On Jul 11, 2007, at 5:07 PM, Robert Horning wrote:
I take it that you havn't spent much time in Dixie (aka the old
Confederate states of the USA south). The cultural difference between
Jackson, Mississippi and San Francisco are about as huge as I'm
sure you
can find from the north to south of Italy.... and you might not
even be
able to have people from the two areas of the USA understand each
other
as well, because they are very different dialects of English to
boot. A
word of advise if you do end up in Mississippi..... don't go into a
bar
and call a local there a "Yankee". You might not leave alive. You
won't have as much of a problem if you do the same thing in
Massachusetts.
regional is perhaps easier to coordinate.
Off Topic, but I wouldn't call people in Massachusetts
"Yankees"....maybe "Red Sox" ;) You'd have better luck in NYC
(just
make sure you're in the right borough first).