S Is for Southern

A Guide to the South, from Absinthe to Zydeco

De: Editors of Garden and Gun, David DiBenedetto

Narrado por: Graham Halstead

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Relatable

It took be back to may things I experienced and forgot about growing up in the south.

A little too long, and makes you hungry!

This book was educational, and tongue-and-cheeky. The narrator's voice was almost too lyrical and soothing. The length of the book in combination with his perfect accent actually tended to put me to sleep. I'd say nearly 50% of the terms were related to food, so I was constantly hungry listening to it. Overall, it was alright. I just wish it was a little shorter and a little more up-beat to keep me engaged.

This needed a better narrator

I LOVED so many of these definitions. The ones about my favorite authors and books had me swooning. As a lover of words and a lifelong, deep-South resident, this book is a delight in print. (i read this in both print and Audible formats depending on where I was.) Although I dearly loved reading about my favorite authors and literary works, my favorite definition in this is “mess,” a word,I had just finished explaining that term to someone a week or so ago.
READ this one for yourself. I don’t care if this narrator supposedly grew up in Virginia, he’s not authentically Southern. Our language deserves to be read and experienced in our voice. I wanted to scream every time he revealed his “foreignness” by mispronouncing Tupelo and Mobile. If you’re a Yankee, it will sound authentic. But if you’re one of us, just spring for the hardcover because you’re going to want to keep this one.

Interesting book!

I’m from the South and knew most but still learned a few things from this book.

Narrator not from around here!

tu-PELLo
zy-DECKo
Way too many such errors.
A qualified editor should have listened to the recording. As important as language is to the project....