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I've been all over Virginia. From Southwest Virginia to Northeast Virginia. The restaurants I ate at served sweet tea, the accents were Southern, as they are indicated to be on the dialect maps, etc. And there were many Confederate memorials all over the state. Virginia is not a Northern state like Pennsylvania. So there's my synopsis. The culture of Virginia outside of NOVA is very much Southern, as are the linguistics. That's about all there is to say. Not satisfied? I've been to 40 states, every Southern state and many of the Northern ones. And I've heard people from Richmond speak on TV...the accents are undeniably Southern. It's very simple. If you don't like facts, then you have an axe to grind with me, and it appears you don't.
Must be some deep-seeded bias against northerners.
U146 is from Missouri and doesn't know much about the east, though the poster pretends to. S/he makes claims about Philly but has never even been there.
Why do people like U146 get so angry when any southern state has a similarity to a northern one?
I just don't get it. Must be some deep-seeded bias against northerners.
The real question is how does one travel all parts of VA, see every nook of DC, trek all parts of Baltimore and the rest of MD (along with studying its culture and politics), skip Philadelphia and resume your travels by seeing NJ and New York? His charts, diagrams, and calculations no doubt to him that Baltimore=Philly (along with DC, NYC, and Boston). The guy obviously teaches at the University of Missouri.
U146 is from Missouri and doesn't know much about the east, though the poster pretends to. S/he makes claims about Philly but has never even been there.
I'm not just making claims. I'm using solid sources to back my opinion up.
Why do people like U146 get so angry when any southern state has a similarity to a northern one?
I just don't get it. Must be some deep-seeded bias against northerners.
I'm not angry. This thread has suddenly turned to everyone attacking me. It was all of you attempting to say Virginia is more like Pennsylvania than another Southern state that drove me over the edge. All of you know the dialect maps I presented are solid irrefutable evidence of what is and what isnt. I've heard a Philadelphia accent on TV. This stupid idea that one needs to visit a place to form an opinion on it is a complete load of crap. All of you attacking me do it because you've been hit by the truth and it hurts. You know where you can stick your personal attacks. That's all any of you have. I have facts, not opinions, on my side.
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