How could they be, when it's NORTH Carolina

1/25/2011 11:33:50 AM

k

1/25/2011 11:40:11 AM

interesting, tell us less

1/25/2011 11:42:12 AM

East Coast.

1/25/2011 11:44:16 AM

the ones in Cary aren't.

1/25/2011 11:46:35 AM

^ That's me. I can't claim North or South. Sort of like a stateless refugee.

1/25/2011 11:50:39 AM

The debate continues

1/25/2011 2:12:03 PM

we aint no fucking yankees

except in the C.ontainment A.rea for R.elocated Y.ankees

1/25/2011 2:22:55 PM

I was born in England and live in Cary, but I've lived in NC more than anywhere else

Am I a southerner?

1/25/2011 2:25:23 PM

Depends. Where are your parents from?

1/25/2011 2:25:58 PM

^^ no! You're a goddamn red coat. We done kicked your kind out twice.

1/25/2011 2:27:18 PM

If I grew up in Cary, why would that not make me a part of North Carolina?

1/25/2011 2:28:23 PM

a lot of people say that i have an accent and ask where i'm from, but my dad was from fuquay and my mom has lived here since high school. i think they just get thrown off that i don't have a southern accent.

i certainly know a lot of NY/PA/IL/MA people in Cary, but most of my friends are "good ol' boys"

1/25/2011 2:29:37 PM

^^ Cary is like an embassy. It is sovereign NY soil.

[Edited on January 25, 2011 at 2:32 PM. Reason : *]

1/25/2011 2:32:00 PM

It drives me nuts to hear people complaining about not having an identity when
- Their parents immigrated and they grew up in Cary
- Their parents came from up north and they grew up in Cary

Not everyone can identify themselves with a state in the first place. Ever met a military brat? And if you are from another country and never even had the chance for citizenship in that nation, you are not special, you are one of us.

Citizenship is more than sufficient to define identity in a civil society such as ours. If the place you came from looks to ethnicity for identity, we don't care. You don't have a dual identity. You have a different identity in a different value system.

[Edited on January 25, 2011 at 2:33 PM. Reason : ]

1/25/2011 2:32:35 PM

Quote :

"Depends. Where are your parents from?"

England

1/25/2011 2:33:22 PM

My mom is from Granville county

Dad is from Binghamton, NY

I am from Cary

So uhh, yeah. I don't know what I am.

1/25/2011 2:35:29 PM

You're a goddamned YANKEE, that's what you are.

Yankee genes gets passed from the father.

1/25/2011 2:37:00 PM

If thats the case, I am genetically from the deep south but raised in Cary

1/25/2011 3:00:09 PM

I don't think anyone with non-southern parents can really become southern, no matter how long they live here... People usually try and hide their hick ways, not the other way around

1/25/2011 3:09:09 PM

^^^^my mom is from just north of Binghamton

1/25/2011 3:13:05 PM

yeah like, my mom dated her cousin for a while.

true story

1/25/2011 3:14:14 PM

Moms is from Kinston, grew up in Durham

Pops is from VA, grew up in Charlotte

I hail from Charlotte

1/25/2011 3:16:11 PM

^yankee

1/25/2011 3:18:38 PM

Guide to Identifying Southerners:

-Has Accent
-Says dumb shit like calling shopping carts "buggies" or all soft drinks "coke"
-Loves nascar
-Flies Rebel flag and pretends it isn't racist
-Flies Rebel flag and openly admits it's racist
-Wears camo patterned hats/overalls & other "hunting gear" in non-hunting scenarios
-Pretends to have a monopoly on politeness/religiousness/"real american"ism
-Anti-Intellectualism

The presence of at least 2 of the above indicates a southerner with at least 97% confidence.

1/25/2011 3:37:01 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mason-dixon-line.gif

1/25/2011 3:38:30 PM

^^Damn dude. What's your problem?

1/25/2011 3:40:02 PM

^^^

Apparently yankees like to make fun of the way I say Appalachian and that i call a tobogan a tobogan.

[Edited on January 25, 2011 at 4:19 PM. Reason : g]

1/25/2011 4:18:45 PM

Quote :

"Apparently yankees like to make fun of the way I say Appalachian "

people that say appaLAYchian really grind my gears

1/25/2011 4:25:09 PM

Appalachian...

My argument is that the pronunciation used at Appalachian State University should win. But that's just me.

1/25/2011 4:28:12 PM

You know the appalachian mountains are in the north too, right?

[Edited on January 25, 2011 at 4:30 PM. Reason : actually, going by some of the comments in this thread, 80% of it is in the north]

1/25/2011 4:28:37 PM

Born in Charlotte, both parents are from Charlotte. I used to have an accent but made a solid effort to drop it when I was 18. I hate NASCAR, don't care for most country music and baseball. I play and am obsessed with ice hockey. My only saving grace to keeping my "southern" card is that I love sweet tea.

1/25/2011 4:33:41 PM

I play the banjo

obviously I'm southern

1/25/2011 5:32:22 PM

Quote :

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mason-dixon-lines.gif"

There's more than 1 line.

1/25/2011 5:40:26 PM

Quote :

"-Says dumb shit like calling shopping carts "buggies" or all soft drinks "coke""

1/25/2011 5:41:25 PM

Quote :

"don't care for most country music and basebal"

No one in the south cares about baseball

1/25/2011 5:41:47 PM

I say buggy and love grits, but I hate nascar and sweet tea.

1/25/2011 5:44:42 PM

I was also informed that the way you say "umbrella" tells if you're from a southern background

apparently bmel and I say "UHM-brella"... instead of "um-BRella"

1/25/2011 5:45:42 PM

southern is a state of mind

1/25/2011 5:45:57 PM

damn straight I do!

1/25/2011 5:46:18 PM

Who cares. We are all human.

1/25/2011 5:46:28 PM

yes.

/thread

1/25/2011 5:49:51 PM

Quote :

"No one in the south cares about baseball"

The country folk cure as hell do... I thought it was weird when I found the demographic that actually cares about that national pastime waste of time

1/25/2011 5:50:32 PM

i only follow baseball 1864 style:

http://www.break.com/usercontent/2006/8/15/1864-baseball-w-conan-obrien-141725

1/25/2011 5:52:01 PM

Quote :

"I was also informed that the way you say "umbrella" tells if you're from a southern background apparently bmel and I say "UHM-brella"... instead of "um-BRella""

isn't it UHM-BA-RELLA -UH -UH -UH?

1/25/2011 5:52:36 PM

It doth be a parasol, fuckermocker.

1/25/2011 5:53:27 PM

Quote :

"I thought it was weird when I found the demographic that actually cares about that national pastime waste of time"

Have you ever been to a large city not located in the south

Odds are baseball is the #1 sport there

1/25/2011 5:53:34 PM

Quote :

"CURE AS HELL"

1/25/2011 5:53:49 PM

Southern is not so much about location as it is state of mind, hence the Cary exclusion.

[Edited on January 25, 2011 at 5:58 PM. Reason : NeuseRvrRat beat me to the same idea.]

1/25/2011 5:56:42 PM

i think we all beat you to the same idea

1/25/2011 6:00:27 PM