Comments on: Funny Way ‘a Talkin’

by: WestEnder

Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:22:00 +0000

It was a yoke, Susie! Saying midwesterners don’t make generalizations is a generalization about midwesterners.

by: susie

Sun, 04 Dec 2005 20:35:00 +0000

I have to disagree, westender. As an Alabamian in Chicago, I can attest that midwesterners can make generalizations.

“Have you ever tipped a cow?”
“I wouldn’t of thought you’d be a vegetarian having grown up in the south.”
“You’re a liberal? But you’re from Alabama?…”
“My only problem with southerners is that I think they would have a problem with me.”

Harmless enough, but stereotypes all the same. I don’t think any area of the country has the advantage on this point.

by: WestEnder

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 00:48:00 +0000

The great thing about Midwesterners is that we don’t make generalizations about people.

by: Ed

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:57:00 +0000

The southern way of life is much more laid back, and the people are much friendlier–to fellow southerners. To anyone from California or with a Yankee accent, we can be just as hostile and intolerant as any New Yawkers ever been to any hillbilly.

by: Oob

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 07:26:00 +0000

I finally made it to the city. And I’ve never felt so southern in my life.

by: Jessica

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 07:04:00 +0000

There is something different about being Southern. I never realized how much different until the year I spent in NY. It really hit home when we buried my mother. My Northern relatives were confused when all the cars on the road stopped and pulled over as we passed. Oncoming traffic, all of it. They asked if those people knew Mom, and I told them “No, that’s just a sign of respect. It’s what you do in the South.” One of the things that I missed about my small southern town. For just a minute when my mother died, people stopped whether they knew her or not.

by: Jada's Gigi

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:32:00 +0000

Ahhh I love being Southern! There’s just no explaining it.

by: CandyGirl

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:28:00 +0000

so u’re saying that southerners and notherners are different besides the reason that they have different accents??

by: lunaliar

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:52:00 +0000

I’d substitute “Southern” for “Texan.” Then, I believe that statement is even more true.

But to advocate my ante-bellum brothers and sisters, Being from the South is just a way of life. Large, metropolitan cities in Southern states seem to move at a different rythym than the hustle-bustle of New York City, Boston or Chicago. A slower, more relaxed rythym. Maybe it’s the set pace after decades of traversing pavement in cowboy boots …

All in all, the South is different because it is rich in tradition and pride and a high regard for all things Southern.

by: Catalicious

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:59:00 +0000

Family oriented? Isn’t the divorce rate in the south way above the national average? I have relatives in the south and relatives up north. Neither is better, just different. NYers do not believe anyone with an accent is retarded b/c most NYers have accents.