Regional Stereotypes - Page 2

juniorgrrl · #16 06-24-2002, 11:53 PM

People assume the following about Louisianians:
1.) We're all cajun. Sorry, but that's just a small group of people. My ancestors are from France, not Nova Scotia (where the Cajuns were exiled from).

2.) We're all stupid white trash, just because we're southern.

3.) That New Orleans is full of people with cajun accents (try Lafayette for that). The only time I've ever used the word "cher" at the end of my sentence is when I was speaking French.

4.) That we all live on the Bayou or in the swamp.

Movies like The Big Easy and The Waterboy give outsiders such bad pictures of New Orleans and Louisiana in general. Granted, my boyfriend's roomate IS Bobby Bouchet, we're not all like that.

LeslieAGD · #17 06-25-2002, 12:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by FuzzieAlum
I used to live in Michigan. "Where on the hand?" I wasn't on the hand, I was in the UP! "The what? You mean there's another part of Michigan?"

This is SOOO true!

Another popular one is:
Where are you from?
I'm from Michigan.
Oh, you mean Detroit!

mrblonde · #18 06-25-2002, 12:28 AM

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

AOX81 · #19 06-25-2002, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by FuzzieAlum
I used to live in Michigan. "Where on the hand?" I wasn't on the hand, I was in the UP! "The what? You mean there's another part of Michigan?"

Ha ha!! Too funny...I always loved having a traveling map.

Hey you CAN make the UP with your other hand. Just hold your left hand (palm down) over your right hand (palm up).

I live in Ohio now so it's hard to tell people where I live.

FHwku · #20 06-25-2002, 11:57 AM

everybody from michigan drinks beer and goes to hash bash, right?

i'm from Kentucky. fortunately, i do fit some of the stereotypes;
like calling girls hon, sweetheart, and sugar. i do like
riding horses. i love grits. i don't need no proper learnin'
in readin, writin', or 'rithmatic. all that uppity, high-fallutin'
nonsense.

However, i'm an only child. not one of 40, so i couldn't have married my sister. and i do where shoes. not just barefoot or booted.

Every now and again, i run into someone who thought that my fraternity was "the racist one." ain't that a kick in the nuts?

SigmaChiCard · #21 06-25-2002, 12:01 PM

Well I'm from KY, and I think I needn't even go into the stereotypes about my region.

No one here wears shoes,
all we do is drink bourbon constantly,
everyone has an enormous twang,
everyone lives on a farm,
everyone loves country music,
no one here is remotely educated,
banjo is the instrument of choice,
and so on and so forth

People who meet me generally don't believe I was born and raised in KY as I speak like I've moved around my whole life with no distinctive accent, I've only been to a farm once before I went to college, I have grown to love bluegrass but country music still is crap, and I'd like to consider myself educated

KY isn't the greatest place in the world, but it's not THAT bad

FHwku · #22 06-25-2002, 12:07 PM

true that, dude. i do have a little accent though.

straightBOS · #23 06-25-2002, 01:17 PM

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

ThetaLove · #24 06-28-2002, 01:06 AM

I'm another one from Louisiana,
-we don't all sit around drinking bloody mary's
-we don't all live in huge plantation homes
-quite a few of us are educated
-we aren't inbreeders
-New Orleans isn't the only city in Louisiana, even if it is the only one anybody has ever heard of.

bets · #25 06-28-2002, 02:34 AM

ARKANSAS! Enough Said! (I hope!)

AGDPrincess70 · #26 06-28-2002, 07:50 AM

Quote:

-yes, we will apologize for NKOTB

LMAO!!!!!

justamom · #27 06-28-2002, 08:18 AM

Two Black Eyes

Thibodeaux saw Boudreaux sitting in the perot boat and noticed that Boudreaux had two black eyes. Thibodeaux axed, "Boudreaux, how did you got dem two black eyes?"

Boudreaux, wink and say, "Well you see, Marie was sitting up in front of me in de Church when we all had to stood up and sing Amazing Grace."

"UN -huh", say Thibodeaux.

"And," Boudreaux continued, " I noticed that the material on Marie's Dress had kinda ridden inside her crack."

"UN -huh", say Thibodeaux.

"And," Boudreaux continued, " I figgered I would be a gentleman and pull the material out of the crack. I did pull the dress out of the crack and Marie punched me in the eye. "

"UN -huh", say Thibodeaux, and what about the other black eye?"

Boudreaux say, "Well I figgered she musta liked the dress inside the crack so I pushed it back in there."------------------------------

When you fish in South Louisiana, the alligator try and get your bait.----------------------------------------

Boudreaux died
Well suddenly while fishing Boudreaux died. Marie send his obituary into the newspaper. It said Boudreaux died yesterday while fishing. Well the newspaper people called her and said you can put a little more in the paper. You have 10 lines. So the next day the obituary appeared in the paper. Boudreaux died while fishing yesterday. Boat For Sale.

http://www.geocities.com/butchcassid...oudreaux1.html

ladybug1116 · #28 06-28-2002, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SigmaChiCard
No one here wears shoes,
everyone has an enormous twang,
everyone lives on a farm,
everyone loves country music,
no one here is remotely educated,
and so on and so forth

That pretty much sums up the list for Alabama. Although I was born and raised here, my parents are from New York so I was taught not to speak with a distinctive accent. I constantly get people telling me that they can't believe I was raised in Alabama. Also, I don't live in a trailer!!! (no offense to anyone who does) But one of my best friend's mothers is really close minded and she didn't want us to be friends (mind you, this is in college) because she didn't want her daughter hanging around with Alabama trailer trash!!

I know most of the teasing is in good fun though and well, c'mon I live in Alabama...

Star Turtle · #29 06-28-2002, 10:07 AM

Welcome to true hick-ville!

~no one has ever seen a pair of shoes, let alone owned a pair of their very own.
~we all live on dirt roads that cut through a valley. (otherwise known as a hollow (or hawlla as it is pronounced)
~indoor plumbing has yet to be introduced here
~we're all one great big family thanks to inbreeding
~every shack has at least 6 hunting dogs
~there is not a person in this state that has been past the 3rd grade
~we all wear overalls and plaid shirts, with the ever important straw hat
~country music is god here
~wait God made our land just for us
~if you ain't got twaing, you ain't nothin'

welcome to west BY GOD virginia

DeeGeePee · #30 06-28-2002, 10:25 AM

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a) that i add the word HON to everything (which is really a trashy east baltimore thing)

That's funny, I never heard that one. Whenever I say I'm from Maryland, people are like, oh Baltimore, like that's the whole state. And surrounding states and even instate people (usually from Baltimore) think that we (people in my area near DC) are country and have an accent, and we call everybody "young" and "joe" (ie, Wassup Joe! or Whatever young!)

And when I went to school in Philly, which is only 2 hours away, they acted like I was talking a whole nother language. Local dialect is a serious thing.