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Naw, tomato pie is an actual pie made with tomatoes. I think it's more of a Deep South/Texas thing.
No, it's both, but very different. The other poster was correct - it is also a specific type of pizza in parts of NJ and PA. I've never had it cuz I didn't live in those parts, but have my eye on a specific place to try if I'm ever around there:
If you call me a redneck, you'll get called something worse than yankee.
among some folks, I embrace some redneck traits. But for someone to say "if you call me a yankee, then I'm calling you a redneck", dem's purt near fightin' words.
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among some folks, I embrace some redneck traits. But for someone to say "if you call me a yankee, then I'm calling you a redneck", dem's purt near fightin' words.
If you're quoting me, then you're quoting me wrong. I said, "if you call me a Yankee, I automatically think of you as a redneck." Thinking and saying are two different things.
I never knew calling someone from my area a Yankee was a thing until recently, and even then it was puzzling to me because it seemed to be used as an insult but I never felt that way about the term.
However, I agree with whoever said that it's all about tone and delivery. You could make any term an insult with derision in your voice and a sneer, can't you? After I returned from my trip there, some of my NY friends and family asked me about typical stereotypes - in their terms - rednecks, trailer parks, nascar, drawls. And they didn't quite believe me when I said it's just not the area that they're picturing, in our experience.
Ignorance comes out in all sorts of ways, investing in unfair stereotypes is one of them. If I try to explain things I know and experience as a native New Yorker or as someone looking to make myself a North Carolinian (is that the right term?) and they persist in stereotyping, it's not worth any further conversation on the subject.
Sometimes people revel in remaining completely unchanged, closed to possibilities, an immovable object. They are just not my kind of people regardless of where they're from or where they live now.
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"Bless your heart" is merely an expression of sympathy. It DOES NOT necessarily mean anything snarky. It CAN be used sarcastically, but it can also be used sincerely. All depends on the tone of voice and intention.
This is why I bought a t-shirt that says Bless Your Heart while I was there. Read it and take it as you like. lol
I call Yankees, "Yankees." And some Yankees, I might call "rednecks."
"Redneck," IMO, connotes a lifestyle and culture. I know enough Pennsylvanians and New Yorkers who apparently actively embrace redneck culture, I usually say, "That's pretty redneck," without a thought to geography.
I agree, there are parts of NJ and Penn that could be the definition of what most term "redneck"!!
IMO, though, the term Yankee is most often used in a subtlety derogatory manner. Funny thing is when I am referred to as a Yankee face to face, I'm least offended. I guess it is just the nature of the anonymity of the internet. People feel more comfortable using terms in a manner that they wouldn't in real life.
Please....obviously that was made in jest! It's just a common tongue and cheek saying.
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