On Wed 16 Jul 2008 09:19:29a, George Shirley told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Wed 16 Jul 2008 08:51:38a, told us...
>>
>>> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:40:37 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed 16 Jul 2008 06:31:24a, George Shirley told us...
>>>>
>>>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed 16 Jul 2008 12:17:08a, told us...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:24:39 -0400, " BOB" > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> LOL!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ubTQfr_tyY
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, I certainly learned a lot! I had no idea there were so many
>>>>>>> BBQ sauce variations - mayonnaise BBQ sauce? And Florida is
>>>>>>> *not* a Southern state? Since when?
>>>>>> Many Southerners living in *other* Southern states do not consider
>>>>>> Florida part of "The South".
>>>>> That's because it became a retirement home for old Yankees.
>>>>>
>>>> I wasn't gonna say it, but you're right.
>>> So, being a Southerner is like being in a club where your membership
>>> can be revoked on a whim? Didn't know that either. I'm liking being
>>> a born & bred Yankee more and more.
>>
>> It is next to impossible to "become" a Southerner by simply moving to
>> the South. I have known non-natives who've lived there for many years
>> that are still considered "yankees" or even "damned yankees".
>>
>> Even thought my entire family, including my parents, were born and
>> raised in the South, I was actually born in California and only lived
>> in the South as an infant before our family moved away. I was never
>> considered quite Southern. :-)
>>
>>
>>
> My wife has lived down here longer than she lived in Maryland and she is
> still known as "that Yankee woman that's married to the Texan."
>
> A wedding announcement was put in the local paper in my home town.
> "Maryland woman weds local Texan."

They still do that.

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Wayne Boatwright
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