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There is a huge difference between Midwesterners and Northeasterners from the Philly-New York-Boston Corridor. In Florida, I can pick out the northeasterners without hearing a word.
Northeasterners act and look differently than folks in the rest of the country. Midwesterners have more in common with Southerners (at least they look and act about the same).
Rednecks take on different themes around the country.
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Originally Posted by nimchimpsky
when i moved to the south, i did not feel like a southerner. i felt like a fish out of water. much like if i moved to nigeria, i'd probably feel like an american living in nigeria, and probably wouldn't feel comfortable calling myself nigerian just because i lived there. the only scenario where i might is if i completely fell in love with the culture and felt more at home in nigeria than the u.s., at which point i would probably call myself 'nigerian at heart' or something to that effect--but that's still more the exception than the rule.
There is a huge difference between Midwesterners and Northeasterners from the Philly-New York-Boston Corridor. In Florida, I can pick out the northeasterners without hearing a word.
Northeasterners act and look differently than folks in the rest of the country. Midwesterners have more in common with Southerners (at least they look and act about the same).
Rednecks take on different themes around the country.
i can't handle new york city cause it's too much going on, too fast, too loud. now i know how rural people feel when they come into d.c. or another big city. but the one thing i do like about nyc is it only takes a few years to be considered a new yorker. in fact most 'new yorkers' didn't grow up in new york, so being a transplant is more of a common thread than anything else.
i love boston and don't know philly well. do you know if any of those places are the kind of places that would call a person born-and-raised in alabama their own if that person acclimated to the culture?
Transplants can acclimate and get along anywhere, but they are still Southern, or Californian, or whatever.
New Yorkers will adapt to Houston, or Houstonians will adapt to New York. A New Yorker may live in Texas but will never be a Texan, like the Texan will never be a New Yorker.
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Originally Posted by nimchimpsky
i can't handle new york city cause it's too much going on, too fast, too loud. now i know how rural people feel when they come into d.c. or another big city. but the one thing i do like about nyc is it only takes a few years to be considered a new yorker. in fact most 'new yorkers' didn't grow up in new york, so being a transplant is more of a common thread than d white fo
anything else.
i love boston and don't know philly well. do you know if any of those places are the kind of places that would call a person born-and-raised in alabama their own if that person acclimated to the culture?
Transplants can acclimate and get along anywhere, but they are still Southern, or Californian, or whatever.
New Yorkers will adapt to Houston, or Houstonians will adapt to New York. A New Yorker may live in Texas but will never be a Texan, like the Texan will never be a New Yorker.
But I do believe we Southerners are unique in our identifying ourselves by where we were born and raised. I do not think, based on my knowledge of other areas, that they have the same views. Doesn't necessarily mean one is better than the other; just a different way of looking at things.
Many Southerners tend to stay where their families have always lived for generations. Perhaps that is one of the reasons for this type of viewpoint.
But why is calling someone "ma'am" considered polite? I think it sounds silly. And a lot of people don't like being called 'sir' or 'ma'am' because it makes them feel old.
When someone calls me 'sir', I usually ask them to call me by my first name.
Because it is.
I do the same you do, but it's a sign of respect. That I appreciate.
It's a lot better than being called "dude" or "chick" or "woman" or "hey, man" or "hey, you".
I do the same you do, but it's a sign of respect. That I appreciate.
It's a lot better than being called "dude" or "chick" or "woman" or "hey, man" or "hey, you".
Or the one that really drives me nuts. Saying 'yeah' to answer a question. Even just 'yes' is better than that although I would prefer 'yes ma'am' if the person answering were younger.
Or the one that really drives me nuts. Saying 'yeah' to answer a question. Even just 'yes' is better than that although I would prefer 'yes ma'am' if the person answering were younger.
If a woman is younger than me but still an adult woman, I still call her ma'am. I don't feel I have to, but it's the same respect.
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