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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

'has nothing to do with geography; has all to do with betrayal..........

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--- On Thu, 12/4/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> A good friend of mine is from the hollers of West Virginia. Her family was 
> a coal mining family: Poor.  She considers herself Southern.  She seems as 
> Southern as anyone from TN or KY.
> 
> I don't think Geography defines Southern as much as other things...



> bob ford wrote:
 I think it depends on where you are from, and how long your "people"
 have been there.  S. LA (where you are from) is very different than
> > the rest of the South  (and the rest of LA), but still
> definitely Southern.  W VA might have many Southern
> characterisitics, but where I am from, would never be considered a
> "Southern" state.........................
> 
> > 
> 
> -- “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to
> anger. Anger leads to
> hate. Hate leads to suffering.”        Yoda