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Do you speak North or South?

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A Northerner and A Southerner Walk Into A Bar...

This is the ultimate vocabulary comparison for the North versus the South. While one might know certain words as it relates to "their neck of the woods", the same word is usually unheard of on the opposite spectrum. Side note: accents can vary from hillbilly twang to Jersey Shore.

1. Y'all
South: our version of  'you guys' 
North: a mocking tool to always use against the South to make us feel like illiterate hicks

2. Wicked
South: We literally have no idea what it means or what context to use it in unless we've been to Boston.
North: Used in Boston to heighten an expression as an adjective (ex. That was wicked awesome) or usually as a noun to replace "cool" (ex. Her car is wicked).

3. Bless Your Heart


South: Does not mean what it says; basically is used to tell a person to "deal with it'" or "get over it" in a sassy manner.

North: Someone actually has sympathy for you, which is unheard of in the South.

4. Jimmies
South: What on earth are "jimmies"?
North: sprinkles for your ice cream cone

5. Pop
North: a soda or carbonated beverage
South: Coke

6. New York, USA
Southern accent: New York, USA
Northern accent: New Yawk, USA

7. Pitch a fit
South: complaining
North: type of way to throw a baseball?

8. Winter
South: a cool 50s or 60s 
North: the next Ice Age

9. Fraternities and Sororities
South: LIFE.
North: an extracurricular activity


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