----- Original Message -----

From: Tara

Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 2:58 PM

To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM

Subject: Re: Odp: RE: NCR: Just testing.....works... What April release?

Actually, I've lived in Michigan my whole life, and I don't think I've ever
been referred to as a "cowpoke" or a "sheep-shearer".  (Though there ARE
quite a few cows near where I live... cows and trees).  I'm used to
Michigander, followed by Michiganian.  Of course, I don't really know what
people in other states think of Michigan, except that it's north and it's
cold.

Tara

----- Original Message -----
From: Tommy C.
To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: Odp: RE: NCR: Just testing.....works... What April release?


Whoa history lesson!  :)  lol
Anyway, I thought MD was a Blue Belly?
And Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Oregon, maybe a few others (I don't feel like
checking) are Cowpokes.  (although there is another name, sheep-shearers)
And how my dad likes to put Hawiians = Grass Hippies or Hula Hippies.
Sheesh, Spring break and I'm still thinking, my mind needs a vacation!  :)

(sorry if anyone has taken offense!)
Hopper (*_*)

On Thu, 12 Apr 2001 16:21:44 -0500 Jackson Crawford <corvvs@WT.NET> writes:


    Ooooooohhhhhhh...that stings. But I guess you're English, so maybe you
don't understand the way the lingo's kinda changed. After the civil war,
when Yankee came to denote someone who had fought for the Union, we
Southerners and Westerners began to take offense at the term. So let me give
you a rundown of the new (well, new as of like 150 years ago) regional
derogatory terms:
    Yankee/ Yank/ Blue Belly/ Northerner - Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
Oregon, California, West Virginia, Delaware
    Rebel/ Reb/ Southerner - Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas
    Cowpoke/ Westerner - Washington, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Kansas, Nebraska,
Idaho, Oklahoma, Texas
    Penguin/ Polar Bear/ Eskimo/ Igloo/ Alaskan - Alaska
    Grass/ Bluebird/ Hawaiian - Hawaii
    Cowpoke Reb/ Damn Texan/ Texian/ Texan - Texas

    Maybe you'll watch who you call a yank now, eh? I'm warnin' you man, we
Texans are a proud bunch, and I think I'm gonna be in England late in June
(Chichester to be precise)...so you watch yourself...ha! Anyway, no, I'm
just tryin' to get the point across that Southerners and Westerners do NOT
appreciate being called yankees/ yanks/ blue bellies, whatever. You call
those Northeasterners, Californians, and Oregonians whatever the hell that
you want, but leave us out of your generalizations...
    Anyway, hope I've been helpful to anyone who feels like insulting any
Americans on their regionality (ha!). I should have called this "The Raven's
Guide To American Regionalism" or something like that. If anyone sees any
terms that I've missed, be sure to clue me in...
     As is always the case, have fun, and rock on!

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