How Do You Talk With Country Or Rural Folk?
• Be familiar with the colloquial usages in the local area. Set a spell means sit down for a little while, Grab a bite means eat a meal, but the list varies and can be quite long. • Be willing to take your time. Country people are often not as rushed as city folks, so patience may be your best tool for engaging in a meaningful conversation. Someone at the grocery store might strike up some small talk, or the person driving in front of you might drive five miles below the speed limit (or slower, if driving a tractor), and losing your patience (closing the conversation abruptly or honking your horn) is not going to be as easily forgiven as it is in the city. • Know when to let people go about their business. There are times when life in the country is not the bucolic, carefree environ some people imagine. Planting, harvesting, and other work intensive seasons are times of working from dusk till dawn. Don’t show up uninvited, and generally, don’t take up someone’s time if they’re busy, un
