Friday, June 3, 2011

Dad's southernisms

Dad was born and raised in Paris, Texas, and--despite having lived outside of Texas longer than he's lived in Texas at this point--he still has the Best Accent In The World. The southernisms are the best. Little gems that have become a part of life in our family.

Here are three of my favorites.

Sometimes, you just gotta talk plain to people. This one is self-explanatory. And it's always true.

You look like a dyin' calf in a hail storm. I usually got this when I was being particularly pathetic and whiny when I was growing up.

And, by far the worst one, which he's never used to describe anyone knows personally...

If she had as many stickin' out of her as she's had stuck in her, she'd look like a porcupine.

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