Sugar Britches

As if I needed another online writing forum to keep up with, I was recently invited to write at Atlanta Metblogs. Since people tell me that I’m, like, funny and shit (I think they’re lying), and I do enjoy exploring and writing about my city, I figured I’d go for it. Some of the content [...]

Even more words and phrases to add to your dictionary of southern speak. Yes, these will be on the exam.
Awll – Petroleum-based lubricant used in automotive engines.
example: “I need to put some more awll in my truck.”
Awfully – Very.
example: “That’s an awfully dumb youngin’ you got there.”
Barry – To lend. Commonly used when the object [...]

…Is it possible to give directions like: “Get on Ponce, turn right on Ponce, then turn right on Ponce.”

If you’re driving through midtown, Ponce de Leon Avenue NE does not in fact run northeast, but rather east and west. However, if you’re heading east, Ponce becomes West Ponce, which crosses through Decatur, then becomes East [...]

For those traveling to the south, I have started compiling a list of helpful words and phrases. Keep in mind that some meanings do vary between states, so I’m going by the dialect of my hometown.
Adlanna, Kayrow, Dalonaguh, Decab and Allbenny – Locations in Georgia.
spelled as Atlanta, Cairo, Dahlonega, Dekalb and Albany.
A’spearmint – A method [...]

This, I think, shall be the title of my personal memoir, assuming I ever have enough material to write one.
Anyway– for those of you not familiar with Hot-lanta, 285 is an interstate that encircles the city limits in a giant loop. (It is not “the” 285. If you say that, you’ll sound like a damn [...]

Confession: I had never actually been inside a Kroger until I moved here in 2006. (Conversely, most Atlanta natives have never set foot inside a Piggly Wiggly or Food Lion, but that’s beside the point.) One unique aspect of living in Atlanta is quite a few Kroger locations have nicknames, and even stranger is [...]

You might be from south Georgia if…
- You think people who complain about 100 degree heat are sissies.
- You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by distance to the building, but by the proximity of shade.
- You’ve seen people wear blue jeans and baseball caps at weddings and funerals.
- [...]