# Ask the chick from/living in Missouri! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 19, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-from-living-in-missouri/143898 "2002-12-19T21:16:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-from-living-in-missouri/143898/21 "2002-12-20T19:33:31Z")
Yeah, I’m mostly kidding. My friends were teasing me about having to get a short, blonde perm and said my hair wouldn’t go over at all. 😃 Steak and potatoes is good though, good thing I’m not veggie! ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-from-living-in-missouri/143898/22 "2002-12-20T19:40:54Z")
But I know someone from Mexico. I was looking thru her high school annual, and apparently the only notable person who had ever visited Mexico was General Pershing. Kinda ironic. . . . ---
**Author:** ![Breezy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Breezy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breezy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-from-living-in-missouri/143898/23 "2002-12-20T19:55:54Z")
Mark Twain is from Hannibal, which is pretty close to Mexico, Missouri! I’m sure he visited there once or twice! haha ---
**Author:** ![Ich\_Bin\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ich\_Bin\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ich_Bin_s)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-from-living-in-missouri/143898/24 "2002-12-20T21:57:52Z")
Yeah, I’ve got a question. While driving through Missouri on 70, we noticed a billboard for a local store, which asked the question: “Got Bra Problems?” What the hell? Why have I never seen this in any other state? Is Missouri prone to bra troubles, or are you merely ahead of the game by recognizing this growing crisis? (I’m not making the billboard up) ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-from-living-in-missouri/143898/25 "2002-12-20T22:37:39Z")
Will you show me yours if I show you mine? What? It’s the Show Me state, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Breezy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Breezy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breezy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-from-living-in-missouri/143898/26 "2002-12-20T22:58:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Is Missouri prone to bra troubles, or are you merely ahead of the game by recognizing this growing crisis? While I can’t speak for all bra-wearers in the state of Missouri, I can honestly say that I have no bra problems. None that I know of, anyway. So maybe we just have some over-concerned citizens that want to make sure that nobody has any bra problems at all. Ha Ha I really wish I could say I’ve seen that billboard!! How funny!!! ---
**Author:** ![mongrel\_8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mongrel\_8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mongrel_8)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-from-living-in-missouri/143898/27 "2002-12-22T14:15:19Z")
Hey I’m from Mexico, and several famous people have visited. Several presidents have visited (Grant, Truman, Eisenhower, etc.). And Mexico was the site of a Michael Dukakis rally when he was running for president. You certainly don’t get any bigger than that. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-from-living-in-missouri/143898/28 "2002-12-23T04:44:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Breezy \* > \*\ ***Gary T** I’ve never heard anyone call Missouri “Missoura” and be serious. \*\* Well, I’m not an expert on the issue, but the Kansas City Star had an article on it sometime in the last 2-3 years. I think to some degree which pronunciation is most commonly used varies with regions within the state, so I’d assume your area clearly favors Missouri. Being an out-of-state import myself, I always figured Missouri was THE only correct pronunciation. From what I’ve read, however, I gather that a significant number of Missourians favor the Missoura pronunciation in all seriousness. ---
**Author:** ![Catfood\_Purrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Catfood\_Purrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catfood_Purrito)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-from-living-in-missouri/143898/29 "2002-12-23T05:04:08Z")
My mother’s side of the family lives in southeast Missouri. They all say Missoura. They’re originally from Iowa, though. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![soulburnz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@soulburnz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulburnz)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-from-living-in-missouri/143898/30 "2002-12-23T06:47:31Z")
I’m originally from southern Iowa and alot of people in that area say “Missoura”. Could be - because it’s small town farming area. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-from-living-in-missouri/143898/31 "2002-12-26T00:50:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gary T \* > \*\*St. Loo-wiss unless you need a cute rhyme, Louie.🙂 \*\* After living in Kasnass City for a few weeks, I think locals use the following vernacular. Kansas City region - the entire metropolitan area, including communities in Missouri and Kansas. KCMO - Kansas City, Missouri; the big Kansas City. KCK - Kansas City, Kansas; the little Kansas City. KCK is a separate city from KCMO. It’s home to a lot of heavy industry, and demographically it’s much more working-class and, in the eyes of those outside KCK, hickish, than the rest of the metro area. It does feel like a separate world when you’re there, as if you aren’t in the larger KC metro area. JoCo - Johnson County, Kansas. Located directly south of KCK. JoCo consists of fairly affluent communities (Overland Park, Prairie Village, Olathe, Leawood, Mission Hills, etc), and functions as suburban KCMO. The area was initially developed by the same company that developed much of KCMO south of downtown, so the street grid, addressing and naming scheme, and general feel doesn’t change when you cross the state line. NKC - North Kansas City, a small city just across the Missouri River from KCMO. KC North - Portions of KCMO that are north of the Missouri River, exclusive of NKC. Northland - Portions of the metropolitan area north of the Missouri River, including NKC, KC North and other communities. Eastland - Independence, Blue Springs, Grain Valley and other communities east of KCMO. Southland - Portions of KCMO and other communities south of the I-470 Beltway, but exclusive of JoCo. OPKS - Overland Park, Kansas. The area’s edge city, with about 150,000 residents. PVKS - Prairie Village, Kansas. Suburb immediately west of the south side of KCMO. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-from-living-in-missouri/143898/32 "2002-12-26T01:50:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joey G \* > \*\*By the way, Lamberts in Sikeston, MO is the best restaurant on the face of the planet. \*\* Home of the throwed rolls! Nice treatise on the local venacular, **elmwood** ; I graduated high school in OPKS. ---
**Author:** ![Lure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@Lure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lure)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-from-living-in-missouri/143898/33 "2002-12-26T02:10:14Z")
I hate hijacking others threads,but since precedent has been established,Miami has suffered the Missouri,Missoura,thing,too. Every impression I got from the speakers were it’s an urban/rural thing,at least in the East. I knew native Mamians say Miama,but their parents came from small town/rural roots. Missouri got the same treatment. Sorry,I know of no fact I’m dying to know about Missouri.I guess I just take it for granted it’s sitting there on top of Arkansas helping to sqeeze the water out of the bayous in La. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-from-living-in-missouri/143898/34 "2002-12-26T08:58:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by merge \* > **I don’t know… what the hell goes on in Missouri?** What do you mean what goes on in Missouri? There’s…ummm…hang on. Lemme think…hmmmmm… There’s…fishing, and, um, oh yeah, the county fair once a year, okay, and, uh, let’s see, sometimes you can find a bookstore, and around here there’s mud races at the racetrack every Saturday night, weather permitting, and, let’s see…fishing? Did I mention that one already? I may have to get back to you on this… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-chick-from-living-in-missouri/143898.md?page=1)