[Shoegal1075]

HA, HA - Rain - you shouldn't jump to conclusions - if you have read any of my posts, you would know 2 things I'm actually a nice person and 2 that it was out of my character to do that. He wasn't glancing, he was damn near inside the car. There have been a lot of cars broken into on our block as of late and well, he looked out of place. You can form what ever opinion you'd like but had he not come toward me like he was going to do something, I would never have done that. Not that it was right because it wasnt! I was wrong, I admit that!

[rainroosty]

Originally Posted by Chelsa1075

HA, HA - Rain - you shouldn't jump to conclusions - if you have read any of my posts, you would know 2 things I'm actually a nice person and 2 that it was out of my character to do that. He wasn't glancing, he was damn near inside the car. There have been a lot of cars broken into on our block as of late and well, he looked out of place. You can form what ever opinion you'd like but had he not come toward me like he was going to do something, I would never have done that. Not that it was right because it wasnt! I was wrong, I admit that!

Okay....I apologize Sorry about that!
Sincerely, & Happy Holidays,
~rainroosty~

[Shoegal1075]

No worries - I didn't explain everything and after I read it again and realize it looked like i was just a crazy woman who just did something really gross.

Happy holidays to you and all my other CD friends!

[mr palm beach]

Originally Posted by ComSense

^^^ Geographically speaking.

And yes, some parts of FL are still southern. Especially the panhandle and other parts of north FL and a little bit in Central FL.

you for got about south florida rual areas like
the heart land them areas are very southern to

[NativeFloridan]

Originally Posted by dennismpat

I'm glad you brought this up. When I lived in Florida as a kid WAY back in the early 70s, I could remember hearing the natives speaking with a Southern accent, like the kind heard in Georgia and Alabama. I'm guessing that with the large influx of people from northern areas of the country and immigrants from Latin America, that the Southern accent in Florida is dying out, except in the northern part of the state from Jacksonville and going west. And I think that's sad, really. In South Florida, it seems that one hears either a New York accent or Spanish accent more than a Southern accent.

I knew a guy who was from North Carolina who lives here in Southern California, and he tells me that he doesn't think that Florida is a southern state, the same way that Georgia, Alabama, the Carolinas, etc., are, despite the fact that going back in history, Florida was a Confederate state during the Civil War. But then, I think most of the population was in the northern part near Georgia and Alabama. The rest of the state was yet to be discovered.

And look what's happened to it now...

You know the difference between a YANKEE AND A DAMN YANKEE...THE DAMN YANKEE STAYS. But I would not recommend telling anyone from the following towns they are not Southern or from the South; you may get shot!

Marianna FL, Live Oak FL, Plant City FL, Fernandina Beach FL, Daytona BEach FL, Lake City FL, Brooksville FL, Fort Pierce FL, Okeechobee FL, Apalachicola FL, Panama City FL, Chiply FL, Quincey FL, Bonifay FL, Defuniak Springs FL, Milton FL, Wewahitchka FL, Homestead FL, Stuart, Clewiston FL, Bartow FL, Floral CIty, HOmosassa Springs FL, St Augustine FL, ORmaond Beach, Lake Butler, Cross CIty FL, Madison FL, Monticello FL, Jasper FL, Havana Fl, Mexico Beach FL, Port St. Joe FL, Detin FL, Ft. Walton Beach FL, Perry FL, Chiefland FL, Lamont FL, Blountstown FL, Graceville FL, Crestview FL, NIceville FL, Miramar Beach FL, Gasparilla Island FL, LAguna Beach FL, Carabelle FL, Alligator Point FL< St. George Island FL, Steinhatchee FL, Starke FL, Palatka FL, Dunnellon FL, Inverness FL, Fish HAwk FL, St. Cloud FL, Immokalee FL, Belle Glade FL, Labelle FL, Wauchula FL, Lake Placid FL

[NativeFloridan]

Originally Posted by Nomadicus

I am a native FL cracker and yes FL has a lot of southern hospitality left where it is still old FL. A lot of good times can be had over a bowl of ham & beans with some collard greens and cornbread. All usually goes well until we start hearing how much better they do it up north and we ought to change our ways down here. Then all bets are off and I think most flea markets sell bumper stickers that say "If You Love NY I-95 Goes North Too." The memories of the raping of the south by Carpetbaggers post civil war as taught in history books at school are hard memories for some to let go of. Those memories can cut good southern hospitality short for some who choose to not be so hospitable themselves. My 2¢.

Well said Normadicus......and that goes for any other so-called Southerners from other Southern states who have the audacity to say Florida is not Southern...yall, along with all the damn yankees, can stay the hell out of our state as well...if you were true Southerners you would have more manners than to say such rude comments.

[Miles Vineyards]

I have always said there is a vast differance between South Florida and North Florida, regardless of what lattitude you draw the line. Southern Florida in my opinion is not a State but a Foriegn Country, there is little of anything original left to that part of the country. I am not sure of the swamp area and the keys but everything else, is a hodgepodge of cultures, ethnics and carpetbaggers. As far as the term"Shell Cracker", I was lead to believe that was derived from the more prevelant panfish of the south, the red ear or "shell cracker" and I was told that because this was a common and popular species that the country people fished, they were referred to as " shell crackers".

[Miles Vineyards]

I stand corrected on the term "cracker" you are right it was a term given to poorer white people who hearded the cattle and it reffered to the "crack" of their whips. I have heard the the term shell cracker that was geared more to the country folk that fished"shell crackers". I would guess you have more knowledge on this subject and I guess that is why they refer to certain housing in FL. rural areas as " Cracker Style"?

[fishinbuddy786]

The term "cracker" came from the crack of a whip that a slave owner used to get his attention. The owner used a whip to move cattle, horses etc. The owner would also use the whip to persuade slaves which is where the phrase "moving at the crack of a whip", came from. The cracker houses are actually very small houses the white land owner would build his farm workers or slaves to house them in so he could keep them near the fields and not in his house. there were small row houses which are still standing today not far from me here in Florida.

[Granny Sue]

The term cracker comes from what ever source you choose to believe.
I was brought up believing it was from the crack of the whip in herding cattle.

Other's choose to believe the slavery version.