Anonymous wrote:First off, I am not trying to diss Southerners. And I know that in any region, there is a wide variety of approaches to communication and manners. Still, there definitely are some common cultural differences between Southerners and Northerners, so I'm hoping someone will kindly enlighten me.

Here's my question: On another thread (why do people offer help if they don't mean what they say), one poster commented on how Yankees take things at face value whereas Southerners will say things they don't mean to be polite. I'm a clueless Yankee who often takes things at face value. I wouldn't offer help if I didn't mean it. And if someone offered me help, I might actually believe them (depending on our relationship.) My tendency to take things at face value has created some awkward situations. Can someone please clue me in? What kinds of things do Southerners tend to say to be polite that a Yankee wouldn't say?

Anonymous wrote:I think one of my favorite long-standing southernisms that I employ often, is when I hate/am annoyed by/want to ignore something, I refer to it as "nice."

"She's really nice."
"Isn't that so nice!"
"What a nice new house!"
"Thanks for having us for lunch. It was so nice."

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Anonymous wrote:I never understand why mid-atlantic folk think they are Southern.....

See, that's what I am saying! The north won't claim us either. The fact is that we're a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll. In fact, many of us have ancestors who migrated here from both directions. I am a product of Virginia stock. Is Virginia (not NoVa) not Southern?

Good lord. You mean everyone in the Mid-Atlantic is an Osmond? That could explain a lot.

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Anonymous wrote:First off, I am not trying to diss Southerners. And I know that in any region, there is a wide variety of approaches to communication and manners. Still, there definitely are some common cultural differences between Southerners and Northerners, so I'm hoping someone will kindly enlighten me.

Here's my question: On another thread (why do people offer help if they don't mean what they say), one poster commented on how Yankees take things at face value whereas Southerners will say things they don't mean to be polite. I'm a clueless Yankee who often takes things at face value. I wouldn't offer help if I didn't mean it. And if someone offered me help, I might actually believe them (depending on our relationship.) My tendency to take things at face value has created some awkward situations. Can someone please clue me in? What kinds of things do Southerners tend to say to be polite that a Yankee wouldn't say?

Realy, OP, you are an idiot. I have lived all over the world and I have never encountered such rude, inconsiderate, thoughtless, comments of DCUM posters, who think, they are so wonderful and without fault. No one can help to whom, or in what geographical area, they are born. I hope you will profit by the below quote Of Sachiel Page. Your post brands you as a common, ignorant bigot.

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common."
Satchel Paige

Anonymous wrote:I guess I am a Southerner?? Texan here, and when referring to the geographic area, I prefer to say Texan vs South or Southerner, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I never understand why mid-atlantic folk think they are Southern.....

See, that's what I am saying! The north won't claim us either. The fact is that we're a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll. In fact, many of us have ancestors who migrated here from both directions. I am a product of Virginia stock. Is Virginia (not NoVa) not Southern?

I apperciate the fact that you realize that NoVa is not Southern. People from up North don't understand that and think all of Virginia is "The South".

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I am a Southerner?? Texan here, and when referring to the geographic area, I prefer to say Texan vs South or Southerner, etc.

Yep, Texan is definitely different from Southern. Of course, I grew up in south Alabama, and we didn't think those idiots in north Alabama really qualified as Southerners either. And don't even get me started on Florida...

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Realy, OP, you are an idiot. I have lived all over the world and I have never encountered such rude, inconsiderate, thoughtless, comments of DCUM posters, who think, they are so wonderful and without fault. No one can help to whom, or in what geographical area, they are born. I hope you will profit by the below quote Of Sachiel Page. Your post brands you as a common, ignorant bigot.

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common."
Satchel Paige

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Anonymous wrote:I never understand why mid-atlantic folk think they are Southern.....

See, that's what I am saying! The north won't claim us either. The fact is that we're a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll. In fact, many of us have ancestors who migrated here from both directions. I am a product of Virginia stock. Is Virginia (not NoVa) not Southern?

Good lord. You mean everyone in the Mid-Atlantic is an Osmond? That could explain a lot.

You are funny.

Signed,

Mid-Atlantic baby without a culture.

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Anonymous wrote:I never understand why mid-atlantic folk think they are Southern.....

See, that's what I am saying! The north won't claim us either. The fact is that we're a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll. In fact, many of us have ancestors who migrated here from both directions. I am a product of Virginia stock. Is Virginia (not NoVa) not Southern?

Good lord. You mean everyone in the Mid-Atlantic is an Osmond? That could explain a lot.

You are funny.

Signed,

Mid-Atlantic baby without a culture.

Ditto. Northerners think we're Southern and live on cotton plantations with a Mammie. Southerners think we're Northern Yankees. Shrug. Guess what, ya'll? It's all in your own parochial perspectives. . . . .I say we're just d@mn awesome!!

Anonymous wrote:Huh?

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Realy, OP, you are an idiot. I have lived all over the world and I have never encountered such rude, inconsiderate, thoughtless, comments of DCUM posters, who think, they are so wonderful and without fault. No one can help to whom, or in what geographical area, they are born. I hope you will profit by the below quote Of Sachiel Page. Your post brands you as a common, ignorant bigot.

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common."
Satchel Paige

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Anonymous wrote:Huh?

Anonymous wrote:

Realy, OP, you are an idiot. I have lived all over the world and I have never encountered such rude, inconsiderate, thoughtless, comments of DCUM posters, who think, they are so wonderful and without fault. No one can help to whom, or in what geographical area, they are born. I hope you will profit by the below quote Of Sachiel Page. Your post brands you as a common, ignorant bigot.

"Ain't no man can avoid being born average, but there ain't no man got to be common."
Satchel Paige

She had to get that off her chest. Bless her heart.