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July 14, 2017 • SOUTHERNISMS

9 Essential Southernisms, And How to Use Them in Everyday Life

Being Southern isn’t just eating fried chicken, sipping sweet tea, and swapping tall tales with your neighbors on the front porch.

It’s saying “yes, ma’am” and “no, ma’am” and greeting everyone you pass on the street. It’s knowing you …

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June 29, 2017 • PEOPLE, SOUTHERNISMS

8 Southern Etiquette Rules You Should Follow Every Single Day

In the South, we pride ourselves on several things. Our food, our ability to handle humidity, our family, and, most importantly, our manners.

In fact, our first words were probably “yes, ma’am” and “please pass the butter.” Here at Draper …

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January 18, 2017 • PEOPLE, SOUTHERNISMS

The Seven Best Dolly Parton Quotes

Whenever we’ve got a problem, we ask ourselves one simple question: What Would Dolly Do? (In fact, we ask it so often, we’ve printed the question on bestselling t-shirts, totes, and cocktail napkins.)

After all, the …

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October 29, 2016 • #GirlBoss, SOUTHERNISMS

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As in: “If you never try, you’ll never know,” says Reese, who spoke to Jenna Bush Hager on the Today Show about her penchant for taking risks—and invented her very own Southernism in the process. Watch the video here

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May 20, 2016 • CULTURE, SOUTHERNISMS

Southern Flower Language

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