i spent part of my childhood in new mexico, and when
we moved we were astonished at how many times we had
to say no, we weren't from mexico -- *new* mexico is
an actual real USofA state. i guess the legislators
got tired of explaining that too, since now the
license plates read "new mexico, USA". sigh.
wendy
........................................
Wendy Hiller Gee
Medical Art Manager
Krames
1100 Grundy Lane
San Bruno, CA 94066
--- "Heather Dawn, MA" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi, I don't know of any regional handles except a
> local, local one. I
> am lucky enough to live on the Russian River which
> is a recreation
> area, very well known. We are called River Rats!
> Cracks me up.
> I can ditto the geography weakness. I was in Baja
> California once and
> there were quite a few young people (20ish) at the
> car races there. (We
> only overlapped with them for one day thank the
> universe) but I
> digress. anyway they thought they were still in the
> US!!!!!
> Well, it is Baja California, they insisted. What
> they thought that
> inspection crossing was with all the cops at the
> boarder was is beyond
> me.
> But then I have to feel a little sorry for them
> because geography is
> not taught in the schools anymore like it was when I
> went. It was
> deemed unnecessary.
> Heather
>
> On Monday, October 25, 2004, at 02:28 PM, joanhlee
> wrote:
>
> > Geography seems to be a weakness in the US. I
> attended my last year of
> > high school in Grand Rapids, MI, and recall
> classmates not knowing
> > where Canada was in relation to the USA. In New
> England the midwest is
> > a kind of "out there" where WI, MI, IL, IN are all
> interchangeable in
> > their minds. In Maine I have heard people tell me
> they didn't know I
> > was from "Illinoise" (when I lived in Chicago).
> When I corrected their
> > pronunciation they invariably informed me that
> they pronounced the way
> > it is supposed to be. I usually said thank you
> and added that I didn't
> > realize that they lived in "Mainey." In southern
> Maine, which is now
> > pretty much a suburb of Boston, people sometimes
> say that there is
> > nothing but wilderness north of Bangor (they are
> only half right). As
> > for nicknames for places; some are funny and some
> cruel: I don't go
> > there. Joan
> >
> >
> >
> > On Monday, October 25, 2004, at 04:48 PM, Amelia
> Hansen wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Joel,
> >>
> >> I live in southwest Michigan and love spending
> time in the UP where
> >> you can
> >> go a whole twenty miles without bumping into a
> franchise of any kind.
> >> I
> >> used to live in North Carolina and found that a
> lot of people (not
> >> all
> >> natives to NC) had never heard of the UP and
> needed to hear "Upper
> >> Peninsula of Michigan". Even then, some folks
> told me they didn't
> >> realize
> >> that MI had an upper peninsula or worse, thought
> the UP was part of
> >> Canada.
> >> I also had a fellow tell me that MI is cold and
> dirty, so I let him
> >> keep
> >> that impression.
> >>
> >> I've heard that us downstaters are called
> "trolls" by true Yoopers cuz
> >> we
> >> live under the bridge. This always cracks me up
> but my Yooper friends
> >> say
> >> they've never heard of it. Maybe they're sparing
> my feelings. Better
> >> than
> >> being a fudgie!
> >>
> >> Amelia
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> I guess I should clarify what a "Yooper" is for
> those far from the
> >>> midwest...
> >>>
> >>> Those of us fortunate enough to be born in the
> Upper Peninsula of
> >>> Michigan
> >>> (the U.P.) are often referred to as "Yoopers".
> And many Yoopers are
> >>> of
> >>> Finnish descent. All of my great grandparents
> were born in Finland,
> >>> so I'm
> >>> proud to not only to have 100% Finnish
> ancestory, but also to be a
> >>> true
> >>> "Yooper."
> >>>
> >>> I'm sure that many others out there have their
> own regional
> >>> terminology for
> >>> their natives. Let's hear them....
> >>>
> >>> Joel
> >>
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>
> >> Amelia Hansen
> >> Corvus Art, Natural History Illustration
> >> PO Box 19434
> >> Kalamazoo, MI 49019
> >> (269) 353-2052
> >> http://www.corvus-art.com
> >>
> >
>
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