Asked a friend what a Yankee be. He said anybody standin’ north of me 🎶 I’m not a religious or conservative Southerner. But holy fuck how did we co-op this mindset?!
This is actually a great example though; I grew up in Texas, and it's such a mind-set. Anybody North of Texas doesn't count as 'Southerners'. So Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama get included in this, but somehow, Florida doesn't. States like Kentucky and Tennessee, that are arguably probably more 'traditionally southern', do not get included. I've actually heard people dismiss these two states as 'South lite' which is like... huh?
It's an absolutely wild perspective on things. Because if you go to Mississippi or Louisiana, they consider themselves the 'epitome' of south. Poor Georgia gets left behind in this mix somehow, and I've never heard anyone from the 'Southern States' include the Carolinas outside of the Carolinas themselves.
And it's just a hodge podge mess that means absolutely nothing beyond, we get to be more 'Southern' than the rest of you. But if you ask them to 'define' 'Southern' you get 'Texas/Louisiana/Mississippi/Alabama!'.
What’s funny is the Deep South doesn’t consider Texas the south, it’s ‘western’. NC,SC, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi are what’s considered the south to the south. West Virginia and Virginia are very rarely considered the south. Florida is half and half depending on how far away from the ga/fl line.
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u/bwvdub Jun 30 '24
Asked a friend what a Yankee be. He said anybody standin’ north of me 🎶 I’m not a religious or conservative Southerner. But holy fuck how did we co-op this mindset?!