Tips for Southerners Moving to the North

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ADVICE TO SOUTHERNERS MOVING NORTH

11. If you tell someone that you're from N.C., don't be surprised if they ask if you've ever been to Mayberry. (Also, "Does your family have an outhouse?", "Did your Daddy ride a mule to work", "Are your Mama and Daddy related", etc.)

I got this in NY once: "oh, you wearing shoes?"

13. Although you have been taught to use it all your life, permanently remove Ma'am and Sir from your vocabulary unless you are in the military. People will look at you as if you are fromanother planet.

Yeah I pissed someone off doing this--they thought I was being a smartass.

14. Never ask for grits in a restaurant, and don't expect to find sweetened ice tea anywhere.

I asked for sweet tea in a restaurant once...and the server waved the container with all the packaged sweetners in my face.

17. Other transplanted southerners can be identified by the fact that smile and speak even if they don't know you. In addition, if they haven't lived there too long, they still have good manners.

So true.