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>To:gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
>From:dresden@tiac.net
>Subject:Re: What is the South?(NO LBC) Things A Southerner....
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>>>I'm with Nory on this one as far as the climate goes, my mother-in-law
>>>lives in Ky, that is one hot, humid place. I will stay out here in
>>>the dry mid-western
>>>states! (Colorado, Utah, Wy. that would be; not the middle-east Ohio
>>>and such...)
>>>
>>>I read an article in the paper that they were having problems with a
>>>disease in Ky
>>>spread by eating squirrel brains.... Gotta wonder about that if you
>>>are not acustom
>>>to such animals being used as food...
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>Now, I've actually met people from Kentucky who, for some weird reason
>(historical ignorance?) don't consider KY to be a Southern state. I've
>also met people who don't consider Texas to be a Southern state, and some
>people from the DEEP South who don't think of Virginia as a Southern
>state. (Does that mean Robert E. Lee was a Yankee?!!)
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>Now, culturally, I can understand this viewpoint, but geographically and
>historically, I can't. But it is interesting...is someone born and raised
>in Arlington VA, and part of Washington D.C. society, a Southerner, as
>well as the native Texan from El Paso? They're both quite different
>cultures from that of Birmingham AL or Jackson MS...
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>My broad definition? If it seceded from the Union, it's a Southern state,
>and we'll throw in the Florida panhandle for good measure. But NOT the
>rest of Florida. Sorry guys, you're kind of like California...
>
>What say you all (or y'all)?
>
>Nevin
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