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To me the Confederate/ Union thing is overblown because most of the Southern Appalachians, inluding Knoxville TN & Asheville NC, were solidly UNION - and yet everyone today would considered those to be very Southern in culture. By contrast Missouri and parts of Kansas were very pro Confederate and yet no one would consider Kansas or northern areas of Missouri Southern today.
As Joe Biden said so emphatically ( ) Delaware was also a slave state - anyone thing Wilmington is a Southern city other than people in Philly?
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BTW, the water tower in Florence used to say "Florence Mall". A court said that was illegal free advertising, so to save money only one letter was changed
I am from Illinois, so when people see my licenses plates or drivers license they give me the oh your from Illinoisss. Yes Kentucky is in the south and for the sake of my sanity it's Illinois please dont add the s on it.
I am from Illinois, so when people see my licenses plates or drivers license they give me the oh your from Illinoisss. Yes Kentucky is in the south and for the sake of my sanity it's Illinois please dont add the s on it.
True grits, more grits, fish, grits, and collards. Life is good where grits are swallered.
Ever heard of the grits line? It's the theory that the South begins where grits are featured on the menu, and the Deep South begins where grits are automatically served with the meal, without asking.
There's also the tea theory, that when asked simply for "tea," Northerners will serve a cup of hot tea, and Southerners will serve a glass of sweet tea. A variant is the idea that Northerners refer to "iced tea; Southerners call it "sweet tea""
Sorry about all the food analogies..must be looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner.
I believe in the Hell, yeah test: Ask someone if he/she is a Southerner, and if the response is "Hell, yeah!," you're there.
To address the topic, I suppose I-64 is as good a dividing line as any.
I've seen so many variants of this north/south? question in different forums. It goes by degrees... there's not a definitive dividing line like in that Bugs Bunny cartoon where it's barren and forsaken on the north side and lush and green on the south side
"I got to burn my boots. They touched Yankee soil."
Yosemite Sam
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Ever heard of the grits line? It's the theory that the South begins where grits are featured on the menu, and the Deep South begins where grits are automatically served with the meal, without asking.
There's also the tea theory, that when asked simply for "tea," Northerners will serve a cup of hot tea, and Southerners will serve a glass of sweet tea. A variant is the idea that Northerners refer to "iced tea; Southerners call it "sweet tea""
Sorry about all the food analogies..must be looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner.
I believe in the Hell, yeah test: Ask someone if he/she is a Southerner, and if the response is "Hell, yeah!," you're there.
To address the topic, I suppose I-64 is as good a dividing line as any.
I've seen so many variants of this north/south? question in different forums. It goes by degrees... there's not a definitive dividing line like in that Bugs Bunny cartoon where it's barren and forsaken on the north side and lush and green on the south side
"I got to burn my boots. They touched Yankee soil."
Yosemite Sam
Oh NOoo, ther Grit Code conspiracy theory again! lol...
I guess I am about as southern as they get, even though I was 'hatched' in Florida. My parents and extended family were Kentuckians. I attended middle/high school & college in Alabma, and have lived in north Georgia for many years.
What I've noticed over the past several years that grits are dissapearing from many restaurant menus because of the stigma attached to them. I have personally been grit-faced before but, truth be known, they are not my favorite side dish. But cornbread ROCKS! As well as blackeyed peas, biscuits & gravy, dumplings (wet biscuits..hehe) and anything fried. Especially catfish!
My favorite definition of grits is "Girls Raised In The South"
Oh NOoo, ther Grit Code conspiracy theory again! lol...
I guess I am about as southern as they get, even though I was 'hatched' in Florida. My parents and extended family were Kentuckians. I attended middle/high school & college in Alabma, and have lived in north Georgia for many years.
What I've noticed over the past several years that grits are dissapearing from many restaurant menus because of the stigma attached to them. I have personally been grit-faced before but, truth be known, they are not my favorite side dish. But cornbread ROCKS! As well as blackeyed peas, biscuits & gravy, dumplings (wet biscuits..hehe) and anything fried. Especially catfish!
My favorite definition of grits is "Girls Raised In The South"
Dig~
Amen Digger though I LOVE LOVE LOVE grits! We just had dumplings with our turkey yesterday too hun We need to get together for a good ol' downhome meal!
Oh about grits disappearing, I haven't noticed that yet here.
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) Delaware was also a slave state - anyone thing Wilmington is a Southern city other than people in Philly?
True grits, more grits, fish, grits, and collards. Life is good where grits are swallered.
We need to get together for a good ol' downhome meal!
