drjekyll76
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- Joined
- Oct 18, 2016
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- South Jersey
well what our family said what it was, it wont be right to be put on here since there are kids and censorship will be involved as well.
...I think it's called being polite, not "folding to peer pressure." There are lots of topics (phrases, etc.) folks would be wise to steer clear of in certain social situations.
Yes, it is wise to protect oneself from personal embarrassment in certain social situations, but unless you yourself thought it embarrassing why do it? Honesty works as well.
The Confederate position was that they had the right to leave the Union. To the Union, the South was in rebellion. It's a question of legitimacy.I usually just call it the Civil War. I might be revealing my ignorance, but is there something offensive about calling it the War of the Rebellion? I've used that term sometimes.
Roy B.
The term "Civil War" being considered PC ("politically correct") by anybody is already suspect, but a Southern mom folding to peer pressure is the unbelievable part ...cute story though.
I still pronounce it that way....my grand daddy was descended from No'th Ca'linians who descended fhom Vi'ginians. He pronounced it "Wawah." No "r" - in fact, there were no r's in his entiah vocabulahy.Appalachian NC relatives always pronounce war as "wore."
I'm always fascinated by which Southern accents are rhotic and which ones aren't!I still pronounce it that way....my grand daddy was descended from No'th Ca'linians who descended fhom Vi'ginians. He pronounced it "Wawah." No "r" - in fact, there were no r's in his entiah vocabulahy.
Ahah! So there's an actual word for it? I had no idea. Thanks for expanding my vocabulary!which Southern accents are rhotic
I'm always fascinated by which Southern accents are rhotic and which ones aren't!
Yes, it is wise to protect oneself from personal embarrassment in certain social situations, but unless you yourself thought it embarrassing why do it? Honesty works as well.
Many thingsMany things were left unsaid out of decorum and concern for the feelings of others.
Oh yeah. Lived in the South all my life, and it's a constant source of fascination for me.Well, it's way off topic, but Southern accents are just as different as Northern ones, depending on where you live/visit.
NW Louisiana sounds about as much as Georgia as Boston does to Chicago. So...go figure.
War of the Rebellion is what you see on all the old documents and records. I don't know just when that fell out of use.