I have talked about doing something to reflect my heritage for years. It's difficult to take a life and put all the people, situations, scenery, and everything else in words and pictures, etc.
Most of the time I get to talking about one thing and then I go off on something else, then something else, and so on. Kinda' like going on You Tube looking for a video on how to (whatever) and end up watching a fat cat trying to get through a pet door. Two hours Later!!!
I guess the best place to start this journey is with speech. That seems to be where I stand out in a crowd. After having married a Yankee woman (born and raised in Chicago), it has been pointed out that I have an "accent". We have always sparred back and forth about how things are said. More so since I have to deal with people in my line of work from around the world. I have been told that, "You don't talk alot, but when you do, it's a work of art." Please...I think they're patronizing. I've seen a lot of bad art.
See, I have digressed already. I will try and chronicle the words and phrases I have heard, and used, throughout my life to reflect the southern vocabulary. And yes, it is a vernacular that is world-reknowned.
