tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post1674008306066666783..comments2023-07-17T09:55:04.909-04:00Comments on Eva Marie Everson's Southern Voice: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Becoming Southern!Eva Marie Eversonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15159409003924304308noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post-34520728560980713302011-03-18T09:38:11.900-04:002011-03-18T09:38:11.900-04:00Hi Ane, so glad you made it back from TN so you co...Hi Ane, so glad you made it back from TN so you could write this laugh-out-loud story! If you had made another circle or two you might have ended up at my house in KY! And thanks to Eva Marie for giving us Southerners a place to roost!Rose McCauleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03351484742067839801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post-67045691683501015152011-03-18T09:29:46.227-04:002011-03-18T09:29:46.227-04:00Ane,
Funny! I learned how to drive here, so I gues...Ane,<br />Funny! I learned how to drive here, so I guess that's why I don't mind meandering down the Peachtree Ferry Roads-or the Mill Roads--They're everywhere!!Lindihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109206610786414955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post-27089853362898567352011-03-18T08:36:59.213-04:002011-03-18T08:36:59.213-04:00BJ: Southern FRIEND chicken. YIKES! :)
Ane, was ...BJ: Southern FRIEND chicken. YIKES! :) <br /><br />Ane, was that Johnson's Ferry you found yourself on? And have you noticed how bad the traffic is NOW compared to THEN? And THEN was really something else!<br /><br />I hope more of you will share your funny stories! Love them!Eva Marie Eversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15159409003924304308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post-91491724775440928572011-03-17T23:18:25.949-04:002011-03-17T23:18:25.949-04:00I have to tell y'all the hubs kept telling me ...I have to tell y'all the hubs kept telling me to look to the sun - it always sets in the West. But that didn't help me one bitty bit at noon!!!<br /><br />You're right, Eva Marie ~ I got her as quick as I could, and by the grace of God, I'm not leavin'. :) <br /><br />And Mike, yeah, I finally found the discount store. ;)Southern-fried Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274634359952391833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post-83889045674481656002011-03-17T16:59:13.774-04:002011-03-17T16:59:13.774-04:00So funny!! LOL.
I took a wrong turn once...took a...So funny!! LOL.<br /><br />I took a wrong turn once...took a jaunt through Vermont on my way to Massachusetts. Does that make directionally challenged, too??Elizabeth Ludwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00056509500051387657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post-78367052156476616272011-03-17T15:59:07.713-04:002011-03-17T15:59:07.713-04:00Nothing like southern directions or southern frien...Nothing like southern directions or southern friend chicken :)B. J. Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192745848258713549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post-78420637316738264082011-03-17T14:28:47.947-04:002011-03-17T14:28:47.947-04:00I had to laugh at your stories. Even tho I'm f...I had to laugh at your stories. Even tho I'm from the north (don't hit me!) I love parts of the south madly, and I've been there when I absolutely could not tell what was being said.<br /><br />How about feesh (fish)<br />Or diarear (diarrhea) <br /><br />and when you really go north, they think I'm southern. lol<br /><br />Thanks for a fun post.<br />cb<br />http://sunnebnkwrtr.blogspot.com/Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765332646987825952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post-40807143452995054962011-03-17T12:46:26.560-04:002011-03-17T12:46:26.560-04:00Love Ane's story! I'm directionally challe...Love Ane's story! I'm directionally challenged, so whatever way I'm facing is north. I don't get lost, I go on lots of unplanned road trips. :)Fliteraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02812392502505397393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post-23104847721501806272011-03-17T12:43:45.873-04:002011-03-17T12:43:45.873-04:00Ane, Come to Colorado Springs! The only constant i...Ane, Come to Colorado Springs! The only constant is the mountain. Roads meander here, there, and everywhere. Sometimes north to south, sometimes east to west. Names change without even the benefit of entering another town. You'd feel right at home! <br /><br />But did you ever find the discount clothing store?Michael Ehrethttp://www.christianwritersguild.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post-6231366697613167212011-03-17T12:02:00.581-04:002011-03-17T12:02:00.581-04:00I have a complaint!!! There's no sign-up butto...I have a complaint!!! There's no sign-up button to receive posts via email. Please can you add one????Sheila Hollingheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364884603434329050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post-35671694547371076542011-03-17T10:36:23.995-04:002011-03-17T10:36:23.995-04:00Yeah, Ane... knowing you as I do...you really are ...Yeah, Ane... knowing you as I do...you really are SOUTHERN at heart! <br /><br />American by birth; Southern by the grace of God, baby!Eva Marie Eversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15159409003924304308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post-61731727403701082792011-03-17T10:35:31.165-04:002011-03-17T10:35:31.165-04:00Bea, you just made me laugh so hard I nearly hurt ...Bea, you just made me laugh so hard I nearly hurt myself!!!Eva Marie Eversonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15159409003924304308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post-25974063473505621532011-03-17T10:12:20.689-04:002011-03-17T10:12:20.689-04:00Oh, Ane! Only you, girl. Thanks for the giggle.Oh, Ane! Only you, girl. Thanks for the giggle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post-1508327808322208402011-03-17T09:37:17.523-04:002011-03-17T09:37:17.523-04:00Bwahahahaha!
Thankfully, many Nigerian cities ha...Bwahahahaha! <br /><br />Thankfully, many Nigerian cities have roads that sprout up just about anywhere and with my roots from Nigeria as well as the UK with their little country road and miniature cars, I quickly learned to rely on Mapquest and the gas stations when I moved here in 2000! <br /><br />Great story Ane.Folake Taylor, MD.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12130281897420377828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post-42626670632797327672011-03-17T09:29:37.615-04:002011-03-17T09:29:37.615-04:00I feel her pain! When we first moved down to Augu...I feel her pain! When we first moved down to Augusta in 1982, I went to work for a doctor. He was the sweetest boy, but he didn't speak English. He spoke was I dubbed "cute south Georgia boy". I will swear until the day I die that he told me to have one of our patients come back in 2 eggs. He finally had to write 2 WEEKS before I understood him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015795886208691084.post-68916151353830974922011-03-17T09:11:11.639-04:002011-03-17T09:11:11.639-04:00Wait a cotton pickin' minute here. I don't...Wait a cotton pickin' minute here. I don't have any Northern genes! Nope, mine are all Southern. Southern California, where I was born is below the Mason Dixon line. ;o) <br /><br />Thanks for having me on, Eva Marie. :)Southern-fried Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274634359952391833noreply@blogger.com