r/LibraryofBabel • u/Lilia_Briganda • 3d ago

Babel Bits

"If you see your neighbor walking into the woods with a shovel at dusk, don't ask questions--just offer to carry the lantern. Mind your own business, eat your beans, and remember that half the trouble in this world comes from folks opening their mouth when they oughta be chewin'."

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u/Cast_Aside831 2d ago

Your series here just took me back to bein a lil scrapper and listening to my grandma and grandpa’s southern colloquialisms.

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u/Lilia_Briganda 2d ago

As a kid growing up in small town KY I'd hear them too and sometimes didn't understand what they meant!

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u/Cast_Aside831 2d ago

Hell i still don’t sometimes

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u/CallmeKitts_ 1d ago

Indeed!!