You sit down to eat boiled crawfish and your host says "Don't eat the dead ones" and you know what he means.
You had money pinned to your clothes at your wedding reception.
You can look at a rice field and tell how much gravy it will take to cover the rice.
You think the Mason-Dixon line is at Bunkie.
You know those big roaches can fly, but you're able to sleep at night anyway.
You describe a color as "K&B Purple".
You go to buy a new winter coat (what most people refer to as windbreakers) and throw your arms up in the air to make sure it allows enough room to catch Mardi Gras beads.
When you refer to a geographical location "way up North", you are referring to places like Shreveport, Little Rock or Memphis, "where it gets real cold"!
You greet people with "Howzyamomma'an'dem?" and hear back "Dey fine!"
Your children's favorite bedtime story begins "First make a roux."