This basic vocabulary guide to our language down here is offered as a gesture of our hospitality to visiting Northerners who truly want to be able to understand what it is that we're saying.

Ah - The pronoun "I." i.e., "Ah done did that."

Ah'd - Contraction of I would. i.e., "Ah'd ruther be out huntin'."

Ah'll - Contraction of I will. i.e., "Think Ah'll mosey on down to the lake fer sum fishin."

buggy - A shopping cart.

daid - Dead. i.e., "They had to bury Billy Bob's dog 'cause he wuz daid."

fat - A physical confronrtation usually involving fists, but not always. i.e., "You youngins' best stop fatin' or I'm gonna whup your lil asses."

fer - For.

git - Get.

j'yoo - Did you? (Begins a question), i.e., "J'yoo go huntin' in Butcher Holler yesterday?"

mayrd - Married. i.e., "I heard that Bubba and Mary Jo got mayrd last week."

nanner puddin' - Bannana pudding.

Nawlins - Largest city in Louisiana. Known for it's jazz music and Mardi Gra Festival.

ruther - Rather.

snipe hunt - A practical joke that Southerners sometimes play on dumb Northerners.

sum - Some. i.e., "Want sum of my chewin' tabakki?"

tabakki - Tobacco.

thang - Thing.

thar - There.

ustacould - Used to be able to, i.e., "Bubba ustacould sing til' he got that frog in his throat."

whar - Where.

wuz - Was. i.e., "I wuz goin' to work today, but I think I'll lay out and go do sum fishin.'"

whup - To beat up. i.e., "Ifn's you knock my accent one more time, I'm gonna whup yore ass." Also, it can be used in the context of making something: i.e., "I'm a gitten hungry, think ahl whup up sumthin' to eat.

yawl - Contraction for you all. Sometimes written as y'all.

yonder - Afar. At a great distance. i.e., "Hey look over yonder! Bubba's a fixin' to drive his four-wheeler through that bog.

yore - Your.

youngin - A child. plural: youngins.