Naturally, Edgerton is great, the whole family likes him. Its ok obxgirl we think he stole it from the bard, in King Lear?

Goodness gracious, I could have sworn I just saw someone dressed in formal attire head into that little room labeled "Gentlemen", but then what should pop out but this horrid wolf dressed in sheik's clothing! Dreadful. I must sit a spell--it must have been artificial sweetener in my mojito. Oh dear....

... sweet 'n low in ur mojito - good golly miss molly, but that rhymes!

No, no, cointreau, oo.

gt;, don't let me catch 'ya smiling, heah!

Cheers, randi b**t**d. now back to arabee!

Can't forget Harper Lee, John Kennedy Toole and Margaret Mitchell. Southern writers who showed we all have one great novel in us.

mojito..can i get one of those in the south?!? I had one in france, but no one in my area knows how to make one, if its the same drink i am thinking baout it had sugar and mint leaves? What else is in it

LOL, I saw him too OO.
Ah well, good to know someone finds a way to amuse himself..it is becoming entertaining to guess what guise he will show up in next

Yes amatters...they originated in Cuba, spread into FL and are headed up your way. Better than sweet tea--see, you'll like it here!

Randi? haha... I can see morphing from blacktie to formalattire...travelshiek is a bit of a stretch, but randi with an "i" no less. Dear dear, what is the south coming to when our men adopt names such as Randi! I sort of enjoyed it when you did "Helen Sas"--that was a fun one to play with.

Voila! truthfully it's been a treat messing 'round with 'ya, but now lets exchange MWAHs, and move ahead onto more positive ground. So, here's mine ... MWAH x2. CarlyP's all-round, and about that we can all gather round, and cheer neat-o.

My wolf togs are back in cold storage. Take care, 'ta, 'ta

Isn't it time to feed the cat?
What was his name?

I know it was not something Southern.

What's a MWAH?

A funky spelling of "moi" maybe?? Doesn't make sense in context tho. CarlyGold?

I don't understand a word of Carly's post.

Anyone care to try and translate for me?

Apparently Carly has had one too many mojitos or something stronger.

I believe that Carly/Blacktie/Randi/FormalWear and whatever he will appear as tomorrow, was mocking us. And without doubt he will be back tomorrow, nothing will stop him. Perhaps we can have a new game, see if who recognises him first!

Mwah, is the sound one makes when kissing..or air kissing..mmmwah~


Tandoori Girl, were you joking about the Yankees being seen and not heard?

I flunked the test. Do I have to move to New York now?

Oh Scarlett, too bad about Carly/Blacktie,etc. I was enjoying the literary exchange. It was a pleasant diversion from fanny packs, etc.

This has mostly been a lovely thread. Thanks all. Hope amatters has a good move to Charleston.

Gosh, Scarlett, of course I was just funnin' with ya. Many of my best friends are Yankees. But what is it about them. Nothing is secret. Nothing is sacred. The whole world knows what they're thinking.

And of course I'm stereotyping, for the fun of it. I was such a shy child and wished I'd had the kutzpah of those yankee transplants. I always liked people who spoke their minds. I don't know if it's a habit or a ritual but making fun of Yankees is a sign of a true Southerner. Why not? They make fun of us, for sure.

So Scarlett, is it hard to pick your allegiances? Now that you're down on the farm? I'll bet it's a quandry of sorts for you. I never thought I'd feel a kinship w/NY but I did on 9/11 when I stood on 7th Ave. and 26th Street and watched the WTW tumble down.

And for that I will always love Yankees. But please don't tell anyone. Or I will have to turn in my DAR card (not!).

Have been thinking about this thread (minus the churl) while puttering around.

Another way of putting some of the differences occurred to me while reading MizScarlett's words: "But what is it about them. Nothing is secret. Nothing is sacred. The whole world knows what they're thinking." A Yankee's response would be, "and this is bad because....?"

So I'm thinking, one way of looking at it would be whether people think being described a certain way is high praise, faint praise, or a back-handed slur.

For example, being described as having good manners is a great compliment to a Southerner and essential in a lot of jobs in the South, but for Northerners it could be considered just a nice but slightly antiquated comment. Calling someone "rude" in the South is a pointed cricism of great significance, but it's kind of a throw-away put-down in the urban North, even a joke (referring to that epitome of 2D stereotyping, Jar-Jar Binks).

Honesty for some Southerners is a matter of limiting just how much truth is told to avoid offernse, and bluntness is anathema. For Northerners, telling less than the whole truth is devious, and sugar-coating it is hypocritical, which is worse than rudeness to many. So what some might think is diplomatic and polite, others may think is underhanded and even deceitful.

Remember the old comment on WashDC -- that it has all the charm of a Northern city and all the efficiency of a Southern city. That picked up on some of regional sensibilities I was trying to get at.

Finally, it is interesting to me -- as a traveler and arm-chair/plane-seat anthropologist -- that these internal differences are similar to how people sometimes describe the differences between Americans in general (who prize candor and insist on being liked by everyone = N+S) and other cultures of Europe or Asia.

MWAH - Sound that you make when air-kissing.

Good morning,
Cassandra, those words were not mine, but from a post by Tandoori Girl.
But I do agree with much of what you say~
Have a lovely day