Have you ever been insulted by a southerner? There is nothing like it.

There are so many stereotypes out, there’s especially related to the way people talk. For example, northerners think southerners are stupid, just because of their accents, Jeff Foxworthy says (and its better to hear him say it) would you want your brain surgeon to sound like, say, Forest Gump, just for arguments sake. No, you would not.

Southerners think northerners are stupid for their accents. Of course, it seems that guys think the other accent is cute and women are the same way, on the opposite sex of course.

The British are smart because of the proper way they speak, well not all of them. The French seem like something smells and I could go on and on.

So many misconceptions its not even funny.

When it comes to being insulted, you know it when a New Yorker insults you, it’s blatant and usually includes a few,well, lets just say, choice words. The British have some great insults or just fun words that we know are bad, but just not quite bad enough not to use. We all know at least one bad word in another language.

I was an actor with the GA Renaissance Festival, that was fun, we learned to insult each other in the King’s English, that was something, you were insulted, but it sounded great so you laugh! Monty Python knew how to do it, just watch The Holy Grail, some of you already know what I’m talking about.

Now, when a southerner, especially a southern woman insults you, you probably didn’t even notice, probably didn’t even register. I have learned a lot in my time living in the south. They have such a way of putting things, you’ll never see it coming until you are knocked out cold!

One of my favorite southern expressions is “bless your/his/her heart”oh boy howdy! You hear that, you run! Now, this could be a good phrase or a bad phrase, all depends on the context, isn’t that amazing? It is kind of a blanket statement, to cover a lot of things. “He’s had a tough time, bless his heart” that’s honest sympathy, “She picked that outfit out all by herself, bless her heart”, that’s not sympathy, it translates to “really? Did she even look in the mirror before she went out?”. You do something dumber than dirt…bless your heart.

Urban dictionary: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bless+your+heart
If you go to YouTube and put in Bless Your Heart, you get a whole mess ‘o options!

So my friends, be aware when you’re in the south, you might not see it coming and I have a feeling some of you are reading this and thinking…”she just keeps talking and talking and thinks someone out there is listening…bless her heart!”. Well, bless your hearts for reading this and putting up with me! (And that’s an honest compliment!)