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The Association of Southern Schools has decided
to pursue some of the seemingly endless taxpayer
dollar pipeline through Washington designating
Southern slang, or Y'allbonics, as a language to
be taught in all Southern schools. The following are
excerpts from the Y'allbonics/English dictionary.
1.) HEIDI - (noun) -Greeting.
2.) HIRE YEW - Complete sentence. Remainder
of greeting. Usage: "Heidi, Hire yew?"
3.) BARD - (verb) - Past tense of the infinitive
"to borrow." Usage: "My brother bard my
pickup truck."
4.) JAWJUH - (noun) - The state north of Florida.
Capitol is Lanner. Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh
bard my pickup truck and took it to Lanner."
5.) BAMMER - (noun) - The state west of Jawjuh.
Capitol is Berminhayam. Usage: "A tornader jes
went through Bammer an' left $20,000,000 in improvements."
6.) MUNTS - (noun) - A calendar division. Usage:
"My brother from Jawjuh bardmy pickup truck,
and I ain't herd from him in munts."
7.) THANK - (verb) - Cognitive process. Usage:
"Ah thank ah'll have a bare."
8.) BARE - (noun) - An alcoholic beverage made
of barley, hops, and yeast. Usage: "Ah thank
ah'll have a bare."
9.) IGNERT - (adjective) - Not smart. See
"Arkansas native." Usage: "Them bammer boys sure are ignert!"
10.) RANCH - (noun)- tool used for tight'nin' bolts. Usage:
"I thank I left my ranch in the back of that
pickup truck my brother
from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago."
11.) ALL - (noun) - A petroleum-based lubricant.
Usage: "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts
all in my pickup truck."
12.) FAR - (noun) - A conflagration.
Usage: "If my brother from Jawjuh don't change
the all in my pickup truck,
that thing's gonna catch far."
13.) TAR - (noun) - A rubber wheel.
Usage: "Gee, I hope that brother of mine
from Jawjuh don't git a flat tar in my pickup truck."
14.) TIRE - (noun) - A tall monument. Usage: "Lord willin' and the creek don't rise,
I sure do hope to see that Eiffel Tire in Paris sometime."
15.) RETARD - (verb) - To stop working. Usage: "My grampaw retard at age 65."
16.) FAT - (noun), (verb) - a battle or combat; to engage in battle or combat.
Usage: "You younguns keep fat'n, n' ah'm gonna whup y'uh."
17.) RATS - (noun) - Entitled power or privilege. Usage:
"We Southerners are willin' to fat for are rats."
18.) CHEER - (adverb) In this place.
Usage: "Just set that bare rat cheer".
19.) FARN - (adjective) - Not domestic.
Usage: "I cuddint unnerstand a wurd he sed ...
must be from some farn country."
20.) DID - (adjective) - Not alive. Usage: "He's did, Jim."
21.) ARE - (noun) - A colorless, odorless gas containing oxygen.
Usage: "He cain't breathe ... give 'im some ARE!"
22.) BOB WAR* - (noun) - A sharp, twisted cable. Usage:
"Boy, stay away from that bob war fence."
23.) JEW HERE - (noun) and (verb) contraction.
Usage: "Jew here that my brother from Jawjuh got
a job with that bob war fence cump'ny?"
24.) HAZE - a contraction. Usage:
"Is Bubba smart?" "Nah ... haze ignert.
He ain't thanked but a minnit'n 'is laf."
25.) SEED -(verb) - past tense of "to see".
Usage: "I ain't never seed New York City".
26.) VIEW - contraction (verb) and pronoun.
Usage: "I ain't never seed New York City ...view?"
27.) GUBMINT - (noun) - A bureaucratic institution. Usage:
"Them gubmint boysshore is ignert."
28.) AX - (verb) - to question or query.
Usage: "Ax me no questions and I'll tell you no lies."
29.) IZGOT - contraction (pronoun/verb) Like- I've (I have); I'd (I would)
Usage: "Izgot to buy me somma them thar new shoes." Plural Usage: "Izgots it"
30.) YEWNS - (pronoun) - similar to y'all (Texas pronoun) or yawl (Okie pronoun)
Usage: "Ar yewns goin to town wiff me. Iffn you ar, gettn that thar pickup truck rat now.
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*Note to farners (from yer post-er): here, war rhymes with far.
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EDIT: I rec'd word that something in the original post made the screen go wide. It wasn't for me,
so I had to go back and shorten the lines by guesswork. HTH.
[with some editorial observations])
NOT TO BE OUTDONE BY EBONICS IN CALIFORNIA, THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS IS REQUESTING BILLIONS OF FEDERAL DOLLARS TO TEACH Y'ALLBONICS IN ALL CLASSROOMS SOUTH OF THE MASON-DIXON LINE.
INCLUDED HERE ARE SOME SAMPLES OF Y'ALLBONICS. IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANY OF THEM, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL BUBBA FOR AN EXPLANATION....
HEIDI - (noun[? -ed.]) Greeting.
AX - (verb) "Don't ax me, I donno"
HIRE YEW - Complete sentence. Remainder of greeting.
Usage "Heidi, Hire yew?"
BARD - (verb) - Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow."
Usage "My brother bard my pickup truck."
JAWJUH - (noun) - The state north of Florida. Capitol[ol? -ed.] is Lanner.
Usage "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck."
BAMMER - (noun) - The state west of Jawjuh. Capitol [idem - ed.] is Berminhayum.
Usage "A tornader jes went through Bammer an' left $20,000,000 in improvements."
MUNTS - (noun) - A calendar division. Usage "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and I ain't herd from him in munts."
THANK - (verb) - Cognitive process. Usage "Ah thank ah'll have a coke."
IGNERT - (adjective) - Not smart. See "Arkansas native."
Usage "Them bammer boys sure are ignert!"
RANCH - (noun) - A tool used for tight'nin' bolts. Usage "I thank I leff my ranch in the back of that pickup truck my brother from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago."
ALL - (noun) - A petroleum-based lubricant. Usage "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck."
FAR - (noun) - A conflagration. Usage "If my brother from Jawjuh don't change the all in my pickup truck, that thing's gonna catch far."
TAR - (noun) - A rubber wheel. Usage "I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuh don't git a flat tar in my pickup truck."
TIRE - (noun) - A tall monument. Usage "Lord willin' and the creek don't rise, sure hope to see that Eiffel Tire in Pars sometime."
RETARD -(verb)- To stop working. Usage "My grampaw retard at age 65."
FAT - (noun), (verb) - a battle or combat; to engage in battle or combat. Usage "You younguns keep fat'n, n' ah'm gonna whup y'uh beehins."
RATS - (noun) - Entitled power or privilege. Usage "We Southerners are willin' to fat for are rats."
Different from the singular RAT - (adverb) "Gerald, you get yo ass home rat now"
CHEER - (adverb) In this place. Usage "Just set that bare rat cheer." Hi WW!!
FARN - (adjective) - Not domestic. Usage "I cuddint unnerstand a wurd he sed... must be from some farn country."
DID - (adjective) - Not alive. Usage "He's did, Jim."
ARE - (noun) - A colorless, odorless gas; Oxygen. Usage "He cain't breathe...give 'im some ARE!"
BOB WAR - (noun) - A sharp, twisted cable. \
Usage "Boy, stay away from that bob war fence."
JEW HERE - (noun) and (verb) contraction. Usage "Jew here that my brother from Jawjuh got a job with that bob war fence cump'ny?"
HAZE - a contraction. Usage "Is Bubba smart?" "Nah...haze ignert. He ain't thanked but a minnit n'is laf."
SEED - (verb) - past tense of "to see".
VIEW - contraction (verb) and pronoun. Usage "I ain't never seed New York City... view?"
~~~
bless our collective lil Southern hearts.
... and New Yawkus who "watch da yoots play bewal in the pahk". (Well, transplanted New Englanders, anyway)
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