Question for Southerners (Kentucky, Florida, war, bomb)

[baxendale]

How's come people from southern states call people from the north Yankees but people from the north never call southerners rebels?

[freightshaker]

Originally Posted by southbel

I was told, as a female, that using profanity was a sign of poor breeding.

And to use profanity in front of a lady was not the act of a gentleman.

[afoigrokerkok]

Originally Posted by freightshaker

South Texas and West Texas are more of a Tex Mex culture... Just as friendly and polite but in a different way.

Yes, I know. I've lived in West Texas and have visited South Texas many times.

[afoigrokerkok]

Originally Posted by cbmsu01

I don't think it has anything to do with being open-minded and accepting differences though. There are certain customs and ways of thinking in any place, and that holds true in New York as well.

I think part of it is that New York is more of a melting pot.

Originally Posted by cbmsu01

I'm also not saying that Southerners can't be accepting of people from other places in the country and be accepted there (assuming they adapt properly.) I'm more interested in the identity aspect.

Identity? I don't idenitfy myself as a Southerner. I do as an American and a Texan, but I don't consider myself to share any identity with people from Georgia or Alabama or South Carolina or Tennessee.

[freightshaker]

Originally Posted by baxendale

How's come people from southern states call people from the north Yankees but people from the north never call southerners rebels?

People in the north considered themselves Yankees... People in the south never really considered themselves as rebels but rather defenders against an invading force.

[James420]

Originally Posted by baxendale

How's come people from southern states call people from the north Yankees but people from the north never call southerners rebels?

I always wondered that, when we had guys from Louisiana and Mississippi working up here in refineries they would call us Yankees all the time. Great welders those gents were. I'm guessing its a complex or something because they would say " Like you guys don't call us rebels" and my answer along with most others were that we never give it that much thought or even care. Who's got time to hold grudges from over 100 years ago?

[california-jewel]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

That may be true in South Carolina, but believe me, in California and most parts of the country, being called "sir" or "ma'am" is not important.

I beg to differ with u P.S. CA. You know where i live out here, and recently by a young guy, was called ma'am. Infact i was looking at appliances at the time. I just thought it was sincere in his gesture to me and being very polite.

None the less, i find that no matter what part of the Country you live in there are two kinds of people Polite, and Rude.

I have been to most States, and find that the typical is not always the norm. States you would think that people should be very nice and sweet and polite, is not always the way it is, and vice versa.

[lizjo]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

In other words, New York is more open-minded and accepting of people who are different.

Just when I thought we were going to have one nice thread about southerners, here you go with that bigoted opinion of the south. Where do you live?

[Ibginnie]

Topics...funny things aren't they?

My question is - from a cultural standpoint - can somebody from a Northern state, that is any state that wouldn't be considered Southern, regardless of whether it's Northeast, Midwest, or West - become a true Southerner? Or do you have to be born there to qualify?

This is the topic that needs to be addressed. Please, stay on topic.

[nimchimpsky]

Originally Posted by afoigrokerkok

Because Southerners are generally very polite, even to strangers. Midwesterners? Some are polite, some aren't...especially in large cities. The same could be said of Westerners to some extent. Northeasterners are the least polite.

some individuals are polite. some individuals aren't polite. it's not just a matter of culture. there are also different standards for what constitutes politeness. for example, in the south calling a woman "ma'am" is often considered polite and in the north it's often considered rude.

i'm not a southerner but i have acclimated to southern culture from having lived there. no one was about to call me a southerner, though. lol. i would call someone a northerner if they acclimated to a certain extent, even if they were technically born in the south.