Whistlin' Dixie: A Dictionary of Southern Expressions (Facts on File Dictionary of American Regional Expressions, Vol 1)

This book is written by a Yankee who hasn't spent enough time in the South. Yankees should not depend on this book to garner an understand of the way we talk in Dixie. A significant numbers of definitions are simply wrong. Southerners will laugh at the errors. For example, most food descriptions are wrong. Other definitions are close enough to lend credence but are really off the mark. Don't buy the book. Check it out from your local library, scan it, chuckle, and return it the next day.