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WEST VIRGINIA
2."Onced" and "Twiced" are words.
3. It is not a shopping cart, it is a buggy.
4. "Jaw-P" means "Did ya'll go to the bathroom?"
5. People actually grow AND eat okra.
6. "Fixinto" is one word.
7. There is no such thing as "lunch". There is only dinner and
then there is supper.
8. Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking
it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar!
9. Backards and forards means "I know everything about you."
10. The word "Jeet" is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"
11. You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what
time it is. You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.
12. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.
2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same
day.
3. You use "fix" as a verb. For example: "I'm fixing to go git
somethin to eat."
4. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit,
vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
5. You know what a "DAWG" is.
6. You carry jumper cables in your car. For your OWN car.
7. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, Texas Pete, Tabasco
and Ketchup.
8. The local papers cover national and international news on one
page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and motor sports.
9. You think that the first day of deer season is a national
holiday.
10. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a bit warm".
11. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still
Summer and Christmas.
12. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as "goin'
Wal-martin" or off to "Wally World."
13. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good
soup weather.
14. We don't need no dang Driver's Ed. If our mama says we can
drive, we can drive dag-nabbit.
15. You understand these jokes and forward them to your West
Virginia friends (and those who just wish they were.)
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