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Talk the Talk

Talk the Talk

To live in the South you need to speak the lingo. If your vocabulary is rusty, bless your heart. Here’s a quick lexicon. Y’all: short for "you all" and infinitely more functional than "you guys." Fixin’: getting ready to. Reckon: to think, imagine, or suppose. Dear, hon, sweetie, shug: universal terms of endearment.

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