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I also got shot down on the Selleck Pornstache, such a shame. I think she's afraid the women in the office wouldn't be able to resist me.

I have that problem everyday brother.

I should have anticipated that... my bad. Here is a link to the "official study"... and I'll try to change the original post to a "web preview" shot...

I live 15 minutes from the Gulf of Mexico. In Louisiana. I have never said "pop" or "cola". I am from Houma, La. We have 2 of the swamp people from the History channel in my hometown. Trust me when i say this. WE ARE ALL NOT LIKE THOSE PEOPLE. Yes i have a cajun accent. Yes i am a coonass.
To clarify Southern accent is a misnomer. Cajun accents vary from every part of S Louisiana. Not to mention S Mississippi, N Louisiana(which is another state as far as south La feels), and Alabama.

Mais Cha, it's raid time which one of dem munsters we gonna kill tonight.

Obviously, they are in the southern geographical region of the United States.

But to me it is more of a cultural thing, the states I listed would be virtually indistinguishable to someone who was dropped off on a rural backroad somewhere within their borders. As much as I hate to bring this into it, look at their state flags, most of them include some sort of homage to the Confederate States of America, and if not there was some sort of issue with it at the state gov't level (i.e. SC). The cuisine, accents, economic situation, public school rankings, hell, even the quality of public works are similar. Outside of Atlanta, Nashville, and Memphis, there are very limited urban centers in these states as well. Simply put, they are country...and if you can't see why I group these places together and call them the south, you've never spent any time there. The reason I don't include Louisiana is because their culture is of it's own, and I think that it's too unique to be clumped into another group.

And I bet Phantasee and Cigtyme will agree with me.

Texas is too far west for me to consider it to be in "the south"...of course it is in the southern part of the nation, but country has a whole different meaning to a Texan than it does to a South Carolinian. Plus an overwhelming number of Texans are unreasonably cocky. The whole, "Everything is bigger in Texas" thing just rubs me the wrong way. Not that I'm talking shit about Texans, it just doesn't go well with my definition of the "southern" mentality.

Unfortunately, I'm from a place that was, at one point, synonymous with bigotry, oppression, and discrimination. We don't have much to hang our hats on, but being Southern is one of them.

I am aware of the geographical guidelines that dictate that North Carolina, Virginia, and Florida be included in my list, but it isn't based on geography, like I said, it is based on similarities.

People from the south will get what I'm saying...most everyone else will call me ignorant, I don't rightly care though. I'm gonna continue to sip my sweet tea, say ain't and ya'll, shop at Wal-Mart, and eat Chicken Bog...all in "the south".

"...whereas within the US it refers to people originating in the northeastern US, or still more narrowly New England, where application of the term is largely restricted to descendants of the English settlers of the region"

Not to be confused with a damn Yankee - according to the Southerners, that's a Yankee that came South, and STAYED.

Always thought Damn Yankees was a rock band from the 90's that Ted Nugent was in.

And what the hell is chicken bog? Deep fried gizzards?

My point exactly.

But, it's chicken, rice, and smoked sausage all cooked in the same pot. It has different names in every region, in the south it's called Chicken Bog.

I think you need a long road trip. Take a peak at the Florida panhandle and then compare it to Alabama. The Florida panhandle is more Southern Alabama then it is northern Florida.

I could show you places in Louisiana and Arkansas that you wouldn't be able to distinguish from places in Mississippi, South Carolina or Georgia (and I'm talking about people too, not just geography).

I've spent a fair amount of time in South Carolina, lived in Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, and southern Maryland (among other places), and I think they all had the essence of the south.

Don't get me wrong, there is nothing like the feeling you get in Charleston outside of South Carolina, and there is nothing like New Orleans outside of Louisiana. But those are just subsets of the south IMHO, not the exclusive definition.

The Florida red neck is a scary creature. If it was in WoW it would have a gold dragon around its mullet.

The South

Like/DislikeAnd say "Sodah"

Wisconsin

Bored yet?

I've been to the panhandle, and I didn't include it because I didn't want to get too specific(this is the wow forum, afterall)...but if I had to make an all inclusive list it would be on it.

Only asked because I did see deep fried chicken gizzards on a menu in Shreveport. Wasn't sure if this was some regional name for it.

I #($&ing hate Wisconsin.

"The Florida panhandle is more Southern Alabama then it is northern Florida."

Exactly - in Pensacola, local TV station was an Alabama station. Or at least that's what it was like 15 years ago.

I'm pretty sure you can get fried gizzards at KFC.

my wife is from Fl, quite a culture shock first time i went down there, she is from Southern Fl, Homestead to be exact, so its a mergence of Southern and Cuban influences and they dont often coexist well, hard to hear a Mariachi playing in front of a Con flag

did you really just imply that Mariachi was Cuban? /sigh.

clearly, this thread has no hope of getting a sticky. Speaking of sticky... I'm now craving Chicken Bog.

sorry for the misnomer, i dont know what the cuban equivilant of a Mariachi is

Cocaine.

uh?

Gloria Estefan

I'm just being inappropriate. Ignore me.

Son, Rumba, Salsa

It's okay... "ju didn't know". Unless you are sure you are dealing with Mexican music, you are probably safest just referring back to the Old Spanish term of Trovador (Troubadour). Otherwise, just call 'em musicians. They normally gravitate towards Son/Rumba/Mambo/Samba/Salsa... so calling them Mariachi also puts the wrong "sound" in people's minds.

Southeast Florida (Miami > Homestead > the Keys), is really just the northern edge of the Caribbean more than the South. Not just Cuban, but Haitian, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Ricans have long-established enclaves in the region (Hialeah runs entirely in Spanish... can't function in English there... so sad...).

The only parts of Florida that can relate to "the south" starts north of the Everglades and follows State Road 27 North until you hit I-10.

arent those dances or types of songs, i may be wrong on my definition of the Mariachi, i thought it was the person or persons that are playing the music

It still trips me out that I-10 is actually cross country. Out here I think of it as "some place I do not want to be at rush hour" or "go west until you hit the Santa Monica pier".

I remember getting off the 10 freeway in Ontario, CA, catching a flight to New Orleans, and taking the rental car on to the 10 freeway. It was like I never left.

Until we got to Bourbon Street and I had some beads. Then my 14 year old self noticed a difference.

"Ain't no party like my Nana's tea party

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yeah... In countries where people are expected to know how to dance while sober to woo a woman, the name of the music style IS the name of the appropriate dance. (edit: this is a little bit snarky, but I grew up trying to get country folks to dance even if they weren't drunk... I was very successful... the ladies loved it... and the guys always got mad at me for "dancing with their girl"... uhm... yeah... so go dance, dude. )

Troubadour is the classical term for the musician who travels and plays music. Otherwise "musicisian" or 'Musicante' or 'salsero' works just fine for the person(s) playing the music