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Rednecks. Car chases. Country Music. California Hill Country passing for the South. Moonshine. Upcountry twang. Confederate Flags. Girls in cutoff jeans.
That's about it.
LOL- I actually liked the Dukes of Hazzard.. early episodes were shot in Conyers, GA or Covington, GA... and seemed alot more natural.Sheriff Roscoe was a little more serious and the corruption little more realistic. When they moved it to the back lot of California and the "plasticville" that served as Hazzard... it got a lot more corny and Roscoe became more of the bumbling Sheriff that he is known for today and things got a lot more whimsical... thats my take anyway.. though nonetheless still offensive to many southern communities. The Andy Griffith Show was alot more entertaining in terms of some of the highlights of small town living circa 1960s and life in North Carolina. I believe it too was filmed mainly in Cali though the "real" Siler City, NC was the inspiration for Mayberry?
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Rednecks. Car chases. Country Music. California Hill Country passing for the South. Moonshine. Upcountry twang. Confederate Flags. Girls in cutoff jeans.
Geechie North, thank for the info on Gullah. I asked a few of the teachers at school about some of the words that my students were saying, and the teachers said that I was definitely hearing Gullah. One of the kids asked me the other day if I had any churn.... I was absolutely lost as to what he was asking me!!! I made him slow it down at least 3 times & finally another student said, "He's saying children & he's speaking Gullah!"... Like I was completely stupid. It was quite funny. So now I know that churn is chidren. Ha ha. The teachers that I spoke to were in their 50's & told me all of the different words that their grandma's used to say that were gullah. I enjoyed learning & hearing about it! You learn something new every day!
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned, "Bless your/his/her heart." It seems to be a pass to say anything you want to say without being construed as rude. for example, "Well, honey, aren't you just dumber than a fence post, bless your heart." When we first moved down here, I figured out that the people in the South aren't more polite than up North, just more passive/aggressive about their rudeness. I like it!
Those of you from the Palmetto State may recall this term.. Sandlapper. When I was growing up here this was a term of endearment used by some people in the state to describe themselves and their residency here... I later found out that it could actually be perceived as a derogatory term. There was a song in the seventies that was called the "Sandlapper Song" sung by a bunch of elementary school kids that used to celebrate this term and a kid's television show on SCETV that discussed the State's History/Geography (Sandlapper's Corner) that was hosted by a dummy (no.. I am not insulting anyone..the host WAS a dummy or to be more PC a puppet) Was an interesting little low tech show that is probably now buried in the ETV archives........
Gullah is a patois of the coast; pure gullah is spoken by only a few older people. For a while it looked like it would become extinct but there has been a revival of sorts as people try to keep something of their traditional culture. Far more common (and what I believe you are hearing) are Gullah-influenced speakers.
Geechee is a term for people, not a language.
The mass media (e.g. Hollywood) is the reason for many misconceptions about many subjects- including the south. Until the 80's, the dominant view of southern culture in the mainstream oscillated between the "Plantation, Moonlight and Magnolias" hype, and the "Tobacco Road Redneck" view; whichever view was en vogue depended largely on whether black people were seen in a positive or negative light.
But in 1979 a show- based on the stereotypes of a guy named Morrie,who'd never been east of Nevada- changed the region's PR forever:
The Dukes of Hazzard.
The Dukes, set in Georgia, and very based on Piedmont southern culture, popularized a view of the region that was as authentic as William Shatner's toupee.
But it's the expectations that most outsiders now have for the entire southern US.
Dont... forget about the TV Sitcom... "Carter Country" starring Victor French as a small town sheriff with a bumbling Mayor .The show was kinda a spoof on the popular movie "In the Heat of the Night" and definately a subtle slight at the native son "Mista Presooodent Jimma Kotta" who I believe was in office when the show aired. The mayor's "Roy, Handlit Handlit" was one of the shows memorable reoccuring lines.
Those of you from the Palmetto State may recall this term.. Sandlapper. When I was growing up here this was a term of endearment used by some people in the state to describe themselves and their residency here... I later found out that it could actually be perceived as a derogatory term. There was a song in the seventies that was called the "Sandlapper Song" sung by a bunch of elementary school kids that used to celebrate this term and a kid's television show on SCETV that discussed the State's History/Geography (Sandlapper's Corner) that was hosted by a dummy (no.. I am not insulting anyone..the host WAS a dummy or to be more PC a puppet) Was an interesting little low tech show that is probably now buried in the ETV archives........
I know of an auto-repair shop with the word Sandlappers in it.
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It was quite funny. So now I know that churn is chidren. Ha ha. The teachers that I spoke to were in their 50's & told me all of the different words that their grandma's used to say that were gullah. I enjoyed learning & hearing about it! You learn something new every day!
Sandlapper
... my mistake
