If The Creek Don’t Rise
Keeping a healthy social life is not convenient, because you have a lot on your mind. Perhaps, you may have to turn down invites because of existing obligations. In these cases, there’s a strong Southern expression that you should start using. A bunch of older gentlemen are shown in this photo. Let’s presume they’re working on Tuesdays at the same time. Therefore, next Thursday, one of them wants to do something else. He may have arrangements for his nephew prepared, although this has yet to be confirmed. He might say something like, “Jim, if the creek doesn’t rise, I’m going to be there.” That means he’s going to see, but there really is no assurance!
If The Creek Don’t Rise
Yankee
Evidently, if you’re referred to by that word, you’re not from the South. In case you were curious, baseball has nothing to do with that. This is actually a term used in the south to identify anybody from the north. If not, perhaps it’s somebody who behaves that way. Throughout the Civil War, this word extended back to the south. It was a term used to identify a Union soldier in those days.
Yankee
