Biggest Rush Mistakes at any institution

[barbino]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

In what decade is Kappa Alpha living?

Having been a KA little sister while I was at Kentucky (UK), I can truly appreciate this comment. I was from the North (Chicago) and had alot of culture shock going on while I was a student there. OMG! There were people that really thought that the South would "rise again" and I never considered the Mason-Dixon line until I got to UK. Suddenly--there were these guys that liked to dress up in Confederate uniforms, they sang "Dixie" and had atrocious Southern accents. Then they kidnapped my Pi Phi pledge class and the next thing I knew I was a KA little sister, complete with a dark red rose and brothers from all areas of the South.

I remember them all, and I remember my two big brothers well. KA is a really special band of guys, but they are living in a bygone era. Life has changed since Gone With the Wind!

[sasquatch]

Originally Posted by barbino

Having been a KA little sister while I was at Kentucky (UK), I can truly appreciate this comment. I was from the North (Chicago) and had alot of culture shock going on while I was a student there. OMG! There were people that really thought that the South would "rise again" and I never considered the Mason-Dixon line until I got to UK. Suddenly--there were these guys that liked to dress up in Confederate uniforms, they sang "Dixie" and had atrocious Southern accents. Then they kidnapped my Pi Phi pledge class and the next thing I knew I was a KA little sister, complete with a dark red rose and brothers from all areas of the South.

I remember them all, and I remember my two big brothers well. KA is a really special band of guys, but they are living in a bygone era. Life has changed since Gone With the Wind!

Someone from Chicago talking about "atrocious" accents .

I'm joking. Well, maybe.

[SWTXBelle]

OMG! People from the south having . . .southern accents??? I ask you - how dare they???

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

OMG! People from the south having . . .southern accents??? I ask you - how dare they???

There are southern accents and then there are Deep South accents. I never realized this until I was in the working world, and the deep south accents are very difficult for me to understand.

But then, where I live, you can tell what neighborhood a certain person grew up in by the way they pronounce certain words

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

There are southern accents and then there are Deep South accents. I never realized this until I was in the working world, and the deep south accents are very difficult for me to understand.

But then, where I live, you can tell what neighborhood a certain person grew up in by the way they pronounce certain words

And so it is in the South, too.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by honeychile

And so it is in the South, too.

In St. Louis (since folx can't decide if it is south or midwest) it's called the St. Louis drawl. After all these years of not living there I still find myself slipping into it at times. LOL