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I have to have a bit of a laugh as I recall once while working a job near Salem, MA and having lunch with my crew. The waitress in the diner was taking our order and I made the mistake of asking for Okra. The waitress put her hands on her hips, tilted her head and said, "What is that, some kinda redneck delicacy or sumtin", to which I chuckled and said, no ma'am, it is a vegetable I sometimes enjoy having for lunch. The second mistake was using the word, "Ma'am", to which she promptly corrected me and said, "It's miss", not ma'am.... oooooook, my bad.
These kinds of terms actually crack me up as they start any new introduction with an assumption.
While I've certainly heard folks use the term, more often than not in this very rural area of Tennessee the statement is more like, "You're not from around here are ya" (with one eye slightly squinted.) This way folks from Texas are lumped into those from Michigan with equal measure.
From a previous thread I started I was politly informed that the term "yankee" was offensive to people who live in the north states...or at least to the poster it was....so for this I would like to apologize. I was really only joking and was referring to my friend who called himself that ! But I meant no one harm and I'm sorry if that term was offensive to any of you. I have several friends who live in the northern states and for anyone to be against someone and treat them badly because they're from a different way of living , I find immature. I would have done this on that thread had it given the chance to see what would happen instead of assuming anything maybe my next thread could be "those darn moderators ! " !! LOL !! ok...ok ...I'm only joking again so don't get in a hissy fit !
I'm a redsox fan so naturally the term yankee is very offensive to me.
You were in a diner in Salem, MA and asked for okra?
THAT was an assumption, sir.
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Originally Posted by TnHilltopper
I have to have a bit of a laugh as I recall once while working a job near Salem, MA and having lunch with my crew. The waitress in the diner was taking our order and I made the mistake of asking for Okra. The waitress put her hands on her hips, tilted her head and said, "What is that, some kinda redneck delicacy or sumtin", to which I chuckled and said, no ma'am, it is a vegetable I sometimes enjoy having for lunch. The second mistake was using the word, "Ma'am", to which she promptly corrected me and said, "It's miss", not ma'am.... oooooook, my bad.
These kinds of terms actually crack me up as they start any new introduction with an assumption.
While I've certainly heard folks use the term, more often than not in this very rural area of Tennessee the statement is more like, "You're not from around here are ya" (with one eye slightly squinted.) This way folks from Texas are lumped into those from Michigan with equal measure.
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wow, to think one little word got one thread closed and 5 pages on another......
ok...ok ...I'm only joking again so don't get in a hissy fit !
