What makes a Rhode Islander a Rhode Islander? (Newport: place, top)

[kelsi]

Check this website out: NY System Hot Weiners and Other RI Favorites! - Rhode Island Wieners It has all of the fun information about what makes a Rhode Islander, and then some.

[CoventryDude]

Originally Posted by Buzz858

Also don't forget to say in RI. that ( You Know A Guy ) or at least one of you're relitives works for the state.

the ProJo says 1 in 6 works for the state or a local Gov't

[hoohoohaa13]

Originally Posted by UncleBatz

Now, if you want to impress your hubby, be reminded that natives pronounce chourico as shooreese, with heavier emphasis on the reese, and say it with gusto!

haha, I pronounce it the same, I just never thought how to spell it!

[hoohoohaa13]

Originally Posted by LemominRI

I dont know where you are moving from but do you're research it is very expensive here and no jobs life long resident so disappointed with the state right now making alot of cut backs in the schools and to the low and middle hard working people its awful so do youre home work

Yup, one of the reasons we are leaving. RI politics for you - Drum Rock school is being closed, with the redistricting maps already out and the principal getting his walking papers. But, oh yeah, "it's not official, and it might not happen, we still have to have a public forum". Why are they closing one of the better elementary schools in the state?

And I hate the coffee syrup. I'll take the real thing anytime.

[rlj1965]

Originally Posted by Ubatz

Rnrboy

You should have a great time with this thread so let me jump in and add just a few points from the perspective of one who was born and raised in RI.

What makes us different:
We love Autocrat coffee syrup in our milk, NY System hot weiners from The Weiner Man, Del's Lemonade, clam cakes, cream style chowda, and see nothing wrong with our accent even though some say we sound like NJ and NY folks. Fohgeddabowdit! We are unique in so many ways as other posters in here will explain.
We live in NC now and everytime I have to talk to someone new they ask if I am from Jersey! (sigh!). You can never lose the RI accent no matter where you go or how hard you try (I don't try at all) and when you start talking with someone else from RI it comes back with a vengeance.
Good luck with this thread...hope you know what you started

You forgot Haven Brothers, Johnny Cakes, Clam Cakes, Love 22, The Bristol Parade, The Recess Pub, The Hot Club (as seen in Something About Mary), the fact that Family Guy is based on Providence and a memories of Watch Hill Fishing Trips, Rocky Point Park, Burlingame State Park and Lincoln Woods drownings.

rlj1965

[mikewu9900]

Originally Posted by rlj1965

You forgot Haven Brothers, Johnny Cakes, Clam Cakes, Love 22, The Bristol Parade, The Recess Pub, The Hot Club (as seen in Something About Mary), the fact that Family Guy is based on Providence and a memories of Watch Hill Fishing Trips, Rocky Point Park, Burlingame State Park and Lincoln Woods drownings.

rlj1965

the recess pub huh? i miss that place, i been in tampa 6 months now, from prov. i come on this RI forum sometimes just to get my dose of it. funny enough, i spent 27 years tryin to get out of there, and next week im taking a vacation to providence. lol, up there i had everyone laughin at my quirkyness, down here, it takes em to long to get my jokes... slow or sutin

[BCLead]

My in-laws left Rhode Island 49 years ago for Indiana. They still have their accents and traditions. 20 years ago, if you offered a Hoosier Boy like me an Iced Coffee, you would have gotten a strange stare. It's my favorite drink now. I remember the first time my wife took me to her Mom's for dinner. Her Mom asked me if I wanted "gravy" on my spaghetti. "Gravy?" "Just spaghetti sauce, please!" When I think of RI'ers, I think of the most close-knit, passionate, family oriented people. They took a small town Indiana boy with a funny southern accent and turned him into a displaced Rhode Island Italian!

[ljd1010]

I'll never forget the open mouth stares I received when I ordered a "coffee shake" at an out of state McDonalds !!!

[Pattig]

It's also their love of RI traditions that are uniquely RI's. There tolerance for corruptness in politics- even their endearing love for felons in politics (Buddy Cianci), whom the people voted in as mayor even with a criminal record. Their independent spirit and strong sense of family. We have to look at it realistically. We love our state, but many of us oldtimers are fed up with one of the highest tax burdens in the country and many of us are being forced out. We vote all the wrong people into office then complain about things never changing. We are sometimes too stupid for our own good, but even if we have to leave- most of us will miss RI. Go figure...

[Rnrboy]

Unfortunately corruption exists in every state, it's just better known in Rhody because of our size. Rhode Island actually ranks intermediately for relative corruption these days.