"Marie" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:02:27 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
> > wrote:
>>What a charming essay. I very much enjoyed and thank you for sharing.
>>It comes at a good time for me, having spent the past week dealing with
>>"Southerners" from Alabama. I won't go into detail but the 5 or so people
>>I've had to deal with have left a... hmmm... very sour taste in my mouth
>>in regards to 'Bammers as being part of the human race.
>
> I have spent just about my whole life in South Carolina(US), and I
> have finally come to realize it's not where you live that makes you
> great/ignorant/intelligent/worthless, it's what you make of yourself.
> I spent a good ten years changing my accent and my ways so people
> wouldn't automatically assume I was stupid just becuase I live here.
> It doesn't matter to me anymore, I am great (most of the time) and my
> friends(northern and not) love me. Don't paint all "'Bammers" with the
> same stroke.
> Marie

That was well said. I have found southerners to be among the most gracious,
entertaining, heartwarming people I have ever known. As with every area,
education level and economic status has a lot to do with behavior and
attitudes.

In any case, there is such a thing as regional manner, and it is the
northeastern regional manner that I find repugnant on a regular basis. I
grew up in the northeast.