First off this is NOT going to be a history lesson, lord knows how much I “loved” history when I was in school!
What this post is about is some of the things I have learned about the South. IE: Georgia in particular.
There is a difference between Yanks and Damn Yanks. Apparently Damn Yanks are from Illinois? Huh
Georgia is very prejudice. Now this statement came from a black man. I can say that as he himself looked at me and said, “I don’t know if you noticed, but I am a black man”. He was my Uber driver. While you don’t outright see it, it is flourishing here apparently.
I have found the people here very friendly. Very hospitable, and generally surprised when I tell them I have been here since Dec 1. They wonder why. I reply “why not?”. I find Savannah and surrounding area very beautiful. Tybee Island and Hilton Head to name a couple of spots, which I have already posted about, are fabulous.
I have seen ghosts, I have pictures that SB took that proves it. That will be my next post….
When people ask me where I am from, I say Toronto Canada. It is not uncommon for people to say, I am from the north as well. Now when someone says this to a Canadian, one thinks ahh, Michigan/Minnesota/Buffalo NY/Seattle etc. But NOOO that is not what they mean. To them north is north of the Mason-Dixon line. Well shit, one more thing I had to look up as I pretended that I knew what they were talking about.
Apparently the Mason-Dixon line, for those of you like me didn’t listen in class, is a demarcation line separating four US States, forming part of the borders of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia. Apparently there was a border dispute in the 1700s. Of course there was… So North of Mason-Dixon is really most of Pennsylvania. Not sure why one just can’t say, I’m from Pennsylvania. Would make conversation that much easier. I guess the most important distinction of this “line” is that it became informally known as the boundary between the Southern slave states and Northern free states.
Then there is the War of Northern Aggression as the Georgians call it. We know it as the Civil War. Apparently, and frankly no surprise here, there was a dispute on the “naming” of the War. It tells you a lot about the culture in the South. In fact did you know when you look up War of Northern Aggression, you can find it listed under the Uncyclopedia (no idea there was such a thing) which states the War of Northern Aggression was a tremendously unjust war instigated by Abraham Lincoln and his Northern elitist cronies in 1861. Now if you read further in the Uncylopedia you can see this is a bit of comic relief. But seriously, I might have to read more from this “Uncycopedia”
On a high note, Savannah is the most haunted city in the U.S and has more paranormal researchers here than anywhere else. It is also the #1 tourist destinations for St Patricks day in the world….according to the locals. I have not verified this with google.