1. People say hello for no reason and if you don't reply you're being rude.

Everyone here says hello, everyone here asks how your day is, and everyone here is genuinely interested. Being from “the north” when strangers try to talk to you, you walk away and don't respond. Down here, in the south if someone talks to you and you don't respond that is VERY rude.

2. You all, y’all, and all y’all are 3 completely different things.

If you say ‘you all’ that probably means you're from the northern part of the south. If you say ‘y’all’ that means you are from the south talking about a small group of people. If you say ‘all y’all’ its probably a pretty big group of people.

3. Chicken is everywhere, in fact some restaurants only sell chicken.

Down here, they’ve got Canes Chicken, Lee’s Fried Chicken, Chic-fil-a, Zaxby’s, KFC, and many more I have yet to discover. Chicken is always the answer. You can find it endlessly anywhere you go.

4. For every pop radio station there are 3 country stations.

If you don't listen to country music, you might as well get out. Flipping through the radio stations, it is much easier to find a country song than it is a pop song.

5. If someone says ‘Bless your heart’ they are not being nice.

Bless your heart = you are stupid. Don't say thank you.

6. Simply Southern is a real brand and everybody wears it.

When you come from a northern state you might see Simply Southern online. But, it seems so fake. No one actually wears that, right? Everyone in the south wears Simply Southern or another similar brand. Its sold in every boutique and in everyones closet.

7. The debate of soda or coke will never come to an end, but its definitely never called pop.

People will fight to the ends of the earth about whether or not its call soda or coke. If you dare suggest that it might be called pop then you will most likely asked to leave the south or be told ‘bless your heart’.

8. People identify themselves by the county they live in.

Everyone talks about what county they’re from, even their license plate says their county. Us northerners relate ourselves by the city were from. Here, they do not and its weird when you try to explain that to them.

9. If there is a chance of snow school is definitely cancelled.

Up north, it can be -20 degrees out and calling for 5 feet of snow, but school will not be cancelled. Down south, if theres a chance of 3 inches of snow school is definitely cancelled. Either way, school is cancelled is everybody favorite thing to hear.

10. It is completely absurd if you don't like sweet tea. Everyone drinks sweet tea, the sweeter the better.

Every restaurant serves sweet tea, every home has some in the fridge. Sweet tea is the thing to drink. Some times that's the only option other than water. If you don’t like it or think its too sweet, you better keep your mouth shut and drink it anyway.