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bayou bengals



Joined: 24 Sep 2006
Location: Busan, Korea

PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I grew up in Louisiana and have lived in Tennessee and Georgia. I attended a university that had many students from states outside of the south and I found many of the northerners at that school to be nice, friendly people. Many of these students did not understand why some southerners have this opinion of northerners. They believed that people in the towns where they are from are just as friendly as southerners. But, there were some "yankees" that agreed with the sterotype and felt that the north in general is not as friendly as the south. I guess to each his own.
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jessie-b



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm from Boston and the surrounding suburbs and have often wondered how different regions perceive New England. I'm usually the one to tell people that Boston is rude and fast-paced and now believe it's more of a busy-bee syndrome/shyness than an intentional animosity. It's a high-density, competitive atmosphere to grow up in and people really have to work a lot to get by- Boston has the most expensive housing of any city in the U.S- more than NY even.

People up North do have a snobbines toward people in the South. There is this perception that the South is racist and the North is accepting of blacks. In truth, the South went through integration in schools whereas in Northern cities, the white folks fled to the suburbs- a type of racism just as damaging to society as any spoken slur.

I think there's more of a difference between the West Coast and the the East coast than South and North- The East coast has been settled for generations and people are more suspicious of new things (save NYC maybe). New forms of art, recycling programs, food coops, renewable energy, sustainable development: all of these things are integrated more slowly on the East coast than the West.
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ella



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I thruhiked the AT they warned us that New Englanders didn't care much for hikers, but that wasn't my experience there. People were great everywhere along the trail.
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pastafarian



Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul, near Olympic Park

PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm from New England. Maybe that's why I don't think Koreans are rude.
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lastat06513



Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian

PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Flotsam--- Next!!



But I got the same vibe from Koreans also, people from Kyongsan and Cholla provinces always told me that they think people in Seoul are too uptight and always seem to be in a hurry---but I don't feel that way compared to people in New York or even Boston.....
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gypsyfish



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lastat06513 wrote:
FYI~ Yes, I WAS an English Teacher, yet why do I have to watch my grammar when I wish to speak my mind-... .


So people won't think you're stupid?
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lastat06513



Joined: 18 Mar 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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So people won't think you're stupid.....


Poor excuse.....

I just think some people get their rocks off and try to be superior by correcting other people's grammar.....I hardly think they would go to a bar and attempt to correct a drunk Irishman while he is raving about his favorite football team losing a match, they might end up with a mug across their head

I will save my colloquial etiquette for when I'm in the classroom, I can and will write any which way I want as long as I get my point across....

Simple as that


And if people like Flotsam don't like it, they can just go to another thread or stick their "so-called" manhood in a babysock and stroke themselves to nirvana for all I care....I will not waste my time on senseless crackers like him...
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Qinella



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

lastat06513 wrote:
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So people won't think you're stupid.....


Poor excuse.....

I just think some people get their rocks off and try to be superior by correcting other people's grammar.....I hardly think they would go to a bar and attempt to correct a drunk Irishman while he is raving about his favorite football team losing a match, they might end up with a mug across their head

I will save my colloquial etiquette for when I'm in the classroom, I can and will write any which way I want as long as I get my point across....

Simple as that


And if people like Flotsam don't like it, they can just go to another thread or stick their "so-called" manhood in a babysock and stroke themselves to nirvana for all I care....I will not waste my time on senseless crackers like him...


What is colloquial etiquette?

Why did you put so-called in quotations instead of manhood? Did you mean to imply that his manhood was once referred to as false, but that you disagree?

I'm not trying to bother you, I'm just trying to see if you will get more flustered and keep making retarded mistakes not in grammar, but actually in word usage, which I find much more amusing.

Feel free to provide another non sequitur about drunken Irish men.
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lastat06513



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm implying that he might not have a "manhood".


You can do whatever you wish, I will write anyway I want about anything/anyone I want.

"Colloquial etiquette" implies when and where to use correct usage of grammar and word usage.

Are people so bored that they go from post to post, scrutinizing what people write? You guys CAN go outside during your breaks instead of sitting at your desks with your thumbs placed squarely up your bunghole. But in defense of those who are unfortunate to work in the provinces, I can understand.....poor chaps.....

If you want to edit my posts, be my guest, you can edit anything you want from my posts.

Just don't ask me to pay you for those corrections unless I know you and then I would only pay by buying a beer for the familiar editors.
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lastat06513



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In regards to drunken Irishmen, New England would be paradise during St. Paddy's Day.

For instance, in my hometown, every bar and tavern is open (they usually celebrate it on a Sunday and most bars are closed on Sundays due to "Blue Laws") and offer 50 cent drafts ALL DAY~!

So if you are looking for a REAL Irish party, come to N. England on the First Sunday in February..... Smile

I have nothing against the Irish, they were very generous during both football and rugby playoffs.....it usually meant free beer for anyone in sight of an Irish person Razz
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billybrobby



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lastat06513 wrote:
So if you are looking for a REAL Irish party, come to N. England on the First Sunday in February..... Smile


Yeah, nothing's more REAL than the Irish in New England *cough*

Growing up in the South I don't remember anybody having a big opinion about New England over any other part of the North. I kind of held New York city to be the epitome of all things rude and Northern.
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flotsam



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, now there are too many apparent OP deficiencies to correct--not just restricted to expression any more either.
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pastafarian



Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lastat06513 wrote:
In regards to drunken Irishmen, New England would be paradise during St. Paddy's Day.

For instance, in my hometown, every bar and tavern is open (they usually celebrate it on a Sunday and most bars are closed on Sundays due to "Blue Laws") and offer 50 cent drafts ALL DAY~!

So if you are looking for a REAL Irish party, come to N. England on the First Sunday in February..... Smile

I have nothing against the Irish, they were very generous during both football and rugby playoffs.....it usually meant free beer for anyone in sight of an Irish person Razz


and just where is that? Boston? New Haven?
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Tiger Beer



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Do most other Americans view New Englanders as "Sno Reply with quote

lastat06513 wrote:
I have heard this everywhere; The farther a person gets away from New England, the more nicer Americans can get.

Do alot of you Southerners, Midwesterners and Westerners feel that way?


Also, in relation to Korea, are people who live farther south away from Seoul alot more nicer than the people who live in Seoul, Northern Kyonggi and Kangwon Do?

Mildly curious people would like to know...... Cool

Third and last comment;

One person told me that the rudest person in Seoul is equal to the nicest person in New York, are there any New Yorkers who can back up that claim?


I lived in New York City for 2-3 years.. I thought the locals were great.. extremely helpful if asked or if you look lost. I lived there, but being a white caucasian guy without a business suit on.. they usually assumed I was from out of town, I guess.

I also lived in California for a year.. parts of it felt very fake and insincere.. I never once had that feeling in New York City ever.

One thing though.. after living in NYC for awhile.. there are just so many things happening on the streets.. people who want to give you flyers or ask for something, etc.. after awhile you just get really really good at tuning it out. So for someone visiting from a rural town.. I can see where it might seem overwhelming if you are just there for a day or two.

Regarding the South.. that is friendly territory. I had a flat tire in Mississippi.. and I practically had a line of cars one after other stopping to see if they could help me out - maybe from my Michigan license plate, I'm not sure. People seemed so willing, I talked to one while changing it, and he gave me a ride to the nearest gas station telling me about stereotypes of 'yankees' and views from yankees regarding 'southerners'. Very interesting stuff.

When I drove around in New England.. everything just seemed 'quaint'.. picturesque mountain towns, etc. Rural but hippiness, a sense of money, but not excessively so, just well-maintained. Artists and writers lurking around feel to it.


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SPINOZA



Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul

PostPosted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 8:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lastat06513 wrote:
In regards to drunken Irishmen, New England would be paradise during St. Paddy's Day.

For instance, in my hometown, every bar and tavern is open (they usually celebrate it on a Sunday and most bars are closed on Sundays due to "Blue Laws") and offer 50 cent drafts ALL DAY~!

So if you are looking for a REAL Irish party, come to N. England on the First Sunday in February..... Smile

I have nothing against the Irish, they were very generous during both football and rugby playoffs.....it usually meant free beer for anyone in sight of an Irish person Razz


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plastic paddies, plastic Eyeties, plastic Jews, plastic Frenchies, plastic Latinos....all of them to a man absolutely disgust me!
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