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[suburban george3]

nashvol85, on Jul 7 2006, 03:05 PM, said:

Is being Southern a matter of -

Attitude:    Do Southerners share a common temperment?

There seem to be two types (from what I can tell): southern hospitality, friendly to strangers and the opposite...unfriendly and inhospitable "y'all ain't from 'round here, are ya?"...the types that hate Yankees...publicly

I definetly think it's all about the 'tude.  And I don't hate Yankees, but I do luv giving relocated ones a "hard time", LOL.  (It's all in luv folks!!  I swear!)

[Cadeho]

Spartan, on Jul 9 2006, 11:02 PM, said:

You'd know if you have it. Its very obvious what it is. Its fast growing and takes over everything.

Oh yeah ok I think I've seen that along 95 south of the city.  I thought it was ivy.

Edited by Cadeho, 10 July 2006 - 04:07 PM.

[nashvol85]

suburban george3, on Jul 10 2006, 06:42 AM, said:

I definetly think it's all about the 'tude.  And I don't hate Yankees, but I do luv giving relocated ones a "hard time", LOL.  (It's all in luv folks!!  I swear!)

When I went to Florida for spring break in spring '04, I convinced some girl from Chicago (who was curious about life in Tennessee) that we still had outhouses, that I didn't wear shoes on a regular basis, and we didn't have malls, just general stores.

Man, I can't believe she actually believed me...




sidenote: if you look at my appearance, I don't dress like a redneck, so that just made it even more funny...I was wearing a freakin Polo.

[Spades]

yes Cybear. You are correct. Most people from Texas will consider themselves Texans first and southeners second. There's even a quote that says Texas is neither Southern nor Western. Texas is Texas. However, you have to be in one of the regions and the majority of the state is southern or at least have in common with Louisiana and Arkansas.  If you crossed the border from Louisiana into Texas without seeing a sign, you will not tell the difference.

Edited by Spades, 10 July 2006 - 04:59 PM.

[lammius]

nashvol85, on Jul 10 2006, 04:13 PM, said:

sidenote: if you look at my appearance, I don't dress like a redneck, so that just made it even more funny...I was wearing a freakin Polo.

Because polos are sooo metro...  

But anyway that doesn't excuse her ignorance.  I like f-kin w/ people at bars sometimes too.  I was once out in Savannah and wanted to fit in w/ the local scene so I tried to speak with the local accent.  People started asking me if I was from Australia.  Oy.  But that was fun to play around with too.

[Lacharm]

personally to me, to many regions or people try to fit into the southerness category.  being from the south does not mean there are grits and ice tea served (which is the stupidest thing ive ever heard), or what you say because you can go to houston, dallas, atlanta, or even nashville and the people talk very proper in many areas of the cities.  living in the south means that you dont expect snow, but it just comes every 3-4 yrs, but you can expect a tornado will hit somewhere within 100 miles every year.  also, people can influence what is southern.  blacks generally look at being from the south differentyly from whites.  majority of blacks look at texas and fla as being southern while most whites think the opposite.  also, most people on this side of the south consider texas to be just as if not more southern than states like nc or ky, while people say, in georgia look at nc being very southern.  there isnt one single definition, and why do we even debate it.  we are the only backwards region that has this sort of sectionalism that we cant get over...............................

[suburban george3]

Of course, talking about the accent, when I was in high school we went to England on a school trip.  I was in a sweater shop in Stratford and a woman asked me if "I was from the states?"  I told her yes.  She then asked me if I was from "Texas or North Carolina?"  I was curious why she chose these 2 states since I was indeed from NC and asked her why she chose those 2 states.  She politely said, "Well, you sound like those people on Dallas or Andy Griffith!"



(TRUE STORY)

Edited by suburban george3, 10 July 2006 - 07:40 PM.

[nashvol85]

lammius, on Jul 10 2006, 08:17 PM, said:

Because polos are sooo metro...  

But anyway that doesn't excuse her ignorance.  I like f-kin w/ people at bars sometimes too.  I was once out in Savannah and wanted to fit in w/ the local scene so I tried to speak with the local accent.  People started asking me if I was from Australia.  Oy.  But that was fun to play around with too.

LOL...I swear I don't look metro...I don't have the hair for it and I listen to cool music, not techno crap.

btw, I think this girl was a little on the ditzy side...certainly gulible.

[teshadoh]

nashvol85, on Jul 11 2006, 12:41 AM, said:

LOL...I swear I don't look metro...I don't have the hair for it and I listen to cool music, not techno crap.

btw, I think this girl was a little on the ditzy side...certainly gulible.

I think they were being sarcastic

Polo clothing is about as southern as you can get - that might be their point.  Which is besides the point - the girl was easily fooled...

[nashvol85]

teshadoh, on Jul 12 2006, 09:34 AM, said:

I think they were being sarcastic

Polo clothing is about as southern as you can get - that might be their point.  Which is besides the point - the girl was easily fooled...

You can wear a polo and look metro...you just need lots and lots of hair gel too.

[JDC]

You prefer biscuits to bagels. There's the answer.

[nashvol85]

JDC, on Jul 12 2006, 01:08 PM, said:

You prefer biscuits to bagels. There's the answer.

^^^

This is true.

[Mith242]

Sweet tea!  

[lammius]

Biscuits and bagels are like apples and oranges.  Bagels are great with cream cheese and a cup of coffee.  Biscuits go well with fried chicken.

[Spartan]

Cadeho, on Jul 10 2006, 06:05 PM, said:

Oh yeah ok I think I've seen that along 95 south of the city.  I thought it was ivy.

ah ok. Ivy is a darker green, and as a general rule, there is much less of it

Spades, on Jul 10 2006, 06:58 PM, said:

yes Cybear. You are correct. Most people from Texas will consider themselves Texans first and southeners second. There's even a quote that says Texas is neither Southern nor Western. Texas is Texas. However, you have to be in one of the regions and the majority of the state is southern or at least have in common with Louisiana and Arkansas.  If you crossed the border from Louisiana into Texas without seeing a sign, you will not tell the difference.

Texas is definately Texas, but if you have to lump it into a larger region, then the South is definately it.

[Mith242]

Spartan, on Jul 13 2006, 09:18 PM, said:

ah ok. Ivy is a darker green, and as a general rule, there is much less of it
Texas is definately Texas, but if you have to lump it into a larger region, then the South is definately it.

Yeah I'd categorize east Texas as the south.  I don't think I would with west Texas though.

[NCB]

^Same here, I've always considered east Texas, especially SE Texas, as part of the South. Geographically, most of Houston looks much more like New Orleans than it does San Antonio, which is about 150 miles closer to Houston than New Orleans.

[Spartan]

Eastern Texas also shares a comon history.

[Cadeho]

Ok, I've seen that kudzu in two other places...   it's not that bad... but it took over a little spiral staircase that used to be visible from I-95 southbound on the way toward the old Belvidere Toll Plaza.  What gets rid of it?  All vegetation killer?

[Mith242]

Cadeho, on Jul 15 2006, 06:13 PM, said:

Ok, I've seen that kudzu in two other places...   it's not that bad... but it took over a little spiral staircase that used to be visible from I-95 southbound on the way toward the old Belvidere Toll Plaza.  What gets rid of it?  All vegetation killer?

I heard it's pretty hard to kill it off.  Even if you try digging it up.  If you miss some of the roots then it will just end up growing back again.