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Old 08-02-2009, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Croakies n Bows View Post
I have never really thought of virginia as being in the south myself, yes it is south of the mason-dickson line, and it has a lot of southern features. I would only call it south if you referred to bama, AR, LA, Miss, and Ga as deep south.
Which is what Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia and South Carolina are -- the Deep South. Sections of northern Virginia and Hampton Roads notwithstanding, Virginia -- the home of Robert E. Lee and of the White House of the Confederacy, of Monument Avenue, of Washington and Lee University -- is most certainly the South.
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Last edited by MysticCat; 08-02-2009 at 07:42 PM. Reason: My apologies to South Carolina for forgetting them
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