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Paisley said:Judith Martin said in Star Spangled Manners, I think it was, that southern manners came from Africa, not England.
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Paisley said:Judith Martin said in Star Spangled Manners, I think it was, that southern manners came from Africa, not England.
davestlouis said:I know a woman who went to college in Tennessee, and her take on the whole southern thing is that they'll be syrupy sweet to your face while they stab you in the back.
TallulahDahling said:...and even slower driving...
Lamplight said:I've lived in Middle Tennessee my entire life, and from my personal experience it sounds like many of you are describing the Old South, not the current South. I encounter just as many rude people as friendly, and most people here seem to be in a terrible hurry much of the time. No patience at all! Almost always, the nicest folks I meet in day to day life tend to have Northern accents. You won't find graceful old Southern aristocrats lounging on the front porch on Sunday afternoon wearing seersuckers and lightly fanning themselves with the church bulletin. Instead you'll find Bubba wearing a UT Tshirt with the sleeves torn off circling an endless parking lot in his lifted F350, looking for the parking spot closest to the front door of Lowes.
To sum up, the truly nice people here are wonderful, but we have just as many jerks as anywhere else, unfortunately.
jwalls said:I'd enjoy sharing that bottle of scotch with you and exchanging stories about family. When I tell people that my family arrived in Georgia before it was a colony they look like I said I was from Mars.
Ham hocks and butter beans
Foofoogal said:oh yeah. one of my fav eating. I can cook a mean pot of butter beans.
the only thing my dad liked better than above was cornbread in milk. Now you are talking southern darlin...lolcooked biscuits and red eye gravy.
Yeah, I cannot stomach buttermilk either, but my dad loves it. However, I do love cornbread...as long as it's not too sweet. It's hard to beat fresh, hot cornbread with lots of butter...jwalls said:Dad loved cornbread and buttermilk with green onions. I just never could do buttermilk.
Foofoogal said:the only thing my dad liked better than above was cornbread in milk. Now you are talking southern darlin...lol