long, long time. It took me visiting Southern states for work many times to finally fall in love with the place and realize how wrong I'd been. Great video.

[@cjhs2006]

Damn Straight,Ya’ll

[@Bad_Llama]

That “Bless your heart” at the end had me laughing hard. Love the channel.

[@eoa363]

"*We* don't judge people based on where they come from." - Aw, you were doing so well...

[@_somerandomguyontheinternet_]

Yeah. Most of what she said was true, but that kinda hurt her credibility. Great sketch, though!

[@jaushuagrahamthefloridaman1124]

Nah we do all the way,but our judgment is also true or just exaggerated reality: For instance Yankees are generally rude and disruptive Californians are annoying Midwesterners are like us but less so And last but not least Mexicans are fucking fun to hang out with All of these are more often then not true while yankees think we are retarded,Californians think we are racist and Midwesterners think we are -them but cooler- wild. In my opinion our immediate judgment is fair and not really unrealistic especially since we dont hold on to it after day one of meeting you if its wrong

[@ladydontekno]

@@jaushuagrahamthefloridaman1124 there are Mexicans in Florida? I thought it was all Caribbeans down there.

[@mwater_moon2865]

@@jaushuagrahamthefloridaman1124 "especially since we dont hold on to it after day one of meeting you if its wrong" bless your heart. I moved to Mississippi when I was 8, I am in my 40s now and I'm still "that damn yankee" to the folks I went to school with who know where I come from (everyone else I meet thinks I'm Southern since I talk, walk, and think like one)

[@jaushuagrahamthefloridaman1124]

@@mwater_moon2865 must have acted like a yankee then lol. But seriously Its also not NECESSARILY an insult, we had a kid from NYC that we all called "Tyler yankee" dude was fuckin awesome,played football and people would have signs that said stuff like "Go yankee Go" and when Tyler ended up having to move senior year pretty much everybody was sad as hell about it. TO THIS DAY he is Tyler the yankee though Obviously you probably aren't like that but it could still be endearing...... Or you just live with some fud-y assholes

[@MightyBiffer]

The funniest line in the whole skit: "... like how we (southerners) don't judge people on where they come from...".

[@cptpapa]

“We don’t judge people based on where they come from.” As a northerner visiting the south that has not always been my experience.

[@MagicalAuroraDream]

As a west-coaster living here since age 13, it hasn't always felt like that either. I guess it depends on where you go and who you talk to, like anywhere else. I find it a twisted bit of irony that, in our 6th grade reading of "Driving Miss Daisy" my teacher said my Southern accent was the best she'd heard ... where I'd unknowingly be moving to Virginia months later, with a big fear of developing the accent, LOL! A stupid, ignorant fear. Then again, I was 13.

[@ronaldhorne5106]

Did you happen to say “up north we did it this way.”? Southerners take that to mean you think they are dumb and incompetent. Whenever we hired someone that was coming into the South for the first time, part of the training was to supply them with a list of phrases they should avoid to keep from alienating their new coworkers. Predictably some of the newby-from-the-north used that list as their total vocabulary. Those folks didn’t last long. Gators liked them though.

[@nuttybar9]

My parents were from the South but they never judged anyone.

[@mamaseesa3122]

I don't have a problem with northerners unless they act like like idiots. Had one come in the mom n pop store I worked at asking for directions. Acted like it was our fault she couldn't find what she was looking for. We told her directions, and instead of thanking us, she stomped out the door grumbling 'no wonder the north won the war!'

[@ronaldhorne5106]

@@OceanLover1188 , it’s not so much stupid, it’s more clueless and arrogant. Those same people would be clueless and arrogant no matter where they were. I have worked “up north” (I could see Canada from my desk) and most of the people treated me fine , but there were a few that assumed I was slow and rascist because I came from the South. I always try to treat everyone I meet with respect, but some people make that hard.

[@cristinacho7881]

I love this! I visited Georgia in December and my friend from Lawrenceville told me some of the stereotypes people had of the south that annoyed her. It was very close to this. And people thought of them as uneducated. ♥️ I felt bad. I want to go back to Georgia and see things I haven’t gotten a chance to see first time around!

[@lindamann8520]

Thank you! Be sure to see Savannah in the Spring when the azaleas bloom. Try not to go there in the summer unless you enjoy being eaten alive by no-see-ums and breathing in gnats each time you take a breath. The humidity is so bad in the summer. It's literally air you can wear. Be sure to get some Pecan Pralines from one of the candy shops on River Street. You won't be sorry. Purchase a trolly tour of the city before you sight see. Worth it.😢

[@cristinacho7881]

@@lindamann8520 OMG she told me how brutal the summer is! I’m from Jersey. My dad had to go to Mississippi for a memorial one summer and he said the heat was BRUTAL. And now whenever I meet someone from the south, I’m like, “HOW DO YOU SURVIVE THE HEAT?!” 🤣 I’m a writer and I have colleagues from Texas. They said you stay indoor and blast the air conditioning.

[@lindamann8520]

@@cristinacho7881 Yes!! A/C is a true blessing. Although one year we did suffer through a stretch of 100*+ temps with NO a/c. Was SO GLAD when that heat wave broke. Just A box fan in the window. 90*actually felt cool for a day or so. However, I grew up with no a/c in the house, just fans, so it was familiar to me, simply extra HOT. 🌡️🔥🌋☀️. If you ever travel to New Orleans, DO NOT go in the summer!!! OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY💦, more insects than you can count. Lawrenceville is slightly less humid bc it is somewhat north of Atlanta, but it's still humid, esp in July and August. You honestly cannot hurry in the heat and humidity. It will take you OUT before you realize what hit you. There's a very good reason we drink a lot of sweet iced tea. Made some friends from Michigan. Had to introduce them to fresh brewed iced tea the first summer they were here. Hot tea doesn't cut it on a blistering late July afternoon with 72% humidity. Maybe one day I will be able to visit NJ. I hear it's pretty there, esp in the fall. Meanwhile, to use a few of my familiar Southern colloquialisms 😉 Don't be a stranger, and y'all come back now, ya hear? 👍👍

[@paulh7589]

I travel a lot for work, as do many in my chosen career. When I tell people I am from Alabama they always have to repeat "Alabama" in a silly mock southern accent. I hate that.

[@ladydontekno]

I’m from Long Island. If I had a dollar for every time someone who’s not from the NYC area said to me “oh you’re from LAWN GUYLAND??? 😂🤣😂🤣😂” when I tell them where I’m from, I’d never have to work again.

[@bluesageful]

Oh, you mean the Aayyee- luuuhhh- bay_yum -ah thing. .... yeah, I just say it before they do, so I can let them know , that I know, what they're about to do.

[@ATC8705]

As someone from Texas, and currently living in Arkansas, I have never been mocked because of my accent. I was in the navy for 5 years, and traveled all across the us installing software for my previous employer. I’m not saying this didn’t happen to you, but I think this happens less than you’d think. Also, this is a sketch about non-southerners making fun of southern stereotypes, played by southerners, but they are making fun of the non-southerners ignorance… what the heck? It doesn’t make sense. I get that it’s a sketch, but I think if there is a hidden point in there I feel they are being very hypocritical trying to make it 😂

[@paulh7589]

@@ATC8705 For some reason people just like to say "Alabama" with a mock southern accent. It happens all the time. Try it next time you are elsewhere, tell the person asking that you are from Alabama. You'll see.

[@baneverything5580]

@@ATC8705 Nobody would expect anyone from Arkansas to make fun of a Texas accent. You`re making very little sense. Yes, it does happen, and it happens a lot, thanks to the Hebrew bigots in Hollywood.

[@jamesedwards484]

Try being from eastern NC and talking with a southern Elizabethan accent! Harvard thought I was stupid. And i wrote the book they were using!

[@amydevol8224]

Outer Banks? Family vacations were on Ocracoke when I was growing up. Which is why I found Demi Moore's(?) stereotypical "Southern" (Alabama?) accent in "The Butcher's Wife" so offensive. She was supposed to be from Ocracoke, where everyone speaks with an Elizabethan accent.

[@jamesedwards484]

About 50 miles due west. Bath.

[@fritzfalkson2035]

My mom used to love going there (we lived in J’ville)

[@museumgirl9]

That coastal accent is brutal if you're unfamiliar with it. I'll never forget in my linguistics class in college they played a video where they found folks from WNC and ENC with the HEAVY regional accents and a classmate of mine both struggled with the video. She was from ENC and I am from WNC neither of us have accents but both of us understood our regional speaks fine while we couldn't understand the other speaker at all. It was so cool.

[@museumgirl9]

@@amydevol8224 I agree, if you're going to be explicit with where the film is set how about take 30 seconds and listen to how the locals speak. Vivian Leigh lied to you.

[@lpburrows]

Talia going Julia Sugarbaker is not something I knew I needed, but which I am very glad to have.

[@ytcrazies487]

This is 100%, especially for folks in CA. I grew up in Ohio, but that means you vacation in the South all the time. My family now lives in Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and North Carolina. People in CA are always amazed when we go back to visit family and I've actually been asked if I think that is safe or not. For the record, I love the South and Southern hospitality. Go out and explore your country, it is an amazing, diverse and loving place.

[@danielmoore62]

Lol. Only us Southerners or others who asked a Southerner, know what “bless your heart” means.

[@rickwillingham1421]

There's an art to telling someone that they're a moron and having them thank you for it when you're done.

[@IHeartQuilting2]

So you use religion to put people down? That's kindof painful.

[@inconnu4961]

@@rickwillingham1421 Nah! More like a delusion! do you stand in a room full of people and tell yourself jokes, then laugh like a madman to yourself? Because this is very similar! if a person that you insult doesnt know they should be offended then you failed! If you dont want them to know you are insulting them, simply think it to yourself instead of say it! it would be like me saying to you " encule, pute"! are you as offended as you should be by that? if you arent french, probably not1 its meaningless to you! well so are all your cute lil southernisms! LOL

[@rrutledge2211]

YES! I LOVE THIS! Nothing annoys me more than to see people make fun of southerners or assume we're dumb! This is the best video on KZbin right now. I don't care what anyone says. Thank yall for posting!

[@ashleyl2344]

I've been waiting for this PSA my whole life.

[@Kit.E.Katz45]

Hey Ashley!👋

[@Dracule0117]

This makes me think of a girl I met while on vacation in Florida as a teenager. She, in all sincerity, asked me (an Oklahoman) whether I grew up in a teepee or a sod house? And what's it like to use an outhouse and ride horses everywhere? I was just standing there amazed at the sheer ignorance, and thinking, "You literally just told me you're from Virginia, and you've got the strongest hick accent I've ever heard. The hell are you talking about?"

[@Josh-ls9qt]

you missed a perfect opportunity

[@alvallac2171]

@@Paperdolltwin *didn't

[@MamaofaWrestler]

@@alvallac2171 no, actually it is pronounced di-ent in some areas of Louisiana. I'm from Louisiana.

[@VoidHxnter]

@@MamaofaWrestler Mississippi Gulf Coast resident here, it’s just “dint” for us.

[@tinamcnalley2575]

First trip to FL in '77, my friend and I ran into 2 surfer boys from California. When they found out we were from Tennessee, their mouths fell open. They were speechless. "WHAT?" I asked. "But you're wearing shoes!" was the answer. We also had to explain that we had telephones and had never used an outhouse in our lives.