Old South

[Munchkin03]

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't a cross burned in front of the AKA house at UA sometime in the not too distant past? If that's the case, I can see that there would be a level of sensitivity on both sides.

Seriously, people have been called Yankees? In all my born days, I've never heard anyone say that with a straight face. I grew up in the South, and have spent my entire adult life in the Northeast. The only time I hear anything about the Yankees, it's in reference to the unfortunate baseball team in the Bronx...

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't a cross burned in front of the AKA house at UA sometime in the not too distant past? If that's the case, I can see that there would be a level of sensitivity on both sides.

Seriously, people have been called Yankees? In all my born days, I've never heard anyone say that with a straight face. I grew up in the South, and have spent my entire adult life in the Northeast. The only time I hear anything about the Yankees, it's in reference to the unfortunate baseball team in the Bronx...

Haha, yeah, I've been called a Yankee a few times on my trips to the South (mostly to Mississippi). My first reaction is to wonder how they know I'm a fan of the aforementioned unfortunate baseball team

Again, I've found it happens on both sides - you get Southerners who come up North and say that things are better down South, and you get Northerners who go down South and do the same thing. There are obnoxious people all over the country.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

Haha, yeah, I've been called a Yankee a few times on my trips to the South (mostly to Mississippi). My first reaction is to wonder how they know I'm a fan of the aforementioned unfortunate baseball team

Again, I've found it happens on both sides - you get Southerners who come up North and say that things are better down South, and you get Northerners who go down South and do the same thing. There are obnoxious people all over the country.

Some people are really serious about these regional loyalties. I think that's dumb.

On a lighthearted note:
Does anyone remember the episode of Sex and the City when Carrie was telling her boyfriend that NY women don't wear scrunchies? They saw a woman with a scrunchie in a club. The woman said (with a VERY strong Southern accent) "Oh mai?! ohhhh, nah...I'm from Nauth Currrlina. Honey, did you hear what that lady just said, she thought I was from NY?!" That definitely played on a stereotype.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

If I'm not mistaken, wasn't a cross burned in front of the AKA house at UA sometime in the not too distant past? If that's the case, I can see that there would be a level of sensitivity on both sides.

Welp, there ya have it. Thanks for the reminder.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Seriously, people have been called Yankees? In all my born days, I've never heard anyone say that with a straight face. I grew up in the South, and have spent my entire adult life in the Northeast.

Really? I've heard people described or called Yankees all the time, although as often as not if it's to the person's face, it's tongue-in-cheek (as in "What would you know about what tea is supposed to taste like? You're a Yankee, for Pete's sake!).

Otherwise, we just say that they're "not from around here."

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Really? I've heard people described or called Yankees all the time, although as often as not if it's to the person's face, it's tongue-in-cheek (as in "What would you know about what tea is supposed to taste like? You're a Yankee, for Pete's sake!).

Otherwise, we just say that they're "not from around here."

I should posit here that I grew up in a military town in the South. Therefore, most people "aren't from around here."