[Abin Sur]

Where are your from, noobie,

I was trying to help end this thread, but since you asked me directly it's only polite to reply. I was originally born in Georgia, but have since moved to Colorado.

And this is relevant why...?

BTW, is it your assertion that someone's lack of credibility is inversely proportional to the duration of their stay on a message board? If not, why use a silly term such as "noob"?

and how many real Southerners do you know?

I suppose it depends on your definition of "real". While I know plenty of people from the South, I don't know anyone who speaks like Yosemite Sam.

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While I know plenty of people from the South, I don't know anyone who speaks like Yosemite Sam.

Then you didn't know sTanD wAtIe. LOL ;-)

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...and for a more comprehensive reply, some low-wattage posters here do actually believe that length of service means anything when it comes to credibility. They lack the critical thinking skills to actually analyze a persons words and assess the import of what they are attempting the convey.

Also, there are some here that I have come to regard as regional bigots. They hold to the notion that your value is contingent upon your place of birth.

Have you ever seen the cartoon show “Hank Hill”? I thought it was a clever show. In one episode the archetypal Texan Hank discovers to his horror that he was actually born in New York City. Never mind the fact that he is who he is, as a product of experiences, eduction, and culture, he now doubts every facet of his existence. The rest of the story shows how he tries to “forget” being Texan and adopt stereotypical “New Yorker” ways. I thought it amusing until I met real life people that are this dunderheaded - right here at FreeRepublic.

The risk one takes on these CW threads is that if you offend the Lost Cause Losers they will try to make life miserable for you. No “live & let live” from these folks.

Thanks for the pictures and enjoy the show - just don’t get any on ya.....noob ;-)

[cowboyway]

I was trying to help end this thread

Why's that, noobie? You think that you're a superhero or something?

I was originally born in Georgia, but have since moved to Colorado. And this is relevant why...?

Because of your statement about 'damnyankee' only being used in jest, noobie! Keep up, will ya....

BTW, is it your assertion that someone's lack of credibility is inversely proportional to the duration of their stay on a message board?

That's right, noobie. (you haven't been playing on the internet long, have you...)

I suppose it depends on your definition of "real".

real - actual: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something

While I know plenty of people from the South, I don't know anyone who speaks like Yosemite Sam.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!?

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While I know plenty of people from the South, I don't know anyone who speaks like Yosemite Sam

Yosemite Sam? Now that IS rather amusing.

The phase was actually used by Margret Mitchell in her novel "Gone With The Wind", but not in the movie.

Margret Mitchell was from the state of Georgia just like you say you are.

If you have read her biography you would know she based the novel on accounts of surviving war veterans and those of family members heard while growing up in Atlanta. She didn't realize the word "damnyankee" was two words until around school age. I personally prefer the one word version myself.

Here is the quote;

"Be a little man, Wade. They're just a passel of damn Yankees."

Scarlett O'Hara to her three-year-old son, when the Yankees arrive at Tara. The little boy later passes out from fear.

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I was trying to help end this thread, but since you asked me directly it's only polite to reply

Likewise. . .

BTW, a much more effective and honest way to end a thread is not to post insulting cartoons.