Yankee Girl Survives First Year at Southern University

[clemsongirl]

I have discovered that if you order iced tea in a restaurant in the North and make no mention of sweetness, it'll come unsweetened, but if you ask for it with no reference to flavor in the South it comes sweetened. My Northern friends think the South is crazy for their obsession with sweet tea, and my Southern friends don't understand why I get so excited every time I go to the Dunkin' Donuts near campus. They also don't believe me when I tell them there's practically one on every street corner, either.

[KKGAlumDGMom]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

I have discovered that if you order iced tea in a restaurant in the North and make no mention of sweetness, it'll come unsweetened, but if you ask for it with no reference to flavor in the South it comes sweetened. My Northern friends think the South is crazy for their obsession with sweet tea, and my Southern friends don't understand why I get so excited every time I go to the Dunkin' Donuts near campus. They also don't believe me when I tell them there's practically one on every street corner, either.

This made me smile! My daughter (we're from the mid-Atlantic area) has been completely won over by the South (I believe she was always really a Southerner, she just was living in the wrong place). The one thing, however, that she does miss from home is Dunkn' Donuts coffee. She just got home from school last night (only home for 2 1/2 weeks as she wants to quickly return to school and work in the admissions office) and Dunkin' Donuts was one of the first things she mentioned.

[SWTXBelle]

In a cruel trick of fate, there are no Krispy Kremes in Houston. When I visit Gypsyboots in San Marcos, however, I can have my lovely, light, delicious Krispy Kremes.

[AnchorAlumna]

This thread is officially derailed!

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

This thread is officially derailed!

Actually, the whole point of the thread was North vs. South, so it's surprisingly ON topic for Page 2 of a thread.

ETA: I just heard my Carolina born 'n raised boss say "Meg'en'em" to mean "Meg and her coworkers".

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

Yes, I understand this. My Maryland sorority sisters were really irritated when I used the term "you guys." They would say, "we are NOT guys!" So I tried saying y'all for plural situations. You know, it just didn't sound right coming out of my mouth. That's the point my daughter and I have discussed. If you're not southern, and you don't have a southern drawl, it just doesn't sound right.

That's what "yinz" is for.

Originally Posted by chi-o_cat

While we’re on the subject (sort of)….what’s the deal with “and them”? My significant other is Southern, and I am not. Sometimes he’ll say something like “John and them are coming over later.” Horrible grammar aside, this makes me think he means John plus at least 2 other people, when most of the time he’s actually talking about John plus one person. Is this a Southern thing?

I've been saying that since I learned to talk, so no, it is not a Southern thing. Sometimes "them" is singular, sometimes plural.

Originally Posted by AzTheta

sorry, but NOTHING beats LeCave's or El Rio Bakery in Tucson. NOTHING.

Mister Donut, exit 10 on the PA Turnpike. RIP

Our Dunkins all closed and then came back...same thing is happening with Popeyes.

[kateee]

Clemsongirl, my sister is from Connecticut, and she told me there are Dunkin' Donuts on every corner, and I didn't believe her either :P Guess it must be true!

This post makes me wish I had gone to school in the south like my grandma told me too. lol

[AGDee]

There are Dunkin Donuts everywhere in the northeast! We have them here in Michigan but
I couldn't believe how many we saw in Rhode Island when we were visiting Brown.

[ArtLlama]

Try being in the opposite shoes, explaining y'all, all y'all, and an' 'em to a rapt crowd of kids from the Northeast.

They called me "y'all" as a nick name for a semester.

[KDCat]

Krisy Kreme > Dunkin Donuts

[ArtLlama]

Originally Posted by KDCat

Krisy Kreme > Dunkin Donuts

Shipley trumps them both.

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by ArtLlama

Shipley trumps them both.

Nope. The late, great, and demised, Tastee Donuts of New Orleans. The name still exists but something has changed in the quality.

[MaryPoppins]

Originally Posted by ArtLlama

Try being in the opposite shoes, explaining y'all, all y'all, and an' 'em to a rapt crowd of kids from the Northeast.

They called me "y'all" as a nick name for a semester.

<3<3<3

[clemsongirl]

I just looked it up to confirm-in my 15 mile drive of doing errands the other day I passed 9 Dunkin Donuts. And that's not including all the other local coffee shops on the drive too. In high school EVERYONE came in with iced coffee and a bagel every morning from a place down the street, and then they'd all go out during lunch again because their caffeine fix had worn off.

We once had a Krispy Kreme, but it went out of business because it wasn't Dunkin. Same for Bess Eaton and then Tim Hortons. New England is not kind to non-Dunkin coffee places.

[AZTheta]

sorry, but NOTHING beats LeCave's or El Rio Bakery in Tucson. NOTHING.