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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH insists that we raise our children to speak like they are southern.  I love the south and the southern culture, but we live in Northern Virginia.  People don't speak that way here.  [b]My DH is just a poser[/b].  Whenever I am telling a story or visiting with other moms, [b]my DH will interrupt me to correct a term I use if it isn't southern[/b].  For example, if I refer to a BBQ, he steps in and says "cook out".  If I use the word "mom", he steps in and says "momma".  All the flipping time.  I should add he was raised is rural Pennsylvania and no one else in his family uses southern terms.  I have progressed from giving him the evil eye to telling him how unattractive his behavior is and that enough is enough.  Bless his heart!

Rant over.[/quote]

Actually, he just sounds like a jerk. [/quote]

Agree. Native Charlestonian here. It's pretty funny that he claims to raise OP's children as Southern so they can learn manners and hospitality. What he is doing is the opposite of good manners!! Because if he had truly good manners, he wouldn't interrupt you or correct you. The idea is that you make some feel comfortable, welcome, especially when/even if they don't know how to act.

Good manners are subtle-- you don't know they were there until they are gone.  [/quote]

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