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Being British: Joel & Lia Oh this is the best. I love when Joel ruthlessly mocks those backwater hicks, living in their dilapidated hovels, eating greasy chicken and grits, and brushing their teefs wit apple cider vinegar that's far past its prime. Seriously tho, it's pretty funny listening to you imitate Southern hick slang.
Joel & Lia the slang "in a pickle" comes from baseball it's when the baserunner is stranded between two bases and is in jeopardy of being tagged out. :) That's where people get the term from that you're in a difficult situation
Three sheets to the wind goes back to the time of sailing ships. The sheet is the line that controls the sails on a ship. If the line is not secured, the sail flops in the wind, and the ship loses headway and control. If all three sails are loose, the ship is out of control. So if you're three sheets to the wind, you're very drunk and out of control.
My web search came up with a different origin. Interesting. I wonder which is right??. This expression is used to describe someone who is drunk to the point of being unable to stand up straight. The ‘sheets’ here refer to the sails of a windmill rather than bed linen. Windmill operators used to add or remove the number of sails according to the strength of the wind. One basic rule that they had to follow was to always keep an even number of sails - either two or four - opposite each other in order to keep the windmill balanced and steady. If they ever had three sheets, the windmill became unstable and extremely wobbly, swaying from side to side very much like someone who has enjoyed a little too much alcohol! www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/why-do-we-say-three-sheets-wind
yay, I'm from Arkansas :) edit - yep, we hear plenty of sirens, including for tornadoes! 2nd edit - every Wednesday at noon, the tornado sirens are tested
I'm from California and I visited Arkansas last year (Little Rock and near Batesville) and I just want to encourage everyone to visit this beautiful little state! I feel like it always gets overlooked, but it's so charming and gorgeous. 💕
Sorry to reply 9 months late but just wanted to share something weird that I've noticed after living here in Arkansas over the years. I've noticed that a surprising number of people in Arkansas are from California. And I don't mean lived in California a few years or moved around a lot. I mean they were born and raised in California, then randomly moved to Arkansas. I mean it's actually insane. Idk maybe I'm just imagining it. But for example, out of the 60ish people who work at the business I'm at, 40 something of them are from SoCal. I don't know why I'm telling you all this but I swear everyone in Arkansas is from Bakersfield it seems.
The funny thing is that the pronunciation of Arkansas wasn't settled until 45 years after it became a state. So for that time both "Arkan-saw" and "Ar-kansas" were correct. Also a side note that everything inside the state of Kansas named "Arkansas" (the river, a town, several streets, and many business named after it) is officially pronounced "Ar-kansas".
Native Arkansan here. Tump is rarely said alone, it's almost over "tumped over". "Your druthers is my ruthers," is basically, "What you would rather do (your druthers) is what I'd rather do (ruther)." I rarely hear that, but saying "My druther is pizza", which is basically, "I'd rather have pizza" is a bit more common. The d from "I'd" runs into the word "rather" (with a Southern twang) forming "druther." Keep up the good work :)
Im from generations of Ozark Mountain natives of Northwest Arkansas and we use tump alone. Such as,"Go tump that bucket." I live in SW Arkansas now and it is amazing the "cultural" variation just within one state, but I'm sure the varied geography of the state contributes too that a lot.
@@k-ro3746 yup, the northeast corner, specially missippi county got it's own way of talkin. It aint really like the rest of the state. Yall hillbillys and we's ploughboys
I’m from Arkansas ❤️ Beautiful state! It’s motto is “The Natural State”. The name is Native America. It comes from Acansa, which was the name of a major Quapaw village in southeastern Arkansas.. The word Acansa - means Southern Place. 😉 I knew all of these slang and have used most of these. Some of these are in my everyday conversations and others I’ve said kind of tongue and cheek. Love you guys! 😘
Goober also refers to a person being silly. "You're such a goober!" At least, that's how we use it in Oklahoma and we are next door neighbors to Arkansas. 😊
Hey y'all. Actually " bowed up" means ready to fight. It's origin comes from ones chest being "bowed up" or swelled up in anger and ready to throw down. I live in Arkansas so I know the phrase rather well. And on another note, I enjoy your show. Watch mine if ever you two have the chance.
Dean Triple D yeah if someone is getting Bowed up on ya there about to wipe your ass .....so if you don't want to fight say don't be getting Bowed up on me But you got to mean it and say it like your about to get Bowed up 😀 I'm not from Arkansas but I know this one
I love this. I ain't heard of some of these I think some of em are from the Ozarks. I grew up in central Arkansas and spent a lot of time down in Dermott. Glad to hear somethin new.
Turned 41 today and lived in Arkansas my whole life and have never heard a couple of these but this was fun. And I’ve always wondered why three sheets to wind means your drunk?
Easiest explanation of “three sheets to the wind”: picture three sheets of paper caught up in the wind. They float around each other going up and down, round and round. Now picture someone who is really drunk, staggering around, arms flaying all over. They fall over, roll around, then get up, and do it all over again. Another funny term for someone who is face down, passed out, and drunk is “watching the ants race”.
Arkansas native here, there is a few others! Thanks for covering our little state 'Playin Possum' - meaning pretending to be asleep or acting sick when you are not. O'possums will 'faint' and pretend to be dead as a defense mechanism.. 'Don't be Ugly' - Ugly is another word for mean or nasty. 'Doohickey' - a thing you cant remember the name of.. Arkansas has alot of twang in their accent, so dog would be dawg or hog would be hawg, fellow would be fellar and such.
My family moved from Iowa to Berryville, Arkansas, when I was 10 years old in 1980. Back then, almost everyone in town (actually the whole county) was born and raised there, so there weren't many "outsiders" in town. I can remember the first month or so it was almost like learning a new language. Berryville sounded like "Burrville" and Fayetteville sounded like "Fateville" (some old timers called it Fedsville because that was where all the government offices were). In fact, as recently as a few years ago, a really old guy in town called me a "yankee" because he knew I was originally from Iowa. Now there are so many people from the Midwest, California, Florida, and such that you rarely ever hear a true southern accent or slang here anymore. Maybe I've become so accustomed to it over the years that I just don't realize it anymore. However, we still have fun when tourists ask us questions and we try to answer as "southern" as possible just to confuse them.
+Elizabeth Conley Say, wasn't the mechanic from Andy Griffith, nicknamed Goob or Goober? Some say that was his name, which never made sense to me. Why name someone "peanut" or "silly", which I knew both definitions.
+April Hooks With respect, you're right, but also wrong. The first character to portray the mechanic was Gomer Pyle, portrayed by Jim Nabors, but then Jim Nabors left Andy Griffith to work on a spin-off series, Gomer Pyle USMC prompting the empty town mechanic role to be filled by his cousin Goober Pyle, portrayed by George Lindsey.
Arkansas is a very beautiful state. You have the Ozark Mountains in the northern part and Hot Springs National Park in the south central part. It's the only state in the union that actually has a diamond mine! (Crater of Diamonds close to Murfreesboro). I'm from Texas, but our family would vacation in Arkansas. I feel that this should never be considered a "forgotten state"!
🙋♀️native Arkansan here! Y’all are great. I think “tump” is when you’re floating (preferably on the Buffalo River) and your canoe tips or tumps over; A few others I can think of... spigot (pronounced “spicket”) is the faucet; Coke means all sweet fizzy drinks (you have to specify what kind of coke you want...it’s never soda or soda pop, and most definitely never Pepsi); “Y’all think I just fell off the turnip truck?” means Do you think I’m stupid?; I’ve heard 3 sheets to the wind, but we more often say “he’s drunker than Cooter Brown”; And here’s a couple things said in my house this week: “If you’re fixin to go to Walmart, make sure you Purell that buggy down real good”, and “I know you gotta hankering for some Pineapple Whip but I’m full as a tick on a dog so let’s wait a lil bit”. Lemme know if you need a translation 😂😂 Also, Arkansas is a beautiful state (esp NWA), you should visit someday!
When I was learning the states and captails when I was a kid, my mom got me to learn Little Rock, Arkansas by saying, "Noah looked out from his Arkansas and saw he was on a Little Rock". That's always has stuck with me, I've forgot all the other 49 sayings.
@@engideergaming Most my friends in southwest missouri and arkansas have always been atheists like me but there are a hell of alot of y'all Christians around here of course
Being from Arkansas that was a lot of fun. I was surprised to hear a few that I didn’t know. Like Tump, never heard that before. Arkansas is underrated and I recommend visiting if you have the chance. If you enjoy nature you’ll love it here. It’s called The Natural State for that reason.
Great video! But 2 things: 1) you'd never say "tumped" without following it with "over." For example, "Quit drinking so much before you up and tump over." 2) Goober is also a name you can call someone. It's like an affectionate way to call someone a dummy. "Billy is such a goober, he thought cow tipping was real, bless his heart."
Watching from Arkansas! Enjoyed the video. Y’all should do a video placing all the states on a map and see who knows were all the states are on the map
Heidi Marchant we say "in a pickle" in New England too, plus it's a baseball term for when the runner gets caught between two bases and the two basemen trap him in between them.
In a pickle. When I dropped a gallon size, glass jar of pickles at Wal-Mart and whole pickles went rolling all over the tiles. People all around the grocery section was laughing at me as I heard on the intercome, "clean-up on the pickle isle."
Well done...Arkansas (arr-kan-saw) is so underrated. Very pretty, hilly, natural, southern state...highways are always under construction tho. Google Eureka Springs.
Best part of Arkansas for sure.... but I am from Oregon. 😂 Eureka is like a prohibition town built inside of a cave and then they took the top off. It's the best!
Joel’s reaction to Darn Tootin’ made me laugh out loud! 😂 Maybe you thought that because people in the states say “Darn” in the same way as damn? But if you add the “tootin’” part it totally changes the meaning, lol.
Subscriber from Arkansas here! So happy you made this video. I love your videos, you guys always make my day. You both are so funny and nice :) Keep doing what you're doing.
"Y'all done tumped over yer pick up? Don't bow up on me cuz you got yourself in a pickle being three sheets in the wind!" Three sheets in the wind is a sailing term. If your sails are loose in the wind then you will blown around crazily, like you are drunk. Goobers is short for goober peas or peanuts. They are also a "cinema" candy, chocolate covered peanuts. Darn tootin' I got a hankerin' for some goobers!" Hunky dory?
A very obscure phrase my mother would use (in Iowa) was "She was so homely she'd make a train leave its tracks and take a mud road." That's just plain mean...And weird.
Oh PLEASE someone do Hawaiian Slang...it would sound aMAZing to hear these guys do Kau-Kau (cow cow) - to eat Au-Au (ow ow) - take a bath Huli (who lee) - tip over....Hawaiian Pigeon...go!
it's common vernacular in Hawaii, but pigeon is often a mix of languages. Huli, and Au-au are hawaiian words, but they are used in semi-English sentences and understood island-wide, unlike the real language...but Kau-kau is a bastardization of Chinese...and we know there's some great stuff that would be hella funny to hear Joel and Lia go off on!
So happy you featured Arkansas slang! I was born in Arkansas and have lived here most of my life. It cracks me up so much to hear you trying to say these words in an Arkansas accent. I actually have never heard wonky jawed but I do say wonky a lot. I'm not sure why it's 3 sheets to the wind, rather than 4 or 1, but we do say that to mean someone was pretty drunk. And I didn't know "tump" was statewide slang but it must be---darn tootin I say it! Hey, you two have a better idea of where Arkansas is than some people in the U.S! Love these videos!
From Google: To be “three sheets to the wind” is to be drunk. The sheet is the line that controls the sails on a ship. If the line is not secured, the sail flops in the wind, and the ship loses headway and control. If all three sails are loose, the ship is out of control.
Arkansas is a French word meaning South Wind. Most all of those slang words are common across the entire US...except Tump, that i've never heard. Dadburnit, Daggonit and Doggonit are some American classics as well.
Technically, Goober as related to peanuts refers to boiled peanuts, also called Goober's Peas. There is even a song about it from the Civil War called "Eating Goober Peas". I remember a version sung by Burl Ives.
Three sheets to the wind is in reference to a clothing line being thrown around. A clothing line really holds about only three length of sheets and whenever the wind picks it up it just goes everywhere.
Hi, Joel and Lia. These videos are so funny to me! I generally know the northern American slang and the British slang, but the southern American slang is like a different language to me.
I’ve lived in Arkansas for a while. I think these are mostly just southern slang terms in general, but hearing you both working so hard at the southern accent: gold 😂😭👌🏼🏆 Also, I’ve never heard “your druthers is my ruthers.”
Arkansan here !! Just found y’all today and I love seeing what people from different countries think and try some of American ways! It’s easy to stay living in a bubble! Y’all are awesome and real. Much love ❤️
Relatively "older fashioned"... BUT Goober and Gomer Pyle were related (according to the Andy Griffith Show) and both names, are an older variant (northern mostly) referring to a simpleton, or fool... There's some school of thought that "Goober" being slang for a "peanut" could predate the reference to a fool, thus inferring or implying "peanut-brained"... it's just a theory, though... no need to get anyone's panties in a wad. ;o)
I’ve always thought that also. A goober is used to describe an unintelligent person. I’m not sure what state, I’ve live in Florida and Tennessee. It’s probably Tennessee. 😉
That was the most British thing I have ever seen! "How did that fly get in here? It's not allowed in here!" Lmao! I love you two! Thank you for another fun video!
I'm an American (from Wyoming - another state Brits are unaware of) and I love, love, love your videos. The thing to remember with these slang videos is that many of the terms mentioned are not necessarily regional and are national.
Omg I’m loving all these different state slang videos. I’d love to see a New Jersey one because that’s where I’m from! But you might have to split it up into north and south jersey because the slang is different depending where in jersey you are! 💖
I was just telling my mum about your channel & I was telling her a couple of the facts from your British facts video! Notifications always come at the funniest times! :)
I am a life long resident of Arkansas, being born and raised in the Ozarks. I was well pleased to have you do a video on our fair state. I do think we may need to work on your accent a little bit though, cause y'all's accent is about as good as mustard on a tie at a county fair. I love you guys so much, you always bring a smile to my heart. When I encounter someone who is bringing me down, I sometimes think if I could pull y'all out of my pocket, throw you at the person, and say, "There, take that!" LOL. xoxoxo
I'm from Arkansas and this had me in stitches! Of course, maybe that's another local bit of slang--it had me laughing. :-) I love your channel and really enjoy learning a bit of the Queen's English with you. Y'all take care and I can't wait for the next installment!
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Tina Carter I think it comes from “I’d rather...if I had my rathers.. I’d rather.” So it means if I had my preference over what it actually is. If I had my druthers... I’d rather it was sunny but it was cold..
Haha i'm from Arkansas and i loved this Usually "Bowed up" is used when a fights about to start. Usually getting really close to someone , tense muscles, that kind of thing. Three sheets to the wind is actually a nautical term, funny enough "Derived from sailing ships. The 'sheet' in the phrase uses the nautical meaning, of a rope that controls the trim of sail. A sheet that is in the wind has come loose from its mooring and is flapping in the wind like a flag. A sail (normally jib sails) is said to be sheeted to the wind, when it is set to backfill (set to the opposite side of the ship from normal use). A backfilled jib is normally a bad thing. But in a major storm when a ship is “hove to,” the helm is lashed to windward, and the jib(s) are sheeted to the windward side of the ship (sheeted to the wind) causing the ship to sit sideways to the wind and waves to minimize the distance the ship is blown off course during a storm. While hove to the ship is at the mercy of the wind and the crew has no control of the ship. As the storm gets stronger, more force is required to hold the ship in position and additional jibs are sheeted to the wind to keep the ship balanced. A ship that has three jibs sheeted to the wind would be sitting sideways to the wind and waves in hurricane conditions, causing it roll wildly from side to side and in constant danger of rolling over with each wave. Hence, a totally inebriated person is out of control and in danger of crashing, just like a ship three sheets to the wind."
I’m born and raised in Arkansas and I have never used tump, bowed up, wonky jawed, three sheets to the wind, or your druthers is my Ruthers. Those are not common at all in Arkansas. Also I use the word goober as a weird person not peanuts!!
I live on the Arkansas/Missouri line.. Arkansas, born and raised.. so glad y’all did Arkansas slang! I always watch your videos and honestly figured that you wouldn’t think to do Arkansas! I love you guys!
I am from Arkansas, and these are great! I love your slang merch idea! In my idiolect, pudding is a cold gelatin. The brand name Jello is synonymous with pudding, but I would also call creme caramel, flan, and Pannacotta puddings. I’ve eaten plum pudding, but it just seems like a steamed cake you eat at Christmas. I love calling a dessert “pudding” or “pud,” sounds very British. Thanks for the Arkansas slang video!
I grew up in Kansas. The Arkansas River runs through there. We always called it The Ar-Kansas River. There is also a town called Arkansas City. It it always called Ark City or Ar-Kansas City. Never Arkensaw!!!
This is my second Arkansas video from you that I watched. As an Arkansas native of 45 years, only having moved to Nashville, Tennessee area about 6 months ago, I can relate to many of these and some I have never heard of before. Those that I can relate to I feel are associated with the south in general and not just to Arkansas. The others I have never heard of or rarely have heard anyone say them. The "bowed up" phrase is more of an action than an emotion. It means to gesture you are ready to fight (puffed out chest, ready to brawl). The Arkansas accent varies from region as well as the use of various slang terms. Some people definitely have that more pronounced southern drawl and others it is less pronounced. I grew up in Russellville, Arkansas area (about an hour west of Little Rock) and moved to the Fort Smith area (western part of state bordering the Oklahoma border) and have conversed with many people with thick southern accents and many who I couldn't tell they were from the south aside from certain word choices or slang phrases. The more rural areas of Arkansas, the accents tend to be more pronounced and the slang more prevalent. Since moving to the Nashville area, I feel that I get exposed to many more cultures now since there are so many ethnicities here in the Nashville metro area that weren't as common in Arkansas. Just on Nolensville Pike alone, there are restaurants from practically every country. My wife is an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher here in Nashville and experiences many different accents. Plus, over the last two decades, the Nashville metro area has grown tremendously with people moving here from all over the country. When exploring and trying to find new places to eat here in Nashville and things to do, I found your channel and am very thankful I did. You guys are great.
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Oh this is the best. I love when Joel ruthlessly mocks those backwater hicks, living in their dilapidated hovels, eating greasy chicken and grits, and brushing their teefs wit apple cider vinegar that's far past its prime.
Seriously tho, it's pretty funny listening to you imitate Southern hick slang.
could you make one for Virginia? not west Virginia. normal Virginia. pleaaassseee?
Joel & Lia the slang "in a pickle" comes from baseball it's when the baserunner is stranded between two bases and is in jeopardy of being tagged out. :) That's where people get the term from that you're in a difficult situation
When you get time, watch some of the TH-cam videos on The Southern Woman channel. They have a series of videos on southern slang.
Hey, so we're we once then we ran you out no it means without a care, no it means correct, correct,
Three sheets to the wind goes back to the time of sailing ships. The sheet is the line that controls the sails on a ship. If the line is not secured, the sail flops in the wind, and the ship loses headway and control. If all three sails are loose, the ship is out of control. So if you're three sheets to the wind, you're very drunk and out of control.
David Douglas Right! And a lot of times sailors were drunk so this became a common occurrence because the sheets (sails) were not secured!!
Awesome, now I don't have to go google the etymology of the phrase ... you've just made me slightly more productive today :)
David Douglas thanks you saved me a Google search. I had no idea of the origin. 😀
David Douglas thx, I've used that term & never knew.
My web search came up with a different origin. Interesting. I wonder which is right??.
This expression is used to describe someone who is drunk to the point of being unable to stand up straight. The ‘sheets’ here refer to the sails of a windmill rather than bed linen. Windmill operators used to add or remove the number of sails according to the strength of the wind.
One basic rule that they had to follow was to always keep an even number of sails - either two or four - opposite each other in order to keep the windmill balanced and steady. If they ever had three sheets, the windmill became unstable and extremely wobbly, swaying from side to side very much like someone who has enjoyed a little too much alcohol!
www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/why-do-we-say-three-sheets-wind
yay, I'm from Arkansas :)
edit - yep, we hear plenty of sirens, including for tornadoes!
2nd edit - every Wednesday at noon, the tornado sirens are tested
wjb722 haha yup
Dang, yea my dog used to howl at the sirens! Every single Wednesday at noon my dog would just go at it.. such a mood
First Wednesday of the month you mean!
Same 😂
They never test sirens in my area, huh.
I'm from California and I visited Arkansas last year (Little Rock and near Batesville) and I just want to encourage everyone to visit this beautiful little state! I feel like it always gets overlooked, but it's so charming and gorgeous. 💕
Sorry to reply 9 months late but just wanted to share something weird that I've noticed after living here in Arkansas over the years. I've noticed that a surprising number of people in Arkansas are from California. And I don't mean lived in California a few years or moved around a lot. I mean they were born and raised in California, then randomly moved to Arkansas. I mean it's actually insane. Idk maybe I'm just imagining it. But for example, out of the 60ish people who work at the business I'm at, 40 something of them are from SoCal. I don't know why I'm telling you all this but I swear everyone in Arkansas is from Bakersfield it seems.
Thanks, we are pretty overlooked and we are HORRIBLE at sports.
Phoenix _ yeet make the Razorbacks Great Again!
Michael 426 MRGA
Michael 426 I hope so
Arkansas is pronounced Arkan-saw because it comes from the Quapaw Indians(Native American)
Ahhhh that makes sense now! ❤️
Still doesn’t make sense to me. lol I’m from Kansas .. by way of Florida. 🤷🏽♀️
The funny thing is that the pronunciation of Arkansas wasn't settled until 45 years after it became a state. So for that time both "Arkan-saw" and "Ar-kansas" were correct. Also a side note that everything inside the state of Kansas named "Arkansas" (the river, a town, several streets, and many business named after it) is officially pronounced "Ar-kansas".
Whenever I spell Arkansas I always have to pronounce it "Ar-Kansas" in my head 😋
Kansas = Kansa tribe...
Native Arkansan here. Tump is rarely said alone, it's almost over "tumped over".
"Your druthers is my ruthers," is basically, "What you would rather do (your druthers) is what I'd rather do (ruther)." I rarely hear that, but saying "My druther is pizza", which is basically, "I'd rather have pizza" is a bit more common. The d from "I'd" runs into the word "rather" (with a Southern twang) forming "druther."
Keep up the good work :)
AGNKim exactly
AGNKim im also from arkansas
Im from generations of Ozark Mountain natives of Northwest Arkansas and we use tump alone. Such as,"Go tump that bucket." I live in SW Arkansas now and it is amazing the "cultural" variation just within one state, but I'm sure the varied geography of the state contributes too that a lot.
"If i had my druthers" is perty common
@@k-ro3746 yup, the northeast corner, specially missippi county got it's own way of talkin. It aint really like the rest of the state. Yall hillbillys and we's ploughboys
I’m from Arkansas ❤️
Beautiful state! It’s motto is “The Natural State”. The name is Native America. It comes from Acansa, which was the name of a major Quapaw village in southeastern Arkansas.. The word Acansa - means Southern Place. 😉
I knew all of these slang and have used most of these. Some of these are in my everyday conversations and others I’ve said kind of tongue and cheek. Love you guys! 😘
Yep, it used to be called "the land of opportunity" and people said if you got the opportunity, you got the hell outta arkansas 😁
vmcgriff so do I it’s amazing this sounds creepy but what city you do not have to reply tho
Me to
@@flapjack3015 So glad you brought this up you are correct!
All my relatives sure got the heck out and moved to houston.
Goober also refers to a person being silly. "You're such a goober!" At least, that's how we use it in Oklahoma and we are next door neighbors to Arkansas. 😊
Shannon Ramsey were I’m from it means pe 🍆
Yeah thats how we use where im from in arkansas
That's what it means in Missouri, too
Hey y'all. Actually " bowed up" means ready to fight. It's origin comes from ones chest being "bowed up" or swelled up in anger and ready to throw down. I live in Arkansas so I know the phrase rather well. And on another note, I enjoy your show. Watch mine if ever you two have the chance.
Dean Triple D yeah if someone is getting Bowed up on ya there about to wipe your ass .....so if you don't want to fight say don't be getting Bowed up on me But you got to mean it and say it like your about to get Bowed up 😀 I'm not from Arkansas but I know this one
Dean Triple D They might not know what "throw down" means as in thrown down one's glove in challenge to a fight or duel.
Always thought it was from a cat with its back bowed up ready to fight
I picture a bow and arrow all stretched back and ready to fire when I hear this phrase.
Exactly. We say it a lot. Anytime my friend gets angry, I go "don't bow up to me boy or you'll be spitten leather"
I live in Arkansas and this cracked me up! Love your channel yall! 💚💜💙
zenobia decrespin ME TOO!!!😂
I love this. I ain't heard of some of these I think some of em are from the Ozarks. I grew up in central Arkansas and spent a lot of time down in Dermott. Glad to hear somethin new.
I'm from North Little Rock Arkansas
I do too
kay valentines I’m from Palestine arkansas
"You can get glad in the same pants you got mad in." Is my favorite from my Gran who was from Arkansas.
This one is from Oklahoma, too. My cousin from Okla always said that!
OhMy! I love this!!!
The attempts at Southern accents is painful to hear lol
I don’t get upset at it because anybody that hasn’t actually been to the south knows a real southern accent.
I know being from Arkansas it hurts my ears
I can't do it at all.
It’s hard to hear people trying to make a southern accent but I’m used to that
It kind of sounds like they are making fun....
Oh boy, I’m from Arkansas and bracing myself before hitting play!
hahaha! Buckle in!
Turned 41 today and lived in Arkansas my whole life and have never heard a couple of these but this was fun. And I’ve always wondered why three sheets to wind means your drunk?
Same
April Batty after hearing some of them, I can't believe some of these are from here. I thought some of these were just a southern thing.
Easiest explanation of “three sheets to the wind”: picture three sheets of paper caught up in the wind. They float around each other going up and down, round and round. Now picture someone who is really drunk, staggering around, arms flaying all over. They fall over, roll around, then get up, and do it all over again. Another funny term for someone who is face down, passed out, and drunk is “watching the ants race”.
Arkansas native here, there is a few others! Thanks for covering our little state
'Playin Possum' - meaning pretending to be asleep or acting sick when you are not. O'possums will 'faint' and pretend to be dead as a defense mechanism..
'Don't be Ugly' - Ugly is another word for mean or nasty.
'Doohickey' - a thing you cant remember the name of..
Arkansas has alot of twang in their accent, so dog would be dawg or hog would be hawg, fellow would be fellar and such.
Dont all of us southerners say doohickey
i am from Arkansas and I have a VERY STRONG accent and I visited Vermont and everyone was shocked by my accent
My family moved from Iowa to Berryville, Arkansas, when I was 10 years old in 1980. Back then, almost everyone in town (actually the whole county) was born and raised there, so there weren't many "outsiders" in town. I can remember the first month or so it was almost like learning a new language. Berryville sounded like "Burrville" and Fayetteville sounded like "Fateville" (some old timers called it Fedsville because that was where all the government offices were). In fact, as recently as a few years ago, a really old guy in town called me a "yankee" because he knew I was originally from Iowa.
Now there are so many people from the Midwest, California, Florida, and such that you rarely ever hear a true southern accent or slang here anymore. Maybe I've become so accustomed to it over the years that I just don't realize it anymore. However, we still have fun when tourists ask us questions and we try to answer as "southern" as possible just to confuse them.
Fiddle fating around... Waiting around for something that never seems to be going to happen.
Y’all’d’ve- “you all would have”
I've never heard any of these. AND I LIVE HERE
I’m sure that it’s mostly near the middle or south eastern side of Arkansas
I’m from Arkansas am I’ve heard/said them all lol😂
A goober can also mean a silly person. You could say, "He's such a goober."
+Elizabeth Conley Say, wasn't the mechanic from Andy Griffith, nicknamed Goob or Goober? Some say that was his name, which never made sense to me. Why name someone "peanut" or "silly", which I knew both definitions.
That's what I was thinking when they said "goober", that it means an "idiot" of sorts. But, I grew up in MS, so maybe AR uses it differently.
They used to call peanuts "goober peas" a long time ago
Goober is also a character on the Andy Griffith tv show
@@Leon-wz1js His character name was Gomer not Goober.
+April Hooks With respect, you're right, but also wrong. The first character to portray the mechanic was Gomer Pyle, portrayed by Jim Nabors, but then Jim Nabors left Andy Griffith to work on a spin-off series, Gomer Pyle USMC prompting the empty town mechanic role to be filled by his cousin Goober Pyle, portrayed by George Lindsey.
"Hanker for a hunk of cheese!"
Tell me I'm not the only who remembers that from Saturday morning cartoons.
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I've always used hankerin, as in 'I got a hankerin for some beer and pizza'
Arkansas is a very beautiful state. You have the Ozark Mountains in the northern part and Hot Springs National Park in the south central part. It's the only state in the union that actually has a diamond mine! (Crater of Diamonds close to Murfreesboro). I'm from Texas, but our family would vacation in Arkansas. I feel that this should never be considered a "forgotten state"!
joey robison I totally agree! Moved here “sight unseen” from Mississippi. I think it’s GORGEOUS. Hello from Hot Springs!!
It is pretty gorgeous. I'm from Northern California, but have roots in Arkansas and was very impressed with how pretty it is.
Thank you for reminding.🤗
Yay, me too!
Rebecca Carraway I’m from Hot Springs, too!
🙋♀️native Arkansan here! Y’all are great. I think “tump” is when you’re floating (preferably on the Buffalo River) and your canoe tips or tumps over; A few others I can think of... spigot (pronounced “spicket”) is the faucet; Coke means all sweet fizzy drinks (you have to specify what kind of coke you want...it’s never soda or soda pop, and most definitely never Pepsi); “Y’all think I just fell off the turnip truck?” means Do you think I’m stupid?; I’ve heard 3 sheets to the wind, but we more often say “he’s drunker than Cooter Brown”; And here’s a couple things said in my house this week: “If you’re fixin to go to Walmart, make sure you Purell that buggy down real good”, and “I know you gotta hankering for some Pineapple Whip but I’m full as a tick on a dog so let’s wait a lil bit”. Lemme know if you need a translation 😂😂 Also, Arkansas is a beautiful state (esp NWA), you should visit someday!
I love the phrase “that dog won’t hunt”. I also think you would like “what in tarnation”? But i “reckon” I’m just being “ornery”.
My dad says "that dog won't hunt" ALL THE TIME. He's from north Georgia.
Andrea Becker I had never heard tump before either.
"That dog won't hunt" might be universally Southern. Waves from Georgia.
Andrea Becker tump is not anything I’ve heard before but I’m from flat land 1000 mi above seaboard
Arkansas is mentioned in the Bible. "Noah looked out of the ,Arkansas, ark and saw."
When I was learning the states and captails when I was a kid, my mom got me to learn Little Rock, Arkansas by saying, "Noah looked out from his Arkansas and saw he was on a Little Rock". That's always has stuck with me, I've forgot all the other 49 sayings.
This actually made my morning. Love it 🥰
Don't care about the bible im an atheist in arkansas 80% of people here are christian yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
So is Missouri, "Missouri, suffering and gnashing of teeth" 😂
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Most my friends in southwest missouri and arkansas have always been atheists like me but there are a hell of alot of y'all Christians around here of course
Being from Arkansas that was a lot of fun. I was surprised to hear a few that I didn’t know. Like Tump, never heard that before. Arkansas is underrated and I recommend visiting if you have the chance. If you enjoy nature you’ll love it here. It’s called The Natural State for that reason.
Arkie Heaven I say tump alot "just tump (knock) the box over to see what's in it"
If you love nature AND ticks. 😂 beautiful yes for sure.
PapayaJoy we don't have ticks in my city.
im a litte late to this video but ive never heard tump but ive heard tumple maybe it varies from area to area 🤷🏻♂️
Sqeaks, I’m even later to the party than you, and I was like, “We’re the only ones who say ‘tump’?!”. I thought everybody said it. Ha!
I have never heard your druthers is my ruthers :)
Loved this video!
We should have asked you to call the hogs!
would love to see that one!
Bowed up is usually used when describing someone instigating a confrontation. Like, "He bowed up on that dude who owes him money."
Ahh okay! Such a cool phrase!
I came here to say this. It's akin to "Squared off".
+Alicia Rider I always thought it was another way of saying "wound up" (so I agree with you)
isnt this just ebonics? just lots of urban southerners use this
Thanks for giving a shout out to us Arlkies. Here’s one for you: “I’ll be dadgum” or “dadgummit”.. Not hard to see what that’s a substitute for..
Come on over to Arkansas and I will be happy to host you guys.
Also did you know that it is illegal to mispronounce Arkansas?
Andrew no it’s not
@@benwolverton4421 It actually is. I live in the state
Epicgaming99 I live in Arkansas to, I didn’t know
It still is they never got around to changin it.
It is but nobody actually enforces it
I'm in Arkansas
I didn't know a bunch of these oops
Lil Ashley green Forest
Honestly your friendship makes me jealous 😭 I love you both ❤️
Aw Emil! Love you lots ❤️❤️
I can’t believe I just found them on TH-cam last wk and they have been around for some time. they seem so genuinely kind.
Being British: Joel & Lia ❤️
Great video! But 2 things:
1) you'd never say "tumped" without following it with "over." For example, "Quit drinking so much before you up and tump over."
2) Goober is also a name you can call someone. It's like an affectionate way to call someone a dummy. "Billy is such a goober, he thought cow tipping was real, bless his heart."
Cow tipping IS REAL. 😜
Watching from Arkansas! Enjoyed the video. Y’all should do a video placing all the states on a map and see who knows were all the states are on the map
I'm from Scotland and my family say your three sheets to the wind alot when someone drunk. Also use hunky Dory alot.
Three sheets to the wind is universally American, not just Arkansas.
Considering its origins have to do with sailing, I'm going to bet it was originally a British slang phrase to begin with.
Probably but we New Englanders are pretty seaworthy ourselves!!
Good point
Simbecile so are several of these like goober peas was originally a military term for peanuts.
Heidi Marchant we say "in a pickle" in New England too, plus it's a baseball term for when the runner gets caught between two bases and the two basemen trap him in between them.
In a pickle.
When I dropped a gallon size, glass jar of pickles at Wal-Mart and whole pickles went rolling all over the tiles. People all around the grocery section was laughing at me as I heard on the intercome, "clean-up on the pickle isle."
Go Hogs! Shocked our small state is the topic! I am bowed up! Most southern slang works like “fixin to” meaning “about to”
Wooooooh Pig Soooeyyyyy!! ❤️ 🐖 Go hogs 😁
me neither!!! GO hogs
It's not about to it's bout to
Larry Cloyes wps!!!!
I'm from Arkansas and I am willing to admit the Football team is TRASH
The Baseball team is good tho
I’ve lived in Arkansas my whole life and “Goobers” is also like a way to describe a kid that’s not behaving like “yall are being such a goobers”
Me to tjats the answer i gave im from prairie grove
Yep, “don’t be a goober” is very common.
Yes! Another week of uploads begins from the best channel on TH-cam.
haha! And so it begins, Barry! Glad you get as excited as we do! ❤️
As an arkansan bowing up is what we say when we are fighting "john and david bowed up on each other over the last beer in the cooler."
Well done...Arkansas (arr-kan-saw) is so underrated. Very pretty, hilly, natural, southern state...highways are always under construction tho. Google Eureka Springs.
Best part of Arkansas for sure.... but I am from Oregon. 😂 Eureka is like a prohibition town built inside of a cave and then they took the top off. It's the best!
I live just a 30 minute drive from eureka springs in a small town named pea ridge
Im from prarie grove 😆😍
PapayaJoy I'm from Cabot
Yeah, and chock-full of methheads...
Yay! You did it! I’ve been waiting. I’m from Arkansas and knew all of them. Thanks guys!
Joel’s reaction to Darn Tootin’ made me laugh out loud! 😂
Maybe you thought that because people in the states say “Darn” in the same way as damn? But if you add the “tootin’” part it totally changes the meaning, lol.
Subscriber from Arkansas here! So happy you made this video. I love your videos, you guys always make my day. You both are so funny and nice :) Keep doing what you're doing.
"Y'all done tumped over yer pick up? Don't bow up on me cuz you got yourself in a pickle being three sheets in the wind!" Three sheets in the wind is a sailing term. If your sails are loose in the wind then you will blown around crazily, like you are drunk. Goobers is short for goober peas or peanuts. They are also a "cinema" candy, chocolate covered peanuts. Darn tootin' I got a hankerin' for some goobers!" Hunky dory?
This made me die of laughter I’ve lived in Arkansas all my life XD
*Hope you enjoyed this episode guys! If you know anyone from Arkansas then PLEASE send them this video and let us know if you did!*
love the Arkansaw slang here in southern Missouri (Misery)..
Being British: Joel & Lia I am from there! Woo Pig Sooie 🐗❤️
Love this 😍 I'm a arkansas girl.
I sent the link to my sister-in-law, who's form Arkansas. (She and my brother moved there, presumably so that she'd be near her family.)
I sent it to my best friend that lives there she loved it 🙂
I heard "Goober" and thought " I'm a Goofy Goober" from Spoongebob 😂
A very obscure phrase my mother would use (in Iowa) was "She was so homely she'd make a train leave its tracks and take a mud road." That's just plain mean...And weird.
Or
"So ugly we had to put a bone around his neck just to git the dog to play with 'eem"
You are guys really helped me buildup the British accent. You are guys really amazing. Thank you for everything!!!
what is billy ray cyrus up to these days? he's three sheets to the wind
Neal Abbott, darn tootin he is!! Lol
😂🤣😂🤣😂
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Neal Abbott yep, riding tailcoat.
Billy Ray Cyrus is not from Arkansas. They could have mentioned a lot of famous natives instead starting with Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell.
I cant believe you actually did a video on the slang I sent you!! Loved it!!!!
Pudding is also a soft dessert here. Instant pudding is often used in kids' food. It's usually made from milk and is kind of a custard consistency.
Oh PLEASE someone do Hawaiian Slang...it would sound aMAZing to hear these guys do Kau-Kau (cow cow) - to eat Au-Au (ow ow) - take a bath Huli (who lee) - tip over....Hawaiian Pigeon...go!
Oh, that would be excellent! They'd never guess Hawaiian slang!
+ tamipie but is that slang, or proper native Hawaiian terms or phrases?
Hey, now that's a whole different alphabet!! LOL!
it's common vernacular in Hawaii, but pigeon is often a mix of languages. Huli, and Au-au are hawaiian words, but they are used in semi-English sentences and understood island-wide, unlike the real language...but Kau-kau is a bastardization of Chinese...and we know there's some great stuff that would be hella funny to hear Joel and Lia go off on!
Yess! Howzit? Pakalolo!
My area of Arkansas uses “bowed up” to mean very muscular/strong, and it’s pronounced like bow and arrow.
Other than that these are all correct
Or he bowed up to me like he wanted to fight! 😊
@J.J. Earth Walker yep N.E. Arkansas 😉
@J.J. Earth Walker 😳😃 🎶 it's a small, small world 🌎🎶
I am from Paragould and my parents live in Ravenden so I go thru Walnut Ridge all the time 😉
I would totally buy those tea towels!!!
Good to know Jillian! We are slowly making a list of possibilities! ❤️
Yes! Those sound asking! I'd buy a set!
I’d buy a set!
I absolutely would get a set!
How about patches and decals, It would be great if more bloggers would get patches and decals made. Not everyone wears T-Shirts
So happy you featured Arkansas slang! I was born in Arkansas and have lived here most of my life. It cracks me up so much to hear you trying to say these words in an Arkansas accent. I actually have never heard wonky jawed but I do say wonky a lot. I'm not sure why it's 3 sheets to the wind, rather than 4 or 1, but we do say that to mean someone was pretty drunk. And I didn't know "tump" was statewide slang but it must be---darn tootin I say it! Hey, you two have a better idea of where Arkansas is than some people in the U.S! Love these videos!
From Google:
To be “three sheets to the wind” is to be drunk. The sheet is the line that controls the sails on a ship. If the line is not secured, the sail flops in the wind, and the ship loses headway and control. If all three sails are loose, the ship is out of control.
Arkansas is a French word meaning South Wind. Most all of those slang words are common across the entire US...except Tump, that i've never heard. Dadburnit, Daggonit and Doggonit are some American classics as well.
Technically, Goober as related to peanuts refers to boiled peanuts, also called Goober's Peas. There is even a song about it from the Civil War called "Eating Goober Peas". I remember a version sung by Burl Ives.
I'd like to see the look on Joel and Lia's faces when they learn that in some parts of the south, people put peanuts in their Dr. Pepper.
In Texas Dr. Pepper fer sure, in other parts of the south it might be R C Cola and have it with your moon pie..LOL
Three sheets to the wind is in reference to a clothing line being thrown around. A clothing line really holds about only three length of sheets and whenever the wind picks it up it just goes everywhere.
Hi, Joel and Lia. These videos are so funny to me! I generally know the northern American slang and the British slang, but the southern American slang is like a different language to me.
haha, glad to know we're not the only ones struggling Mark! haha
I’m from Arkansas and absolutely loved this! People impersonating country accents is so funny.. love this!!!
Pudding in America isn't like British steamed Christmas pudding, it's more similar to a custard.
In a cup
Dang i wont me some nanner puddin now
Ikr! They showed that bread pudding looking thing and I was like....no
I’ve lived in Arkansas for a while. I think these are mostly just southern slang terms in general, but hearing you both working so hard at the southern accent: gold 😂😭👌🏼🏆 Also, I’ve never heard “your druthers is my ruthers.”
We always said someone who was kind of nerdy was a "goober".
Darn tootin'.
Country bumpkin or hick. But I also know it means peanut.
Elizabeth Freeman Yeah just the word goober has a different meaning unless you say goober peas which means peanut.
Yeah, I always use goober to mean someone who is clumsy and dorky.
Goobers are peanuts or country bumpkins. But bumpkins always claimed their status!
Arkansas girl here and yall are so stinky adorable 😍
I always find it funny when the flies rub their hands together cos it's like they're making a little plan 😂
They're such dirty little creeps!
😂😂😂 they really are
Anissa Lingly, I remember experiencing the same thought once!
Margaret Kiser 😂😂😂 once my uncle & I saw one & it looked like it was drumming! My uncle said it wanted to be a drummer when it's older! 😂
Anissa Lingley I died when Joel imitated the fly. 😂
Arkansan here !! Just found y’all today and I love seeing what people from different countries think and try some of American ways! It’s easy to stay living in a bubble! Y’all are awesome and real.
Much love ❤️
In West Virginia I've always heard goober as a foolish or silly person. Like Goober from the Andy Griffith Show.
Yup. True in Ohio too.
Relatively "older fashioned"... BUT Goober and Gomer Pyle were related (according to the Andy Griffith Show) and both names, are an older variant (northern mostly) referring to a simpleton, or fool...
There's some school of thought that "Goober" being slang for a "peanut" could predate the reference to a fool, thus inferring or implying "peanut-brained"... it's just a theory, though... no need to get anyone's panties in a wad. ;o)
I’ve always thought that also. A goober is used to describe an unintelligent person. I’m not sure what state, I’ve live in Florida and Tennessee. It’s probably Tennessee. 😉
A goober is a silly person to me but its also a box of candy which is chocolate covered peanuts so...
I'd forgot about the goober chocolate covered peanuts. There's also the peanut butter and jelly in the same jar called Goober
That was the most British thing I have ever seen! "How did that fly get in here? It's not allowed in here!" Lmao! I love you two! Thank you for another fun video!
I'm an American (from Wyoming - another state Brits are unaware of) and I love, love, love your videos. The thing to remember with these slang videos is that many of the terms mentioned are not necessarily regional and are national.
flourchylde haven't you heard? Wyoming doesn't exist.
I thought Wyoming was a city. Sorry.
What's a Wyoming? I'm from Chicago
"That would be a great tea towel" is SUCH an English thing to say. I love it.
Omg I’m loving all these different state slang videos. I’d love to see a New Jersey one because that’s where I’m from! But you might have to split it up into north and south jersey because the slang is different depending where in jersey you are! 💖
Thanks Mary! So glad to see you're enjoying it as much as we are! We will definitely do a NJ one! We might even be visiting NJ in September! ;)
Being British: Joel & Lia come to NJ, and then leave and go to NYC. Jersey City is nice, as long as you stay in the nice area.
I agree... North and South Jersey are 2 different animals. I'm from SJ. Maybe we should collaborate on a list to submit to them :)
Mary McGregor they will love guesting what a hoagie is. Lol. It's also Philly slang.
Mary McGregor THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR NOT ENDING YOUR SENTENCE WITH "AT"!!! Too many people, even professionals, are speaking that incorrect grammar!
Videos like this are such fun to watch. Hopefully, you do MS and AL as well.
I'm from arkansas :) love the video you goobers
I've never heard most of these words and I've been in Arkansas for most of my life
I was just telling my mum about your channel & I was telling her a couple of the facts from your British facts video! Notifications always come at the funniest times! :)
hahaha such a strange coincidence! ❤️
I've also understood is that goobers is what you buy in theatres as a treat, they can be chocolate covered peanuts.
Thanks guys. My day just got a little brighter.
Aw that makes our day to hear that! ❤️
I'm from Arkansas and absolutely loved this video. I have used almost all of these except the last one.
Want to say that something is terrific?
Say that it's "fine as frog's hair".
I am a life long resident of Arkansas, being born and raised in the Ozarks. I was well pleased to have you do a video on our fair state. I do think we may need to work on your accent a little bit though, cause y'all's accent is about as good as mustard on a tie at a county fair. I love you guys so much, you always bring a smile to my heart. When I encounter someone who is bringing me down, I sometimes think if I could pull y'all out of my pocket, throw you at the person, and say, "There, take that!" LOL. xoxoxo
Here's 1 4 u. Stove up (long o) means tight muscles after excessive physical activity. Love y'all! Thx for my 1st laugh of the day.
Yeah, but stove in means smashed or crushed, especially in one spot: " The barrel was stove in. "
yes, I have definitely heard stove up. wonkyjawed..never
Yip, that's a good'n
also means needing to have sex after a long time of not having it.
I'm from Arkansas and this had me in stitches! Of course, maybe that's another local bit of slang--it had me laughing. :-) I love your channel and really enjoy learning a bit of the Queen's English with you. Y'all take care and I can't wait for the next installment!
Goobers are specifically a brand name of chocolate covered peanuts, not just plain old peanuts. “Goober” is also slang for a nerd, geek, or a dork.
Matthew Hickey - That is my understanding of the word “goober” also.
Go visit Georgia (or one of her neighboring states) and you will find that you are incorrect. Peanuts are called goobers there by many (most) people.
I’m from Arkansas and I barely knew any of the slang! 😂
Give Lia and Joel a "KoFi"..a coffee!!..about the same as treating them to Starbucks!...and they are much more entertaining!..I just did..it took a grand total of 40 seconds!...
Aw thanks so much!! ❤️❤️❤️
Recommend visiting Arkansas, we pride ourselves with how natural it is and how much we care about the state of our state. We love visitors!!!
I've heard "if I had my druthers..." meaning "if I had it my way..." But that's a new one to me. Ah, Arkansas.
Tina Carter I think it comes from “I’d rather...if I had my rathers.. I’d rather.” So it means if I had my preference over what it actually is. If I had my druthers... I’d rather it was sunny but it was cold..
Haha i'm from Arkansas and i loved this
Usually "Bowed up" is used when a fights about to start. Usually getting really close to someone , tense muscles, that kind of thing.
Three sheets to the wind is actually a nautical term, funny enough
"Derived from sailing ships. The 'sheet' in the phrase uses the nautical meaning, of a rope that controls the trim of sail. A sheet that is in the wind has come loose from its mooring and is flapping in the wind like a flag. A sail (normally jib sails) is said to be sheeted to the wind, when it is set to backfill (set to the opposite side of the ship from normal use).
A backfilled jib is normally a bad thing. But in a major storm when a ship is “hove to,” the helm is lashed to windward, and the jib(s) are sheeted to the windward side of the ship (sheeted to the wind) causing the ship to sit sideways to the wind and waves to minimize the distance the ship is blown off course during a storm. While hove to the ship is at the mercy of the wind and the crew has no control of the ship.
As the storm gets stronger, more force is required to hold the ship in position and additional jibs are sheeted to the wind to keep the ship balanced. A ship that has three jibs sheeted to the wind would be sitting sideways to the wind and waves in hurricane conditions, causing it roll wildly from side to side and in constant danger of rolling over with each wave.
Hence, a totally inebriated person is out of control and in danger of crashing, just like a ship three sheets to the wind."
I’m born and raised in Arkansas and I have never used tump, bowed up, wonky jawed, three sheets to the wind, or your druthers is my Ruthers. Those are not common at all in Arkansas.
Also I use the word goober as a weird person not peanuts!!
I live on the Arkansas/Missouri line.. Arkansas, born and raised.. so glad y’all did Arkansas slang! I always watch your videos and honestly figured that you wouldn’t think to do Arkansas! I love you guys!
I do love these videos !!!! Lia is the best when she gets into character LOL!
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haha thanks Carmen!
I am from Arkansas, and these are great! I love your slang merch idea! In my idiolect, pudding is a cold gelatin. The brand name Jello is synonymous with pudding, but I would also call creme caramel, flan, and Pannacotta puddings. I’ve eaten plum pudding, but it just seems like a steamed cake you eat at Christmas. I love calling a dessert “pudding” or “pud,” sounds very British. Thanks for the Arkansas slang video!
I'm from Kansas & yeah, Arkansas is like our wierd cousin.
haha! Love to know about these little rivalries! ❤️
Ikr I am from Kansas too and it is like a weird cousin and there’s a river called Are-Kansas spelled Arkansas.
We are not your weird cousin! Lol! It is a Native American word. But I understand the confusion!
Isaac Morris I forgot about the river! We do call it the Ar-kansas or the correct way to pronounce it! 😉
I grew up in Kansas. The Arkansas River runs through there. We always called it The Ar-Kansas River. There is also a town called Arkansas City. It it always called Ark City or
Ar-Kansas City.
Never Arkensaw!!!
Checking in from Southern Illinois, so glad to hear that you both were able to recover from the Paris incident.
I immediately clicked on this video when I saw it👌👌👌❤️🤗
You can add “womper jawed” to the wonky jawed.
To find out who truly is the hand speaker, hold both their hands together and have them tell you how to ride a bicycle!
This is my second Arkansas video from you that I watched. As an Arkansas native of 45 years, only having moved to Nashville, Tennessee area about 6 months ago, I can relate to many of these and some I have never heard of before. Those that I can relate to I feel are associated with the south in general and not just to Arkansas. The others I have never heard of or rarely have heard anyone say them. The "bowed up" phrase is more of an action than an emotion. It means to gesture you are ready to fight (puffed out chest, ready to brawl). The Arkansas accent varies from region as well as the use of various slang terms. Some people definitely have that more pronounced southern drawl and others it is less pronounced. I grew up in Russellville, Arkansas area (about an hour west of Little Rock) and moved to the Fort Smith area (western part of state bordering the Oklahoma border) and have conversed with many people with thick southern accents and many who I couldn't tell they were from the south aside from certain word choices or slang phrases. The more rural areas of Arkansas, the accents tend to be more pronounced and the slang more prevalent.
Since moving to the Nashville area, I feel that I get exposed to many more cultures now since there are so many ethnicities here in the Nashville metro area that weren't as common in Arkansas. Just on Nolensville Pike alone, there are restaurants from practically every country. My wife is an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher here in Nashville and experiences many different accents. Plus, over the last two decades, the Nashville metro area has grown tremendously with people moving here from all over the country.
When exploring and trying to find new places to eat here in Nashville and things to do, I found your channel and am very thankful I did. You guys are great.
darn= "gosh nabbit" or "dag nabbit"
"Three sheets to the wind" is quoted in "Sixteen Candles"...gotta watch that movie!