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Southern belles?
As a northern born girl and having been raised in a part of Florida that does not have a particularly ” southern” cultural identity, I've always been curious about southern belles. What makes a southern lady a belle? Is it just a term of endearment, or is there more to it?
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.....are there still traditional southern belles? I'm from Mississippi, but from my understanding a southern belle is: a beautiful, upperclass lady, she has perfect manners and refrains from any unpleasant talk, she always wears a dress (she would never wear pants), she is always polite to everyone, etc.
That being said, in modern usage, a belle is simply a beautiful woman and typically involves being present into society...so, your typical prom queen would be a belle. |
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Watch most of the episodes of Designing Women or read Maryln Schwartz's updated version of A Southern Belle Primer Of course, many of us grew up on the original version, which I find to be more authentic. |
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And some Southern Belles are Southern debutantes. For example, a recent list of debs from Hattiesburg, Mississippi is at
http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/a...TYLE/112110301 The list provides, where applicable, the sorority affiliation (NPC, I think, in all or nearly all instances) of the debs. |
I think that at least half must be Tri Delts!
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Seems like all the debs are in tri delta, chi omega, or kappa delta.
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A lot of them are Tri Delts, KD's or Chi O's, but you have to take in consideration that those are the 3 largest/most powerful sororities here at USM.
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White? I've known some AA women who are just as much a Southern belle.
A Southern belle knows what to do at a white-tie-and-tails event and at a hog killin' and how to dress properly for both. :p |
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Thanks to everyone for a great info and reading suggestions! My fascination with this subject is that I live in what I consider to be "southern limbo". There isn't a lot of deep south tradition or heritage (that I know of) down here in the Tampa Bay area because almost everyone is a transplant from the Northeast (or REALLLLLY old! Usually both...). However, it's southern enough that seeing trucks with confederate flags and decals of cartoon characters urinating on rival sports teams is a common occurrence. |
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Get a subscription to Southern Living. |
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