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chi-chi- · Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 194 Location: In la-la land

What country do you come from? Please vote.

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Can I ask what the point is of segregating people according to southern states and "outside" of them? Seems weird.

JimDunlop2 · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Posts: 2286 Location: Japan

1. Because you Southerners can't pronounce words properly. Just the other day my friend from Texas was trying to tell me that I was saying "deteriorate" wrong... He figured it should be "Duh-TEE-REE-ate" (as opposed to duh-TEE-REE-uh-rate"

2. Because gratuitous usage of "y'all" must be stopped!

3. We can't have y'all going around teaching Japanese people to eat grits now can we?

/tongue firmly in cheek

Captain Onigiri · Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Posts: 103 Location: fly-over land

My parents live about 30 miles from the Arkansas border on the Missouri side. I'm not sure how to respond to the poll. Does it change anything if I say I try to speak with a good NBC voice even though my mother will tell you she went to Wa(r)shington, D.C. last summer?

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

This isn't a civil war quiz is it? North and South?
How about Eastern and Western Canada? North and South island NZ?

chi-chi- · Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 194 Location: In la-la land

I am lazy so,

"Are you kidding desultude? There are 300 million in the U.S., so partitioning in terms of oldtime traditional American distinctions of North vs. South ain't so bad."

Sweetsee · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 2302 Location: ) is everything

What about Southern California?

chi-chi- · Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 194 Location: In la-la land

Funny. I was just pondering on this question earlier today, as a matter of fact.
I would consider Southern California Southern. Many wouldn't but I would.
Arkansas? NO

chi-chi- · Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 194 Location: In la-la land

Sweetsee · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 2302 Location: ) is everything

Hi Chi-chi,

I agree with you. Geographically So Cal is apart from the traditional Southern States but I am often mistaken for being from the South due to a lazy So Cal accent.

Enjoy yourself,
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JimDunlop2 · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Posts: 2286 Location: Japan

Hmm... Many confused Americans here... Maybe the OP should have rephrased the poll as:

o NORTH of the Mason-Dixon line
o SOUTH of the Mason-Dixon line

Oh, and a quote for Captain Onigiri:

"It will be a cold day in hell before I recognize Missour-ah!"
- Grandpa Simpson Very Happy

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

How about just two options:

1) California
2) not California

Just kidding, folks! (Although I do feel a certain amount of love for my home state. Despite the Governator. And all the other screwiness that sometimes goes on there.)

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DoctorPayne · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 4:35 am Post subject:

While your dividing the Yankees and Dixies I agree that you might as well divide up Canada into, say, GTA (greater Toronto area) and other. Everybody who's anybody is from the GTA. Eat that Quebecors and Vancourites! Laughing

campestre · Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 46 Location: Japan

El Salvador, Centro America

JimDunlop2 · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Posts: 2286 Location: Japan

Hey! I resent that! I think the Canada division should be drawn along the East/West lines....

Something like:

o Western Secession provinces (from Saskatchewan to B.C.) -- the ones that want to (and economically COULD) secede from Canada
o Eastern provinces that rely on transfer payments from the West to survive but aside from that, don't give a moose's poop about what goes on there..

No? Yeah, I thought not! Twisted Evil