We all know one person who is completely Southern from the tip of their head to the bottom of their toe. A person that’s first words to you are “hey y’all” with a big smile on their face. It might be someone who spends all his or her time outdoors or has never traveled out of his or her state/comfort zone. Whether they are stereotyped as a “redneck," “country,” or just plain out “Southern," you can spot these people from a mile away.
1. Your water is actually known as “Sweet Tea.”
2. You refer to “sleet” as “HAIL.”
You aren’t used to all the wintery weather and all you know ice pellates as “hail.” So you go around screaming, "It’s hailing, it’s hailing.”
3. Country music isn’t just lyrics with a beat, it’s a lifestyle.
Whether it’s jamming out on your way home from work or whistling it while you work, country music is what you relate to the most. The words not only are always stuck in your head, but also become your anthem and most importantly hit you on a spiritual level. You basically live out the music.
4. You don’t know what the “s” word is and when it happens you are out of school/work for a week.
Let’s be honest, the South gets a good dusting of the “s” word about every few years and when it happens, everyone least expects it. Therefore, nobody is prepared and you typically don’t know how to handle driving in such conditions. (Yes, I'm talking about snow.)
5. You probably have your own extensive vocabulary.
6. You prefer all your food fried.
Fried chicken, fried steak, fried potatoes, fried okra, fried oreos, fried pork chops, fried green tomatoes, well basically...you get the point.
7. Boots are acceptable year round.
8. Camo is actually just another color to you.
Wait, where did you go? I can’t see you.
But above all else, you secretly love being from a small town, growing up with the same crowd, listening to the same music, and wearing boots and camo all year round. You like your sweet tea sweet, bonfires on the weekends, riding around in lifted vehicles, and hanging out in the parking lots for fun. Northerners don't understand it and always say, "You can take the person out of the South, but you can't take the Southern out of a person."
