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[Sciencewoman]

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Also, I find it interesting that many people don't consider Oklahoma to be "southern." From my upper midwestern perspective, every Oklahoman I've met has been a lot closer to southern than they are to midwestern, at least in terms of speech patterns and dialect. I saw a tornado survivor being interviewed on the Today Show this morning, and he said, "fixin' to."

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

You mean caht and bubblah?

Ha, heck yea!

Originally Posted by xibair

Being from another planet (California) we called carts – shopping carts.

What do north and south call vacuum cleaners? I have to poke fun of Ohioans. They call vacuum cleaners Sweepers. What the heck?
I remember during the beginning of my marriage my husband asked me for the sweeper. I figured he wanted to sweep something, so I gave him a broom. I will never forget his look.

For some reason, this made me think of Hawaii and the fact that they call flip-flops "slippahs".. and no, that isn't me using a Boston accent.

[MysticCat]

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[angels&angles]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

Also, I find it interesting that many people don't consider Oklahoma to be "southern." From my upper midwestern perspective, every Oklahoman I've met has been a lot closer to southern than they are to midwestern, at least in terms of speech patterns and dialect. I saw a tornado survivor being interviewed on the Today Show this morning, and he said, "fixin' to."

Midwesterners swear we're Southern, Southerners swear we're the Midwest. Geography books say we're Southwestern which is the most patently false of them all, and they won't take us either.

Oklahoma: America's red-headed step-child.

(I identify as Midwestern but other Okies disagree. With a deep-Southern father, and a northeastern mother, growing up in OK, I was always going to be a muddle.)

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by angels&angles

Midwesterners swear we're Southern, Southerners swear we're the Midwest. Geography books say we're Southwestern which is the most patently false of them all, and they won't take us either.

Oklahoma: America's red-headed step-child.

(I identify as Midwestern but other Okies disagree. With a deep-Southern father, and a northeastern mother, growing up in OK, I was always going to be a muddle.)

Oklahoma seems pretty southern, but honestly, Southerners are notorious for thinking that no other state is Southern but theirs (even if they are farther north than several others.) Growing up in Louisiana, we always thought that Louisiana was the epitome of Southerness...it's not. It's a special brand of Southern as are every Southern state. OK is just a really western "Southern" state.

[Smile_Awhile]

Originally Posted by angels&angles

Midwesterners swear we're Southern, Southerners swear we're the Midwest. Geography books say we're Southwestern which is the most patently false of them all, and they won't take us either.

Oklahoma: America's red-headed step-child.

(I identify as Midwestern but other Okies disagree. With a deep-Southern father, and a northeastern mother, growing up in OK, I was always going to be a muddle.)

Truth. On all counts.