Heyyyyy Wendy! I am from North Carolina and I love it! Plus I lived in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. Soooo I am a true Southern Belle born and bred. Long live us GRITS! Girls Raised In The South!
Thanks Wendy I discontinued my program of Keeping the South beautiful buy a Yankee a bus ticket..instead I send them a link to your Video's. We'll have em eating grits yet...TY:)
Sorry, didn't get to finish my comment. But like I was saying, this tutorial is really helpful for a general southern accent. Being from TN myself, I speak very similar to you; I don't necessarily have a thick accent. I will say though, it does sound more like a Georgia accent than anything else, I don't exactly stress my o's as much. In all, I enjoyed your video, some of your examples I have heard verbatim from several people in my town.
lol i use every one of these sayings and im from northern ky. almost none of the southern people ive met knew what i was saying, thus they clearly werent real southerners. i declare, preach on madam. preach on!
I guess that's a compliment, but believe it or not, I've never watched her show! I guess I'm afraid to. I've lost close to 100 lbs and all that tempting, good ole' Southern food would probably send me right over the edge! Thanks for commenting!
Love it. The video was simple and makes me miss Kentucky. But, quick note, as a massage therapist I would suggest you not tilting your head so much. You could get a repetitive motion injury in your neck and spine. Something to watch out for.
I love her! I've been catching on to Southern accent also by listening to a lot of country music, I'm not a Yankee but I'm Dominican and southerners are very kind people with great accents, I love southern people!
Hey .. I need to fix my southern accent .... can you be my teacher however I'm from some where on this earth and I will tell you later .... I live close to olive branch MS. I really need some accent improvement .... would have a glass or something to teach
OMG i cant thank you enough!!!! I used your videos 2 learn how 2 talk southern for a play audition and I made the part!!! and its all thanks to you!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
Love the accent :) must be said as I've read it some where and being Scottish myself, 'fixing' is a southern American word that derives from Scottish, so it was interesting hearing it said in this video. Love the accent though, breath of fresh air :D
We say, "Un uh" all the time too. "Un uh! No she didn't!" "Un uh! Well that's great news!" Yonder just means anything in any general direction. You point in the general direction, "Put these in yonder." And of course, "whoop his ass!" And when somebody says something off the wall funny or something, "You ain't right boy." And little sayings, "I'm busier than a one armed paper hanger." Or, "I feel like the north end of a south bound mule today."
And don't forget "tar." I'm gonna whip the tar out of ya! And everybody is honey, baby, sugar, sweetheart, darlin. And "Bless your heart." Can be used as a means of sentiment or to cover up an insult. "Well honey he was born without a lick of sense. Bless his heart."
There's a rhythm to it. People can learn the pronounciation of the words but if that don't have that little syncopated bouncy rhythm - ye ain't go it. And the emphasis is always on the first syllable and you draaaaaaaag it out. er's become uh's. You are doin great with the local sayings though. Stuff I just took for granted and never really thought about. LOL! Very cute video.
Nice Job! I'm in Tennessee close to Chattanooga too. And can't understand them? OH YEAH! The people on the mountain. There is a video I just watched that sounds EXACTLY like that mountain mumble. They mumble.
@pearlunch - Yawl (gotta have the w in there) was considered proper and "Yew'uns" was country trash. But really it just depends on what part of the south you are from as to which is used more often. There was kind of a dividing line between the old "suthun" style of talking and the Appalachian that is more crude. It's all kinda jumbled now.
Well Hell, I damn sure did forget about that one, didn 't I? I don't know what's wrong with me. I am from Chattanooga, Tennessee. And where the hell is Bibb county?
@roadscholarsk - and "Where ya at these days?" means where are you working. And, "Lawwwd chile! I haven't seen you in a month of Sundays. How the hell are you? What'cha got goin' on these days?"
My sister-in-law is from Kentucky- she is horrible to understand! Blacks from the country in Louisiana are really rough to understand. I had a hard time telling if people in Louisiana, esp. blacks from the country had a stroke, or if that is the way they normally speak (seriously).
I never call supper "dinner". My wife says that's southern. Is it?
Mississippi girls had the best accents for attracting guys!
@majajh - Kentucky you've got that Appalachian mumble. We have that in TN too in the mountains. Louisiana throws a lot of cajun or gulla phrases into their speech and makes it harder to understand. It was always Breakfast, lunch and dinner at our house but a lot of people say Breakfast, dinner and supper. "What'cha want for dinner?"
One correction..."you'ns" is primarily an Appalachian pronoun, not a Deep South one. I've heard "you'ns" used as far north as rural western Pennsylvania.
@protosswannabe - EXACTLY! The Appalachian dialect is more crude than the "old south" type of dialect. Applachian is more raw. Not all the "uh's" in words. But in Tennessee these days it's a combination of both. And most people when they think of the South, they think of Tennessee first - partly because of Country Music and the Opry.
You do have a slight southern accent...I am from Louisiana and we do have a lot worse accents than you or myself. I work with two guys that I swear I can't understand a word they say. It is hilarious when you get them two together and they start talking...sounds like show with.....hmmm...Hank Hill cartoon show (can't remember the name).
@noname412 - Oh yes it is!! LOL!! It depends on where you are and what you perceive as normal to your ears. I was born and raised in Southern Middle Tennessee right in the foothills of the mountains, and there's certain places I can't understand a WORD they are saying! You get up into the backwoods of the mountains and they just mumble.
I love this! I'm from the south and I sure am glad of it. One of my favorites is "liked to", meaning "almost", like "I liked to never made it." Or saying "how much you like?" to mean "How much do you have left to do?".
@Tsarocksmysocks Now, I want you to tell me who WOULD mean "a cup fashioned out of water" when they say "a glass of water". Since your comment wasn't a reply to someone else, I'm gonna assume that you just randomly decided to put that out there. To this, there is really only one thing to say....
I would like to say to anyone no matter who or what you are we are on this earth together and racism and war and oppresion of all mankind has been that way for thousand of years nothing will solve this why can we make a difference and show compassion on our fellow man. Love and peace will overcome hate.
You can not convince people no more all they think everyone is a racist . They are not feeling good about themselves and just plain stupid to me . I am proud of who i am and i dont want anyone to change me! There are good and bad people in every place!
I am from the south too but let me explain to everyone why is so much stereotype on us southerner. my sakes there is good and bad in all us I am just like anyone else i put on my jeans one leg at a time. I am proud of my heritage and i am not a hatemonger!
I couldn't agree with you more! I LOVE the South, and yes, we do have our problems...like any other area, and yes, we do have "idiots"...like all groups of people do, and like you, I am not a hatemonger either.
@rebel70s - oh it's just ignorance. We joke about Yankees and they joke about us. We are perceived by our accent and that slow drawl to be uneducated. We got lawyers and doctors down here too. We talk so slow because of the heat! LOL! Up North they talk so fast because it's so cold. That's the joke on either side of the fence.
TEXAS! George Strait, my next husband is from TEXAS, and doesn't he do the Frontier Days shindig in Wyoming every year? And as far as as Southerners are concerned you ARE a YANKEE...A DAMN YANKEE TRAITOR! I'm covering in a video down the road about how Southerners will not let that Cival War business go. Lord! It wears me out! All that crying in the beer and talking about how we "almost" won the war. Yeah...right.
@wendytippens - Yeah in some areas the rebel flag is still pretty strong. But most of the time when we say Yankees, it's just a term depicting people in the north. Just like us being called Rebels. But there is a certainly southern pride there. "He better watch out! This Rebel will whoop his Yankee ass!" And there's still a lot of "good ole boy" marshall law too. Just depends on where you are.
@wendytippens - but that rebel flag is outlawed in many southern areas. It is here! You are not allowed to fly a rebel flag. You can use it for decoration or something.
Oh my goodness! I never noticed how much I say "Hey" when I greet people. Funny! I'm from Texas, but I've been living in Wyoming for about 16 years now, so my family back home thinks I'm turning yankee. "Fixinto" Love it! You're great!
Well, I'm going out of town tomorrow, but I hope to post more on Sunday. What brings you to Nashville? And honey, get ready for a culture shock! Of course, it won't be nearly as bad living in Nashville as it would be someplace more rural...all the same, they're gonna clock you in a second. Don't worry though, generally, Southerners are really friendly.
@wendytippens - oh lord! You're right on that one! Culture shock! But Nashville does have a big city atmosphere but still a small southern town hospitality. You'll really enjoy it living here! The people are very friendly. Just be prepared for hugs all over the place when you meet somebody or you are saying goodnight to friends. That has thrown just about every Northerner I've met that has moved down here.
Great video Miss Wendy!! I'm moving from Syracuse, NY to Nashville, TN at the end of the year and this video was a big help for learning both the southern accent and vocabulary. When do you plan on doing more?
Heyyyyy Wendy! I am from North Carolina and I love it! Plus I lived in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. Soooo I am a true Southern Belle born and bred. Long live us GRITS! Girls Raised In The South!
ncsweetpea 2 months ago
Wendy,girl, I laughed so hard. I love it. Thanks for a smile today
peeoui1 3 months ago
Haha. This is so accurate on the accent
marixjayyy 4 months ago
Wow. I didn't expect you to be so sexy! :) And funny...and smart...
FreeFavl 5 months ago
I'm doing an ice hockey cd and one song is about a newfoundlander who plays in the south and the two dialects join. fun stuff. thanks for the video
moocat11 5 months ago
I love this series...thank you so much! Ah'm so proud of my southern heritage and history...
Zhaborable 6 months ago
why do u pause alot??
CandyPopBeauty 6 months ago
Well, honey, I think you're doing the right thing! You can't blame them Yanks for wanting to relocate to our neck of the woods! Hell, who wouldn't?!
wendytippens 6 months ago
Thanks Wendy I discontinued my program of Keeping the South beautiful buy a Yankee a bus ticket..instead I send them a link to your Video's. We'll have em eating grits yet...TY:)
kb8njh 6 months ago
Lolz o my gosh she has the same southern tone as my momma(:
Lonewolf95730 7 months ago
i have a strong accent. my mom hates it. she says dont say aint. and i say i aint listenin to you! hahaha
BubblyBeep 7 months ago
lol i love your accent.. i'm from southern ohio and i LOVE tennessee accents :)
pinkzebra161 7 months ago
Sorry, didn't get to finish my comment. But like I was saying, this tutorial is really helpful for a general southern accent. Being from TN myself, I speak very similar to you; I don't necessarily have a thick accent. I will say though, it does sound more like a Georgia accent than anything else, I don't exactly stress my o's as much. In all, I enjoyed your video, some of your examples I have heard verbatim from several people in my town.
kirbk3 7 months ago
I am from TN and I although I don't quite stress my o's as much as the vi
kirbk3 7 months ago
You talked like my old science teacher in 5th grade
600bri 8 months ago
Thank you so much! I've been so busy, lately, but I hope to be posting within the week. Thanks for watching!
wendytippens 8 months ago
I love your videos. Please post more. You are amazing and so funny
sportsfanatic2016 8 months ago
my gf is southren and im planing to suprise her by talking southren too :D
Mightyrock95 8 months ago
supper is dinner, dinner is lunch, but only on sundays...
jmallen62691 8 months ago
tore up from the floor up! hell yeah! lol!
jmallen62691 8 months ago
lol i use every one of these sayings and im from northern ky. almost none of the southern people ive met knew what i was saying, thus they clearly werent real southerners. i declare, preach on madam. preach on!
ScarecrowEcho 8 months ago
You remind me of Paula Dean :)
Milola98 8 months ago
@Milola98
I guess that's a compliment, but believe it or not, I've never watched her show! I guess I'm afraid to. I've lost close to 100 lbs and all that tempting, good ole' Southern food would probably send me right over the edge! Thanks for commenting!
wendytippens 8 months ago
You don't?
maZZiveAttack 9 months ago
Tore Up means Drunk as well...
KimmyTrammell 10 months ago
Love it. The video was simple and makes me miss Kentucky. But, quick note, as a massage therapist I would suggest you not tilting your head so much. You could get a repetitive motion injury in your neck and spine. Something to watch out for.
JennyLynn816 10 months ago
lol honey i just tore him up
Mammals13 11 months ago
I used to love being Texan, but people like u make me wanna move as far away as possible. Go die in a hole.
CiaranSpeake 11 months ago
I think your a very attractive woman if you wanna talk sometime send me a message on yahoo my screenname is Babyjoker69420
MrHornytheklown 1 year ago
Thank you for clarifying on the plurality of Y'all. As basic as it may seem, folks from the E/W coasts just can't seem to absorb that.
unholyimage 1 year ago
I'm from the Netherlands and I love these tutorials ! (it's funny too)
pim1234 1 year ago
you pretty much just eplained my life, haha.
smileitsallison 1 year ago
I love her! I've been catching on to Southern accent also by listening to a lot of country music, I'm not a Yankee but I'm Dominican and southerners are very kind people with great accents, I love southern people!
RicaDominicana 1 year ago
MILF and cookies
bubbahunter444 1 year ago
ur so awesome i love your videos
musiclovinmrs20 1 year ago
Hey .. I need to fix my southern accent .... can you be my teacher however I'm from some where on this earth and I will tell you later .... I live close to olive branch MS. I really need some accent improvement .... would have a glass or something to teach
AlenaziCompany 1 year ago
OMG i cant thank you enough!!!! I used your videos 2 learn how 2 talk southern for a play audition and I made the part!!! and its all thanks to you!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
abcdefg60331 1 year ago
I live in north carolina and we have the best southern accents honey. That, and the people from Chareslton. Nothin can beat a southern drawl, ya'll
katnotkate 1 year ago 2
@katnotkate im from savannah and i love it
MrLittleking1991 1 year ago
I <3 how she says "cookin it"
Emma70v3 1 year ago
Love the accent :) must be said as I've read it some where and being Scottish myself, 'fixing' is a southern American word that derives from Scottish, so it was interesting hearing it said in this video. Love the accent though, breath of fresh air :D
ScottMcK9 1 year ago
if yer a fucking yankee yall cant never speak southern!
cookstonkerry1 1 year ago
Your videos are hilarious and so true! I hope you're plannin' on postin' another soon.
Until then, take it easy!
Alicia4Peace 1 year ago
tore up from the floor up! LMAO!
l2n2w 1 year ago
And you drop syllables and run things together. Like Atlanta. It almost sounds like, "Lanna." Lanna Jawww-juh.
2agray 1 year ago
We say, "Un uh" all the time too. "Un uh! No she didn't!" "Un uh! Well that's great news!" Yonder just means anything in any general direction. You point in the general direction, "Put these in yonder." And of course, "whoop his ass!" And when somebody says something off the wall funny or something, "You ain't right boy." And little sayings, "I'm busier than a one armed paper hanger." Or, "I feel like the north end of a south bound mule today."
2agray 1 year ago
And don't forget "tar." I'm gonna whip the tar out of ya! And everybody is honey, baby, sugar, sweetheart, darlin. And "Bless your heart." Can be used as a means of sentiment or to cover up an insult. "Well honey he was born without a lick of sense. Bless his heart."
2agray 1 year ago
There's a rhythm to it. People can learn the pronounciation of the words but if that don't have that little syncopated bouncy rhythm - ye ain't go it. And the emphasis is always on the first syllable and you draaaaaaaag it out. er's become uh's. You are doin great with the local sayings though. Stuff I just took for granted and never really thought about. LOL! Very cute video.
2agray 1 year ago
Nice Job! I'm in Tennessee close to Chattanooga too. And can't understand them? OH YEAH! The people on the mountain. There is a video I just watched that sounds EXACTLY like that mountain mumble. They mumble.
2agray 1 year ago
Excellent!
Growing up in the south, I used the word 'tump' a lot. Like, that cup of milk just tumped over.
Never said you'uns, always yaaaaalllll :)
pearlunch 1 year ago
@pearlunch - Yawl (gotta have the w in there) was considered proper and "Yew'uns" was country trash. But really it just depends on what part of the south you are from as to which is used more often. There was kind of a dividing line between the old "suthun" style of talking and the Appalachian that is more crude. It's all kinda jumbled now.
2agray 1 year ago
OK, How you gone not talk about somebody being
'drunker than a bicycle'? Where you from originally? I'm from Bham but live in Bibb Co now.
roadscholarsk 1 year ago
@roadscholarsk
Well Hell, I damn sure did forget about that one, didn 't I? I don't know what's wrong with me. I am from Chattanooga, Tennessee. And where the hell is Bibb county?
wendytippens 1 year ago
@wendytippens - LOL! And hell and damn are used as descriptive adjectives. Not cuss words.
2agray 1 year ago
@wendytippens I was gonna say it wasn't Texas, for sure. Further north on the map, but further south in language.
unholyimage 1 year ago
@roadscholarsk - and "Where ya at these days?" means where are you working. And, "Lawwwd chile! I haven't seen you in a month of Sundays. How the hell are you? What'cha got goin' on these days?"
2agray 1 year ago
In Texas it's, "Haady". Also, "Fixin ta".
My sister-in-law is from Kentucky- she is horrible to understand! Blacks from the country in Louisiana are really rough to understand. I had a hard time telling if people in Louisiana, esp. blacks from the country had a stroke, or if that is the way they normally speak (seriously).
I never call supper "dinner". My wife says that's southern. Is it?
Mississippi girls had the best accents for attracting guys!
majajh 1 year ago
@majajh - Kentucky you've got that Appalachian mumble. We have that in TN too in the mountains. Louisiana throws a lot of cajun or gulla phrases into their speech and makes it harder to understand. It was always Breakfast, lunch and dinner at our house but a lot of people say Breakfast, dinner and supper. "What'cha want for dinner?"
2agray 1 year ago
you aint 2 strong you oughta cumn on down to south carolina
2953229532 1 year ago
One correction..."you'ns" is primarily an Appalachian pronoun, not a Deep South one. I've heard "you'ns" used as far north as rural western Pennsylvania.
protosswannabe 1 year ago
@protosswannabe - EXACTLY! The Appalachian dialect is more crude than the "old south" type of dialect. Applachian is more raw. Not all the "uh's" in words. But in Tennessee these days it's a combination of both. And most people when they think of the South, they think of Tennessee first - partly because of Country Music and the Opry.
2agray 1 year ago
You do have a slight southern accent...I am from Louisiana and we do have a lot worse accents than you or myself. I work with two guys that I swear I can't understand a word they say. It is hilarious when you get them two together and they start talking...sounds like show with.....hmmm...Hank Hill cartoon show (can't remember the name).
shell79yve 1 year ago
@shell79yve No accent is "worse" than anybody else's. People talk like they're supposed to talk whether it's General American or Southern American.
noname412 1 year ago
@noname412 - Oh yes it is!! LOL!! It depends on where you are and what you perceive as normal to your ears. I was born and raised in Southern Middle Tennessee right in the foothills of the mountains, and there's certain places I can't understand a WORD they are saying! You get up into the backwoods of the mountains and they just mumble.
2agray 1 year ago
I love this! I'm from the south and I sure am glad of it. One of my favorites is "liked to", meaning "almost", like "I liked to never made it." Or saying "how much you like?" to mean "How much do you have left to do?".
Anyway, great videos!
blainewho 1 year ago
Here in the west when we say "A glass of water" we mean a cup filled with water, we don't mean a cup fassioned out of water.
Tsarocksmysocks 1 year ago
@Tsarocksmysocks Now, I want you to tell me who WOULD mean "a cup fashioned out of water" when they say "a glass of water". Since your comment wasn't a reply to someone else, I'm gonna assume that you just randomly decided to put that out there. To this, there is really only one thing to say....
Ya can't fix stupid, folks.
bamababy4913 1 year ago
@Tsarocksmysocks - we say that too except it's "WAW-duh." LOL! "Uh glayss a'WAW-duh."
2agray 1 year ago
lol, loved it!!!
GBDMCLG 1 year ago
I would like to say to anyone no matter who or what you are we are on this earth together and racism and war and oppresion of all mankind has been that way for thousand of years nothing will solve this why can we make a difference and show compassion on our fellow man. Love and peace will overcome hate.
rebel70s 2 years ago
You can not convince people no more all they think everyone is a racist . They are not feeling good about themselves and just plain stupid to me . I am proud of who i am and i dont want anyone to change me! There are good and bad people in every place!
rebel70s 2 years ago
I am from the south too but let me explain to everyone why is so much stereotype on us southerner. my sakes there is good and bad in all us I am just like anyone else i put on my jeans one leg at a time. I am proud of my heritage and i am not a hatemonger!
rebel70s 2 years ago
I couldn't agree with you more! I LOVE the South, and yes, we do have our problems...like any other area, and yes, we do have "idiots"...like all groups of people do, and like you, I am not a hatemonger either.
wendytippens 2 years ago 2
BTW...I LOVE the 70's! If I could, I'd live there forever!
wendytippens 2 years ago
@rebel70s - oh it's just ignorance. We joke about Yankees and they joke about us. We are perceived by our accent and that slow drawl to be uneducated. We got lawyers and doctors down here too. We talk so slow because of the heat! LOL! Up North they talk so fast because it's so cold. That's the joke on either side of the fence.
2agray 1 year ago
TEXAS! George Strait, my next husband is from TEXAS, and doesn't he do the Frontier Days shindig in Wyoming every year? And as far as as Southerners are concerned you ARE a YANKEE...A DAMN YANKEE TRAITOR! I'm covering in a video down the road about how Southerners will not let that Cival War business go. Lord! It wears me out! All that crying in the beer and talking about how we "almost" won the war. Yeah...right.
wendytippens 2 years ago
@wendytippens - Yeah in some areas the rebel flag is still pretty strong. But most of the time when we say Yankees, it's just a term depicting people in the north. Just like us being called Rebels. But there is a certainly southern pride there. "He better watch out! This Rebel will whoop his Yankee ass!" And there's still a lot of "good ole boy" marshall law too. Just depends on where you are.
2agray 1 year ago
@wendytippens - but that rebel flag is outlawed in many southern areas. It is here! You are not allowed to fly a rebel flag. You can use it for decoration or something.
2agray 1 year ago
Oh my goodness! I never noticed how much I say "Hey" when I greet people. Funny! I'm from Texas, but I've been living in Wyoming for about 16 years now, so my family back home thinks I'm turning yankee. "Fixinto" Love it! You're great!
ashleydjr73 2 years ago
Well, I'm going out of town tomorrow, but I hope to post more on Sunday. What brings you to Nashville? And honey, get ready for a culture shock! Of course, it won't be nearly as bad living in Nashville as it would be someplace more rural...all the same, they're gonna clock you in a second. Don't worry though, generally, Southerners are really friendly.
wendytippens 2 years ago
@wendytippens - oh lord! You're right on that one! Culture shock! But Nashville does have a big city atmosphere but still a small southern town hospitality. You'll really enjoy it living here! The people are very friendly. Just be prepared for hugs all over the place when you meet somebody or you are saying goodnight to friends. That has thrown just about every Northerner I've met that has moved down here.
2agray 1 year ago
Great video Miss Wendy!! I'm moving from Syracuse, NY to Nashville, TN at the end of the year and this video was a big help for learning both the southern accent and vocabulary. When do you plan on doing more?
CoreyMat21 2 years ago