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Are there any tell-tale signs that you are in another part of the country?

We are traveling this weekend. And I noticed that as we go farther south to be people get politer and the food gets hotter. (We stopped at station and got a hot dog.... little did we know it had jalapenos in it)

Posted - March 5, 2017
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  • 5614
    Traveling west to east across the continental U.S, desert brown turns to lush green somewhere east Texas. This post was edited by O-uknow at March 5, 2017 10:11 AM MST
      March 5, 2017 9:38 AM MST
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  • 34280
    Yes, we drove to CA I once there is a definite change in the scenery as you travel.
      March 5, 2017 10:12 AM MST
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  • 17596
    When you travel you always can see changes due to local custom and culture.  It's why it's so fun, for me.
      March 5, 2017 9:46 AM MST
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  • 34280
    Yes it is certainly interesting. 
      March 5, 2017 10:13 AM MST
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  • 314
    Everyone talks slower.  New Englanders tend to speak like machine guns compared to the rest of the country.
      March 5, 2017 9:58 AM MST
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  • 34280
    Yes. I know a lady who has lived in the MO for at least the last 40+ yrs and she talks a mile a minute. Only person I know like that. She is a wonderful woman but I have to pay good attention or I will miss something. 
      March 5, 2017 10:10 AM MST
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  • 5354
    Actually that is pretty common. all over the world city-dwellers seems to live (and talk) at a faster pace than people who live in the country.
      March 5, 2017 10:37 PM MST
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  • 3907
    Hello my:

    Yes..  I have webbed feet..

    excon
      March 5, 2017 10:00 AM MST
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  • 34280
    Is that common in your neck of the woods? Handy for swimming, I imagine.
      March 5, 2017 10:15 AM MST
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  • 13395
    Going to the Far East  in Canada you stop in at a restaurant and on the menu you see things like:

    Fish and brewis

    Scrunchions


    Tongues and sounds 

    Britches

    Lassy mogs

    For dessert;:

    Figgy duff

    Baked turr

    Then you'll know you are in Newfoundland. 
      March 5, 2017 10:11 AM MST
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  • 314

    No screech?  LOL

    God, I love me some figgy duff...

      March 5, 2017 10:19 AM MST
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  • 13395
    Newfie Screech is terrible stuff, I don't like it much myself. 

    It is very aptly named "Screech".
      March 5, 2017 10:30 AM MST
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  • 314
    Agreed!  I took one swig...once.  It was homemade even.  A not-to-be-forgotten moment.
      March 5, 2017 10:46 AM MST
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  • 34280
    I probably have to go with the fish... cause I don't know what any of the other stuff is...hope they have a picture menu for travelers.
    And I was surprised at getting a real "hot" dog. 
      March 5, 2017 10:20 AM MST
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  • Oh, Kittigate has mentioned Newfoundland!

    Never been there myself, however friends described their visit, and whenever they would stop for directions it would always take at least one-half hour, and you got directions not only to your destination but helpful information and contemplations for every aspect of your whole life!

    Newfies, as they are known, apparently some of the friendliest folks anywhere.
      March 5, 2017 10:21 AM MST
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  • 13395
    Yes they are pretty decent people. I have visited a few times just for a short stay.
      March 5, 2017 10:27 AM MST
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  • 11109
    Well if I start hearing the word "buddy" a lot I know I'm in New Brunswick. There the word buddy can mean 3 different things - a stranger is a buddy - a brother from another mother is a buddy - and a person  thats about to be in a fight if they don't walk away is a buddy. Cheers!
      March 5, 2017 10:49 AM MST
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  • 34280
    Interesting we just use buddy as friend.
      March 5, 2017 11:24 AM MST
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  • 11109
    I forgot to mention that no matter which way they use the word their voice tone is the same so it can be confusing. Anyway I think slang words and expression change from one end of my Country to the other so it can be a sign to what part of the Country I am in. Cheers!
      March 5, 2017 11:35 AM MST
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  • Coming to my part of the country, the South, the BBQ gets better and the people talk a little slower. :)
      March 5, 2017 11:03 AM MST
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  • 314
    BBQ gets better is right!!!  Been too long for me, On this bitter cold NH afternoon I would love me some of that.
      March 5, 2017 11:17 AM MST
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  • 34280
    Ahh, yes BBQ. It does vary from region to region. Myself I prefer a sweeter saucy BBQ (honey and/or brown sugar), no rubs and no heat. 

    We ordered a BBQ chicken pizza at Disney Land and it was truly the nastiest thing anyone every gave me to eat. Sauce tasted like ketchup and hot sauce mixed together.

      March 5, 2017 11:32 AM MST
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  • We have both kinds here, I prefer the sauce though. AS long as you don't go to any of the chain restaurants, you'll be ok. It's always better to go to local one of a kind restaurants for the best BBQ. Nashville has quite a few good ones. :)
      March 6, 2017 3:19 AM MST
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  • 7280
    If I walk outside and see mountains, that's a pretty good indication that I am somewhere else than where I live.
      March 5, 2017 12:25 PM MST
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