# Do we have a large Southern US contingent here on the Dope? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569 "2008-04-01T19:29:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![pprgrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@pprgrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pprgrl)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/81 "2008-04-02T03:03:00Z")
6 years in Nashville (born there, so Southern by birth), 3 in Charlotte, 9 in Florida and I’m moving back to Nashville in a month(ish). ---
**Author:** ![lokij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@lokij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lokij)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/82 "2008-04-02T04:56:31Z")
Born and raised in Nashville. I just this past year did the unthinkable and moved more than 50 miles away, further south, to Fayetteville TN. ---
**Author:** ![Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Crocodiles\_And\_Boulevards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crocodiles_And_Boulevards)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/83 "2008-04-02T06:40:59Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Central Arkansas. [/QUOTE] Another central Arkansan here. Grew up somewhere in the nether region between Russellville and Conway. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/84 "2008-04-02T11:16:35Z")
Like **Bambi** , I’m from Central Florida as well. I have spent 31 of my 34 years in Hillsborough County (yes, where the horny teachers are from). I had to go East (I went to Florida Southern College in Lakeland) to really pick up a Southern Accent. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/85 "2008-04-02T11:56:32Z")
I’m a recovering Hoosier, now living in a bunker in The Great Dismal Swamp of NE North Carolina. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/86 "2008-04-02T11:56:59Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] Oh, that sounds great. We sometimes canoe at Juniper Springs, near Ocala. Once we saw otters playing on the bank, and they jumped in the water and swam right along beside us. The high point of the run is the enormous gator that is almost always basking in the same spot. He’s the size of a car, and our wee boats have to pass far too closely. Then we always see a lot of smaller gators, and towards the end of the run it becomes the redneck Riviera. 🙂 A good time. [/QUOTE] Sounds like a Dopefest to me. Sometime soon while it’s warm but not too damned hot. Come to think of it, we might have already missed it. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/87 "2008-04-02T12:07:22Z")
I am a Marylander. My family are of the Southern variety. Others from the Free State are not. ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/88 "2008-04-02T12:32:29Z")
Not a native Atlantan (they still exist?), but have been living here for the better part of 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/89 "2008-04-02T13:07:55Z")
I’ve never lived anywhere but Kentucky and while it’s on the north end of the South, it’s still Southern. I was just listening to myself on a tape-recording and could not BELIEVE how much I drawl. I think it’s gotten worse since I married my husband, a native of Shreveport, La. When we visit his family (now in North Carolina), I practically come home dripping in Spanish moss. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/90 "2008-04-02T13:24:44Z")
Born and raised in Texas, Georgia and Florida. Spent several years outside (Alaska and Colorado) but keep finding myself back in the south, currently Texas Gulf Coast. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/91 "2008-04-02T14:06:27Z")
:: points at location :: I grew up in New Orleans. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/92 "2008-04-02T14:23:54Z")
4th generation native Floridian here (Polk and Hardee counties.) ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/93 "2008-04-02T14:43:35Z")
I live in the South now, but am originally from South Africa and have only been here a few years, so I don’t think I count. I did marry into a Southern family, so I am sure that I will eventually be assimilated. ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/94 "2008-04-02T14:47:50Z")
Native South Carolinian. The rivers referenced in my user name are mainly the Chattooga and the Nantahala. It’s just a shame I haven’t actually been on them in years now. RR ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/95 "2008-04-02T15:15:45Z")
I’m in Alabama. I grew up in Phenix City, then spent a few years in Tuscaloosa before moving to Huntsville. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/96 "2008-04-02T15:40:24Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] When we visit his family (now in North Carolina), I practically come home dripping in Spanish moss. 😃 [/QUOTE] This is so true (regarding Louisiana accents). My sister has lived in NO for, gosh, fifteen years now I guess. She sounds like a native now. Heh. When she gets on the phone with me her accent slips back, though, and her hubby teases that she sounds like a cracker. Hee. ---
**Author:** ![Pithy\_Moniker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@Pithy\_Moniker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithy_Moniker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/97 "2008-04-02T15:43:26Z")
Another Birmingham, AL resident checking in. I grew up on the west side of town (Midfield) but now live on the east side (Trussville). ---
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/98 "2008-04-02T17:07:48Z")
I’m a Bama girl all my life. Grew up mostly in Etowah county, went to college at Jacksonville State (go Gamecocks!), and now live in Irondale. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/99 "2008-04-02T17:12:17Z")
I live just outside Center, Georgia, and spent the weekend in the North Carolina mountains. Although I began life in Ontario, the heat and beer in the Georgia summertime tends to facilitate rapid assimilation, knowhaddahmean? ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569/100 "2008-04-02T17:22:46Z")
I grew up in Cleveland but have lived in the South now for 20 years - first VA, now NC. We plan on staying. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-large-southern-us-contingent-here-on-the-dope/443569.md?page=6)