Windows XP Southern edition may be recognized by the unique opening
screen. It reads: WINDERS XP, with a background picture of General Robert
E. Lee superimposed on a Confederate flag. It is shipped with a Dukes of
Hazard screen saver.
Please also note: the ‘Recycle Bin’ is labeled “Outhouse”, ‘My Computer’
is called “This Dern Contraption”, ‘Dial-up Networking’ is called “Good
Ol’ Boys”, ‘Control Panel’ is known as “The Dashboard”, ‘Hard Drive’ is
referred to as “4 Wheel Drive”, ‘Floppies’ are “them little ol plastic
disc thangs” Instead of pop-up windows labeled ‘Error Message’ they are
labeled “Roll of Duct Tape”
CHANGES IN TERMINOLOGY IN SOUTHERN EDITION:
OK . . . . . . .Ats aw-right
Cancel . . . . .Stopdat
Reset . . . . . Try’er-agin
Yes . . . . . . Yep
No . . . . . . .Noop
Find . . . . . .Hunt-fer-it
Go to. . . . . .Over YonderBack . . . . . .Back yonder
Help . . . . . .Hep me out here
Stop . . . . . .Kwitit
Start . . . . . Crank er up
Settings . . . Settins
Programs . . . .Stuff dat duz stuff
Documents . . . Stuff ah done did
Also note that SOUTHERN EDITION does not necessarily recognize capital
letters or punctuation marks.
Some programs that are exclusive to Winders 98:
Tiperiter . . . . .a word processing program
Colerin book . . . a graphics program
Cyferinmersheen .. calculator
Outhouse paper . . notepad
Iner-net . . . . ..Microsoft Explorer 4.0
Pichers . . . . . .a graphics viewer
Dern lil varmit . .a mouse
I hope this heps y’all!
Billy Bob Gates
Head Honcho