Haha... My mom says the "gully-washer" thing. We have our own saying in my family. It goes a little like this: "You ain't got the sense God gave a rock" Obviously, it means you're pretty stupid... I think my mom's sister made it up but we say it as if it were a genuine Southernism. But I reckon that's how the rest were created.
I got a real old one that Southerners used to describe a rare occurence, when it's raining, but the sun is peaking through....when that was happening, my daddy used to say, 'the devil is whipping his wife."
I love the South....too bad people don't respect our accents sometimes....when I go north of the Mason Dixon line, it seems like my IQ drops 40 points. :)
Oh, how about "dumber than a bag full of hair"? Or, someone who is so dumb they "couldn't pour piss out of a boot with the instructions on the bottom of the heel"?
LOL, you've got me remembering all those funny sayings. Thank you!
I really enjoy your videos. My grandpa always said the saying about the cow and the flat rock - I was laughing so hard that that one was your favorite, too. I find myself saying it all the time. He also said something about a skunk and a screen door, but I can never remember it. If I do, I'll post it here for you. Have a great day!
Another favorite southernism that I use a lot is if someone asks you how you're doing and you're really busy we say "I'm busier than 2 inchy pigs scratchin' themselves up against a white picket fence"
omg lol my sons are rolling on the floor laghing like crazy at "turd floater" and "the stink off shit" you are awesome love the southernisms and my kids do too
I love this series. I am also an intelligent woman & when I use my southernisms which I love dearly being from NE TN sometimes people don't know how to make me. Wonderful vids...keep em coming! :-)
haha! Love them. I'm a Floridiot and we have a few of our own colorful colloquials. "Colder than a witches' tit in a brass bra." "Windier than a hurricane off the port" Lots like that.
my dad says, if you're cranky, "you need a 'bos-boffic' the white of an egg shot up yer bum with a double barrelled shot gun" ...i guess that'll fix it. or my mum would say you might have a 'touch of the shits' or just a 'touch of 'em' if you were familiar with the saying..or that you might have 'glumpetters' my dad's explanation: "where evrything you eat turns to shit" these are some of my heritage..thank you for yours lemonette - greetings from australia
Im from Australia and we have sayings like that too but with a downunder version, when its HOT n were thirsty we say "im as dry as a hindu's jockstrap" or when ya real thirsty , ya want a cold drink (beer) and you finally get a drink "he was flat out like a lizard drinkin" when you come across someone a bit insane, "hes as mad as a cut snake....."or he's two sheep short in the TOP paddock"
When I would keep on running my mouth and acting like a know it all my Mom would say " you don't know yore ass from a hole in the ground". I think you are great don't up and leave or you will be sorely missed Lemonette.
called an old friend up in maine the other day... how's the weather been up there? i asked... oh, she said, it's finer than frog's hair up heah.... three cheers for regional speech, a vanishing treasure!
I have just recently started watching your videos and I have to tell you I love them. There is just something about your voice and the way you look at life that is so calming to me....I hope you keep it up, for I find you very delightful....I hope we get just a little more of your southern side,,that is so funny to me..I am from a town in OK that we say a lot of the same things as you did, makes me feel right at home.
I really loved this video. My parents were born and raised in The NC mountains and Georgia, I recognize a lot of those sayings. A favorite of mine was anytime red lipstick was worn my Dad would say " Yore lips look like a fox's ass in pokeberry time ".
The part at the beginning and the story about your Daddy actually had tears in my eyes. I love the language of the South so much, and I am afraid it is dying out.
This language sounds like love, hugs from old ladies, the smell of fat back frying, and home. Thank you for recognizing it's beauty.
Haha... my grandpa says the thing about the flat rock, and he's not even from the South. The only difference is that in place of "cow" he uses "two-peckered billy goat."
Have you ever heard "it's colder than a witches tittie"? It is a little crass but my dad always said that when I was growing up, he got the "look" from my mom when he said it. Ima Tennesseean.
by the way, has anyone included the 'southernism' pissin' up a tree, yet? which of course means, to participate in a fruitless endeavor...just wondering?
maybe she works from home. maybe she's got a job with long dry spells. maybe she's done for the day. and maybe, just maybe, she's at her own personal desk and is looking to entertain and connect.
O.k. Thanks for saying so. Sometimes sarcasm doesn't come across in writing...and unfortunately, I DO know of some people who WOULD worry about that!!
its what my daddy used to say hehehe "its raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock" never heard that one thanks for the laughs :) BabyPuppyPet from australia
I completely agree with what you said at the start. Someone's level of intelligence has nothing to do with the dialect of English they are speaking. I think we should embrace and enjoy our language differences rather than looking down our noses at people who speak a different dialect than us. You're really good at explaining Southernisms... I've never been to the US - but if I ever visit there I'd like to go to the South and try out some of these expressions!
Ooooh lord, we had a bad rain "trash toter" this week. Our trash ended up in the neighbors yard. That is too funny, I have never heard that term but I have to go tell my husband now. LOL I laughed all the way through this video! I loved it! ~Martha
Okay so after i looked at this like 5 times laughing so hard i decided to post a comment because my grandmother has used almost EVERY expression that you just stated! It's so funny, Thanks for another great post!
I've heard of turd-floater! LOL
Elfinworld 6 months ago
@thatdumbkid
My family says that too! :) we also say it's rainin cats and dawgs and that there's a storm a brewin :)
kadeekate13 8 months ago
here's another for the cold weather: "it's colder than a witch's tit in a brass bra!" or "brassiere" lol
mambo08italiano 1 year ago
Haha smarter than a tree full of owls
I have the worst (BEST) country accent ever and I still don't have that many southernisms
gamingfan1989 2 years ago
Haha... My mom says the "gully-washer" thing. We have our own saying in my family. It goes a little like this: "You ain't got the sense God gave a rock" Obviously, it means you're pretty stupid... I think my mom's sister made it up but we say it as if it were a genuine Southernism. But I reckon that's how the rest were created.
Nice videos, by the way.
thatdumbkid 2 years ago
how about "I stink worse than an old pole cat"?
Purple--Eastern TN
GirlNamedPurple 2 years ago
I got a real old one that Southerners used to describe a rare occurence, when it's raining, but the sun is peaking through....when that was happening, my daddy used to say, 'the devil is whipping his wife."
I love the South....too bad people don't respect our accents sometimes....when I go north of the Mason Dixon line, it seems like my IQ drops 40 points. :)
onewomanandsomesongs 2 years ago
Well done L!!
We love ye -
Brad from Tennessee
bradvoorhies 2 years ago
Where'd you get a name like Lemonette?
tosheatower 2 years ago
Oh, how about "dumber than a bag full of hair"? Or, someone who is so dumb they "couldn't pour piss out of a boot with the instructions on the bottom of the heel"?
LOL, you've got me remembering all those funny sayings. Thank you!
spirit2dance 3 years ago
Dear Lemonette,
I really enjoy your videos. My grandpa always said the saying about the cow and the flat rock - I was laughing so hard that that one was your favorite, too. I find myself saying it all the time. He also said something about a skunk and a screen door, but I can never remember it. If I do, I'll post it here for you. Have a great day!
spirit2dance 3 years ago
Those are awesome! Whereabouts you from?
How about: "Frog-choker" and "Hotter 'n blue blazes" (used a lot here in Texas), or when a storm's rolling in: "It's comin' up a cloud."
Here's a great non-weather-related one from my granddad: "I'm lucky as a one-legged man in an ass-kickin' contest!!"
teknontoutheou 4 years ago
@teknontoutheou Our version is "I'm as busy as a one legged man at an ass kickin contest".
bobviously 1 year ago
I loved it... It's cold enough to freeze the stink off s*** lol!
gabe1089 4 years ago
I am from the south, ya'll!
NCgurl41 4 years ago
I knew the boot one but the others I've never heard in my life. Strange.
ThreeofThree 4 years ago
I love your Southernisms! They sum up our way of talkin REAL GOOD!!!!
mykittierocks 4 years ago 2
Another favorite southernism that I use a lot is if someone asks you how you're doing and you're really busy we say "I'm busier than 2 inchy pigs scratchin' themselves up against a white picket fence"
Another great Video, as always Lemonette. ;)
Yellowcorrado 4 years ago
that's funnier than a fart in a spacesuit!
spydog97 4 years ago
omg lol my sons are rolling on the floor laghing like crazy at "turd floater" and "the stink off shit" you are awesome love the southernisms and my kids do too
440GEORGIA 4 years ago
I love this series. I am also an intelligent woman & when I use my southernisms which I love dearly being from NE TN sometimes people don't know how to make me. Wonderful vids...keep em coming! :-)
Julie
veragemini78 4 years ago
haha! Love them. I'm a Floridiot and we have a few of our own colorful colloquials. "Colder than a witches' tit in a brass bra." "Windier than a hurricane off the port" Lots like that.
SuziAdv 4 years ago
'to freeze stink off shit'!! hahaha
my dad says, if you're cranky, "you need a 'bos-boffic' the white of an egg shot up yer bum with a double barrelled shot gun" ...i guess that'll fix it. or my mum would say you might have a 'touch of the shits' or just a 'touch of 'em' if you were familiar with the saying..or that you might have 'glumpetters' my dad's explanation: "where evrything you eat turns to shit" these are some of my heritage..thank you for yours lemonette - greetings from australia
cordlox 4 years ago
Im from Australia and we have sayings like that too but with a downunder version, when its HOT n were thirsty we say "im as dry as a hindu's jockstrap" or when ya real thirsty , ya want a cold drink (beer) and you finally get a drink "he was flat out like a lizard drinkin" when you come across someone a bit insane, "hes as mad as a cut snake....."or he's two sheep short in the TOP paddock"
kiwigal36 4 years ago
It's pouring lemonade! Lemonnette is great!
dhouser00 4 years ago
This is the funniest one ever oh no wait..yeah its the funniest one ever !!love you lemonette!!
Doradrummer 4 years ago
When I would keep on running my mouth and acting like a know it all my Mom would say " you don't know yore ass from a hole in the ground". I think you are great don't up and leave or you will be sorely missed Lemonette.
middiehaha 4 years ago
called an old friend up in maine the other day... how's the weather been up there? i asked... oh, she said, it's finer than frog's hair up heah.... three cheers for regional speech, a vanishing treasure!
medicinesocks 4 years ago
I can just HEAR that "heah". Sounds just like the guy on "Murder She Wrote" hehe
lemonette 4 years ago
Lemonett,
I have just recently started watching your videos and I have to tell you I love them. There is just something about your voice and the way you look at life that is so calming to me....I hope you keep it up, for I find you very delightful....I hope we get just a little more of your southern side,,that is so funny to me..I am from a town in OK that we say a lot of the same things as you did, makes me feel right at home.
kimmydt 4 years ago
when its raining really hard up north, we say its raining cats and dogs. :)
JeeprzCreepers56 4 years ago
I really loved this video. My parents were born and raised in The NC mountains and Georgia, I recognize a lot of those sayings. A favorite of mine was anytime red lipstick was worn my Dad would say " Yore lips look like a fox's ass in pokeberry time ".
middiehaha 4 years ago
That is a new one, I LOVE it. Thanks!
lemonette 4 years ago
..interesting...
Av3nTuRaFaN4LyF 4 years ago
The part at the beginning and the story about your Daddy actually had tears in my eyes. I love the language of the South so much, and I am afraid it is dying out.
This language sounds like love, hugs from old ladies, the smell of fat back frying, and home. Thank you for recognizing it's beauty.
risabe 4 years ago
Haha... my grandpa says the thing about the flat rock, and he's not even from the South. The only difference is that in place of "cow" he uses "two-peckered billy goat."
lotusfae 4 years ago
I enjoy laughing AT you, lemonette! Thanks for the videos!
pinkballetslippers 4 years ago
knock yourself out...
lemonette 4 years ago
You aint right smart if you dont like her!
Castoc1 4 years ago
SHE SUCK!!!! vote her out of youtube... and the world
Mollyholly7777 4 years ago
It took me a minute to get the tree bribin dogs...it's funny now that I get it!!! Thanks for the laughs. Looking forward to more!!!
Hebrewsister 4 years ago
you'd make a good grade-school teacher.
asstittiesass 4 years ago
i've only heard two of those, and i've lived in the south all my life. though it's probably because i'm young i guess.
Pikachubacca 4 years ago
I remember some of those myself, Lemonette! :D Southernisms give conversation some character!
runawayspoon 4 years ago
what the frick?
you got all your degrees in the south didnt you.lol.what in the world?
devriess 4 years ago
so sorry you don't get it...perhaps you should visit another channel
lemonette 4 years ago
plzz don't tell me what i should do. you wouldn't like it i told you what you should do now would you?
devriess 4 years ago
just a suggestion...thought you might me a bit happier watching and commenting on another channel...only your best interest in mind
lemonette 4 years ago
That was the best weather report I've ever heard in all my born daze & I've been born ALOT of days. Thank you. Keep on dancin'. mc
mcurren2004 4 years ago
Lemonette - You are just too funny.
Loves,
Moomay
carol11649 4 years ago
LOL, We always said "It's colder than a well digger's ass". Course if we had said it in front of mama, we
would've got a switchin
Girli951 4 years ago
i love your southernisms!!!
xdontalk2meex 4 years ago
LMAO! I just spat my lunch all over my laptop! That was so hilarious! I enjoy your videos! :)
Satarah3 5 years ago
I love you lemonette!!
sweetlouis121 5 years ago
Have you ever heard "it's colder than a witches tittie"? It is a little crass but my dad always said that when I was growing up, he got the "look" from my mom when he said it. Ima Tennesseean.
MstrTigon 5 years ago
I've heard it as "It's colder than a witches nipple in a brass bra." Heh heh
sharlynnv 5 years ago
by the way, has anyone included the 'southernism' pissin' up a tree, yet? which of course means, to participate in a fruitless endeavor...just wondering?
davethedesigner 5 years ago
we say "go piss up a rope". I think that is just about the same thing!
lemonette 5 years ago
close enough.
davethedesigner 5 years ago
well done! :D
Sparrabeth4eva 5 years ago
you look like you're on the job in these. does your boss know about these videos? GET TO WORK!
davethedesigner 5 years ago
maybe she works from home. maybe she's got a job with long dry spells. maybe she's done for the day. and maybe, just maybe, she's at her own personal desk and is looking to entertain and connect.
whitehotfire 5 years ago
maybe you're a dork and you can't tell when someone is joking? just maybe.
davethedesigner 5 years ago
Are you seriously worried about someone using their 10minute break for a blog instead of a smoke?
42luv 5 years ago
seriously, no. no, i'm not. (please see above)
davethedesigner 5 years ago
O.k. Thanks for saying so. Sometimes sarcasm doesn't come across in writing...and unfortunately, I DO know of some people who WOULD worry about that!!
42luv 5 years ago
!!! you forgot:
cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
and
colder than a witch's tit
CuriousityAndTheCat 5 years ago
That was cuter than pie, no cuter than a pig in a poke! Enjoying all your videos! B From North Carolina
mooitz 5 years ago
What part? Im in Warren County personally.
Southern Pride for life. People can make fun of us, but we dont get drive bys, or gang attacks. Were in Gods Country.
darkelfjst 5 years ago
its what my daddy used to say hehehe "its raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock" never heard that one thanks for the laughs :) BabyPuppyPet from australia
BabyPuppyPet 5 years ago
The audio noise is too distracting.
JessicaSue 5 years ago
I completely agree with what you said at the start. Someone's level of intelligence has nothing to do with the dialect of English they are speaking. I think we should embrace and enjoy our language differences rather than looking down our noses at people who speak a different dialect than us. You're really good at explaining Southernisms... I've never been to the US - but if I ever visit there I'd like to go to the South and try out some of these expressions!
thedailyenglishshow 5 years ago
How about, colder than a mother-in-law's kiss or colder than a witches tit (from Virginia) :-)
KittyWhisperer 5 years ago
I have heard those all my life but it is funny to hear someone else say them--you are doing a great job--keep it up!
TKCJK 5 years ago
Ooooh lord, we had a bad rain "trash toter" this week. Our trash ended up in the neighbors yard. That is too funny, I have never heard that term but I have to go tell my husband now. LOL I laughed all the way through this video! I loved it! ~Martha
Jinxie228 5 years ago
HAHA.. I have no idea what you were saying.. but I LOVED IT!!!
NutCheese 5 years ago
Lol,I wouldn't be surprised if Dr.Phil has used any of those.
noahsark1962 5 years ago
thankye
lemonette 5 years ago
Hey, sweetie! Good video, u 1 fun-e rady--Toodles
grandimagineer 5 years ago
Okay so after i looked at this like 5 times laughing so hard i decided to post a comment because my grandmother has used almost EVERY expression that you just stated! It's so funny, Thanks for another great post!
KristopherNexus 5 years ago
That was fun! Thanks for posting it! You've given me a thing or two to think about!
MotherReiver 5 years ago
Thanks Lemonette! I needed that funny...and I missed ya! Have a great day!
hermeneuticland 5 years ago
i kind of want to use these southernisms...
but i might get some awkward stares...seeing as how i live in new england :-D
CapeDog69 5 years ago
i'm sorry! I will do my very best to do a driving blog very soon. Hold on to your pecker(another Southernism) and I will deliver soon.--Lanette
lemonette 5 years ago
haha oh man, I have never ever heard any of those before, i have to say the trees bribing the dogs one was my favorite
seanasimpson 5 years ago