I consider myself a Yankee, though really, I'm not. When I first moved to the south after having remembered living in Wisconsin, New York, and Hawaii, I did not know what to expect. But I found no rednecks. The newest thing to me was "grits" which when asked if I liked I thought were grains of dirt, not food, and the fact that everyone said "yes ma'am" and "no sir" when I'd been taught to say that only to my parents. Also, the amazing number of churches everywhere was different. But...that was about it. As far as people go. Of course, I hate the hot weather, but that's nobody's fault. At first, I noticed everybody's slight southern accent, but I soon got used to it, and now I don't hear it anymore, and I have picked up "ya'all" though I fought saying it and still rarely do, I think. I notice every now and then I'll say a word and it'll have a real accent. But I can't pull a Southern accent on command without it sounding fake, and I've lived here longer than I lived in New York. Also, everything here is fried, and the
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Yeah, there ARE differences in the south... like grits and iced tea, both of which I absolutely adore, but I'm just tired of all the negative stereotypes. We do have accents, we do have lots of churches, and we do say "ya'll", but we're not stupid hicks.
Hehehe, our Australian home stay families couldn't get over the way we said "yes ma'am" and "yes sir" all the time. And "ya'll", that amused them too.
Though actually, I don't say "ya'll" all that much. I usually say "you guys", but it depends on what my subconscious feels like spitting out.
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Hehehe, our Australian home stay families couldn't get over the way we said "yes ma'am" and "yes sir" all the time. And "ya'll", that amused them too.
Though actually, I don't say "ya'll" all that much. I usually say "you guys", but it depends on what my subconscious feels like spitting out.
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Without us, there wouldn't be a United States.
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