South vs. North? - Page 10

ladygreek · #**136** 04-02-2007, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by macallan25

Why would that have anything to do with it?

Why do you think it is a "Real South" state? I don't...and I was born and raised in Texas. Again, I think Texas is in a class of its own......and that East Texas is the only part of Texas that could be considered truly Southern.

My daughter lives in a suburb of Dallas--Frisco, and she works in Plano. What are they considered?

macallan25 · #**137** 04-03-2007, 12:27 AM

The only place that I would live in Dallas would be Highland or University Park. I pretty much despise the Dallas suburbs.....and wouldn't consider them Southern in any way, shape, or form.

ladygreek · #**138** 04-03-2007, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by macallan25

The only place that I would live in Dallas would be Highland or University Park. I pretty much despise the Dallas suburbs.....and wouldn't consider them Southern in any way, shape, or form.

Oaky,that is what I thought.

SWTXBelle · #**139** 04-03-2007, 07:32 AM

Thanks, honeychile. I was eating lunch with my children in Texas when this loud, obnoxious woman came in and loudly told her friend "I just saw a minivan with a Confederate flag sticker and a Yale sticker - isn't that an oxymoron?"
It was my car. Only the fact that I had 4 children with me, including one infant and one toddler, kept me from going over and explaining that, no, there is nothing oxymoronic about it - it is entirely possible to be 1.) southern and 2.) well-educated. Jeez.

OH - and I'm working on my DRT!!!

honeychile · #**140** 04-03-2007, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Thanks, honeychile. I was eating lunch with my children in Texas when this loud, obnoxious woman came in and loudly told her friend "I just saw a minivan with a Confederate flag sticker and a Yale sticker - isn't that an oxymoron?"
It was my car. Only the fact that I had 4 children with me, including one infant and one toddler, kept me from going over and explaining that, no, there is nothing oxymoronic about it - it is entirely possible to be 1.) southern and 2.) well-educated. Jeez.

OH - and I'm working on my DRT!!!

Good luck on the DRT research! Sadly, my Texas ancestors are too new to even try. I'm FFV, though, and plan to attend the Jamestown activities.

Some people just can't think properly, as it would take them out of their hate-filled comfort zones. More's the pity, as it just perpetuates old myths. What gets to me are the people who move South, raise daughters and call them GRITS. There's a lot more to being a Southerner than geography!

lauralaylin · #**141** 04-03-2007, 12:12 PM

Mary Dickson? Each post of yours keeps getting better and better.

epchick · #**142** 04-03-2007, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

El Paso - not southern at all.

That is true and all I have to say is....THANK GOD we aren't!

shinerbock · #**143** 04-03-2007, 12:49 PM

el paso, haha.

macallan25 · #**144** 04-03-2007, 02:17 PM

El Paso........gateway to Juarez.

I shudder at the thought.

Elephant Walk · #**145** 04-03-2007, 02:40 PM

I went to Juarez and El Paso recently, I'm pretty sure there were more English speakers in Juarez than in El Paso.

P.S. Future Greek you have no idea what your talking about

Tom Earp · #**146** 04-03-2007, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Thanks, honeychile. I was eating lunch with my children in Texas when this loud, obnoxious woman came in and loudly told her friend "I just saw a minivan with a Confederate flag sticker and a Yale sticker - isn't that an oxymoron?"
It was my car. Only the fact that I had 4 children with me, including one infant and one toddler, kept me from going over and explaining that, no, there is nothing oxymoronic about it - it is entirely possible to be 1.) southern and 2.) well-educated. Jeez.

OH - and I'm working on my DRT!!!

Aint that Texas?

Texas is a country and they have @ 5-6 parts or States.

Just like North South, East West, they, Texicans are all different!

Amzing though with your window stickers, I am surprised you were not draggged out of food joint and hauled off in chains down the highway by a BIG PICKUM UP TRUCK WITH A WHIP ANTENNA AND RIFLE IN THE WINDOW!

Glad to see and hear from you and Your children!

epchick · #**147** 04-06-2007, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

I went to Juarez and El Paso recently, I'm pretty sure there were more English speakers in Juarez than in El Paso.

P.S. Future Greek you have no idea what your talking about

And your point is?

I think El Paso is perfectly fine.

shinerbock · #**148** 04-06-2007, 10:51 AM

Feel free to think so. But taking jabs at the south warrants the kind of response you got.

Tom Earp · #**149** 04-06-2007, 02:40 PM

Hm, thought it was all in the same country? From sea to shining sea and border to border.

FatalDSTination · #**150** 04-06-2007, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by macallan25

Why would that have anything to do with it?

Why do you think it is a "Real South" state? I don't...and I was born and raised in Texas. Again, I think Texas is in a class of its own......and that East Texas is the only part of Texas that could be considered truly Southern.

When was the last time you looked at a map land hunter? Texas is South, just because the state has several geograhic areas doesnt meant its not. Why is Dallas surburbia not South, because they are riding horses? Please check the differences in human geography and physical geography! Texas is the southermost part of the Great Plains.. look that up if you need too!