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What are your perceptions of each state?
I wasn't exactly sure how to put the subject line, so sorry if it was confusing...but anyway here is my question in clearer terms:
When you think of a particular state...for instance, we'll use my home state of Idaho :nod: what are your perceptions of that state?? I already know what most of you are going to say: Potatoes. yeah, yeah, we grow potatoes here. And just for the record they send all the good, big potatoes elsewhere and we get the crappy small ones here :rolleyes: But what else do you think of...do you think people from Idaho are rednecks, no running water etc.(heard that before) lol. And for those of you who think Idaho is by Ohio, um, you're wrong! LOL. Anyway, I'm just curious is all. Perhaps, some of us can clear up the common misconceptions about our state. So pick a state, perhaps a state that other ledgies are from, and let us know what you think. I'll keep it pretty simple...(though it would be great to get more in depth) when I think of Massachsetts, I think of really bad accents ;) (sorry dissention!) And yeah, I know not all people from MA have bad accents. I just think of that guy from Average Joe (second season) who was from Boston, and man, he had one huge accent! :) And international ledgies, feel free to pipe in as well. It would be interesting to hear your perceptions as well! |
Yeah - upon reading your subject line I though, "each state!?! Man - that's going to take a while..." meaning I thought you wanted each person to speak of their perceptions for each state...um anyway I'll shut up about that now :p
So lets see..hopefully I won't offend... Perceptions...Utah... I've never been - but what I always think of when I think of Utah are...Mormons. That's right - it's like someone says they're from UTah and i think, "Ah - you're mormon?" haha...I know the WHOLE state can't be mormon...but yeah - I guess there are a high number of mormons in the state...I know a good friend of mine from high school goes to school up there...she's mormon lol....so that's my perception of Utah :D |
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I tend to think people from Utah are Mormons, too, but when I finally met someone who was raised in Utah, it turned out she was Episcopalian. Of course, she's only one person.
I always thought Florida would be really liberal. Well, I used to think that--now I know better. But I figured it was a really liberal place because of Miami, andbecause of so much of the population being Hispanic. When I was a kid, that just meant "liberal" to me. :shrug: I felt the same way about Montana, but a friend of mine with relatives in Montana set me straight and told me that was not the case at all. And her perception is that there's a lot of racism because there are so few black people there, compared to Louisiana. I have had so many bizarre ideas about other states over the years, and this is probably due to the fact that I've only visited Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Texas. That's it. I don't get out much, clearly. But then again I get antsy when I have to travel at all. I'm like a six-year-old in that way. Hillary |
No one lives in Montana, North/South Dakota, or Wyoming. :laugh:
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:laugh: :laugh: :nod: Seriously. I don't think I've ever met anyone from those states..hmmm...hehehe... I spent my whole life (up until about 7 months ago) in New Mexico - and some of the things I've heard in my travels have been great... "Oh you're from New MExico? WOW - your English is really good!" um.... "Oh New Mexico - do you travel to the United States often?" Luckily it's been years since I've had those mishaps - seems people didn't even realize New MExico was a state until recently :rolleyes: Movies tend to perpetuate the New Mexico stereotype something awful...believe it or not it's not just a huge barren land w/ nothing but old saloons, ghost towns and dirt roads... A movie I LOVE but it always bugs me is Boys on the Side...they make Tucson out to be this total nothing antiquated place - house all secluded in the dessert, the festival they go to and the bar in which Jane works...Tucson is actually a city lol....I don't know things like that bug me...:p |
A friend of a friend of mine lived in Montana for a while. Before she moved away she had a yard sale and people would ask if she had any knives or guns for sale. :shocked:
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And..poor little Wyoming. I have to say that Wyoming is one of the ugliest states I have ever had the displeasure of visiting. Nothing but a barren, windy, snowy state (sorry!) The only nice place is Jackson Hole - where Harrison Ford and all the richy rich people live. |
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Everyone from the northeast has an accent, IMO. Some (like people form Boston) don't pronounce R's very well and empahsize "ah" when there isn't one in a word. :laugh: Others pronounce words so well that it doesn't seem like they have an accent, but their pronunciations are very sharp and abrupt. Personally, I have a very rich voice and I sound like I'm from England. :laugh: Let's see...I'll go with Nevada. I always thought that was a hedonists haven, but not after the election results! |
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Now what I'm dealing with everytime there's a slight weather change - now matter how slight this annoying guy at work comes in with a big print out of the weather conditions for the day and says, "SO - what do you think of this weather??" I finally snapped the other day and was like, "we HAVE clouds, frost and yes, even SNOW in New Mexico...this is nothing new...come back when the snow is as tall as me and I'll tell you what I Think!!" he hasn't talked to me since...I think he's scared of me :p |
Whenever I tell people I'm from Louisiana, they're always amazed that I don't have a southern accent. My mom's from Michigan but I don't sound like I'm from there either... I have no idea what I sound like! :lol: I'd like to think I identify with Texas more than anywhere -- I was born there and I'd love to go back for more than a few days at a time, but from what I've seen, I like it. :cool:
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When people hear "New Jersey," they generally think of tomato's, Atlantic City, and people with incredibly strong accents and road rage who pronounce the states name like they're chowing down on ****. Those people are generally not from here...South Philadelphia and Long Island...the road rage? oh, we're here for sure. Depending on what you've been told, you think either farmland or wasteland. Depends on the place though but yes, that's true :laugh: Girls have big hair (some might, I suppose), drive Mercedes and BMWs (depends on the place but yes, true) walk around with fake nails and coach bags (not me but yes, true).
We don't pump our own gas, we have 24 hour diners (and you get free refills on your drinks!), Wawa's (the convenience store), and we eat real cheesesteaks. We don't drink pop, we drink soda and we eat hoagies/subs...not grinders. We are home of the Pine Barrens (where the Jersey Devil resides). We go "down the shore" during the summer, even if we're going to a beach in North Jersey. We are suburb dwellers for the most part. We are surrounded by three states (New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware). When we want to find out how to get to someones house we ask "off what exit." If you live in North Jersey, you support the Giants for football and the NJ Devils for Hockey. If you live in South Jersey, you support the Philadelphia Eagles and the Philadelphia Flyers. Our state capital is in the middle of Trenton (which is kind of the ghetto) yet our governor lives in a mansion in Princeton. We have a train that takes us into New York City and one that takes us into Philadelphia. No matter where you are in this state, you can bet there's a mall that's not far from you. New Jersey...it pretty much is what you think... :laugh: |
Well, I live in West Virginia. Here is what I hear a lot:
-"Western Virginia?" : No, we are a real state. -"Don't ppl marry their brothers and sisters there?" Just in Southern WV -"You own shoes?" Believe it or not, we have shoe shops here. |
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***** The thing that bugs me is everyone assumes she is from New York City. Everytime I would tell people I was going to visit New York, they are like 'go see the statue of liberty' or are like "goin' to the Big Appla (they will be trying to copy a New York accent - annoying) or something. Plus, she doesn't have a Brooklyn accent...it's a Buffalo/Rochester accent. There's a difference, I think. People just don't realize that that there is more to New York than just the City. People out here can be soo dumb. :) |
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Yeah, that's what I say I hear the most about West Virginia. LOL. Or that the people live in the mountains, toothless and all! |
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Well, I do live in the mountains. The tooth thing is kinda true....I have mine, but my neighbors don't. :rolleyes: |
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Yeah, but my perception of New Jersey is definitely big hair ladies, very thick accents, very into their ethnicity (if that makes sense) It's like a whole different world out here. For instance, people out here do not care what your ethnic background is. In fact, people don't even know what theirs is. Then when you go back East - people's lives just revolve around whether they are Italian, Polish, Greek etc. Just very different out west. |
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Me too. I'm not so sure if that's a good thing or if that makes us "fancy pants" elitist's :shocked: :laugh: When you get my mom riled up or laughing maniacally, she sounds like a Jewish woman from the Long Island. However, she grew up 15 minutes from here and has never visited Long Island...go figure |
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In New Jersey people are very Jewish and very Italian (there are other nationalities here as well but as far as Italians and Jews are concerned, we're it :laugh: ) and yes, everyone is incredibly proud to throw it around. I think it's our location. Most people that live here have come from a city at one point or another where back years ago after emmigrating here, people seperated into their groups in the big cities and that's just the way it was. Today you still see the same activity in the city but many suburban communities have become melting pots. You're right though...it's a HUGE North East thing |
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On a different note, i'm suprised no one has "attacked" Cali yet. I guess NJ had enough fodder to keep everyone occupied :laugh: And by the way, Jersey sounds a bit nicer than i always thought it was... :wavey: |
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No apology necessary :laugh: I plan on finishing my college education in California but I think people get the wrong impression of the state. With shows like Laguna Beach and The O.C., it's not hard to figure out why. However, it does, after all, consist of more than "Hollywood." Meredith (Merf) was actually surprised by New Jersey. It's really not as bad as I make it out to be but yes, it's crazy and we're all really hyper and "GO GO GO!" up here. Fast-paced. |
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Bwah!!
My mom told me that when she was a kid, she used to go to New York to visit some of our family. The kids up there always use to ask her if she had an oil well in her backyard and if they rode horses everywhere. LMAO!!
Yes, in Texas, we all have oil wells, ride horses everywhere, and say ya'll all the time....wait, that last one is true. Hee!! Howdy, ya'll! :laugh: |
Texas... I knew some people from Texas when I was growing up. My conception of the state came from them. The wife was a big hair loud mouth, the husband was a controlling asshole with an equally large mouth, and the kids ran around dirty with snotty noses all the time.... :laugh:
And Illinois... does anyone really live anywhere else but Chicago? I've driven through this state (from north to south) and there's absolutely NOTHING! So, I'm curious of what people think of Indiana.... |
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LOL! Yeah, when I think of Texas I think of guys and gals with big cowboy hats and big-ass trucks! And I heard the women wear a lot of makeup and have big hair? Is that true Christy? LOL. When I think of Texas I also think of the last scene in 'Cast Away' when Tom Hanks takes the Fed Ex package back to that lady and he stops at that destitute intersection. Kind of dusty and very open but nice, I think. Anyway, that is so funny that you should ask about IL and IN...I was going to say that those are two states that I NEVER hear anything about. I have no idea what people are like there except I think of Chicago for IL and Notre Dame for IN. I also never hear anything about the people in OH, IA, MO, KS. |
Ok I found this site about my state Rhode Island
Quahog.org Guide to Rhode Island Language Stuff Whatchoo lookin' at? It was inevitable that we would have to put one of these pages together eventually. After all, every other webpage that talks about Rhode Island has one. The following is by no means meant to be comprehensive -- we're willing to leave that up to the experts. Many of the words and phrases straddle state boundaries, and many of the phonetic pronunciations are true for only a small portion of the population. We've met plenty of native Rhode Islanders who have the classic accent, as well as many who have no discernable accent at all. Your mileage may vary. For a definitive guide to Vo Dynglish, see the excellent book, Rhode Island Dictionary by Mark Patinkin and Don Bousquet. ACI The Adult Correctional Institute. It's located in Cveaanstin. People are always either being remanded to it or escaping from it. Antnee, Bvenda, Richit, Shevl Names for children in Rhode Island's Italian-American neighborhoods. Beah An alcoholic beverage. Bubbla Drinking fountain. The word is apparently also used in parts of the upper Midwest and Australia. We've read in a couple of places that the usage may be related to the Wisconsin-based manufacturer, Kohler, which marketed a fountain under the Bubbler name around 1914. Cabinet A drink made from milk, flavored syrup, and ice cream. In other parts of the country it's called a milk shake or a frappe. A liberal interpretation of the entry for cabinet in the Oxford English Dictionary might suggest that the term originated from the English Newcastle or cabinet pudding, "a pudding made of bread or cake, dried fruit, eggs and milk, usually served hot with a sauce." Or it might not. Camavo A member of the holy muscle car trinity, along with the Firebird and the Iroc. Popular with mullet-headed men who have girlfriends named Shevl and who wear black t-shirts with the sleeves cut off. Chariho A district made up of the towns of Charlestown, Richmond, and Hopkinton. Chourico Pronounced shuh-reese. A smoked Portuguese sausage that is dense and spicy. There's also Linguica (leeng-gwee-sa), which is less spicy, as it's made with less chili pepper. Cveaanstin The municipality south of Providence and north of Warrik. De boatayuz More than one, less than three. De klenzaz The local dry-cleaning establishment. Downsella Where you keep that treadmill that you used for about a week back in '93. Eas' (or Wes') Grennich Witches may live there, but they're not pronounced. Fuggeddaboudit! Literally "forget about it," this phrase can mean anything from "yes" to "no" and everything in between, depending upon context and inflection. Donnie Brasco (as played by Johnny Depp), in the film by the same name, explains some of the subtleties: "Forget about it" is like if you agree with someone, you know, like "Raquel Welsh is one great piece of ass, forget about it." But then, if you disagree, like, "A Lincoln is better than a Cadillac? Forget about it!" you know? But then, it's also like if something's the greatest thing in the world, like Mingrio's Peppers, "forget about it." Sometimes it just means forget about it. Gagga Otherwise known as a destroyer, bellybuster, or hot weiner. A small hot dog with a natural casing, slathered in mustard, meat sauce, chopped onions, and celery salt, and served in a steamed bun. God v. 1. To protect from harm; watch over. 2. To watch over to prevent escape. 3. To keep watch at (a door or gate). 4. To take precautions: god against infection. --n. 1. One that gods. 2. Watchful care: under close god. 3. Defensive posture or stance. 4. Football. One of the two players on either side of the center. 5. Basketball. Either of the two players stationed near the middle of the court. 6. A device that prevents injury, damage, or loss. (American Heritage Dictionary, sort of) Gravy In most places, you would get whiplash trying to get a good look at the person you overheard asking for more gravy for their paster. In Rhode island they're just asking for more tomato sauce. According to Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms, it has also been used to denote the filling in a pie. Grinda Otherwise known as a hoagie, po' boy, or sub. It's a sangwidge. Hot The thing in your chest that pumps blood and keeps you alive. Idear All those dropped Rs have to go somewhere. They end up tacked onto the ends of words ending in "A," like idear, bananner, paster, and vaniller. Jeet? Have you eaten yet? The appropriate response (assuming you haven't eaten) is "No, joo?" Jimmies A liberal sprinkling of these can brighten up a dull, dreary ice cream cone. We hear they're also called Ants in the Woonsocket area. Lore Don't break it or they'll put you in the ACI. NiRoPe Usually heard as part of the phrase, "NiRoPe Pricing," the word comes from the names of the three Cardi Brothers, Nick, Ron, and Pete, whose furniture store commercials are ubiquitous on Southern New England television and radio stations. No school Fosta-Glosta A catchphrase (much like "Whatchootalkin'boutWillis?"), uttered by much-beloved media personality Salty Brine during winter snow-day reports. Foster and Glocester are two abutting communities in the northwest of the state that are completely snowbound during months containing an "r." Salty always lumped the two together when making no-school announcements; most Rhode Islanders believe there's a town out there called Fosta-Glosta. Salty's been gone from the radio for a few years now, but the phrase refuses to die. A sure way to find out if someone is lying about having spent time in the state (as though one would), is to challenge him with the phrase "No school..." A real Rhode Islander knows the rest. No suh! I believe you are pulling my leg, my friend. On Special On sale. Packy Short for package store, which is what they call liquor stores around here. In Rhode Island, they're not open on Sundays. Please? This is not a plea for more porridge, but a polite way of saying, "What the hell did you just say?" Potty A celebration. PSDS What you hang earrings from. Think about it. P'tuckit The municipality north of Providence and south of Attleboro. Quahog A kind of ocean clam, or bivalve mollusk, found in the waters of the North Atlantic. They come in two varieties: Arctica islandica, the ocean quahog; and Mercenaria mercenaria, the bay quahog. They make handy ashtrays. The common name, poquaûhock, is taken from the languages of the Narragansett and Wampanoag Indians, and it's thought that today's pronunciation can be traced to those origins. The Narragansetts, from the west side of Narragansett Bay, probably pronounced the word "po-kwa-hok." Today's western Rhode Islanders thus pronounce it "kwa-hog." The Wampanoags of the East Bay called it "po-ko-hok," and today, eastern Rhode Islanders likewise say "ko-hog." Rhode Island handshake A little extra gratuity for services rendered. Sangwidge A meal served between two pieces of bread. Also Sammich. Saugy A particular brand of hot dog, made with natural casings, that cuts loose with a distinctive "snap" when bitten into. Side by each You'll hear this one mainly around Woonsocket. It comes from the French "côté par chacun" and would be translated by most people as "side by side." Other Woonsocketisms include the use of double pronouns, as in, "I'm going to the supermarket, me," and the misplacement of phrases or modifiers, as in, "Throw me down the stairs my bag," or "Drive slow your car." South County A mythical area that roughly includes Washington and Kent Counties. Stuffie Clam stuffing baked in a clam shell. Also known as a stuffed clam. David Steinbrick, a producer at Cox Communications, sent us this tidbit: "Over the years, I have heard the best way to describe a 'stuffie' to an outsider. A stuffie is 'a clam meatloaf in an ashtray.' Succinct and to the point. Except the non-native may wonder why we cook food in ashtrays." Wikkit An intensifier that's interchangeable with "very," as in, "We was drivin' wikkit fast." Also used to mean "extremely good" or "spectacular," as in, "Them forttajuly fyahworks was wikkit!" Warrik The municipality south of Cveaanstin and north of Eas' Grennich. |
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When I think of Kansas, I think of the Wizard of Oz. Yup. That's it on that state. |
Wait wait wait...so here, after all these years of getting made fun of by people out of state for saying "jimmies" instead of sprinkles, WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO DO IT!!! HA!
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Out in the country, sure, you may see an intersection like that, but not in the city. Here is a link to some Fort Worth photos. http://www.3dphoto.net/stereo/world/...th/fw/dfw.html |
Hmmm...
When I think of Cali-For-NIE I usually think of how horrible it must be to travel on the highways with all those damn frequent police chases, The IGNORANCE known as Holly-WEIRD & their love for stupid sensationalized court cases (ie-OJ Simpson..."Run for the border Juice...Run") & gang violence
Too bad with the Gover-Nator in power Cali-For-NIE really has become a joke. :nod: Oh well, Keep buying yer energy from the Oklahoma based Williams Corp. Californy-ains...We OKIES appreciate the millions! :nod: Brian "I wonder when CA will sink off into the ocean" J. |
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hmmm, what can I say about California. Unfortunately, most of my perceptions come from Hollywood. Blonde hair, big boobs, thin rail bodies, the usual. People in Idaho hate Californians (not me, of course!) They are all moving here and driving up prices. (I think they did a study and most of the people that move here are from Cali) Seriously, if you tell some redneck Idahoan that you are from California..watch out!! LOL! |
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