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> Only a true Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit
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> Nobody but a true Southerner knows how many fish make up a mess.
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> A true Southerner can show or point out to you the general
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> direction of cattywumpus.
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> A true Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is-as in
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> "Going to town, be back directly."
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> Even true Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not
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> All true Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is.
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> True Southerners know instinctively that the best gesture of
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> solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot
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> fried chicken and a big bowl of cold tater salad. (If the
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> trouble is a real crisis, they also know to addsome hot
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> biscuits and nanner puddin'.)
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> True Southerners grow up knowing the difference between
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> "pert' near" and "a right far piece."
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> True Southerners both know and understand the differences
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> between a redneck, a good ol' boy, and po'white trash.
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> No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the
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> flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.
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> True Southerners know that "fixin" can be used both as a noun,
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> verb and adverb.