First of all, as a Southerner, it’s your duty to take your sweet time doing anything, which includes reading this joke (Yankee’s are always in a hurry). Call it a game if you wish, and it’s really fun to play when visiting “up North”. I’ve got family there, so this stuff really hits home.

1. Talk real slow, and ask them to speak more slowly so you can understand what they’re saying.
2. Pronounce all one-syllable words with two.
3. Always order sweet tea and/or grits. When they don’t have it, raise a ruckus.
4. Correct their pronunciation of certain words. For example: It’s “Pah-kahn” not “Pee-can”. (Amen)
5. Put Tabasco on everything.
6. Use the word “reckon” in a sentence as often as you can.
7. “Mash” buttons. “Cut” off lights. “Carry” the kids to school.
8. Never simply “do” something. Be “fixin to do” something.
9. Tell them you don’t have an accent, they do.
10. Be sure to include “yes/no ma’am/sir” in all conversations… Offends the heck out of ‘em.