What is Dixie Chick means in English?
 

I keep heard this from someone in this forum, from TV, from radio and some where

but no idear what is Dixie Chick means:confused: :confused: :confused:

English is still my 6th languages , so please explain to me what is Dixie chick means???

I checked the dictionary I understand the Dixie means it said, "A region of the southern and eastern United States, usually comprising the states that joined the Confederacy during the Civil War. The term was popularized in the minstrel song “Dixie's Land,” written by Daniel D. Emmett (1815-1904) in 1859."

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Exactly so. So these chicks, or girls/women, are from Dixie, or the American South. Three girls from Dixie - 3 Dixie Chicks.

Another common expression for women from the American South is Southern Belles, but for the name of a singing group, I'm sure that one had been taken.

dadaist

ok thanks, so Dixie is the place's name huh?:rolleyes:

Yes. It's just a nickname for the southeastern states of the USA.

dadaist

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very much!

we are also called


GRITS.....

You're called grits? No way!

I love to eat grits!

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I never knew I was a grit :D

you most certainly are my dear Scarlett

who likes to eat GRITS?

*waves hand wildly*

Ummmmmmmmm please tell me what grits are???

I have heard of them but as far as I know we dont eat them in Australia. Maybe we do but call them another name.

They're what Flo used to tell everyone to kiss once per episode on Alice. ;)

(Comedy series set in a diner for those who don't know/remember - and by the way, the characters on the robot diner waitress in Star Wars Episode II were F L O).

Thanks Daidist have you been taking lessons from Uncle Silky?

No bloody idea what you are talking about and I still don't know what grits are :(

grits (noun) -
1. coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States
Synonyms: hominy grits

Dixie Porridge, (oatmeal to you Yanks).

Hmmmmmmmmm.

not oats...it is made of corn soaked in lye to remove the casings, hominy. Then they are dried and ground in various sizes.

maybe kind of related to Polenta of sorts

Where as Lil is a Horny Grits ;)

precisely;)

Interesting! I knew people put grits on their plate . . . you learn something new every day :)

There's a site, http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20021001.html, that talks about the term Dixie giving three explanations of where that term came from. The one I had heard had to do with the political "Mason-Dixon" Line that divided the states that formed the Confederate States of America during our Civil War from the Northern States. Those south of the line were called, "Dixie." Anyway, you might check out that site for more information.

Chicks, of course, is a slang expression for girls.

:)

Except that Mason-Dixon is the border between PA and MD. And MD waffled about which side to join (as did a couple of other states, which actually DO lay south of Mason Dixon).

I'm not disputing word origins here, but "boundaries" were a highly complicated issue, even for a long time after the war.

And some one tell me why I'm remembering Yosemite Sam in a Confederate War Uniform chasing Bugs Bunny around now? :)

And grumble, I apologize, I was just trying to make a bit of an in-joke for people who remembered that sit-com from about 20 years ago in North America.
Which was also immortalized in the "Boot to the Head" sketch Dr. Demento has included on a couple of his CDs (yes Steph, I know they were Canadian too).

"The best defense is a good offense. You know who said that? Mel, the cook on Alice."

Point on MD and PA well-taken, dadaist. Thanks for the clarification.

Because he did! I recalled the episode and had to do some digging to find the reference...

from: http://www.tultw.com/bios/sam1.htm

Colonel Sam of the Confederate Army
"Southern Fried Rabbit" May 2, 1953 MM I. Freleng
Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam
News of a record carrot crop in Alabama sends Bugs Bunny "Alabama Bound", but after reaching the Mason-Dixon line Bugs finds the line defended by Colonel Sam of the Confederate Army, who has been ordered by General Lee not to let any Yankee cross it.

Damn I LOVE to eat grits. Like 'em plain, with butter, or sometimes even a little maple syrup! :p


Of course that makes the men BRITS!!!! :D

not exactly....

rabbit

And ends with Sam holding a bunch of NY Yankee players at bay (this was years before any MLB teams went south, TX OR FL!)

Now could someone help me pester WB to get this stuff out on DVD? Thanks ;)

Dixie Chicks=3 loudmouth bitches

Dadaist---I always heard it as-The best offense is a good defense
I don't know what is right! Irish

An alternative definition, perhaps, is:
Dixie Chicks = 3 people who have an opinion, and are prepared to voice it.

CasperTG

CasperTG---You are right!The only thing that bothers me about
the Dixie Chicks or any of the others,is that when they voice their
opinion,they all complain about their product sales dropping off.
Consumers have the right to express their opinion also.Everyone,
must be prepared to suffer the consequences(sp?)of their actions.
Irish
P.S.Sorry,this has been bugging me for some time!
Every action,has an equal& opposite reaction.
The gate swings both ways!

NO! :eek:.......Really?:confused:.......LMFAO:D