The South stands alone

Dear Editor,
The South stands unto itself when being unusual. Outsiders don’t understand, so maybe this will help.
Rernt or runt means ruined.
ID means idea. Uns means once.
Y’all means plural or singular, according to how it’s used. As in all of you or simply you.
Jeet yet? means did you eat yet?
Gret means great. Greer the town is pronounced grrrr as in Grrrr, South Carolina.
Em air means those. Said as em air boys had an ID it would rain today.
Seed means to see or saw, according to how it is used.
Git means get.
Yount to, means do you want to?
Some beach means, well, you figure it out.
Yunz means all of you or an individual, according to how the word is used.
Comin’ means coming.
Yuh means you.
With Dixie being played or sung, true Southerners will remove their caps, stand at attention with their right hand over their heart.
All women as a major rule are treated with respect, decent or loose ones.
Men call their wife their “old lady.”
Wives call their husbands … well, better not go there with that one.
Southern people love to help others.
Doubt that? Wait until it snows and you get stranded in the ditch. Along will come two men in a four-wheel-drive truck. They will be more than happy to get you out and on your way.
There are Southern proverbs, too. One goes, “don’t look up with your mouth open with a roostin’ chicken overhead,” and sayings such as, “With marriage you inherit a second family called in-laws, and yuh pray they ain’t uh bunch uv outlaws.”
Southern people can be joked with, too, unlike the rest of America. No political correctness to worry about here.
Welcome to the South. Y’all come yunz here! Just some thoughts I wanted to share.

Eddie Boggs
Westminster