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Always been warsh and Warshington for me. If I really concentrate and listen to how I pronounce water there might actually be another R thrown in there as well.
speak for your own state dude. We aint Siamese twins.
You can disagree all you want and that's fine, but from my personal experiences, knowledge, and observations, I find NC and VA to be relatively similar. They do have their differences (NC is definitely more southern) but it's not like they are polar opposites. Like I said, this is only MY opinion. You can also make the point that NC is more similar to Georgia today as opposed to Virginia.
NC can definitely be left out because it's southeast, not Mid-Atlantic. You can call VA Mid-Atlantic if you want (even though the majority of that state is still pretty southern IMO) but the NC/VA border has to be the dividing line. Mid-Atlantic is more so DC metro, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, etc. I really don't understand why people want to classify NC as anything but what it actually is and that is southern.
NC can definitely be left out because it's southeast, not Mid-Atlantic. You can call VA Mid-Atlantic if you want (even though the majority of that state is still pretty southern IMO) but the NC/VA border has to be the dividing line. Mid-Atlantic is more so DC metro, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, etc. I really don't understand why people want to classify NC as anything but what it actually is and that is southern.
There aren't many people north of Richmond, VA that would say North Carolina is part of the Mid-Atlantic region. Using the NC/VA border makes the Mid-Atlantic boundaries look nice and neat but I personally think that Mid-Atlantic culture stops between Richmond's northern suburbs and Washington DC's southern suburbs.
There aren't many people north of Richmond, VA that would say North Carolina is part of the Mid-Atlantic region. Using the NC/VA border makes the Mid-Atlantic boundaries look nice and neat but I personally think that Mid-Atlantic culture stops between Richmond's northern suburbs and Washington DC's southern suburbs.
That's actually quite accurate. Going north on I-95, I'd say you're officially out of the south and into the Mid-Atlantic when you pass Fredericksburg, VA. Apart from NOVA, I'd say Virginia is still southern overall in the Upper South way similar to North Carolina, Tennessee, and some areas of Arkansas and Kentucky. Personally, I consider Richmond to be a southern city, partly due to the fact that it was the capital of the Confederacy even if that was 150 odd years ago and the tobacco industry is pretty big around there. Columbia, SC, Raleigh, NC, and Richmond, VA are three fall line southern capitals.
The tobacco and slave industry was also a big part of Maryland's economy
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