Yankees thoughts on Southerners

Cmp1 · Nov 13, 2017

mrs. hornet22 said:
Only thing they ever said about me when I traveled was they made fun of my accent especially when I was in Ohio. Folks in Colorado and Wyoming loved my accent. I must say, two of the nicest people I have worked with were from New York.

I love the Southern Accent,,,, the one I don't like is from the people in the UP of MI,,,, now their accent is funny,,,,

lagrangedave · Nov 13, 2017

Oldstick · Nov 13, 2017

K80 said:
It ain't so much north vs south is it is, city vs rural in my limited experience and my brothers much broader experience agrees with him having lived in Ga, Fl, Missouri, and Maryland and traveled much of US for work.

Nail hit on the head from my experience in other parts of the US. People are people everywhere. 99.9% good, with a few bad, mixed in. The total numbers of bad depends on the population density, just like the number of good. After that, it is just the cultural differences that both sides rib each other about, similar to college football rivalries.

redeli said:
That would be me

Nail hit on the head again. That's me too, but too old to care about it now

NCHillbilly · Nov 13, 2017

Most of the ones that move here seem to think that we are all a plague of ignorant inbred savages that need to go away so that they can build more gated communities of $1,000,000 houses on our land that we aren't using to its potential.

I think the urban vs. rural thing is spot on in most cases. I know some country guys from up north that are just like us except they talk funny.

Cmp1 · Nov 14, 2017

lagrangedave said:
Eh?

Lol lol lol,,,,

Keebs · Nov 14, 2017

sinclair1 said:
The one below Macon where everyone sounds like they have 60 pieces of bubblegum in their mouth.

Why bless your heart, kind sir, I didn't know I sounded so *garbled*............. :smash:

mrs. hornet22 said:
Only thing they ever said about me when I traveled was they made fun of my accent especially when I was in Ohio. Folks in Colorado and Wyoming loved my accent. I must say, two of the nicest people I have worked with were from New York.

Me too, used to have to talk to IT tech support in Texas and they loved my "accent" I said dudes, ya'll sound normal to me! :rofl:

And heaven help me when I went to Floriduh to my kinfolks.......at the time I was 16, they thought I was my older cousins friend from college and had the "sweeter than peach" accent! :rofl:

3ringer · Nov 15, 2017

Southern girls are prettier

bigelow · Nov 15, 2017

Y'all are swell folks.

mrs. hornet22 · Nov 15, 2017

bigelow said:
Y'all are swell folks.

PappyHoel · Nov 15, 2017

This whole thread is off base. Most posters including the OP and Sinclair don't actually live in Georgia. Your map may tell you that and your address my say Georgia but y'all don't live in Georgia. I live on the border of Georgia and Yankee land.

Big Foot · Nov 15, 2017

PappyHoel said:
This whole thread is off base. Most posters including the OP and Sinclair don't actually live in Georgia. Your map may tell you that and your address my say Georgia but y'all don't live in Georgia. I live on the border of Georgia and Yankee land.

True

PappyHoel · Nov 15, 2017

Big Foot said:
True

I love ribbing you

. To answer your question, they are shocked when they find out we're normal.

. Everyone I work with is from the Northeast and they find that they were always wrong about the stereotype. Besides, they can't say much, they moved here.

sinclair1 · Nov 15, 2017

PappyHoel said:
This whole thread is off base. Most posters including the OP and Sinclair don't actually live in Georgia. Your map may tell you that and your address my say Georgia but y'all don't live in Georgia. I live on the border of Georgia and Yankee land.

I agree. Except up your way, it's more like 75 pieces of bubblegum and some bull horns taped to the jeep :rofl:

I am really the only native where I live, and my parents are Iowa Yankee and German, so I don't sound native, more like Fred Flintstone.

PappyHoel · Nov 15, 2017

sinclair1 said:
I agree. Except up your way, it's more like 75 pieces of bubblegum and some bull horns taped to the jeep

I am really the only native where I live, and my parents are Iowa Yankee and German, so I don't sound native, more like Fred Flintstone.

Yes bigSteve drives around up here. There's a trade off

elfiii · Nov 15, 2017

Fishmonkey said:
I think yankees think of southerners as smarter, stronger, better looking/more handsome, more sophisticated, warmer, politer, happier, and better shots than themselves.

The smart ones do. :bounce:

NCHillbilly said:
Most of the ones that move here seem to think that we are all a plague of ignorant inbred savages that need to go away so that they can build more gated communities of $1,000,000 houses on our land that we aren't using to its potential.

I think the urban vs. rural thing is spot on in most cases. I know some country guys from up north that are just like us except they talk funny.

Yep. I know a few Yankees that are all good people, even a couple of the ones that come from the big, big cities and I'd give them the shirt off my back. The ones that come down here carpetbagging I got no use for and I'm in your face rude and ugly to them.

Back in the day I used to travel up there a good bit and spent some time in NYC and it's burbs - Larchmont, Mamaroneck, New Roach Hill, White Plains etc. The guys all laughed at my "accent". The chicks thought I was a dreamboat. I just laughed at the guys. :bounce:

NCHillbilly · Nov 16, 2017

elfiii said:
The smart ones do.

Yep. I know a few Yankees that are all good people, even a couple of the ones that come from the big, big cities and I'd give them the shirt off my back. The ones that come down here carpetbagging I got no use for and I'm in your face rude and ugly to them.

Back in the day I used to travel up there a good bit and spent some time in NYC and it's burbs - Larchmont, Mamaroneck, New Roach Hill, White Plains etc. The guys all laughed at my "accent". The chicks thought I was a dreamboat. I just laughed at the guys.

So, what you're saying is that yankee gals have really poor vision? :huh:

elfiii · Nov 16, 2017

NCHillbilly said:
So, what you're saying is that yankee gals have really poor vision?

Great hearing coupled with excellent taste in Southern gentlemen. :bounce:

red neck richie · Nov 16, 2017

Who cares what Yankees think about us. They are like hemorrhoids. They move down but don't go back up.

Greene728 · Nov 16, 2017

red neck richie said:
Who cares what Yankees think about us. They are like hemorrhoids. They move down but don't go back up.

Bingo!!!

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