[Smokin' Joe]

Yep. I saw this when I left Virginia to do work on my Masters Degree in Geology on a NSF grant. The minute you spoke they treated you as being dumber than Cooter.

Unfortunately, the only exposure most of those Northerners had had to Southerners came from the carriactures of the Beverly Hillbillies and the Dukes of Hazard.

It took a few weeks of watching Johnny Carson to perfect a midwestern neutral accent, but it was worth it to not have to fight the uphill battle for credibility from the onset.

There is little doubt about my roots, however, when I'm mad...

[USAFJeeper]

Might I add another Yee Haa for the motto

American by birth, Southern by the Grace of God.

As far as the talk, I got it all the time when I was in the military. Of course after I had managed to completely get em turned around and ended up with their resources and the commanders ear, they realized the error of their ways.

Course now I am back in Louisiana, home of the Cajuns, Rednecks, and people from New Orleans (New Orleans is my group). Its good to be back home, spent a few years in Boston... /shudder

[Windcatcher]

"Yep. I saw this when I left Virginia to do work on my Masters Degree in Geology on a NSF grant. The minute you spoke they treated you as being dumber than Cooter.

Unfortunately, the only exposure most of those Northerners had had to Southerners came from the carriactures of the Beverly Hillbillies and the Dukes of Hazard."

(whispers)

Upstate PA isn't as northern as people think. Just avoid the cities and play possum like everyone else.