Twanglish Lessons is your semi-unregularly posted guide to mastering the finer points of the Official Language of the South. Remember: it’s not English; it’s Twanglish.
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Real Southern Rules: Reconsidering the Real Southern Man
April 1, 2013 
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Thanks to the mocking words of a certain writer for The New Yorker, we’ve had to take a long, hard look at our Southernness. And we’ve completely reconsidered what a Real Southern Man is.
Read more Real Southern Quotes: On Pigs, Likker and Taters
March 8, 2013 0 Comments
“You can sell a jar of likker when you cain’t sell a bushel of taters.”
Read more To Paleo or not to Paleo?
February 12, 2013 4 Comments
That seems to be the question these days, as the Paleo Diet is sweeping the nation. Today, two Real Southern Men take on this dicey topic with two very different points of view.
Read more Twanglish Lessons: Tell Big Momma and Them We Said “Hey”
January 30, 2013 11 Comments
Now that we’ve gotten past our 15 minutes of fame (or was it infamy?) brought on by being slanderously maligned in The New Yorker, it’s time to get back to the business of “reveling in the New South and wrasslin’ with the Old.” And what better way to do that than a new Twanglish Lesson?
Read more RSMU – Week 8 Picks
October 20, 2012 0 Comments
Here we are at the midpoint of the college football regular season. Alabama, Oregon, Florida, Notre Dame and a handful of other teams remain undefeated. The RSM pickers, sadly, do not. Let’s get to the picks! This week’s games: LSU at Texas A&M Virginia Tech at Clemson Auburn at Vanderbilt Wake Forest at Virginia South […]
Read more RSMU – Week 6 Picks
October 6, 2012 0 Comments
Last week, the RSM football gurus were spotless in their record … because we didn’t pick any games. We’re back this week, but you’ll have to forgive any strangeness. RSM founder Wayne Franklin had emergency oral surgery this week, so whatever he writes will be under the influence of copious amounts of painkillers. You’ve […]
Read more Aporkalypse Now: Preparing for the Bacon Shortage
September 25, 2012 4 Comments
If you are not already seated, you might want to sit down for this: the top news this morning is a pending worldwide shortage of bacon. We’ll give you a moment to deal with your emotions.
Read more RSMU – Week 4 Picks
September 22, 2012 2 Comments
Another week, another great slate of Southern football. Before we kill this horse and keep beating it for the sheer pleasure of it, let’s get to the games: This week’s games: Maryland at West Virginia Virginia at TCU Ole Miss at Tulane Miami at Georgia Tech Missouri at South Carolina Louisville at Florida International Memphis at Duke Clemson at Florida State Rutgers at Arkansas […]
Read more RSMU – Week 3 Picks
September 15, 2012 1 Comment
To say none of us were perfect in last week’s picks would be an understatement. Who could have foreseen the complete meltdown in the Ozarks that left the Razorbacks on the losing end of a 34-31 tilt with Louisiana Monroe? And who would’ve guessed that, less than 20 months removed from their national championship, Auburn […]
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