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    • Posts: 4,941 Member
      I'm from Ohio. The only thing I've heard isthatwetalkreallyfast,butIdon'tthinkItalkfastatall....

      You do... I know because my parents are from Ohio as well as all my extended family and I swear I'm the fastest talking Texan... and the faster I talk the more southern my accent gets... :laugh:
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      Being from California: We are all surfers (not the case) and everyone has a lot of plastic surgery (ok this one is true for many).
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      RAIN!!

      Seattle gets 38 inches/year and the US average is 37. How is that so rainy?

      Additionally:
      Where I work - Sequim (zip 98382), WA, gets 17 inches/year
      Where I live - Port Angeles (zip 98362), WA, gets 25 inches/year

      And that doesn't even consider all those folks in eastern Washington who get to hear the rain stereotypes in a region that varies from dry pine forests to desert to grain land.
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      I am from Quebec so (sarcasm):

      1. I live in an Igloo all year round
      2. I have never seen grass
      3. I hunt for food
      4. we are all aboriginals
      5. I eat beavers and bacon for all 3 meals
      6. Hockey is our only sport
      7. I hate the rest of canada
      8. I don't speak english because i'm too stupid....

      Yea...I don't speak english too. Want some poutine?
    • Posts: 2,670 Member
      The Show Me State sounds like it's something dirty.

      Yeah. BEST STATE MOTTO EVER.
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      I'm in Ohio and I think a lot of people think there's nothing to do there...but WRONG! I live 20 minutes from Lake Erie, where there is boating, fishing, water sports, and the best theme park in the US--Cedar Point! Ohio also has lots of scenic areas like Hocking Hills (hiking, camping, etc), Amish country (avoid this if you don't have room in your calories for super yummy baked goods and cheeses!), not to mention some really cool shopping and things to do in Cleveland, Cincy, and Columbus. All-in-all, I think Ohio is awesome!
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      I think every province has it's own accent sort of because ya, I've heard a few people on the East coast say it like that now that I think of it... But I sound like a hick and so do many other Alberta born Albertans haha :(

      So true. I try so hard to cover it up talking to people haha
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      To us, Texan IS an ethnicity... :laugh:

      ^^^^^ So true!

      When my girls were young, they used to tell people that their mom is Italian and their dad is Texan.
    • Posts: 2,819 Member
      RAIN!!

      Seattle gets 38 inches/year and the US average is 37. How is that so rainy?

      Additionally:
      Where I work - Sequim (zip 98382), WA, gets 17 inches/year
      Where I live - Port Angeles (zip 98362), WA, gets 25 inches/year

      And that doesn't even consider all those folks in eastern Washington who get to hear the rain stereotypes in a region that varies from dry pine forests to desert to grain land.

      Boston gets more annual precipitation than Seattle.

      Last time I was in Seattle I decided the rain thing is just something they tell people to keep the non-cool people out.
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      I'm from Kentucky...
      and believe it or not,

      I do wear shoes
      I don't have an accent
      I don't run moonshine
      I don't screw my cousin
      And that's just to mention a few haha
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      I *love* Put-Out-Bay! I mean, Put-In-Bay (another misconception. Or is it???) :wink:

      No it is not a misconception! :blushing:
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      Minnesotans do not all sound like the people in "Fargo". I grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis and I don't know a single person who sounds like that.
    • Posts: 241 Member
      I'm from Chicago so EVERYONE thinks I am or I hang out with gangsters. That was 100 years ago people!

      Hahah.
    • Posts: 2,819 Member
      I'm from Kentucky...
      and believe it or not,

      I do wear shoes
      I don't have an accent
      I don't run moonshine
      I don't screw my cousin
      And that's just to mention a few haha

      Move to Arizona. You can marry your 1st cousin there legally.
    • Posts: 1,487 Member
      I was raised in Utah so most people assume that I am a super religious judgmental Mormon Nerd.

      but I actually like a lot of different philosophy's on life.

      and I enjoy me a good beer or Scotch.
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      Love Put-in-Bay! I live 20 mins. from the lake, straight south of Port Clinton, a short boat ride to the island.

      Lucky you!! It was my first visit to that entire area and it was just so nice!! :)
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      I'm in Ohio and I think a lot of people think there's nothing to do there...but WRONG! I live 20 minutes from Lake Erie, where there is boating, fishing, water sports, and the best theme park in the US--Cedar Point! Ohio also has lots of scenic areas like Hocking Hills (hiking, camping, etc), Amish country (avoid this if you don't have room in your calories for super yummy baked goods and cheeses!), not to mention some really cool shopping and things to do in Cleveland, Cincy, and Columbus. All-in-all, I think Ohio is awesome!

      And the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!
    • Posts: 2,819 Member
      Minnesotans do not all sound like the people in "Fargo". I grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis and I don't know a single person who sounds like that.

      Yes. But you say (not you, just people in MN) "oh my goooodnesss" a lot. I was just there a few weeks ago and heard a lot of that.
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      ^^^^^ So true!

      When my girls were young, they used to tell people that their mom is Italian and their dad is Texan.

      :laugh: That's too cute! :flowerforyou:
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      I'm from a small town on the NY (upstate) PA border. Worked my first real job in upstate NY. I'd get wow you don't have a New York accent. Well we're 4 hours from NYC. Oh then what prison are you near? : /
    • Posts: 1,057 Member
      I'm from Kentucky...
      and believe it or not,

      I do wear shoes
      I don't have an accent
      I don't run moonshine
      I don't screw my cousin
      And that's just to mention a few haha

      Yea right! And I suppose you don't brush your teeth with bourbon either? :laugh:
    • Posts: 253 Member
      Basically every stereotype Canadian's get, I've heard..... Especially the pronunciation of "about".

      Yes...this!!!
      and that we live in igloos and it's always cold and snowing...
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      Meh... ethnicity on this hemisphere (eg the North and Western) is almost a moot point... It's easier just to say Canadian or American... because seriously who wants to say English-Danish-Slovinian-German-Swedish... blah blah blah... or to even go even farther because technically calling yourself German or English isn't an ethnicity either... you would have to call yourself Anglo, Saxon, Jute, Celt, etc... Unless you know which tribes your ancestors came from it's just easier to describe "where you came from" by the Country you and/or your parents originated from...

      Now that a damper has been placed upon a fun thread.... :grumble:

      I swear you just described me :laugh:
    • Posts: 82 Member
      That our state is completely flat and is nothing but a bunch of cornfields. (I'm from Nebraska)

      ^^^ Me too!!! :bigsmile:
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      Hahahaha! That's like Hodessa for Odessa... *lol* BTW, I CANNOT wait to get to Ohio this summer so I can catch up on the now (to me) rollar coasters at CP!

      We should do a MFP outing at CP!
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      W_I_N_D_Y's post wad too funny.:bigsmile:
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      I swear you just described me :laugh:

      *lol* I actually just used my own heritage... except the Celt part... I know know if I have Celtish blood coursing my veins... :wink:

      Maybe we are related... :flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 2,819 Member
      Ok, a friend warned me about one of the moderators.

      And *boom* I was contacted by one today.

      So, I guess it's wrong to defend myself on here.

      In this forum someone called me an idiot.

      I was only defending myself.

      So, sorry if I offended anyone in this feed from ANY country in the world.

      Apologies. Off to other social networks where I can say whatever I want.
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      AMEN sista! I live in Virginia now and whenever I saw I'm from NY, they're like THE CITY? No, not the city. Why don't we just say I'm from Canada and call it a day. Thanks. *le sigh

      Hummm, where in VA do you live? I have lived in VA for 6 years and I'm right outside Manassas, it's almost all City from Manassas to DC. I am from a big city so I guess other City poepel don't bother me. But I sure do perfer the cows I drive by on the way home and my neighborhood with kids on bikes these days :)
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      Yes...this!!!
      and that we live in igloos and it's always cold and snowing...

      Random 35c heatwaves in the summer... Feels good man :smokin:
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