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Top 10 things I learned living in North Carolina

Ok, I am a Floridian who now lives and loves the North Carolina Mountains. I am becoming a Carolidian and wanted to share some thoughts a friend of mine thought I needed to know.

1. A possum is a flat animal who sleeps in the middle of the road.

2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in North Carolina

3. There are 10,000 types of spiders . All 10,000 live in North Carolina and some no one has ever seen before.

4. Onced and Twiced are words

5. "Jaw-P? " "Did ya'll go to the bathroom?"

6. "Fixinto" is one word

7. The word "Jeet" is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat"?

8. People actually grow and eat Okra

9. YOU know what a "dawg" is

10. You think that the first day of deer seaon is a national holiday.

Posted by AJ Fischer on 09/03/2008 01:45 PM

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9 Comments on Top 10 things I learned living in North Carolina

11 god is a Carolina fan just look at the color of the skin

09/05/2008 07:09 AM

by Jim Fischetti (The Fischetti Group/Keller Williams)

I'd like to add a couple!

You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store.

And, any three letter word can be said as if it has 3 or more syllables. Example: Can is said CA-AAA-AN!

As a transplanted NY'er though, I love it here and I love the ways of my Tar Heel buddies!

09/05/2008 08:52 AM

by Craig Rutman North Carolina (Raleigh Area) Realtor (Home Buyer and Seller Specialist)

You gotta love us here in North Carollina....we have a language all of our own.

09/07/2008 03:18 PM

by Team Honeycutt (Allen Tate)

Rather be in N.C. than anywhere in the world!

09/07/2008 04:06 PM

by Rand - Surf City & Topsail Island, N.C. Real Estate Marketing & Sales (Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty, The Rand Burchfield Group)

I remember the first time someone said to me "I'm gonna get up with Jimmy about it"....I had no idea what they were talking about! I know now, that it means the same as "I'm going to get with Jimmy about it". I'm not sure where the "up" part came from...but I find myself saying it all the time now.

The other is "You-n's." As in "Are you-n's going to to get up with Jimmy about it".

I love, love, love, North Carolina. I wasn't born here, but I got here as soon as I could. Besides, if you're lucky enough to live in the mountains, you're lucky enough.

Ok, that's enough sayings for one night.

09/07/2008 06:35 PM

by Carol Clay, Broker/REALTOR Brevard NC Real Estate Specialist (Keller Williams Realty, Brevard, NC)

Carol...I forgot that one "u ins" I had a gal here in the office who is from Roan MTN Tn and she always said that and I would answer "we ins are fine" LOl. I too love it here and your right it is a great place to live. AJ

09/07/2008 06:56 PM

by AJ Fischer (AAdvisor Realty of The High Country)

Hi AJ,
I have lived in NC pretty much all my life and most of these are "new and strange" to me. Is it a mountain thing?

09/07/2008 07:57 PM

by Cynthia Tilghman, Realtor® Onslow County NC Home Specialist (Kingsbridge Realty, Inc)

Hi Cynthia..Must be a Mountain thing and since I am soooo close to the TN border. I have been told that in some areas they have their own dialect. AJ

09/07/2008 08:59 PM

by AJ Fischer (AAdvisor Realty of The High Country)

OMG - How did I ever miss this post? Too funny! I can't stop laughing. My Granny Tann would love this and probably add to the list. She lives in VA. :-D

09/08/2008 06:41 AM

by C Tann-Starr (TannStarr.com TannStarr.ws REMAX People Realty)

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