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Rainbows~
Good question, thank you for asking. Cultures between various regions of the U.S. tend to be vastly different, even when separated by short distances. Take the "Deep South" for example: Encompassing states like Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas, people from this region are generally stereotyped as cross-breeding mountain folk (á la "Deliverance" *commence sinister banjo theme*) to be avoided at all costs, if only as a matter of genetic sanity. However, I spent most of my life in Florida and, while this is immediately South of Georgia, it's not considered a part of the "Deep South" at all. Thus, I suppose these individuals are merely asserting their cultural diversity, and dissociating themselves from what they consider to be lesser-desirable regions. Same holds true for Bible-Belters, Texans, Californians, Midwesterners, Northeasterners, etc, etc - each being burdened their own perceived stereotypes. It's a big place - my home state alone having a greater land mass than England - so I s'pose they're just trying to assert their place in the diverse cultural melting-pot they all call home.
HTH
~Reese
(happy to have escaped the melting-pot before it boils over)
Good question, thank you for asking. Cultures between various regions of the U.S. tend to be vastly different, even when separated by short distances. Take the "Deep South" for example: Encompassing states like Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas, people from this region are generally stereotyped as cross-breeding mountain folk (á la "Deliverance" *commence sinister banjo theme*) to be avoided at all costs, if only as a matter of genetic sanity. However, I spent most of my life in Florida and, while this is immediately South of Georgia, it's not considered a part of the "Deep South" at all. Thus, I suppose these individuals are merely asserting their cultural diversity, and dissociating themselves from what they consider to be lesser-desirable regions. Same holds true for Bible-Belters, Texans, Californians, Midwesterners, Northeasterners, etc, etc - each being burdened their own perceived stereotypes. It's a big place - my home state alone having a greater land mass than England - so I s'pose they're just trying to assert their place in the diverse cultural melting-pot they all call home.
HTH
~Reese
(happy to have escaped the melting-pot before it boils over) 
Sex God
that is a very good question.....i do it.... i was born in scottsdale, georgia
:D :D
the other reason i think people do it is because the us is so big.. there tends to be more than one....i know of scottsdale's in arizona and one in california and i am sure there are others....
p.s people from georgia don't really like people from florida... :D :D
sean xxxxxxx
:D :D the other reason i think people do it is because the us is so big.. there tends to be more than one....i know of scottsdale's in arizona and one in california and i am sure there are others....
p.s people from georgia don't really like people from florida... :D :D
sean xxxxxxx
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no bloody wonder sean! did you see that? reese just called you cross breeding mountain folk! :shock:
fight . . fight . . fight . . :sparring:
come on sean i reckon you'd take reese easy mate! i'll sell the tickets!
neil x x x :P
fight . . fight . . fight . . :sparring:
come on sean i reckon you'd take reese easy mate! i'll sell the tickets!
neil x x x :P
Sex God
I'm from London, England, UK, The World etc etc, but I never tell Canadians that - I just let them think I'm from Ontario.
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Quote by Rainbows
Americans always feel the need to introduce their home states as well as themselves?
Discuss.......
Conjecture:
Because most American towns are either called Springfield (Scenario: Wagon train stumbles across a patch of grass with running water and they say "Ah, this looks good. Let's settle here. Can anyone think of an original name for this field with a spring?), or named after the first person to settle there, which was usually something like Smith or Clarke, and so you have to distinguish between all those Smithvilles and so on.
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Quote by Rainbows
so you have to distinguish between all those Smithvilles and so on.
LOL. So come on - explain Boston Mass and ummmmm Boston Lincs?
Boston, Mass has to be qualified to distinguish it from Boston, NY.
Boston, Lincs is qualified as a warning to those who don't know that it's in Lincolnshire and should therefore be avoided at all costs.
Quote by Ice Pie
Boston, Lincs is qualified as a warning to those who don't know that it's in Lincolnshire and should therefore be avoided at all costs.
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Unfortunately I HAVE to go there for work. But it's a pleasant drive up. Better than M1 - M25 or M1 - M6....
And yes - I'm rambling now. Tired!!! Bed time..............
Sex God
And all the Springfields.
I tell Americans (in America) I'm from Wales. After about half an hour of supplementary explanation and a few diagrams drawn on the table napkin they usually say - "Oh Wales, England!" And I say "No Wales." After a further 15 minutes of convoluted discussion about geographical and culural distinctions I usually walk out.
Still - it's not surprising they've probably got a Springfield with a population larger than Wales.
:lol:
I tell Americans (in America) I'm from Wales. After about half an hour of supplementary explanation and a few diagrams drawn on the table napkin they usually say - "Oh Wales, England!" And I say "No Wales." After a further 15 minutes of convoluted discussion about geographical and culural distinctions I usually walk out.
Still - it's not surprising they've probably got a Springfield with a population larger than Wales.
:lol: Quote by westerross
- "Oh Wales, England!" And I say "No Wales." After a further 15 minutes of convoluted discussion about geographical and culural distinctions I usually walk out.
CAN identify!!! I come from a country in SouthERN Africa. Try telling someone that it actually isn't in SOUTH Africa - which is a totally different country and I might as well be speaking - ummm - Welsh?
Best was an American telling me how much she likes us Australians. And when I said I was Zxxxxean and not Australian - she just looked at me and said "well I still like you Australians"
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Quote by westerross
And all the Springfields.
I tell Americans (in America) I'm from Wales. After about half an hour of supplementary explanation and a few diagrams drawn on the table napkin they usually say - "Oh Wales, England!" And I say "No Wales." After a further 15 minutes of convoluted discussion about geographical and culural distinctions I usually walk out.
Still - it's not surprising they've probably got a Springfield with a population larger than Wales.
It's not just Americans though. Most people think England and Britain are one and the same, and most British people even think Great Britain and the UK are different names for the same thing.
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Case in point:
In the film Mrs Doubtfire, the lead character, who claims to be an Englishwoman with a Scottish accent, describes England as an island.
In the film Mrs Doubtfire, the lead character, who claims to be an Englishwoman with a Scottish accent, describes England as an island.
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Quote by Rainbows
. Most people think England and Britain are one and the same, and most British people even think Great Britain and the UK are different names for the same thing.
Ummm - forgive me sir I'm African....aren't they?
No. The UK is a nation state which includes but is not exclusive to, Great Britain.
Great Britain is the name of a piece of land, an island. It is the largest of the British Isles, hence Great, as in large, Britain.
Quote by Ice Pie
Case in point:
In the film Mrs Doubtfire, the lead character, who claims to be an Englishwoman with a Scottish accent, describes England as an island.
:lol: :lol: :lol: Oh dear. Sometimes I wonder WHAT I am. My Scottish family have a go at me for having an "English" accent, my English Friends laugh at my African accent, and my African family just say I've become a "pom"
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Quote by Rainbows
Case in point:
In the film Mrs Doubtfire, the lead character, who claims to be an Englishwoman with a Scottish accent, describes England as an island.
:lol: :lol: :lol: Oh dear. Sometimes I wonder WHAT I am. My Scottish family have a go at me for having an "English" accent, my English Friends laugh at my African accent, and my African family just say I've become a "pom"
I thought it was just Aussies who call us poms? There's something I've learned today.
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Quote by neilinleeds
no bloody wonder sean! did you see that? reese just called you cross breeding mountain folk! :shock:
fight . . fight . . fight . . :sparring:
come on sean i reckon you'd take reese easy mate! i'll sell the tickets!
No, no, NO!!! I did NOT say that were cross-breeding mountain folk...I merely implied that was a common stereotype!! Besides, as much as I like Sean, he'd never have the opportunity to take me anyways...you gotta remember, Neil, I don't do anal! ;) :P
~Reese!
Quote by Ice Pie
It's not just Americans though. Most people think England and Britain are one and the same, and most British people even think Great Britain and the UK are different names for the same thing.
Part of this confustion lies in the fact that Nationals of the United Kingdom are British (says so on one of my Passports so must be true!). So even though I do not come from Great Britain I am British (sometimes)!
LOL - not a hoax - I am live in Scotland and have been fully integrated into my local envirnment. However I'm from Northern Ireland - which is why I have British and Irish Passports. Like many NI folk I struggle a little bit with my national identity - especailly as I come from a mixed family.
CQ - wishing she came from an exotic British Dependancy like Montserrat.
CQ - wishing she came from an exotic British Dependancy like Montserrat.
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And just to add further confusion, the most Northern part of the island of Ireland (Eire and Northern Ireland) is actually in Eire, which is also called Southern Ireland to distinguish it from Northern Ireland!! :shock:
Mal
Mal
Quote by mal609
And just to add further confusion, the most Northern part of the island of Ireland (Eire and Northern Ireland) is actually in Eire, which is also called Southern Ireland to distinguish it from Northern Ireland!! :shock:
Mal
I was talking to some Irish friends and I said Southern Ireland, trying to differentiate between NI, I was told in no uncertain terms that it as not Southern Ireland, it's Northern Ireland and Ireland.
That told me then.
Also I guess you meant northern part, not Northern part!
the problem i have with americans, is that when i tell tell them i'm from the uk, they inevitably ask if i know "colin from luton", yes i know that the uk is smaller than most of their states, but there are still approxamatly 24 million people in the uk...most of which, i still have not met :shock:
