More or Less......Southern...

You know that I live in the south.....south west Florida too.....
Yesterday I heard several phrases that caught my attention....
One man at the boat yard was describing a ’salty dog’ fisherman like this.
“Man, he’s a character!”
We got the idea....
The person described was not...ordinary, mediocre.....or boring!
He was perhaps.....a living being straight out of an adventure novel.
Being a character.....in southern colloquialism...is different than having character... Go figure that one!
Last night our Brittney, Barbie look alike, and Joshua were eating with us and I had to laugh again and again at her expressions...
She sounds so much like me that it is scary....Once she exclaimed, “If that don’t beat all!” then something insignificant was described as “it didn’t amount to a hill of beans...”
How does someone so young....nineteen years...with so much intelligence and quick brilliance.....pick up this ‘2nd language’ . The funny thing is that she does not use it often in her work area...she works with lawyers, contractors, mortgage brokers etc.
I suppose that the language of the hearer determines the choice of expression. This may be sub conscientious for her yet I find it amusing...
As a result, she can be described as ...more or less Southern.
It is according to the circle of the audience around her.
I also, find this to be true in my life.
Do you suppose this is what is meant when we say someone is a “pud’?
Only heaven knows about some of these expressions....they just seem normal down here.....in the south!