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Strange indeed! Just don't let that taint your view of all southern states
Erm.......
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Originally Posted by WFW&P
No kidding, of all the f****** up places to visit for the first time. I hope he doesn't pass through any of the backwoods racist towns there.
"Mississippi Burning" was a long time ago right? Does the state still have a slightly unsavoury reputation or something?
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The weather is gonna be miserable, just prepare yourself for that.
Yeah, and the southern drawl might take you back a bit, and depending on who you run into, you're gonna get a lot of "you talk funny" comments, not sure which regional UK accent you have though....other than that, I hear the southerners can be really nice and friendly....
I hadn't considered the weather, just figured it'd be hot and a little humid. As to my accent well... It's along the same lines as James May from Top Gear but not quite as rounded and maybe a little deeper. It's been understandable in other parts of the US....so far.
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Mississippi, the United States very own short bus state.
Not a clue what that means.
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Seems as though your friend has a slight sadistic streak. Enjoy yourself otherwise!
Erm....... (again). It's where his wife is from and where they live. She's Black (is that very un-PC? or the correct term? It's how he describes her ) and he's white (and Welsh). I know his Welshness will be uncommon anyway . Would that be unusual in that region?
Your comments have certainly got me thinking a wee bit anyway.
Actually, it's a very lovely place to lay back and play dead, soak up the sun. Seriously, I love the place, the way it's run and the mindset of some of it's inhabitants now that's a whole nother book to write about.
I've just got a wedding invitation with a difference..... It's in August and it's in Jackson Mississippi.
Someone I was in the army with is marrying a woman that was in the US Army whom he met when they were at Camp Bastion, Afgh' years ago. They've been together in Jackson for a couple of years and now they're tying the knot.
So, i'll be heading there for a week at the end of August, should be interesting, i've never been to a southern state before i'm looking forward to it. Oh, there'll be no wife with me either as she's chairing a conference in Germany that week. I'll be flying solo in a strange land.
I was born in MS. Dad served in the Army (I grew up an Army brat), was stationed at a fort for a short time, before getting orders to Fort Riley, KS.
From what I remember, first word I learned to spell was.........MISSISSIPPI.......
"Mississippi Burning" was a long time ago right? Does the state still have a slightly unsavoury reputation or something?
I hadn't considered the weather, just figured it'd be hot and a little humid. As to my accent well... It's along the same lines as James May from Top Gear but not quite as rounded and maybe a little deeper. It's been understandable in other parts of the US....so far.
Not a clue what that means.
Erm....... (again). It's where his wife is from and where they live. She's Black (is that very un-PC? or the correct term? It's how he describes her ) and he's white (and Welsh). I know his Welshness will be uncommon anyway . Would that be unusual in that region?
Your comments have certainly got me thinking a wee bit anyway.
Um, I don't think so, I call myself a chocolate covered cutie, but black is fine by me.
"Mississippi Burning" was a long time ago right? Does the state still have a slightly unsavoury reputation or something?
Two of my coworkers were in Mississippi after hurricane Katrina working for a television satellite company at the time. They were telling stories of people not letting them on their property due to their ethnic origin and one town had a very strongly worded racial warning posted at the city limit.
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I hadn't considered the weather, just figured it'd be hot and a little humid. As to my accent well... It's along the same lines as James May from Top Gear but not quite as rounded and maybe a little deeper. It's been understandable in other parts of the US....so far.
A little humid, the state is on the Gulf of Mexico, that's like calling water damp.
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Not a clue what that means.
Traditionally in many school systems in the US, where busing kids to schools is the norm, special needs children ride special buses which tend to be shorter.
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Erm....... (again). It's where his wife is from and where they live. She's Black (is that very un-PC? or the correct term? It's how he describes her ) and he's white (and Welsh). I know his Welshness will be uncommon anyway . Would that be unusual in that region?
Your comments have certainly got me thinking a wee bit anyway.
Ohhh, unusual would be an understatement, kind of like calling an atom bomb a firecracker.
I made it back to SC in one piece. I am finally divorced and it is great. I feel this 500 lbs weight off my back. I behaved myself and didn't cry until that night. It wasn't the divorvcing himm since he made my skin crawl in so many negavtive ways but just getting divorced. Feel like a total failure and that I could turn into the crazy cat lady.
I made it back to SC in one piece. I am finally divorced and it is great. I feel this 500 lbs weight off my back. I behaved myself and didn't cry until that night. It wasn't the divorvcing himm since he made my skin crawl in so many negavtive ways but just getting divorced. Feel like a total failure and that I could turn into the crazy cat lady.
Don't think of divorce as a failure. Rather it is a legal dissolution of a partnership. Been there, done that. When I looked it as a legal matter and an acknowledgment that there was no marriage.
We stayed at the dog B&B. I can't possibly recommend that place enough! It is fun and whimsical, and the owners are the nicest people you could ever meet. We spent a few hours talking to them and felt like we left with three new friends (they have a golden retriever). I definitely want to go back some day!
We stayed at the dog B&B. I can't possibly recommend that place enough! It is fun and whimsical, and the owners are the nicest people you could ever meet. We spent a few hours talking to them and felt like we left with three new friends (they have a golden retriever). I definitely want to go back some day!
Sounds like you both are having a great time. Keep it up. Don't forget to sample the road kill.
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) and he's white (and Welsh). I know his Welshness will be uncommon anyway 
Keep it up. Don't forget to sample the road kill. 