A while back, a transplanted Yankee sat down beside me at a luncheon and proceeded to explain what had compelled her to uproot herself from generations of Northern influence and move South."I was visiting a friend here and one of her neighbors had stopped by to visit with her 3-year-old in tow," the woman recalled. "The little girl started to act cranky, so her mother leaned down and said softly but firmly, ‘Hush.’ I decided right then and there that I wanted to live here."I looked puzzled and tilted my head. "I don’t understand."The woman smiled.
It's much nicer to say 'hush' instead of 'shut up'
