Common misconceptions (misperceptions?) about your state/country.
06-28-2010, 02:31 PM
#222
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Location: Wisconsin
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Originally Posted by CarrieAnne
LOL, lots of us eat cheese...but I am alleric to milk!!!!!!!!!!! Im affraid I am NOT a good cheesehead!
I was tending bar the other night and a lady from Califoria said I sure hada Wisconsin accent, lol?????? Never knew we had one!
I was tending bar the other night and a lady from Califoria said I sure hada Wisconsin accent, lol?????? Never knew we had one!
06-28-2010, 02:46 PM
#223
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Originally Posted by rdem
....but dissappointed no-one from Scottland posted...'cause I would like to know what is really under a Scottsman's kilt...LOL
When a woman asks what he wears under the kilt, he answers: Same as you - hose and shoes. lol
He is pretty funny.
06-28-2010, 03:36 PM
#225
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Location: North Carolina
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In North Carolina we do have our own teeth, although I do have a neighbor who had bad teeth and pulled out the bad ones himself with pliers...no joke, very gross! Other than that, we do keep our mouths healthy. We don't all hang rebel flags. We are very big college basketball fans (GO DUKE!!!) Although I am a big fan of Paula Deen, we do not put a stick of butter in all of our southern dishes. We have great colleges. And last but not least, we have southern hospitality!
06-28-2010, 04:31 PM
#226
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Location: Southeast Michigan
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Originally Posted by rdem
Kangaroos don't jump down the main street.......not everyday anyway!!!.... I have really enjoyed this thread....but dissappointed no-one from Scottland posted...'cause I would like to know what is really under a Scottsman's kilt...LOL
06-29-2010, 11:30 AM
#228
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Location: Murrysville, PA
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I think it is rude to continue sterotypes about other countries or states. There are people everywhere who are uninformed about geography, current events, politics, or uneducated...it is not the whole population. Just because you have been treated rudely by one or two people from a particular state or country, does not mean the entire population is like that.
06-29-2010, 12:15 PM
#229
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Originally Posted by jetnica
Originally Posted by mollymct
We wear shoes in Mississippi! If we want to! LOL. I don't believe we are decades behind the rest of the U.S. Though there are many rural areas, we have cities also. Some Mississippians have never set an unshod toe on a farm!
Not all of speak with a drawl (though I probably do!). And typically "movie" southern accents are horribly inaccurate!!
I think education is very important here and my public school education was excellent. It is true though if there is a disaster the news crew is certain to find a toothless, bedraggled and generally pitiful specimin of humanity to represent us. Does that happen in your state?
Not all of speak with a drawl (though I probably do!). And typically "movie" southern accents are horribly inaccurate!!
I think education is very important here and my public school education was excellent. It is true though if there is a disaster the news crew is certain to find a toothless, bedraggled and generally pitiful specimin of humanity to represent us. Does that happen in your state?
Not true -- we are "behind" the times in many ways - but that allows me to trust my neighbors, smile at strangers, and relax as opposed to when I lived in Orlando Florida.
Generally - I like it here, good people, educated people, and nice people. (who have all their teeth!)
=)
and yes -- if there is a news camera within 500 yards, the biggest idiot in a cut-off shirt and greasy hair will be selected for the interview
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