How to Speak Southern (Mass Market Paperback)

by Steve Mitchell (Author) "Ah: The things you see with, and the personal pronoun denoting individuality..." (more)
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Product Description
A tongue-in-cheek dictionary of Southern words and phrases offers an hilarious spoof of the Southern accent. Book available. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Bantam (April 1, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553275194
• ISBN-13: 978-0553275193
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #114,477 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to Speak Southern, April 12, 2000

By	Ed Sykes "Ed" (Virginia Beach, VA) - See all my reviews

This book is full of southern terms that can help help any northerner (carpet bagger) or southerner master the southern way of speaking. It's gives you extremely entertaining ways to understand the many words by giving you funny examples of how the word is used along with the pronunciation of the word. I've used this book in both business and personal situations to lighten the day. Many examples from this book I've used in speeches and had the audience rolling in the aisles. Well worth the price!

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very, very funny, June 18, 2004

By A Customer

I happend upon this book as I was perusing the "Southern" themes on Amazon and thought, "What the heck?" Being a transplanted Southerner, I decided to give this one a shot and folks, let me tell you---you won't be disappointed! This is not only funny, but VERY well-written with lots of information. Heck, there's even things in here I didn't know and I grew up in three of the Southern states! I can only imagine what Yankess will make of this. Would also recommend another great Southern read: "The Bark of the Dogwood--A tour of southern homes and gardens: very funny, disturbing, and with some great commentaries on the south and what it means to be southern. Thanks Y'all!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars funny, and oh,so true!!, March 14, 2001

By	Alouisios (spelling?-pronounced Alo-ishus) (MS) - See all my reviews

This book had me in tears. I'm from the south and worked with a northerner (from Michigan) who brought this book to work one day. What made it even more funny was when one of our fellow co-workers would hear some of the words and say, "Well, what's wrong with that?" They had heard those words all their lives and didn't even realize that there are different (northern) ways to say some things. It was too funny to read these words and realize that we say them this way without even thinking. Well, my northern friend moved away, and I'll never forget her. I believe a tiny bit of the south rubbed off on her while she was here!! "Y'all" just have to read this book! It's a hoot!! :)