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Originally posted by mrblonde
Was actually in an argument about this earlier today...so here are the facts:
Being Southern does not make a person:
-stupid
-racist
-sexist
-an alcoholic
-tip cows
-naive
-have an accent
-farm
-drive tractors
Not that theres anything wrong with the last three, but theyre generalizations I had to shed light on 
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I can also add:
-illiterate
-ignorant
-unworldly
I have been all over and although I do still say Ya'll other than that people don't know I am from Kentucky. I mean, come on, I am from a city that is larger than Memphis, Nashville and quite a few other large cities.
Then you have to explain how to pronounce LOUISVILLE to them (it is named after King Louis XVI of France, but the natives say it Lu-vul and people everywhere else say Lewisville)