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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just had to google "Cotillion".  Guess that pretty much means I grew up poor and probably still am[/quote]

Don't worry, I also had to google it, and I am English landed gentry. Maybe this is a very specific to DC thing?[/quote]

It's an old school thing in the US. Somewhat popular still in pockets on the east coast. [/quote]
It's a Southern thing. It was a preteen rite of passage growing up in Charleston, SC.[/quote]

No, I did it, and [b]grew up in Washington, DC.[/b] [/quote]

Yes, like I said - Southern.[/quote]

You consider DC, Southern? Do you also consider MD Southern just because they are below the Mason Dixon Line? [/quote]

Yes.  Below the Mason-Dixon line is in fact, Southern.  Maryland had one of the largest populations of slaves in the Confederacy.

Southern.[/quote]

I'm the NY guy above, so I agree that it's not crazy to consider MD southern.  But I'm also a stickler for facts, so I need to correct you.

Maryland did not have "one of the largest populations of slaves in the Confederacy" for 2 reasons:
1. It wasn't in the Confederacy
2. According to the 1860 US Census, MD had 87k total slaves.  Above MD on the list is 12 states -- from VA (490k) to Arkansas (111k).  The only slave state that had fewer slaves than MD was Florida (62k), excluding a handful of generally non-slave states with a nominal # of slaves.
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