[trojangal]

I was a northerner who moved to the South when I was 16 years old. We moved all over the place b/c Dad was in the military and his last assignment was in the Florida panhandle (Lower Alabama). I went to school in Alabama and learned so much. Seventeen years later, I still choose to live here and can appreciate many of those comments. I had to laugh when I went to Ohio for a conference. A friend from Louisiana and I were talking; the director stopped for a second, and asked us a few questions. We asked her why, and she said she just loved hearing our southern accents!! My family in Colorado always teases me about my developed accent as well.

So I thought I would offer a few tips from my own experience!

1) No, that is not cream of wheat. They are called grits, and you do not put sugar on them.

2) Do not be surprised if some of the first questions folks will ask you include:
a. if you are kin to so and so
b. what church you attend

3) men will hold the doors open for you

and to quote a great song...

4) We say Grace and we say Ma'am.


I love it here!