Regional Stereotypes - Page 4

ilovemyglo · #46 07-02-2002, 08:10 PM

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Originally posted by mrblonde
Was actually in an argument about this earlier today...so here are the facts:

Being Southern does not make a person:

-stupid
-racist
-sexist
-an alcoholic
-tip cows
-naive
-have an accent
-farm
-drive tractors

Not that theres anything wrong with the last three, but theyre generalizations I had to shed light on

I can also add:
-illiterate
-ignorant
-unworldly

I have been all over and although I do still say Ya'll other than that people don't know I am from Kentucky. I mean, come on, I am from a city that is larger than Memphis, Nashville and quite a few other large cities.
Then you have to explain how to pronounce LOUISVILLE to them (it is named after King Louis XVI of France, but the natives say it Lu-vul and people everywhere else say Lewisville)

PhiMuNursie · #47 07-02-2002, 08:36 PM

i can vouch for people from the south not all being: POOR, TRASHY, or REDNECK...there's a huge difference between southerner and redneck. At least in my opinion...

TaraI have a Phi Mu castle...

lionlove · #48 07-02-2002, 10:44 PM

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Originally posted by straightBOS
I am straightBOS.. I am from Boston, and yes, I have heard of the letter "R", in fact, I can actually pronounce it.

-no, not everyone hates NY or the Yankees.
-yes, we will apologize for NKOTB
-yes, there are Black people in Boston
-no, it does not snow in the summer

Well, I was born and raised in Boston too and I can vouch for almost all of these. We truly are sorry for NKOTB, there are black people in Boston, it does warm up after April and we don't hate NY. We hate the Yankees but not NY.

I was taking the T to work a few weeks ago and a touristy family wearing yankees apparel got on. I felt bad for them cause I knew they would probably not make it through the day without being harrassed.

newbie · #49 07-03-2002, 03:50 AM

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Originally posted by beachbunnyjenn
I was born and raised in Cali, I love it here and all the stereotypes get pretty annoying. Not everybody here in Cali is a surfer dude and talks like a surfer dude...and yes there are a lot of blondes here (me included) but we aren't all dumb...and we don't all lay on the beach all the time either. Also yes we are laid-back but you can't just step all over us either.

~*Jenn*~

Agreed!

Also, unfortunately, in San Francisco most people don't ever go to the beach, because it's too darned COLD, even in the "summer."

Kevin · #50 07-04-2002, 12:25 AM

Oklahoma is cursed.

Whenever a tornado worthy of national attention roles through town where does it head? To the ritzy neighborhood? Business district? Education centers?

Hell no.

It bee-lines for the trailer park.

Then the place is swarmed with media folk who somehow beeline to the most redneck looking toothless bastard in the place and ask him "Your home is gone, how do you feel?" Of course he'll drawl out an answer, maybe drool on himself a bit... But that's not the way we all are!

lovelyivy84 · #51 07-04-2002, 05:20 PM

I am from the Bronx.

No, I do not have an accent- as a matter of fact I defy you to do a Bronx accent that is not actually a Brooklyn accent.

I do not actually have a discernible accent until I get to know a person, and then I absolutely DEFY you to identify it as a New York one, lol.

And like Cream, I am not mean either! Sarcastic, yes. Just plain mean, no. New Yorkers can be some of the nicest and NOSIEST people in the world, we just know how to pretend we're not butting into your business, lol. And I'm not talking about htose New York transplants- grew up in Iowa or something and move to the city. They are not New Yorkers. You have to be born and raised here to count.

We also just like to argue! That I gotta go with, I LOVE debate.

pbear19 · #52 07-04-2002, 06:05 PM

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Originally posted by ktsnake

I'm from Edmond, so these things don't really apply so much here (Edmond, AKA yuppie town!)

Hey, I bought my car in Edmond! I work for Enterprise, and we have our group's administration office there as well as a car sale lot. I got such a good deal on my car cause I bought it last November, but the only place I could get it from was Edmond! But, it wasn't a bad drive.

Well, I grew up about 45 minutes south of St. Louis, where people were just considered strange and uncouth. We weren't really claimed by St. Louisans, and I had several people from suburbs assume that I grew up on a farm, raised pigs, etc. But people there are still just as obsessed about high schools as people from the city.

Then I moved to near the Iowa border, where everyone likes to make fun of Iowans and how they are all amish and no one has electricty. Now I live in Arkansas, and as one poster so eloquently put, enough said!

I guess I just think it's funny that Missourians make fun of Iowans and Arkansans for the same things that those states make fun of Missourians about. And I have friends in Wichita, and I can't even begin to tell you how many times I've had to defend Kansas! Oh well.

RxyChrldr · #53 07-04-2002, 06:11 PM

I'm from Seattle, and the most typical stereotypes usually have something to do with Starbucks (I don't even like coffee, sheesh!), Microsoft, or Boeing. And no, it's not always raining!

bcdphie · #54 07-04-2002, 11:16 PM

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Originally posted by RxyChrldr
I'm from Seattle, and the most typical stereotypes usually have something to do with Starbucks (I don't even like coffee, sheesh!), Microsoft, or Boeing. And no, it's not always raining!

I can empathize with that Coffee and wet coast stereotype

queequek · #55 07-04-2002, 11:53 PM

Hump! Stereotype ...

When I visited Orlando, people would ask where I go to school at. So this is one conversation I had.
"Where do you go to school at?"
"Iowa State University"
"Cool, do you guys grow a lot of potato up there?"
I was like, "Uhhhmm that's Idaho. We grow lots of corn, though"
"Oh, you mean the Corn Huskers"

My friend is from Geneseo, Illinois. He always get annoyed by people asking where he is from. EVERYBODY would think he's from Chicago. Geneseo is by the Mississippi River, which is FAR away from Chicago.

One more thing. I am originally from Indonesia. So check out this conversation:
"So, how big is your village?"
I was like, "Uhmm ... my village is quite big, about 5 million people live there, so it's about the size of Chicago"
"Wow .. so you guys have electricity and stuff?"
Yeah, my friend thought that I live in a straw hut

He didn't believe me when I told him that we have skycrappers, internet, BMW, or MacDonalds ...

librasoul22 · #56 07-04-2002, 11:57 PM

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Originally posted by queequek
skycrappers

Sorry, but this typo has me cracking up!! LOL!!

queequek · #57 07-05-2002, 12:00 AM

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Originally posted by librasoul22

Sorry, but this typo has me cracking up!! LOL!!

LOL ... I just realized that as well .. .Oh well, I NEVER can spell English

Skyscraper

aggieAXO · #58 07-05-2002, 02:27 AM

OMG I am laughing. So true-everytime I see a story on TV about Oklahoma it is b/c a tornado plowed through a trailor park. Then they interview the most homely looking person which may or may not have teeth.

Quote:

Originally posted by ktsnake
Oklahoma is cursed.

Whenever a tornado worthy of national attention roles through town where does it head? To the ritzy neighborhood? Business district? Education centers?

Hell no.

It bee-lines for the trailer park.

Then the place is swarmed with media folk who somehow beeline to the most redneck looking toothless bastard in the place and ask him "Your home is gone, how do you feel?" Of course he'll drawl out an answer, maybe drool on himself a bit... But that's not the way we all are!

pbpck · #59 07-05-2002, 02:51 AM

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Originally posted by SigmaChiCard

everyone has an enormous twang

Good old Freud...wow... did I ever misread that.

Sorry, moving forward...

I must say being from Southern California, that some stereotypes hold a lot of truth. Going to school in San Diego, most of my friends do surf or lay out in between classes. And yes, in LAeveryone has cell phones, including my 11 year old little sister, Roxy face place and all. We usually do wear sandals no matter what the weather. If one doesn't sport Crombie or Crew, he can be found in Hurley, Independent or Volcom. Life is fast and girls are spoiled.

BUT, most people's vocabulary doesn't resemble Keanu's. And not everyone is blonde.

PotentialPledge · #60 08-22-2002, 10:15 PM

Questions I got freshmen year about Washington DC:

Do you know or have you met the president? I met Clinton
Did your mayor really smoke crack? Yes He did
Is DC the crime capital of the country? No, voted number 3 place to live in some study.