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The subtlc role of language sounde oan t$f1u"nce and dcclaro much moro

then thc nerc lexlcal meanlng or the phoenetlo stress symbol for the word.;

the muslcal beauty of *rdu themsclvcs upon tha €\: craatc conccptuat thoughr

ospcelally the quellty or depth for havlng cntertalnlng and enJoyable 1dcas,

connotatloas belng both anolloratlve and pcJoratlve. Thc hlstorlcal wcrd

orlglns ahangc vcry slowly as otymology tndtcatei. But through the logleel
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nceds wlthln e corununlty or reglon, the ancestorlal background relates thc

d.lstant past and oven the futureto the presently used cadencc of the words
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and/or sounds of thes.e lntenso mcssagos. The tone or tndlvldual manner of

e p e n k 5 - n gr a v e a t s t h c l n n c r p e r s o n s l " l t y a s m u c h n s d o e s t t r e a c t u a l noeallng of

thc tcrn uscd. Intonatl-on glves a llngulstlc softness of innatc protocol or

mtnncrs that only I cultured sposker 6rlns from ohltdhood cxprosslva clamplc

tho functlon o f l e n g u a g c o r p l e a s a n t c n u n c l . a t l o n c o 0 r o sf r o m J u s t l n s l o c t h c

mouth or ohcck end the palate rolllng words off the tlps, not fron the tlp

of the tonguc or the end of the front tceth that ereate harsh and bltlng

sounds (and s rudely forccd splttle sho,verspray resul

cdges to the tcnporel

from sucb toothy syrlablcatlon). The force of the Engllsh rangungo cxlsts'
tbat
rn the vrrletlons of rts d r a r e c t r o u s e a n t l a r r t h e b o r r o w o d . o. r l g l n s

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n o e k et h i s oqe-of-e-kind enalytlcal world Ienguage lnto an, rnalogy of its

phonlc srulds qr pertsr BCstalt ln nature, rflther than a hersh nbsolutlst
phrenetlc synbol gulile to a keyed nronouncj-atlon sheet of dlacrltical- merkln
that cspousc rnly one centrally biased. or preferred regionel usage ss a cold
bltlng tool of communicetltn 11ke the prescriptlve R o m e n c el a n c u a { : e s ; s o u n d

encl feellng c r e a t e n t o n e p l u s t h e v i o r d . ym e a n l n g i n t h e E n g l l s h s e n t e n c o v l r

the analogous lnflectlonal acoustic sounds or cilgraph of spcech from the ln-

divlduel s;reker; evcry vord. ln the Engllsh lensueqt; ls the borrowed evoluti

of en orlglnal mls-heering from elther I;atln, German, Frencir or Anglo-Sexon:

t h c m l s t a k c n h e a r l n g s a s s o u n d d e f e c t s c r e a t e d t t f e l s e h o m o n y m s tof r e s l l g h t

nlsnoner from tho slmDle speken mlsdlvlslon of other languege',rnrds the r

sultlng engllclzlng proccss being celled meta-nalysis that rnrkcs ncw or dlf-

fcrent w o r d . sf r o m s c n n n t l c c h a n g e d s o u n d d e f e c t s s u c h a s n e l a p r o p i s m s , t r a n s

rnutatlons cad folk atynology with lts m l s t a k e n m i s p r o n u n c l at l o n . Thus, the

e n e l o g y c f s o u n d e n d n e n n l n g m u s t a c c o m p a n y l n h a r m o n - vt h e e a r e f u l u s e o f e a

utterence frsm the formative proecss tc angllclze: the beslc ennlytical stru

tural method or proccss of the English speech to increase and tc mcuth as

thelr swn tho ncwLy acqulred or sequestered vrord s o u n ds a s t h e y e p p l y t o t h e

coursc of the ccnvcrsetltn; this slmpllstlc vrey of engllcLzLng or selzlng

w o r d . sa v o l d s t h e c r y o f p l a g i a r i s m or grande llterary theft because the pro-

cedure changcs spelllng, sound and meanlng to flt the ecntext of usago --

ccntext o f u . s r e g eb e i n g t h e t r u e e n a l y t l e a l process fcr the Engllsh lenguege

rrlglt'r rnd formatlon: over I0r0O0 once prcscrlptlve I'rench words hcve beon

amalganated or confiseated as a matter-of-cours6-usegc lnto the tnalytlcal

rtperen to form an Engllsh noun of nson?t
Eng}lsh sUch eS ngcn poren d.ropplng
trscnrt, absorbed nhonically es !t wero
ffon the Frcnch possesslve pronoun
rn the southern speech
t h e r r o n l o p o r e r n t t r e c t r o n o f A r n e r r c a nE n g r l s h s r r e v l s
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vcrsus the dognntlc yrnkee tccent. Thc llngulstlc polnr nttrcctlon nnd thc

repe).llng forces of Engllsh words fulI of soft sounds ncver coase to occur

or to rcappcrr ln tho lronlc conilltlon of indlvldurl h u m e nn e t u r o a n d t h e

hunen experlenco to communlcstc. The geographlc ercss of New OrLecns, Louls'

lena e n d t h e B ro n r l n N e w Y o rk best show the eluslve but lr onlc po) .ar l ty of

Anerlcan Engllsh: tha lenguld peletc softness of c broad & nekes tho words
n N e w0 r l e e n g n s o u n d l l k e a n u s l c a l soncte on the ears whlLc tbe yenkcc pro-

nunclctlon or rendltlon has e ncsel scratchlncss that nuffLes tho beeuty or

lntent of the Engllsh lengusgcr ovcn though the orlglns for thc carly colon-

Lzlng shlps both left from the samc port ln England before selllng to the

new world onc gmup of shlps settled the South et tho mouth of thc Mlss-

lsglppl Rlver whlLe the storm tossed erd lost slster shlps founil rcfuge ln

the Newyork herbor. And thc slmller vocrl toncs exlst to thls dey: I ooId

shrll1 whlstlc stop utternnce end thcn a soft nuslcel lllt to thc semc words

But e subtlc dlfTGr6ncc cloveloped tounrd ecch other on 3 personrl lcvel' whcn

y e n k c c e c c c n t g a n d S o u t h e r n s o u n a l sn e e t o r c I e s h . Tven when cncountercd'

ettack 6vcry gouthern

d e v r nS o u t h , e s t h c y e n k e c s e y s t h e t e r m , n o r t h e r n e r s
woril es slurs end contlnue to benter vlndictivo or iiostlle verbel abusc anlil

nfrlendlyn Llkc a Don Hlckles host vrhodellghts ln polntlng-out

soclallzlng

short-comlngs of syltrblcatlon for your own good; consaquently, the yenkee

style
hes e bullt-ln Cetoh 22 ayndromc (ynnkee garbled ctlctlon hes corrcct
Thus, tbe nor ther ncr and thc
wh lL o S o u t h c rn sp co o h h e s sco l d.ing slur s) .
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S o u t h e r n e r d l ffe r as nlght a nd. day or br oad & and l.ong f , even vr hen fr " ti og ur ,l

ldentlcal irlstorlcal origln w h e t h e r d , e n o g r a p h l oo r I i " n g u i s t i c , But ln the

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true llngulstlc splrit of oarefully plaolng oach <lladresls and each aipntfrdnfa
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n? rl lcranh,
\4-Lt5^\.Jv the Norbh and the South as a narkod verbal twaln ln the t r r u a n . ge a n l

only sound to ono another ltke so much tllhlstllng Di.xle when each lndivldual I
aecent marks a never blend"lng stres-red dlacrltlcal ul.ulatlon: noted wlth &
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mdcron or &ed-tlla as part of the llngual lleatr"sre ln complete tonle accent
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ldeoleiet of tcy-shrllt vlbratlons o f c o m m u n l c a b l o n nv, o r b a l o r c o r l e r e t e s c e t a : - |
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lntercourse conrnruntqudbetlvoen the lnd.lvldual IJ.Si. of Ar rosional vowels II
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each spoken for porsonetl osteem of etymologleal solf-aocl-al-m.
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The Easterner or rlann yankee arrlves dsllE $outl:. ln loud shrlll aecenterl I

tones of acclalm or sel:f-acclanatlon es the pe::sonnl)-y tooted words from the

f ' r n z . n n u n - n o r t h n a s a l a c c e n t s c r e a c h e s l o u d l . y t o a n n o u n ce o r s p e , l a kl . t s a r r i . v e j

d c w n $ i o u t h ( a n d t h e v / o r d D o W _bne s t t l e s c r i t r g s t h e w h o l e y a n k e c c c n c e l , t t o v ' t r r r l

the hot c 1l mes of 'tiio sun belt paradls* Ic,st forevtr to the r:ervlll arr j"ved

i , i r r r l : n aT a k r . n r bloke whose vocErl chords neust alvrays coft,[riain, oo'. cr;.rp).i.,f;i)ftt

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I oucl shouts i n r i i c e r t e s i u p e r i o r l n t e l l i g e n c e t o t h e y f f r r k e e m e n ' t , a1 i t y , s o i n r i i c *

ative of the Kennedy clan sorll I or shrlil vcrnacular) . Whethr,tri"t:t.ti1'1-off

tire bus, d.epilnneing a jet or clirntrlng from a prlvste autonobi""le, thrl absurct

cocknj.fied.yanltoe srpcceh hablts d r l . v n t i t e r i a s u n l o b s e r r / o r d o v , ' nS o r . r t h i n t o d.es-

p* lri.ng disgust to watch ther dqmr} yankee 1n action: t r . . ,w i p e t h e b r o w , s \ v e a t l n g

t,.
prof':sely ln the truly warn sunmer seB3on or even prr'srJirlnr 1r: the tf{ofps of

vrinter cgld and thus harplng loudly about the severs j . m r n j r r e n tc l l m a t e the

qhriI1 t r i o h En l t c h e d cornplalnirrg begins lrunediately Iike an erlult tenper Lan-

trum j"r: constant lvraillng' upon the servltude r:f tho earsl nesr at hand tl:e

l , r a - i J e so : w i l e s get louder with the flrst ronderlnl of thr.l sweat from the

hankerchlef, a rtlal gripe to hear the out-lrr"rr'sts of souncs sr- he":sh and" hos-

(trre yankee brovr ls always arched f c:' critici:l- or tiie

tile meanl-ng or accursed

cr j.t,i,cal word.y observa Lions as lf never bsfore h a d a r 1 5 r 6 6 ea l i v e po$sess*:d

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the lntelllgcnco or cvcr dared to polnt-out the obvlous trulsms that thls

genlus yankce has now taken the tlme tcr perfclrm for humanlty and never has

such acute lntelllgence arrlved on the Southern scene, to hear the yenkce

teLL, a1!. the word ls here and out at long last, every shrlll screech

crles wlthout subtle lntonatlon). But tho South has swvlved worse: the

war betwccn thc states wlth the deluge of carpet baggcrs or scalawags after-

r6nritand the long early Indlan",,Vars only whltted ths Southern sppetlte and'

s t elq i n e f o r t he o p p o rtu n l ty to oncc agaln glve tn ar ched br ow to a s v r eathog

v y h o l s a l w a y s g l ve n e n o u g h ve rbage r opo or tlm ely phr aseldgy to ha ng- up hl s

o v r ns c r e c o h t o l e t the typlcal yankec ways hang-out tn full exposurs, thc

southcrn sklII ablds the Eestern specch patterns relate evcn ltrore than

Thc yenkoe sprcads gloon tlke tho plague every-

the negatlve worclscan say,

whcrc rnd everytlmc th.e shrttl nasal tones honk thelr syntax abroad ""

pltched yankee vocsllzgtlon plerces ltke a rusty nall through

. Thc shrlll
ornlts all gentla
all hunan Senslbllltles -- a c],lp ln the tone or lntonatl0n

p r € cl u cl e s th e n l l k o f hum an klndness' The yankcc lnileedl hes a

ness thst
pass buzzlng the ear too closely for com-
cllp ln the speech Ilke e football
pltchod tonc llke a chronlc becl cold ot
fort; the yankeo accent has a hlgh
pltlful way es
n a s a l " c o n J c s t l o n t o o f u I I of mucous' for that ls the
constant
wlth a nasa
t h e y a n k e e l e a r n s t o m o u t h the onco beautlfur vrords
n ohltd that
oon-
a th ro a t fu l ] of phlegnl and the whole up- nor th l l fe
c av lt y f l l l c d . a n ct
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tlnues t h a t n o l s y a b u s e o f t h e E n g l l s h l a n g u a g e c v e r y t l m e t r t r e nu t t e r l n g a

sy)-).ab)-e. And yankees have the gaII to thlnk and proclaln }oudly that thay

do not bnvc rn accent -- do they, evcrl Ttre yenkeo never has an accent to

hear hfun teII the tale but ilo lnilecd try to llstcn beyond the hlgh pltchr 8s

Southornors must hear the screech laudlng yenkee seLf-estccm over el,1 humans

Soutb.arno And eLl Southernersr way or hablt of speech ls automatloally

wrong , c v e n l n o u r o w n l e n d a n d honogr ound, the bar klng yankees sp eak as t

t h o u g b p r o p e l J.e d b y a b u L l h o rn, plugged fuII of dr y 1cy wlnd.. Th c y enk c c

-- ' yr nkees nthl nk n tht

t hln k s lf th c S o u th e rn e r l s so lnollned to bc klnd

o o n p l e l n l n g s h o $ r sh l g h l n t e l l l g c n c c (nust beLlttle others to mnke self look

bfg). Tbc yenkec hrs a oonstant soundlng head-oold eII year round that creci

each syllablc utterance lnto an atroclous hawklng verboslty to crltlolzc

c v e ry o n e a n d . cve ryth i n g d o vrn S outh ( yankces dosor vs somo plty for the l r her s l

nasaL condlltlon or lLlness to mouth words llke metal cans rubblng together

a snlvellng nasaL con6ltlon to attempt speaklng ttrc Engllsh languagc). And

the dann yankec nust oorreet everyono olse ln earshot for sPcaklng lncor-

rectLy fool,lsh lgnorant protest alranys protests too loudl"y or too muoh es

The yenkee has no scnsc of

d l d l e d y l u a o B e t ha b o u t b e r p l t g j r t or ccrndltlon.
(tn" ln-brecl' hatred' for the
mrnners or humen klnctncss touaril Southerncrs

Southlsaolntenscend'naturalonthelrpartthattheurgctoberatecon-
and, lcy cold per sonallt y , ev J n to
s t entr . y r e m a rn s a p e rt o f th e rr cor d- hcaded.
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thc polnt of stopplng to anend verbal lnflectlons ln a clasgroom lecture

w hen t n u g h t b y a S o u th e rn te a ch cr - - a yankoe |s hls or her own wor s t s nony

becauss of no reepect for others or sclf the yenkoe student !n a collego

class wlll rrgo tako a ten day \ncatlon to vlst baclc north because tbe 1g-

thcy wouril nlss or

aorant southern profcssor canrt posslbly teach anythlng
rato does occur, contrary to thelr negalo-
nor alreacly know: yrnkee felluro
h a vlng been pr eaohed and cer efully taught tov nr d
n e n le s u b t l e su p e rl o rl ty
ttoh, thetr s no good'
erl thlngs s o u tb e rn sh o w s l n th e ynnkee sr ur of saylng,

boeeuse Southernors do thatn and all strted to the face of the

or not rlght
s out h e r n e r w h o n u st e n d u re th l s har assm ent cf hum an r lglr ts) . And' t he y ank c e

gross mls-hearlng of enunciatlon wlth aII the full brastcd

oorrects thclr

brashness that sounds llke t w o s n o w b a l l s c r a m m e d - u pt h e n o s c ( y a n k c e s d ' o n o t

t h lnk t h e y h ; ave a p ro n o u n co i l a ccent es do all Southor ner s Or So thc y ank ec

bellows
sorccoh kccps rcnlndlng anil remlndlng over and' over and' over ln loud
yankees prot est everythlng so much
of rcsound.lng waves of protestatlon
reeson nust be
that a psychologlst could easl}y casually reeognlzc the renl
anil
8n lnsccurlty or nentel block). The yankcc oao pronounce word's anywsy
taboutn by
e so u th e rn er ; the yankee br oguc splts out
nGvcr bc wronS l l kc
tyou alltr that ts g9- { r g!&' But the d 'enn y enk er
a ry ln g n e b o o tn o r 6 vo n u scs
Southern
t h e s o u t h e m e r l n publlc outrege and' Ioud sncers at aII
oastlgatcs
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e s b e l n g i g n o r a n t : yankee utterance of tb crude
pronunoretron
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bathroon functlon tern for npccanft -- and the pccnn trec orlglnated ln the

South, eo ruhoshould know better how to descrlbc thelr own tree? And tho

yenk c c b e r e L y cn u n cl a te s tp o n tt for poenn and lntones nr unan for tr ul nn

m rk e s e So u t h c rn ct w a n t to re so r t to tn enltlc Just to pur gc or m lrul c tbc

ccho of the ugly nrstl ettenpt to telk by the yankecl The yrnkec thus hes

sn unctnny dcllberatlon and undoubted ettltude o f c o n d e s c e n d c n c et o w a r d a

Southcrn€r Just upon hearlng ttre dorE South nclodlous greetlng -- a groetlng

thet alI too qulckly goes clanklng upon durb cars. Northerners do not know

how to c n J o y th : sp ce o h o f b e a utlful wor ds for thelr own m ke gounds that

I lngcr llke h o n cy sp re e d . o n th e tongue or suger on the llps, Southe r n l l ps t

swcet es Olynplo ncotar; but the tastc of the Sngllsh language ls only e

yrnkcc mouthplece of netel"l-lc harshness from n post nnsal drlp o... The

yenkce ncocnt or voicc prttern sounds Llke a vlctroLa-rccord-player wound

too tlgbtly, e n d y n n k e e v o c a l c o r d s s o u n d ll l k e a scretohy nccdlo that necds

I quick chengc on a cnoked reeord, pleycil over and over anil over, ngeln, so

f u ll o f n e a n l ng l css g rl p cs o r c onplelnts that r aflact thclr danogr ephl o hone-

Unllke l g c n t e e l S o u t h c r n s o u n d e d .p h o n o n c f u l l ' of lndlvlduar

Iifc orlglna.
t h 6 y e a k e e h a s a s e & . c n c s sl n t h e t o n a l l t y : e m e t r o n o m cv o c e l l z c t l c
ohareotcr,
e n d / o r m o o c tr n t h e v o l c e w h e r e t h c l r wholt
that racke showrng eny qcnsltrvlty
; Iack of nuch lnner substance t nolsy blowlng
o h e ra c t e r q u l o kl
ebruptt
hrrd l n t h c frlgld wlnd. And.as a mettcr of ooursa, tbc yenkee ls
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nnit the ynnkec Just csntt bellevc $outhornors know enythlng esotcrlc or

know enythlng thnt the yankee does not alrerdy know: etynology of words

Just canrt be e pert of thc down South mentnl rapertolrc or cvon a clc-

posltory o f k n o w l - e d g eL n s L l o f t h c S o u t h h n d . Southern llps cenrt ssy

n n y t h l n g a y e n k o e c n r c e n c o m p r a h e n de. s e r u d l t e t r u t h (tfre yankec snarl

utters, nThrtrs not truo, lnd wllt bc checked-out ln the rnnrls of tha

Ilbrary b c o k l n N o r vY o r k C i t y w h e r e t h e o n ) . y r o c o r d e d t r u t h ccn
"tlr#.
Tho dunbcst ynnkoc knows nore tbrn the snertest Southernor sccordlng to

yenkec brelnmshlng tactlcs to bcretc everythlng Southcrn.es nOh, thetr s

wrong nnd lgnorent }lkc Southern wnysr:the South ls tho soepegont for ell

bed exemplee ln Anerlos as thc ynnkee uscs Southern spocch heblts to teach

young how to recognlze lgnorent villrge ldlots (tnfs subtlc hntrcd'

thelr
b y tb e l g n or ent lout of tho nor thcountr y vr lIl llve to
t eugh t s o c e r c fu l l y

reep the results of such unemcrloan ectlvltleg). But only ln the South doas

klnclncss for strenScrs cxlst, end tha Lltoreturc of Anerlca shows the lnter-

pcrsonsL rolctlonshlps -- VCer onl,y ln tho South iloes tho Lltereture brve
pcrt
heert rnil dccp pcrsonal feellng that rocclves nrcrlt worthy enough ns
lncLuslon (scnsntlonel glmlckery to cxprcss
of thc worlit llterntr-rre tertbook
for thc human
hunen lndlgnltlcs chercctetLzc yenkee euthors, whose conccrn
the yenkee knorrs so wctt). southcrl
cond1tl0n rcfrects tho cruer envlronment
t o t h e R u s s r a n e u t h o r s of the nrnetaentb ccntury: tl
wrlters of henrt oomplre
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Cirecicltov
noted Ivan Tur€jenev, f6iior Dostoevski, Anton and Nlkolt Gogol

eontrest to l'I1Illam !'euIkner, Carson }le0uIlers, Jan^s Agee, Ii.alphEIltson,

Katherlne Ann ?orter, Robert Penn .'Iarrenand Eudora ,'ielty just to nemea

few Southerners of note. The Southern experience l)repares a youth for tho

full gamblt of llfer s hardshlps or the vride ranpe of lnterpcasonal obser-

vatlons of a reglonal people u/hoen<iure hostlltty amid the Amerlcen land of

plenty and freedom for opportunltVrso long as the vocal response ls not ut-

tereil by a Southern eccent.

The ynnkcc pcrsonallty dellghts in rising the shrlll nasal whlp of a

volce on the Southerner to explaln in elsborate boring detalls the simplest

of terms: condescendlng ln the epprmch to conmunleate -- the boredom of

over explsnetlon flows frcrn the yenkeo loud llps llke stcnes on the sup-

pressed esrs. The patronlzlng yankee acts very jud5enental on everythlng

c l o r , r nSro u t h a n d r o a I I y does onJoy hearlng hls o'rn gpnorth volce, The yankee

has such self-estecn or self inflated lmportance to the polnt of alvrays be-

comlng pushee or rude gnd uneouth torvard the Southerner vrhols regerded as

a r e b e l n o t w o r t h y o f b a s l c h u m a nm a n n e r s e n d r e s p e o t l n s m a l l e v e r y d a y m a t -

ters. An6 the yankec lnvadeer crlticLzes a personts speech only whcn e

Southerner speakg beeause that is the yankee tectlc to attack the nrost per-

sonal part of a person; the yankee crltlque of Southern vocal sounds dlssectr

the most lnner structure o f t h e l n d i v i c l u al : tire personhood that c a n n o t _ be

changed ecslly even after months of elocutlon Iessons, lf speech correctlon

c a n n o t b e c h a n g e c lq u l c k l y l l k e dls-
should indeed ever occur (verbal hablts
2/7c/ 7 c / 7 c / 7 c TAYLoR

cnrdlng uncoorillnated rainirnentof clothing'- but tlie yankee Cellghts 1n

caustlc remarks to eause Southern anxlety). But the Southerner only re-
I
sponds by conslilerlng the source of aIt these traVnanners as thelr proper

sort, lndeed. Thus, the ynnkee id.locy reflectsrand thlnks 1f posslble/that

the Southerner 1s not reputable oncugh to knovrhlstorical facts, ithllosophicr

ldees or sclentlflc ccncepts anC certalnly not lnteIltglble enough to trust

c o m m e n t ge x p r e s s e d b y t i r e s o f t South^rn sounCing ldeolect. The yankee fav-

orlte past tlne l s s p e n t l o o k i n g < 1 o w nt h e l r nucous stuffed noses on nll

Southenrersl yankeos are the blr:gest phonles ln the ivorLd because they ex-

t e n d , d e , n o c r a t l c ^f r e e d o m s f o r a I I humanity when rushinr: abroad to free a

s u p p r e s s e d ,n r r ! 1 6 1 , b u t t l r e S o u t i r 1 s i n a p e r p e t u a l i ' r a r z o n e f o r t h e c a s t i g a t :

yenkee ego. H a t r e i l t o w a r d t h e S o u t h s h o i r r sl n t h e . v r a yA r l l n g t o n becane I

natlonal ."r"tff, shilne: the wnr dead for mlles vrere brought durlng t,he

clvll lnsurrectlon to -bury on the ffraceful lawns of the nagnlflelent Lee

nrenslon (tne torch alnost r a z e d t h e h o u s e e x c e p t f o r t h e G e o r 6 5 ei ' J c s h l n g t o n

portrelts and. Iettors that l.{rs. cu stiss Lee had inherited e s ths stop-daught'

o f G e n e r c l i n l a s h l n g t c nw h o w a s a l s o a c o u s i n t c G e o r g e I I I of EngLenil). And

then only in the l97ors:lid ?.obert E. Leers rxenory gain emnesty from the

prevading federal governnent slnce resentnent never ebates tot'rard e11 thlngs
$ alrveys). Also, ln
Southern (towerds2belng e yankee ldlonr, to be evolded,
fanous founders of the
m o a l e r nA n e r l c e , t h e t e l o v l s i o n s p e c l a l p r o g r a m s a b o u t
e s T h o m a sJ e f f e T s o n ( t n e
Unlted States republle onnlt famous Southerners such

settledbaseofarlstocracyandvlealthtnthesouthcreatedgomuchonvythsl
lz a/za/7a/ I a TAYLoR

yenkees told the l1e of lgnorance and pov,,:rty so often untll aIl northerners

belleve thelr own nendaclty ln an effort to hide or destroy what little class

the Unlted Strtos does exhlblt b y t h r s e o u t c a s t c a v al l e r s ln thelr own s.reet

country or land. of the free).

And thus the Southland is one blg sprarvling ghetto: the lnClvldual custc

and mannersblnd Southerners tor:ethcr as ethnlc outeasts from the rest of the

rud.e and hostlle l o w c I a s s e d o r u n a p p r o a c f r a b l e . \ ' a n k e eA r n e r l c e n s the South'

erner has a self-lmposed lsolatlon frorn the verbose northernsr or yankee

vermin upon the land.. Y s n k e e s s l v e e l a b o r a t e e x p l a n a t i o n s v r h e nd e f i n l n g

abstreet ldeas to a Southerner, and the yankeo mcuths words ln a rounded

overly exaggerated llp effort ]lke teaciring a young chlld n e Y ic o n c e p t s ( " e

Southerner !s never Just uninformed: a Southerner ls grossly lgnorant and

wllL alvrays be that wayrtt to quote a yankee bureaucra'b). The South as a vas'

g J r r a t t oe x l s t s not as a. land fuII of povert;r or a flnanclrlly depressed 8rea,

c.ontrery to the yenkee propogancla; the yankee statlstlcal survoys mlnus the

usutl null hypothesls alweys reveal dellberate abJect Southern poverty, neve,
after gntl most
the lush greenery that produces the hlghest prlced "o'-%a
beef nerketod ln the unlted states beeeuse of the frequent rclnfell to grovr

The yankee debunks the }lfe giving hunicity ln the

the verdent pestures.
yankee ncouth
Southlrnd as unberrabl,e wlrlle out cf the other slde of the wlde
ltregarair (Los Yegas throat condltlon
ileerles the lovr molsture ln the l.os

develOps when sln,-ers cnnft utter a tune). A yankee slngs hls own pralsos
brsvest of the brav
and thlnks only he is the strongest of the strong cr the
e/7 e/7 e/7 e/7 e/l e rrrYLOR

and the purest of the pure heerted, good quys, all -- a reel hero ol all

heroes blonrlng ln the wlnd fron the cold north country or icy bergs vrlth

a glacler or gLazed, veneer of bad manners, uttered frcn the cililly vrords:

a yankee fanged smlle Ilke an urchln frcn hades, damned to perpetual hos-

tlllty to'rard ell Southerners ....

The nost hostile ereas that yankees dcwn South comefrom are llelr York

Clty, I , l e v rJ e r s e y , C l i i c a g o , P h i l a c e l i r h i a and Kansas, just to count-off a fevt

yankeeeo And the shriII yankee accsnt from those northern polnts reveal the

Lenst good r"Tprs: the hlp-her the shrlll voiee, the Iovror the socl al eIa ss'

lf any cla ss a t all t h e i n < l i € : e n e o u sy a n k e e s p e e e h l s a b a r r a 6 : e o f j u n b l e

that does not knol what the exact thought on a sutrject ls untll hearlnpl the

Ioud garble from their o v J nr , r o u t h ( t f r e S o u t h e r n e r n e a s u r e s m a n k i n d l n e a c h

vrord that gets turned over on the tcngue and Itps before utteranee). The

y n n k e e b r n g s a b o u t h u m a nr i t . . h t s i o r s e r v i c e s t h r t a c !ty fovern-nent ol',esthe

underprlvllegeil so Iong as others rviII pay for those suggested servlces, llk

rnyth of poverty ln the

s o m u c h d o u b l e - t a l k e d b e n e v o l e n c e t h a t c l e b u n k st h e
york city |i3g nrv;ays had the fllth end d.es*
south vrhrle the now benkrupt Nevr
-- an.J, t-cor more menbers of the Klu
tltutlon of the world on 1ts door stoop
yankees care to admlt to thelr
Klux Klen rlve out cf the southrand tfran the

orvnwsysofdehumanlzedhosttllty.Tnkesflvoyesrsforayankeetobecome
vrlth southerners on 3 ?er-
h u r n nn L z c d ,o r f r i e n d l y a c t l n g e n o u g h t o s o c i n L \ z ' e

sonsllevelvlhentheytlomovedgvmsouth;eastcoastyankeesplayelaborate
r /lr /zr /zt /zr rr\YloR

word ganes t o shovl supcrioi'ity o v e r o t h e r s : c o n ce n t r e t i o n r i : t h e r than c on-

versetlon slnce the yankee must rnaint,ain a quarrelsome attitude to show a

splteful hatred tot/arcl Southr+rncrsr a censure of alI thlnlls Southern. Cen-

sorshlp ln yankes Arnerlce {:oes against the grain when cominr: fron the South

and 1s dlsmlssed as evldence of the ignorant Blble 3elt. But Bostcn can lss

cIL tle anti-llterary freedonn dlctuns whlle yankees only grln antl sdmlre the

hlgh morallty of thelr orvnklnti I however, recently tire off icial conmlttee

parent T e a c } r e r s A s s o c l a .t 'l o n has censored severa} books: TI{E

of the l{atlonal
' r tr e Lotter y' t and' the Br ELS ( tH e Br Il :
DI AR Y 0 l r A N N c.,\T C Ii T .Ii 't TTA RYT,
ryt*,
h a s b e e o m ec o n s l c e r e c t o o c r u e l for thls vlolont socletyl). All,
flnelly

spoken Ilke a true Yankee.

yenkees mumblein the beard so to speak vrlth a ncfletlve shaklng of the
s vl""v polnt,
h e a d a n d e w e v l n g h a n d d l s m l s s a l " ' r h e ne o n d e m n l n g a s o u t h e r n e r t
yankee clalms ls an obvLous fool
s u c h a s J l m m y C a r t e r w h o mt h e k n c l v l e d g e a b l e
pubrlc
as ell sol:hlstlcated Gernan antt Euror)ean readers have often
the truly
c o n s e q u e n c et o
elly declared college degrees and buslness expertlso of no
possesses these tralts (Carter
bulld or show lntelllgence wlten a Soutlerner

lslndeedtheclasslcshakespearesnFoolvlhothuss}rovrgyankeesJustlvhothe
-- the yankee com-
yankees denegrade arr persons sour-hern
fool rearly ls).
grlpelng reveals lntelllgence rather
plelns 3o often, thlnkinr: th.,t public
tem-
t r u e s e l f - l n r 1 l c t m e l r t o f o n e r s lnerbilit;r to cope, Ilke an adurt-
than the
a h l t d O g a l v . ' a y sh o l l e r s t h e l o u d e s t ) '
per tantrum or e public wee.llng as
s/78/7e,/7e/?erAvLoR

Y a n k e e gJ u s t s l m p l y e a n n o t b e c o n t es t u n e d o r h o n e d t c h e a r t h e e l e g a n t s o f t

tones of beautiful syllabIes beeause of ther blas that autonatlcally labels

aII thln6;s Southern as ignorant i:nd stupld; thus, t i t e r e a s o n s c r e a r n e dt o t h e

roof tops f or yankee ag€lresslon toward the Southernors. r t n d e v e n w e s t e o as t

yankeos seldorn vlslt ln a conf ortably n a n n e r , e x : e p t l n a c a r o n t h e \ ' / a : /s o r r

place to have grester fun.

Soutirerners mcke thelr ov/nfun and keep in toueh vrith friends and vlslt

each other often. And famlly kinshlp ties bind Southerners ln love end klni

ness more closely tiren northerners (yankees decry family tles as rurel velue

enrl thus sneered es beln5i if-"norant, sneered at as though rural only exlsts

vented. in crltlclsm of the Carter famlly for havln6'

&wn South especially

a g r o v r nn a r r l e d s o n 1 1 v l n 5 ; t e m p o r a r l l S r t n t h e , r t r i t e I I o u s e) . FamiIy tradltlc

e r e l m p o r t a n t t o t h e S o u t h e r n " r p l u s t h e h e r l t a 6 . ' e o f r . - e n e o l o g ya s l v e l l a s t i ,

poetlo lllt or flow of the namees a muslcal art form. Southerners spoak

wlth thelr hands in tlne or ln tune to the soft melody of the gracious diale

k n o y r na s s o u t h e r n ; a n d t h e m e n f o l k t a l k rvith their hands without fear of ef-

n
f e m l n a t e l a b e I s - - a S o u t h e r n e r t s a l v r a y s s e c u r e i n h l s p ' ' r s o n aI l d e n t l t y ,
evon ln publl
ontcl-oglcal hang-ups (southerners klss each other a great deal

such es father anil son huggrng and kissing). southerncrs l-ook one enother 1
(non-southernors ofter
t h e e y o w h c n t e l k l n g a n c 3t h u s s r e ee e c h a s l n d l v l ' J r i a r s
not }ock into the eyes vrhen
sey all Blacics look the sane becuuse they do

spealctng).Evenrellglontcthe)'ankeehasaprestir'eousringoflronic
double standard wlth rpiscopar and ths
m o c k e r y o r e o n d e s c e n c l r n gc r a t t e r o f a
b/ 7h/ 7h/ 7h/ I n r;'rYLoR

Ii'lethodlst belng oxtoll ed e s the bost vestige c f C c r l rs i v i I I or blessin6,ls,

And the lordr s richest people ln America Ilve ln the South: l.flaml and Texas

(yet AtLenta, Georgla ls a yankee refuge today ln the mlddle of the South-

Iend) and the only rerl shopplne eltles ln the tTnlt,ed Ststes lnelude New Yor

City , Atlanta , Dal Ia s a nd Houstcn oi I rlch H o u st o n w l t h t h e fanaed Scko'/'tlt

store catalog that even a dann yankee likes to read the bazar glfts or the

noveltles over TV. llost of ,\merlcars exotlc cltles exlst ln the South: the

Bnttery 1n Charleston, South Carclina; the French .)uartor in Nelr Orleans;

the Rlvar ,/alk ln San Antonlo, Texes; and the Strand and/or Palaces ln ole

Galveston -- not to mentlcn the charm of .other Southern towns llke Savennah,

Augusta, lfobile, Rlchnond and St. Augustlne (onty San Franclscots Chlnctown

has nny eharm to compare wlth the Southorn splendor, not even the Vlllage cf

New York Ctty compares). San Antonlo iras long ago been dubbed Amerlcrfs

nlsslon city vrlth the.most srrrvlvlng struetures of rel1glous antiqultles stl

standlng; anci the gem of aII nonasterles ln the Alemo elty ls Sen Jose, the

flnest church of all and thus the +rfecn of Anerlcan }llsslons ln both lntrl-

eate archltecture and carved masonry. The National Reglstry records these

,','ashlngton, D. C. as only 3 yankee lvould belleve a

facts f or posterlty in

by the f ederal gcvernment riith'r than the vrord of a

fa ctucr rlocument held

soft spokon Southerner.

tV.
But the federal government poses as a mlscftant or a sly enemy of the

southtr,rners learn thr:,ugh bitter experlence; only

southern people as aIl

int..rest monled rroups l . e e l - r e p 6t o t h e f ederal beauerat'

lobblst or speelal
7t /7 L/? 1/z t /z t / zL/ zt r;^TYLOR

And deflclt spenillng charecterlzes or results frcm the ysnkee nentaltty or

f unds anC other peo:rle ' , ' r a yf c r t h e y a n k o

w s y o f m e n l p u l et l n g Just another
to use and to abuge.

T h e d a m ny a n k e e e v e n t i r l n k s a l I ac:ents unlike the;gp north mucous-ftll

nasel c}lp 1s vrong and thus exclalms, "Southernors sound Ilke ncrroes so

why telk Itke blacks?'r Again, yenkeo brash snobbery of a foolrs psrsdlse

s h o r v gl g n o r e n c e : n e g r o e s l e a r n e o T l n g l l s h f r o m t h e S o t i t h a r n e r s , b u t t h a t

hlstorlc fect takes a consclous rnC honest intellect to reallze the llnguist

developrnentrether than a harstr sr:lteful tcngue'towarC alI sounds Southern

the Southern spoech resenbles the Recelved Standerd dlslect of the upFer

classes or arlstocrscy of gngland, not, the harsh cnd shrlll Cockney that

the yankee verbal nolse has minlcked ln a foekeyfted stupldtty that pro-

clalms ts exalted ncorrect't such unpleasant AmnrieaI splcch sounds rather

than the soft clessy Southern vrords (lf yankeas are so smart, whY eanrt they

tal-k ln a klnd and beautlful manner lnstead of a shrtll ugly growl?) P'hetor-

lcrl or not, the yenkee uses loud verbel abuse or v/lnded force tc vrln thls
rong ago
vJer of dlarects whlle the yankee clangorous cacophony estabrished

n o r t h en srbltrery elloc:tlon of superlority eeal aII scunds Southprn vla

+
school grammcr rules thet
the eestern establlshment press and tlie lvy loague
as absolute truth -- the
edvsnce the northern reglonal or lro'"'incial hablts
declber threshold but trlds
south roses the verbar battres because of sheer
vrar l[r,t hrstory lvrrr record lvorld'
tho tongue 1n order to vrln the ranguage
1/? l /? J/t I /z I /t I rAn.oR

wlde cs the true )-lngulgtlo or engllclzed devalopment of the Amerlcan

Engllsh lengusge, soundod ln proper contert of coursc. The South gots blame

for e11 thc crrors nede verbally ln the Engllsb language: yenkees dcllght

ln saylng they heve ncvcr haerd so much bad grsmmrr aad stupldlty nnywbere

cLgc ln the worlil (as lf sLl yenkees wcre grrrrnrrlens steeped ln crudltc

thesrcms). And whcn old gucrd lvy league grammar school rules change, the

up-tlght yenkec proclrlms that thc word dcrlvctlons undoubtedly csmc from c

S o u t h e r a d l e t lb n e ry (a n n zL n g thet yenkecs suddenly havo e lepse of m c m or y te

credlt Southerners wlth telcnt end lntell.lgencc cnought t.o lvritc e whole

Ierlcon): the cesc ln polnt ref erenccs the use of 'spod.' lnstend of nrpoed.od

thc lnfLeotlons must surely derlve fron lillom or so a

"n"l.k"yzsouthern
huffy yankcc dcclarcs. The Borgen Evans faned, dlotloncry
"vnfunon.nc
ncvcr rccelvcs hostllc mentlon from thc fcllow yankce. But ynnkcc syntax

endl semantlcs conteln a rlgld tenaclty to bccoao louder cs though volumc

shows intclllgencc and thus bressy to show supremecyover eII Southarn sound

yenkee gremnar uttersr nI socn, ol

cspcolelly whcn thc peragon of vlrtuous

I have stw.n yct tho lncorrect yenkca sounds esocpe the northarn consclous-

ncss to correot thclr own klnd Ln publlc dlscord, for thc yrnkoc ects es

nlstekes or etrocltlcs ln thls worlil

though only Southerners conmlt errors,
(ynnkeelanil hrs no notlccablc flews: no Llttart
of ynnkec re6ncck oontrols
end no unslebtly lend abusc to the cxtent thrt thc gouth d1s-
no pollutlon
thelr slc s r r od 92
p leys l n d e ccr yrn kce s w ce r c olor ecl glesscs when vtcvr lng
r/ zx/ zr/ 7k/ ?k/ 7k TAYLoR

north terreln of verbel paradlse). Yenkeos nust call- Ioud verbel ettentlon

to thcmselvos ln publlc rather than let pcrsonsl accompltshments speek for

thenselves, r syndrome cstnbllshecl through hrblt (ttie ynnkee moves often, so

nolsc nfflrne tholr prescncc llka en hlstorlc nerker ln tha wlnd). No

yenkee renerk gocs unsocthed. 0f courso, thc yenkee lnslsts thet thc

Southcrncr sounds lgnorant slmp1y by vlrtue of the soft soundsl end thnt

lnano statement wlthln ltsclf shows the typlccl yankeeland lgnorencc. The

yenkee horrcvar does not reallze the cxtent of thc gg north noed to hrve thc

Ssuth as a placc to vent northern hetrcd enil frustrotlcnl'. yenkccs noed th

habltuel pattern needs s o m c o n ct o b e r a t e e n t l a b u s c l n o w r t h a t t h e o n c c a c -

oeptebLe nlnorlty foos hnvc becn conquarored, ennlhilated or have flnaIIy

cleoldcd no longer to. trkc such bunkurn: groupst llke thc Indlans, Negroes,

Itellens, Irlsh, Chinese, Jepanose, Spenlsh and/or Mexlcens no longcr wlll

tolerate ttp scnscless seillstlc ebuslve bahevlor fron the ebraslve yehkcc

nentellty (tire Southcrncr wlll have to ernploy thc snme teotlos or toohnlques

other nlnorltles usc to rld thcmselvos of oppresslon). The gg north rc-

ln o e r n n t e 1 r l nrq u l s i l e se d ,e p crsonellty tr elts kecp the yr nkec when douE s outh

v e r y h r p p y t o b e e b l c t o m e } l g n s o m e o n eS o u t h e r n , 9 0 u n r a a l t o scc cvldcncc

o f th e der ooor ltlo notlng yenkec tounr il ell the

o f th e g t o s s l n h w o e n l ty

Southern sound.s, Jovlel or convlvlel.

apfetclng ynnk ec i v hc n
H e p p l n o s s e n cl c kl n d w o rd novor cono fr onr e tar sc
wbo r r ka ar l vlctlms er e falr geltr c or opc n
rro w n s o u t h t ow e rct so u th e rn e rs,
r,/zt /zt/zt /zt TAYLoR

soason to attaok the Southerncr has no elterngtlves whcn epoeklng to thc

wlndy encmy. And the yenkcc alweys hrs an ultcrior notlve whep rppronohlng

a Southerner 8s tlmc hes proven so often but just whet can be expeetecl

from thc yenkce whlte trcsh rebblo bourgeolsle? Yenkees havo a superlorlty

pcreonnllty oonpler bascil on s dcfect\f. ed,-ottlby a bllnd rescntment or

necd to conquer or domlneer everythlng ln thelr prasonca, whcther denograp

or cacophonous. Tbe Scuthorn6rs cr6 thus lnprlsoncd wlthln thelr own honrc

bordlers rncl nust llvo prlmerily wlthln the Southlend to experlcncc treetmcnt

o f e o m m o no o u r t c s y , hruten dlgnlty or porsoael klndnoss end thus nust remaln

d o r a nS o u t h t o r v o l d e v e r y d a y y e n k e e s n l d e r e n a r k g f u I I of vcrbel taunts

end sonctlros ovcn scathlng physlcel encountors. Tbe yankec heeps vlle

cplthets of hlok, dunoe, crszy and slob -- vrlth thesc terms bclng tho nlce

or plaesent words spokcn by e ohurllsh yankce who nevcr mnkes tn ednltted

ld1c sllp of the tongue end thus dlsplays or achleves llfct s loudest verbal

dcclbcl count, eII acerblty, es the yenk so often yells ct the top of tha

Iungs, ceterrhel naturelly. A Southerner who expccts anil/or suspccts hernss

ment from e frt llpped yenkec ls called paranold by the gg nortb lresclble

fl6ndt, the semc expcctei[ herengue ns usull. But n yankac calls hlnsclf

dlffer ont r ulcs of the gr m

o a u t l o u s e n d o q n n l n g w h cn e xp ectlng har essnont
naattcrst personnl' ovor t
c r L l e c l R c d n o c l cR o u 1 a d e e p p l y t o n y a n k c e l n e l l

s outh c r n c r r s b l l e b l e r co n so n a nts r nd voweLg vr hen haar d. cvcn ln a o r r w d br on

treet cach
tn opcn strect. s o m e n y y c n k e e s n o w l l v e c l o w as o u t h u n t l l t h e y
\/ ?n/ 7n/ ?n/ 7n/ 7n/?n reYron

other brdly whlle asaurning the other one to bo n Southerner untll the

nutuel aspcrity gounds rbroad thc suprcmc lrony of llfer s lnJustlccs

dlo occeglonaLly put thc eaustlc fccts strelgbt or twlst of frte to turn tho

yenkec tongues on eech othor ln e fsctunl b,nrenguel

Yankces d,onot let facts get ln the way of thelr b1g mouth. To boer

tcll, elI the tlne frorn the yankec, only the South hcs snnoyances causeil by

neture: lnsccts, the ynnkee woulil heve ono bellevc that no where elso but

ln the Southlcnil do lnsects bothor or atteck h u m a n k l n d- - cockroeches, ents,

flles, gnets, becs end vnrmlnts do not molest peoplo exoept ln tha Southcrn

Uolted States; ell lnscct pests rrc very ruild mennoredend gentle ln thc

rest of the world, exoept of course ln thc hostile South (a New York Clty

epartment fuII of ooqkroeches cscrpeg the P.rfeot reocII of the down South

yenkecfs sttentlve m6nory thct also convcnLently forgets nbout the gnets

wny out wcst, pests r11). The envlronnent bothers tht yenkec wttosc tol-

crtnoc ls nll torrard the lmmeclietesurroundlngs: thc yankeo ls loud' nnd very

nolsy by s1enmlng cer doorg when errlvlng Ie tc at ntght ln e parklng lot

nc ar r c s l d c n t kl e re a s w h Grc a par tment r lnanager shnvc cng{ igeal ln nl dnl ght

verbal wstfrrc to quleten the yenkee tenent -- no conslderetlon showu for

to slccp et nlglt; tha yankoo orlglnated thc nllltery

o t h c r g w h , on r c t r y i n g
nll,het I do cveryone olse should be dolng at that tlmcn nnd thc
rxlon:

sclflsb yrnkec gocg hls ncrry wsy. And the hotspur yenkcc enJoys lcnvlng
colil ls refreshlng
d,oorgend wlndowg open durlng thc wlntcr by seylng thrt
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nnd lnvlgorstlng: 8n unreel flegrent unconccrn.for otherrs foollngs as wol1

tslnopportun1tytowasteoxpens1veeo4rgy,k,o,@ofeso*tnerner/

of eoursc. T h c g m e r t e l o c k y a n k e o t h u s b o c o n o e st h e b c s t p r i n e cxenple of tn

uncouth rascal when trylng to relete to thc Souttrerner, suoh es 3sklng for

dlreotlons down South -- the yankee then crltlc Lzes Southern spoech by snyln
ftl osntt hcnr you; speek-up through the munbllnJr" a reel slur In the g.P,

north scrccoh of the spceoh (lf so gmcrt es proolnlmcil, wtty necd dlrectlons
glnce e yank,;e'knows cverythlng nnd thus coul-d not be told enythlng of vnluo

by a Innd full"of lgnorent and lnferlor pooplc?). But such ls thc rorsonlng

oepaclty of e frozcn nlndl

Thc oolcl-hccrtcd yenkcc ects or pcrforns llkc balng on stagc, clown

front oenter, posed, eII the tlmc (e feklr stegecl eppcerrnco, of eourge).

Thc yenkee nesal aocent dlstorts thc hlstorle purlty of the Engllsh gounds

end r r n k l i s o n th c g o u th e rn e er s; thc yenkac hr s fcster ad thc futur c l r r l t-

etlon of hls dlscord down South, sorely rnnlclcd for ell tlmcs ln thc vcrbal

ebusc of yenkec nls-lnfornrtlon cbout the Southhnd. The South ls thc blg-

gest reglonel aree or pert of the Unlted Stetcs. The South has a self-con-

trlncd world sr culturc ell 1ts own becrusc of thc physlcel end cnotlon ls-

olntlon:0pryLrnd end the country western ert forn thct eII the rcst of thc

worlcl reeognlzes rsr greet (HlIIblrIy Ozark mountnlncers occupy onLy a snell
peopLc as AnerlenrE
pirt of the South, evcn the chnracter of Appnhchlcn
p o ve rty h o l e b u l l t the r nyth about the southland whlla th e y nnk ee
on).y r e e l
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ncntlons not word onc ebout Harlcn or rll thc lnncr clty ghettoes g! north).

And Je;z ls the Southr s glft to the world scene of muelc fronn whlch roek end

roll dcvclopcd lts orvnert form rs pert of thc exposed Southern orperlencc.

But tho supprcsglvc yankcc oredlts ne part of the Scuth es havlng contrlbute,

to thc world gtore house of kaowledge, espcclelly to tho rrt formg- Sut tho
wo rl. d h l s t c n y d o e s re co rd th e obvlous tr uths of hr :m anlty esr lndlcate d by thc

hlstorleng) notloc of tho dlsolutlon of the 0klahona Indlen Terrltory efter

thc olvll wtr. Thc Ancrlcnn Indhas responded to tbe gcuthcrn vray of llfo

rnct cxpcrlcnoc nor6 rcedtly then to the up north unfrlondll.ncss: Cherokec 8n(

C a d d l ot r l b e s ebsorcd the Scut.hern oulture. A n d t h u s t h e O l c l a h o m eI n d l r n Ter,

rltory supported the Santhern causc 1n thc lver betlvcon thc stctcs; the wln-

nlng yenkec forcc punlshad the Indhn trlbss further by opcnlng-up thc vsst

fndlftn Tcrrltorlty rs. stete for scttlerncnt (yenkecs arc a poor loscr of

rny cvcnt end nn cycn worse wlnncr ts they trke for thelr own what bclongs

to go6conc clse, espcclelly when of enothar rsce). Thc lnvadlng source of

yrnkees oonc dowr upon thc rvholc terrrln es rcgular 8s rrlo from tbalr frost
'
r.(r
l o n g t c r s c- at o^ n
--.-^ -Y^n
- ,n- -k-e c liitred fo:
bcltt or conc llke froet-blte frcm tholr guc.

thc South hes brcil thc sccds of thclr own dlseordcnt soelel response g9!4

South, rcpletc wlth ocnstent hoatlle remerkg (yrnkees never dlspley rnyaorc
(n-L&__z
t i6 b {f r ; v get bnok th e vo ca l r etor t elwnys cones back Llko en ccbo upon

thcn). ALso, the Southern acccnt varles sllghtly eIl through the Southlend

wlth thc most dlstlnctlva verlety belng the Texens end the okles; thase two
I p/7 p/Z p/l p /lp/lp TAYLoR

ualquc eccents heve sproad the *o{} through-out the world by providlng thc

Bl6noarlng knowlcdge or sevy for the buddlng otl lndustry ln ALaskr cnd of

ooursc oxpertlse to tho ilfld Eest shlekdoms wherc the yenkoc resontment end

hetrcd also contlnues. Hotravcr, thc word.greescd wlth oll moncy hes mde

lta msrk nor6 then thc shrlIl yankec brosue; thc best known pl.nec ln thc

world ls the South-cest Texee elty of Houston, And Houstoa baeene an lntcr*

nrtlonal, clty long bofore galnlng even netlonel r4cognltlon fron other'perts

of tll Unltcd Stetes (howevcr, New York Ctty mayorel agcndas urgo not to let

e n o t h c r n n J o r o o n p a n y l e e v e G o t h a mC l t y slncc slxty-flvc flrms have trans-

fegcd or flcd to thc vreelthy sun belt, to leeve tbc frost-bltc of the ynnkc

tonguc enothcr yenkec tralt to plry down thc Southlead nccompllshments,

even to the polnt of lgnorlng posltlve ettrlbutos of the rlohost clty ln the

world, Houston torn). Houston hes becn t ccntlnuous boon tolva slncc 1836 en

1g dcpresslon proof beoeuse of the broed brscd economy,yet thc yenkecs 1g-
'g+:,! trr.!+- ln-{'-rgtetc-l CrpLt-e-L of th^e rlrorlr!-, bg segl-ag ttrlt ttra gtorrrth. tg aq-

cldlcntnl. 0r the yenkec confuses thc lssuc of ccmpllments by spreed.lng the

llnor, lnvldlous or repugnant;thet the i{ouston pollce ilepartment 1s thc tvors

ln the vrholc oountryj yet federal- governnentcl stetlstlcs do revcel e netlon

p r o b l e n o f t h c s . n c n a g n l t u d e J - ne l " 1 f t f t y stetcs. The blaseC yenkec prcss

protcots lts orgl ldees tbrough mnnrgcd n.ws of coursa 3s ln tbe easo of spor

thrt renk the coLl,ege footbell tcams -- r renklng that iloes not ndvertlie

Southcrn toems such es the llnlvcrslty of Texes untll tbe flneL wln (yenkec
7 q/ 7q/ ?q/ Zq/ Zq/ I q/ Zq rAnoR

vlsltors dom south cxpress enazenent that r southern teem suddenly comes

out of the woodworkto wln eccleln). But fccts do not gct ln the vray of tl
yankeo mentgllty when banterlng dogn south, whether ln entertalnmont or ln

rofarcnce to hlstorlc ecoounts. .

Tho merlts of hlstorlcel d e v o l o r r m e n to r . t y o r o l o g y m . e a nn o t h t n g t o t h c
cleshlng cedenze of organlzed vrarfaro or verbnl abuse engondered upon thc

Southern experleaec by yenkees who cspouse rs hellovred language rulos thc

ebsolutc gg north Lew eg lega1ese. Anrl the yankee yehoo ls clso nbove the
s p c e l n l l e w s o f h l s o w n m a k l n g r ' ; ' h e t h e rb e l n g n p p l l e d t o t h e l e n g u n g o r u l o s

or to fcderel legnl lawsl the lnws of busslng students elL over thc South
to effcct lntegrtlon t h s t w h e n e p p l l e d t o y e n k e e k n d b c c o m e st h e i n f r l n g c m
of lndlvldurL hunen rlghts; lrws of lntegration rerc only lntcnded for the
Ssuth whore cruol enil moen rabols naod constant eontrol from the whlpplng
post l-ews thrust upon the Southernor by the vlrtuous enit perfect yrnkee
montellty who ghows thc vrorld how broad-rnlnded nll ynnkeelcnd ls toward thc
reclrl strlfo thet only thc South created; never word.ono mentloneil that

Snnkee tredors flrst brought slevos to the fectorlos up north as s fornr of

pro$ress: progress, e term or ept pseudonyn to dlsgulse or mcsk thc ettemptl

t he y e n k a c uscs to g e l n h l s o wn wey but botter known down South es thc y r nk r

nodls oporSndl to geln or to lmpose n wlIl of lron upon others rn lrony

thrt scrccohca to r heltlng ruln averythlng thc cold. llppcd yankee touches,

uscs or ebuscs ln hls ollpped weys -- Just progrcsslng truo to yenkco form,
llkc the fnned Slmon Legrae who owned tcxttlo nltls ln Ncw Englrnd cs well (

ownlng 01d Uncle Tom down South (e truc gg north tredltlonel double etrnilar(

of yenkee ethlcs ln whloh self ls ebove the lew). But e qulok voyngo throui

yankcelrnd easlly detects s oreck ln the shrlll rlngs of the Llberty BcIl lr

t he y r n k e c h e u kg fre e cl o m fo r cll pcop) "e, cver ywher c on ear th - - fo r c Ll thc

peopl-c, of ooursc, except Southernors. Indeodl thrr abrupt yenkeo eets hostll
t/8/8/s/s/e/srsYlon

rnd very ebraslvc (tnc yenkoo ls lnsultlng wlthout rcr11zlng the rudeness:

nrsel tone and laok of gentoel &nnncrs or reerlng, neturelly, ns ell Souther

nc rs k n o w ; a n d ye n kcGs a rc n ra l sedn a tcr m for anlnr als, not nr esr cdn t ter m '

for e l e g e n t h u m e ny o u n g ) - - c o l d e s t h e n a s e l c o n J e s t l v e m e n b r e n c c n u s e d b y

thc loy oold ollnstc of thelr hostllc orlglns that lnfluenoc I llkc-bchavlor

(tnc yenkac ls a procluct of hls hlnterland). The tcrn yenkec hns a warnlng

bulLt lnto the word Llkc e felI-sefe swltch to lnsult Southerncrs as sooo es

t h e mu c o u g - f l ll e d -n o mb re n e s o f the nor thcr ner speaks: nyenkn sound.s l l k c a

d.entsl extmotlon termology or operetlon that lnturn lndloatos thc hurt and'

aLl tho poln about to happen agaln wlth thls vcrbal tool of ebuse to thc
-J4-^
d.cIlca tcVettuncd, c8ro

And thc yenkcc bts the loudlst shrl11 word (tnc lgst loud word, of cours

o n c v c r y s u b J e o t o n ce .rth . B u t the yankoo ls at best not a ver y g ood. y enk c e

f or a g o o d y e n ke c g o cs b e o k to yr nkcelendl Thc yenkec coaslder s Souther ner s

lgnorent Just by rrcr of rcglonal blrth ard thus lncapeblc of lntcllccttnl

thought, V c t Rh o d csr sch o l a rs hall fr on tbc Southlend nor e then fr o m thc

y e n k c c r c g l o n s: p o o r e d u ca tl o n e l faollltles exlst outslde thc South c ontr er y

of cerlfornla hevc such

t o y r n k c c p r o p e g e n d . e( s c o o n d e r y s c h o o r e l n t h c s t e t c
that thc stuclcnts who move or tr angfc r l nto
r row e o a d c m l c re o o rd o r rn tl n g
week pr o- effloloncy ln thol r
t b c s o u t b g e t cl e n o tcd tw o g re i l es bcceugc of
ratecl hlgh sohools ln
yenkcclancl of actd.cme). And the top tcn natlonelly
/g /g /g /g /g /gr;YLOR

tha tTnttod Stetes e 1I cbound ln the South: BeIIalre, ,'/estbury, llenrorla). and

Freoport, e 11 to the chegrln o f t h e c l a m n. v a n k e e v r h o r i o p s n o t b e l l e v e f ac ts

that flo agalnst the graln or boro of hls cont,.ntion. lducatlon, a viorth-

whlle educetlon, to hear tell, 1s only a c o n r . n o d l t y a c h l . v e d . b y t h e g r 1 1 . r eo f

the north-rner -- an Lpso facto vrhlnper, naturelly.

Yet, enother grlpe or whlne fron the constantli' predtctlble bad mouthlns

or horn blovrlng by the yenkee bcrates all oers ln hlgh octive or lllddle q.

lcy tones to excleln ln publlc places such ss closed elevators that thp Sout,

ls elweys bahlnd the tlmes, but n.v-r ls a yankee down South behlnd the tlme:

the yenkac hes the best of all vlords even 'rsnld$1" all t.he selz,ur.s of ccm-

plelnts tbet should reflect so much mlser.y irr tho backward. dlstrj.ct of tho

Unibr,d Strtos wher. they now live .

cIlngs to anclent nnd vlorn-cut thiners such asr t,ho *.-'".r'.slslnf of oId..r J,eopIe

as Slr, Mam, Lady or Gentleman or eveu Aunt .ud Oousin Bs a term fcr elderly

Iong-tlme farnlly frlends the brash yankee states these words of simple,ll,

nlty toward others wlth fuII ccnternpt or r,vlth a sneer to anothcr pcrsonr as

should e1l soclelly experlenced ancl adept thlnklng people, ennouncts thls

oracle of parfcctlon frcn the northnrn tenporal lands (gnd do I ever usc the:

tectlcg upon the yenkce, because of the personal experience wlth yankecs, to

the lnsultlng sult rfren speakinr to e nasal yankre broque' vrho csn on'
foLlow

and rpspect hls cv/n northorn eurt ways 'nust treat yenkees
understand -the

to survlve around thase crastures of hablt). The !n-b'

wry they act ln order

towarrl tlt' south hold s f lrm and cver constant '

ccntempt by the north country
Lo/ to / to/ to / to / torAYroR

t hc lr t c e o h l n g s, w h e th e r l n th e homc as subtlc clobagenents or la th c publ l c

ln s t l t u t l o n s w l th cl e rro g a to ry abenclonmcntwhcr e focler elly fundcd g r ents thus

flnenoc thc pcrpctuel enlnoslty wlth publlc monlcs tekcn fronr nll ovcr tho

Unlt e t l St a t c s (tn c S o u th e ve n holps pay for tbc lar obestlng that the y ank ec

lnfllcts upon us thc frost belt well d a s c r l b e s t h e y a n k c e p e r s o n al l t y end

dcneenor).

Thc yankec syndromepersonallty proclalms that Southerncrs arc stupld

e n d b a a k w e r c l( d e f a n a t l o n b u l l d s t h c d l s p l a o e d y r n k c e o h a r e c t c r s e l f - l m g e ,

lf enythlng otn., by usrc of verbal-ebuslvo-rcenforcernent tlctles bocauce the

yenkcc mentellty nust bellttlc others to mnkc the self look blg -- e nentel

ebcrratlon that ls soolally ecocptcd by ell other parts of thc Unltcd Stetcs

Just ettend thclr partlcs to hear such snlde remarks or phony nythlcel telcs

ebou t So u t b e r n " " + Y e .n ke o s l n slst that the Souther n soft sounds of l y r l c al

IlIt of klndacss ln the volce shows e slgn of weeknessl thus;the yenkcc snep

p ing r e s p o n s c to d e o l n l n th e S outhcr n oonvor satlon when ldees end, opl nl ons

erc ettcnptcd to bc crohangcil (tnc Southern swcctnesg of e greetlng or a

k lnd g c s t q r e fe l l s o n h o stl L c cr r s so tbc so or n only br acd.s thc sllc nt r nl -

moslty thet tlmc ltself wlII rccorcl es the truc otu,sc end effcot hlstorlcel

t urn f o r An c r l o e rs fu trg c). T he futpr e only belongs to r yenkec, for thc

southorncr d o cs n o t h rve th e l ntclllgcnoe to flnd lt -- only e yenk c e enc l eI'

l n to l l l g cnce or cor r act ways for eppr oeohing t" i to" "
of y r n k e e l a n d , h cvc re a l
tL/LL/LL/ tt/ ttrtYloR

of greet ooncern nnd lnportence; thus, the yenkeos rce1Ly have a sohrizoprhr'

1o lf not psyohotlo nrentel stnte towerd nll thlngs dowq South slnec ysnk;cs (

hev e t o c a r n th e l r l l vl n g l n th c r lch South whlle tho pover ty of thc nor tb

o e n rt s u p p o r t t h e n w l t h r llving wsger But to heer tnle end do we cvcr

hrvc to hcer teles -- the yenkcc stlll up north earns severel tlnos thc low

Southern pey soe1c, yct tf they woro so smart wby not return to the yankee

t eelt b . e n r i l t h ug n o t Il ve l n th e sclf- pr ofessed end condom ncilSouth? T hc

yenkcc brlnga ell ttre l IIs o f the lcy ways or phlcgm atlc thr onty lc l nc s s l ntt

. ro o m o r t o a g ro u p : n b ru p t yankces alwnys spoek of the per fectlon of thc

f e b u l o u s y v e y s b e ck l n yn n ke e l a nd, Xct thcy ar e her e wor klng to cxeet I l l v l n5

fron ths nlsersblc South -- to haar tcll back ln the north, ynnkecLand hes

the best honest governnent, thc best frlendly pcoplc end ell the best thlngs

that thc South so obvlously laclcs and can ncver have as the yankoc 3o loudly

p ro c l e f u n s l n th c cvo r-co n sta n t pr otest or lem cnt. But lf thc yenke es w er o

so brllllent, would they have to so often remlnd everyone olsc (yenkecs must

brslnwesh or convlnce thcmselvca -- they rspa tho oars of e11 redressed

- - sur cLy thc s m ar t
Sout h e r n e r s wh o h a ve to h e a r th e m ucous flll- cd eccent)
and cr eatc n r l oh
y e n k e c o o u l i l Le e rn e n o u g h d o w n south to r etur n up nor th
yankccs must her p end' c r y - out
c c on o n y l n e Ll o f ye n kce l e n cl l But lnstead,
and lgnor ant to he v c c r oetod'
t h a t t h c o h n stl o l zcd S o u th e rn e r ls too baclcwar d
r eelly shows ln thesc e x tr er ne
t hc w a e l . t b d ' ow n S o u th (tn e sch r lzr ophr cnlr
,z/Lz/L2/tz/r:rlxton

frnkec stetencnts, for surely the yankeo reellzcs the ln-born hatrod syndrom

or mentrl tlc egelnst e1I thlngs Southern unless th e behevlorlst breln wesh-

lng hrs becn too subtle for thc yenkcc nantellty to.oomprehcnd beyond thc

Ioudness of thc spltcful eplthets.thet stnte their own psychologlzings for a.

to heer.
T t r c L o u d -n o u th e d yn n ke e cv en cur scs dlffer ently r nd of cour sc better or

deflnltely norc corrcct to hoer hlm cuss r11 the verbnl worlcl: four latter

wo rc l s r b o r r n d 1 n th e sh rl l l ye n keo vocsbuler y degr r dfng by usc of foul lrn

gungc puts llfc experlcnccs lnto propcr perspoot!-vc ssys thc northcrncr wlth

llngo ln'rbloh nmothern ls the ugllest cplthet cver uttereit (no rcspeot cxprcr

gcd towerd femlly, oountry and lnstltutlons wlthout a four-letter term --\O

Southernor brg bllnd Loyeltlesj/splts-out tho dlsgusted yenkee who hes thc on.

olcar-out vlcw of dls-llluscnent towerd soelcty). Yenkccg ssy BcfJegus rethr

then Just phln GD, ovGr a cen of bcctl of coursc (tfre yenkee redneck docg ro'

s p c c t s o m c o n c w tro rca l l y u scs four - lettcr wor ds ln eur slng hln out ) . And tti t

rc d n e c k b e c r cl rl n ksr-s L l vc ro e lnly out of the South eccor illng to st l ti s tl og bt

oontrtry t o t h e y e n k e c .k n o w - l t - e 1 1 g l l b n e s s : N e v e c l eh o l d s t h c r e c o r c l f o r bee:

oonsunptlon of )6 gtllons 8 yclr pcr person rnd then clogent New Hempshlrc o(

Eun c g 3 2 g e l l o n s p cr rcd n cck yenkee gullet. And the Ar chy Bunker ty po l s tht

a l l , t1 me , B rooklyn- style no lcss. Tbc ylnkcc r e dnc c k c v c n

s ul)e r - t c d n e c k fo r

look g d l f f c r c nt fro m e S o u th e rncr : the dr y end cold blowlng nlr 93 nor th nnk t
dr leil, wegthar c d' end l l nr
t h c s k l n c r e ok to sp p csx rs a r oad' mr p to old age
physlcel looks 3re rbout alr each lndtvlduel yenkce hes golng p'
ooBpldlotr.
The red'neck centr
sonelly ln err t h c d , a n o g r n p h l ey r n k e c l a n d r e d n o c k c o n t c r s r

o u t o f tIc S o u th ]a nd., contr er y to wldc- spr esd Jnnkee p"op" g" i d" t
extcnil fer
Fresnt
B o s t o n , t ' l e s s a c h u s e t t c s ; Brooklyn and Bronl' NewYork;
Fllat, I r f l c h l g e n ;
c o l o r r d o J u s t t o r n m c e fevr lneno pleces of purport
cellfornle; enil D o n v o r ,
obscflrcd flrst
tho vrsltlng southcrner hes often
or cxrggeretcd greatness as
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h e n d , , e s p r o n o u n e cd a s th cy a re tr ylng ( only e dem n New Yor k ycnkee c oul i l

rrt lon e l l z e or a ssu ttro th e mo u thing of nHouston Str eetn as ntlowv- to nr n thc

g s m c w o r d n H o u sto n tf l n T cxrs n nm ed for the san6 ldcntloleHugueonot H ous ton

f enlly t h n t n l g re te i l S o u th w a rd fr om the cold Huilson Valtey to New Y or k C l ty

o n rv e r d t o Ka ntu o ky e n d T cn n e ssee end thcn flnally to Toxes wher e ilc s c endants

of t h c H o u g t o n frn l l y cl a n o o n tlnue to thr lve &*^ South end nsver nl s - pr o-

noun o c d s n H oru -to n i r e o ya n ke es do not elways hnve the onlv lest w or d on a

s u b Jc o t ) .

Evcry lest l o u d . yrn ke c b l o r,r har d. ls full of m eglar nonla or nesal c eter =b:

yenkees clnrt b c w ro n g w trcn re fem lng to Souther ner s as lgnor ant o r i l um b.

Tha exclelnlng ye n ke e h a s n o real nanner s or gr tclous conslder atlon for otho:

dorq So u t h - - rd o g e e t d o g tt d e scr lbes the yenlcee syndr one. Klndnes s l s n

hldden fector ln thelr porsonnllty whcn deallng wlth Southornors, nnd thc

yenkcc must bc trcetcd ln klnd exectly es eaoh ono pelts-out thc slovcn tcrns

I soft k l n d t on e l n th e ye n kcc thr oat belng unhear cl ( e yenkee only undc r s tent

wb a t t h e y t h c mscl vcs d .l sh -o u t slnce yenkees ar e ncvGr wr ong whcn ons tl gntl ng

Southcrnerg). T h c n e w l y e rrl ve d yenkee to the South obsor ves onc 6f tw o

thlngs: tbat Southcrn hospltallty does not exlst at eII or that Southern

hospltellty en d , frl cn d .Il n e ss a rc a slgn of thc slr nple m lnilcd or vlll ege l dl o'

(e n e i l u c e t e d . ca stcrn e r h o l d s thc nosc ns thougb d,oop ln stcnch and does not

e p c e k o r e c k n o w L c d g et h : prcscnoc of others: thls ls thc wey tho lntc)-Ilgent

should aot, ponpous asses, ell end the unlverslty systen has lndceil evolv

ln t o t h a t k l n d o f sn o o ty cl e q u e) . The g} lb yankec com m ents about a fr l eni tl y

you get to know than' tt T ho y enk c
pc rs o 1 1 c l o r m ,So u th : n th e n l o e st per son tllt
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s y nd r o n e b c o o n e s so o b vl o u s e n d scvcr c ttn t the sclf- pr oclelneit en l nos l ty fo:

t hc S o u t h s h o w s l a h o w th e ye n kecs utter thc cplthets, utter ed. so fes t llkc

gplt t l n g w o r d s fro n e g e ttl l n g gun or ber r age of sound. m vas oo yaooal r c e-

ponscs that hlt thc oers sharply (e yenkec d{l.drr. of not thtnklng untll

s pee k l n g , a s a II S o u th cra e rs o bser ved Long ego r nd bld tlne for ce r c ful rc-

v c le t l o n o n I p crso n n l l cve 1 l ator when the tlr nc ls r lpe -- the lou d. y enk ee

nrsel barregc ls thc lcrson for publlo outregc: thlnklng after one s;neks Jur

to hear the sounds or to hcar thelr lntelllgcncc ln rctlon llke nolsy cogEr

of r r u s t y n e o h l n e g rl n d l n g o r har plng to oonvlnce or esslugc thcns c l v es of

t hc lr o w n u n do u b te d , su p e rl o rl ty over eLI thlngs Souther n) . Thc yank ee l n-

v e s lo n o f p r l ve o y w l th th e d o w n Fouth slur ctn ncver gound .s der o ggatc r y

e s t h c g g n o r th l o o k l n th e S o uthor n cyc . ...

But the gj nortb yenkec oonstently lnvad,es the Southlanil as a snowblrd.

ln dlsgulse to csctpc ttr bltter coldr Vet thet stm€ cold.ncss to heer tcll

f rom t h e s l s v lsh ye n kce -mo u th -plece lsnf t fclt llke tb eur ful- honld ool c l

down South. Thc yenkcc bes the eudaclty to dcclarc serlously that oold weatl

doeg not fccl co l d , g g n o rth ( so why go South? ) ; thus, thclr laok o f l ntel -

Ilgcncc or blgotcd rcnsonlng ebtllty shows agnln es personified sohrlzrophrer

for thet yenkcc dld. lndeed conc glg South whcre tho yankcc nentallty thcn

oenrt rdnlt en obvlous posltlve cllfference or givc pralso for enythlng

bchavlor fr om e souther ncr g3 nor th i ay l nt

s o u t b c r n ( s u c h cre zy o r sch rl zrold.
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tbst o o l , d , l s co l d e r g o me w h e reelse would sur ely r esult ln enothcr m uc h U " " " "

cd razlng or reldlng of our Southlend honcs to look the lgnornnt crezlas of

South ln nn asylrrn to protect nIl of soclety from thc obvlous lunetlcs or

thusly w o u l d re rso n n se l f-rl g h teous ynnkec, lf n Souttr cr ncr wcr e duar b enoug:

to sey that cold ls not cold). But the denn yenkee elways renelns thc Curat.

of thc nplcrsnntn but nun-ooldn northern wlnter before floelng beck lnto thc
p e rf e c t tcrmln o f ye n l ce e L a n d .. Thc yenkee while dovm South wlll c es uel l y ob.

scrvc t loceLc that appcrrs slnllrr to r rustlc sconc up north, end then the

yenkcc epologlcelly e d d s : t l u l yw o r d , t h c c o m p a r l s o n s t o S o u t h o r n c o u n t r y s l d . e

uould meke my northern landscnpe rpperr es belng fuII of hlcks or poor and

s t upl d f o L k s rsth cr th rn so l d ylllo end pr etty 't -- tho ynnkee doe s not bev c

thc scnsltlvlty to reellzc the subtle ln-brecl hatrcd fm eII thlngs Southern,

But the yenkec hes dlfflculty drlvlng the nutomoblla on Southern freeweys bo-

csusc I trefflc loop thet lndlcatcs eest, wcat, north or south dlrcctlons coi

fusc thc genlus klbtzer whoe spetlel perceptlons cenrt doternlnc uhloh turn

to nake to rcturn to tbc oolcl north .... Ilowcver, tho bltter cold. of thc wll

tcr ls never so scvcrc es tht yankec broguc or eecent; rn eutomoblle trlp or

tour of thc Unltcil Stetes reelly cducntes thc ndino or trustlng Southerner lt

thc reel hqnenlty of thc Anerlcan cltlzonry towerd ttr South (cnd trust ls

o u t o f thc southln nd es tha yenkec so qulok l y pol nts

inc lc c c l r b n c kw n rd tre l t
ldlot pcrsonrllty hrng-up) to
out rnd proves through cxemple 8s en lnferlor

thc wlde-sprcecl anlnnoslty end dlsllko shown torrverd tho southern worcl or spec(

wiren spoken across thls vest frco Lend frecclombelng rcsorved only for th'

m lnor lty gr oups ln Am er lca know thr ougb' c x

rv h lt c Et l p € r - r e d .n co k-ye n ke e a s 3II
thc flr st sub- o ul tur c s ur
perle n o c , c s pccl a l l y th e so U th er ner who r cpr csents
Ilfe- sty l os nn
v lv ln g S ta te s b e for e thc r llppr e noovementmnde
l n t h c u n l tcd
(( tt'rt <
t itZt La:*t ^.,r A
p e r t o f e vcryd e y A me r lcan- w*F J: A notor trlp ecross elL of
eoccptect
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t h c U n l t c d S t a t c s d i s e l o s e s t h e d e m c p g a p h l cf a c t s that t h c r t n c r J r d a m ny a n k e
thlnks ln a llnltcd mentel capsclty that whero he 13 from comprlses tho only
t ru e p a r t o f A n e rl ce . A n d , th us, the blunt yankee m ust d,enounc edow n
d.nm .n

Seuth te shrw hls d.isplaced loyalty to back the gg north syndronc, a gallepl
provlnclellty sprced thlck! But the Southerner must placete lr bow, screpo,

krtrw, genuflect or evcn salome to aIl .srouslng yenkee ways the lterant

loud d?nn yankee ls truly a "Johnny-come-Iately" to the sc6no whlle ccntlnui

tc bad mouth or to grlpe about aII'roints South: the groused yenkee has I pe

sonal trade mark sf lamentatlcns that dctest Southern vie&ther that changes

f r o m e t t m l - s e r a b l e nu n c o l d f o r t y de,'reos to a hot elght;r decraes es e resplte

f r o m t h e w l n t r y n e s s s o c o r r n o nu p n o r t h f o r m o n t h s o n e n d . The occlusive

yenkee nsturo ncver nbetes and 13 so repctltlve, redundent or rocurrent

the dgnn yenkee lnstlgates loud harengucs wlth othor ycnks, eech being a cer

bon copy sf crch other ln their negetlve rcspense.sto al"l Southerners. Tho

yenkee never cennlts a lvrong and therefore cantt learn from nlstnkos, for e

I o u d y a n k e e n e v c r m a k e g a m i s t a k o w h c n d . o w nS o u t h - - such a knovr-lt-all et-

tltude tr the pslnt t h a t y a n k e e s b e c o m et h e l r o w n w o r s t e n e n n yb y c o n p l a i n l n g

tr strengors !n publlc pleceg where the blg loud nofth creetes r negatlve

flrst lmpresslcn that llngers Ilke n en echo as e coastant pclt of verbel

ebuse that nlps 1lke cold. frost bltton flngers stuck up the n.so rr worse: t

f u n k y . , d e m ny e n k e e i n v c r t s statoments ln a dlsccncertec effrrt ts befudd'Ie tir

Srutherner; stetements as ncold ncturedn intones the ynnkee rnentellty to men

ry ru llko c e l d w e a th e rn cr th u s expounds the fer r ety d.ann yankee wtr o nl s o
Thc de
thlnks'rno8r slghtedtr meensbelng able to sec poorly at clrse rrngc'
knrwn es @ yankee renkles the lre of tho
villsh or d.ervlsh personallty

S o u t h e r n e r v , r h ol e a v o s t h e t o r p l d northlancler elOnc most of the tlne'

personallty has vented or prompte
The lgoletlon sf the yenkee oxpatrlat
on e seer ningly per sonal Lz ed' r e''
t he a n n o n y m eu srco mrn u n l ca tro n i r yr th str anger s
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e u t r b u n p o r e th e t l n tl mn te p o rsr nel bcbavlr r r nd thg usc of chumar yC B r e6l o

t9,,
J rrgr n p L u s t h c T sh l rt vcrb n Y c thct lnvltcs gnlckcr s r nit/r r dlsgus t -- thc
9rut h c r n c r c l n vru o h frr th c yenkec pcnt- up r alnoslty es shr r n by thc s c s l o-
t llly n e o c p t c d ru tl ctg . fi ru s, thc yenkcc ls hlghly ver bel but scld r m 1l n-
gulrtloally flucnt -- ths qggg yenkcc hed rethcr nekc e snldc snlpelng tcnrr
rr g l v c t d l g tr e sccn l n g l y d cfcnsclcss Sr uthcr ner then tr oonplln ent ( y " nk
d rc s n r t trcrt S ru th e rn cre w l th klnd r egar ds end cen tily r cJr loe r v er bedl
luo$. T h c l n p rrtu q cd d e n n ye n kce nust dtg- up the er r eer s rf cvcr y nl s c onc c p
tlrn rf lcerncd prccrnccptlons rf wretchcdncss eelled Sruthcra beok g nrrth
Th c ye n k c c n c v cr h e L te e n d n o vcr dr ege eltnr wlth etl. thc.gr or ns en d nr ans
rf stcrllc nockcry mruthcd ts nn,ltteck cn dlspelr sprced elrud rr ebrred
llk c flrcents rn th o n e rch . T hc pisnlr c yenkcc blg mouth ls only g oed. fr r

bec l n r u t h l n g . T h e yrn ke c h e s e m r tr r nr uth or hlgh r ctevc C t.ngc; y enk ec

s ry 6 h e h e c l r eth a r l .l ve l n n sheck beck ln yenkeclenil r ethcr thea e 'nengl r n

c lrrnr S r u t h , Bo th e trs w h y th e yenks Ilve se lnfer lr r Ltw levcl t111 thc y or n
r'c t u r n g g n r r t h tr th c g crd l l fc. But thc ydnkcc scldr m g.ct beok tr y enk ec '

hnd tr s t e y pe rn rn e n tl y (rf ce ur sc, yenkoolend hee nr pr ver ty ln el l l tg

quertercd rr zrnccl erons).

T h c y r n k c c u scs l rw s tr co ntr r l pccplc undcr thc gulsc r f pr r tc otl r n by

h e v ln g c l t y z rn l n g tr d l strl ct .r segnent lr 6r s rf r elty e. thet r fl nanc h

bes c 1 1 1 1 o r c r tc r cl a a g rf p crplc pr lner lly ln r ne r nr d or bur r r ugb eni l thu

furt hc r k c c p th e r.o cs e ;n rt b y uslng nr noter y cless r s r n cr ousc or s ohl gn

bet wc c n g r o u p t rf p ctp l cr e tl fc stylcg, fr r thc yenkec ls ncver r pcn end

atrelgbt frrnrdl ebcut hls prcJud.lcea whlch rfflolelly.n p.pcr dr nrt crlst
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fn. pcraenel lcvcl fcr ell thc wrrld to scc (tnc ygnkae llvcs ln thc eII-
Amerloen olesclcss srclety!). Thcrefare, zonlng 1s truly r rerl cstete glm-
nlck.rr plry tr buy resldentlel blackcd erees enil then vrtc vle the clty
crmmlseltncrs (nunlolpel form cf srvernmant uscil eIl .ver thc Unltcdl Stntes
erlglnetcd wny clrwn South et Gelveston) tr ohengc thc zonc to I buslness
retlng, enebllng 3 pepcr prrflt to dcuble .r evcn trlple thc velucrf the
crattz prtperty rnly the crrprretc flrrns r.cp the huge prcflts. But
Hlustrn hae trr nuch lndlvlduellt.y tr c.py r solflsh and lgnrrent yenkee
z o n . L n gn e t h r d f , o r c v e r y d e y l l v l n g (end thrt rcbelllon rcelly lrks the yenke
ncnteLlty): nl zonlng Lewg ennble nll sr6as rf Houston to borm, Just further

tr provc thet rulcs end reguletlons'lnhlblt reel cconrnlc grrwtb; pcssents,

hlwover, nccd ',vrlttcn fornules to llnlt othert s succcss end consequently to
glvc en cdgc tr the yenkce zonlng systcn. And rcd llnlng crcetcs slue .rers

rB sr cvldcnt ln ell Unlted Stetcs eltles. Bub the yenkees wnnt tr enect

zonlng llke eII thelr prverty cltles back gp nrrtb heve rnil thus spreed thel"

hrrrld weys under thc gulsc rf prrgrcss (Hruiton hes a twcnty-four mLll,lrn

dlrl1er surplus whlch eneblcd the nunlclpel leeders to buy a country club tr

convert lnto enrther clty pnrk, lnd the clty .wns n menshn tr cntcrtsln

guests or prrspcetlve corprrnte exccutives vuhl vrllI p.sslb)-y m.Tc lergc

oompenles tr Hruston trwn). But zrnlng enlarges ghattrce, end ghettlcs dr

crertc oheep prrpcrty for the yenkcc buslncssnen to m.vc cntr rr tr orntrrLl

yenk c c k n r w - h r w h a s r h e l l rw sotr nd der 4p Sr uth wher c zantng ls r eor g nl z c d as

-'*-
tha raoleL eegrcgrtloneL torl to perpetuetc ghe-foes. Ancl thc bleok ghcttr

ls eelleil r hrller ilown South becruso Nagrrea slng rr hrller ehents whllc
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wrrk l n g .r c vo a w rl kl n g d ,rw n thc str eets; the ghett; es a yenkee pr c s s epl -

thct frr eII Bleok hrnc arees crnnrtrtes only prverty reglrns Logrllzcil entl
p c rlr e t u r t c d b y th e l n frmru s ye nkec know- hr w laws thnt hr ve nr w bec r nc l egl tn

rr nrtrrlrua to rppcsr flrst beneflclrl but aoturlly reguLt ln sclf-lnterest

prokcts rf oreetlra (zcnlng bunchcs togcther groups lf pcrpl,c ln eernrmlc

ohrgcs end thus the zrneil ghettrcs dcfcet d.amrcrrcy whlle kocplng a prrl

of chcep lebrr .n welferc for futurc cxplrltetlrn). The yenkec prcss lgnrros

thc rrlgtn of thc tern ghettr thet rlsr stlll hes lts usc to refer to levlsh

J ewlsh c a n m u n l tl e s (tn e kn rw l cd geeble South.Jncr stl1I canffiegr . rrcr l

Hrl.Lcr). Foclcrel grvernnent eld 1g cllspcnsed to oltles ecorrdlng tr the

zrncd rrcas rf nccd, aad thus thg fdderel bureeucrroy hes bcormc the plry
grrund or ohlcf worklng trrl frr the yankcc. And thc yenkco lnpcrlallsm fur

thcr spreeds persanel powcr by meens rf the federel grvernmcnt lews.thet ln-

spcat rll clty, crunty nnd strtc cLectlrns hcl.d'down South-- ).egr\ ienetlrns

undcr the gulsa tt prrtect nrlnrrlty rlghts (tfre yenkec mentellty brests rf

frecdrn fcr ell rnd cqusllty, yct dres nrt minltrr othar stetcs rut rf thc

South -- rnly dlwn South ilres lnJustlce end preJudlcc trmrd the rcccs cxlst

snys thc yenkcc leedarshlp of Amerlcn; the Southerner 1s e prlsoner wlthln

hls own c.untry wherc grfss lncqultles cxlst ln thlg s h e m e c rl e p u b l l c thet

csprusas frecdrm for eII other perts of the wrrld ln gucb e brrgged'rclr rut-

crylng or flnnbryrnt Jeer). Anerlce ls nrt for thc Southclncl, at nll. But

t h c d n n n y r n k e c i l re s n o t rca l l y know the extent rf thc Sr uth wh.cnex pr undl ng

.r 1eoturlng ln demtgrephlcs: yenkee cvcn llsts Weshlngton, D.C. es Sruthorn

of srft grr,rthern spccch confushas thc muo.utl manbrenc rf r

frr thc lnflqx
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brmer brrln. Thc drnncd yenkec hes fcuncl r mecer rf dcllght when hereselng
Srutherners; tbc yenkcc hes sn ear frr hershncss elrng wlth the ecld tongue

thrt'nekcg 1dl.c commenteryrf lgnornnt hleks es thc Lllt of soft Southcrn

specch flrete by. The vrcel Jurlsdlctlrn of the Sruth has cxtendcd fnr be-
yrnd thc rcglrn dcnlgrctcd cs drwn South (Southorncrs rrgenlzc cluba or socl
grrups to nect cr ben trgcthcr rs thc dcprlcetcd yepkecs crc.),eln ln crsspcr-

rthn .vcr seclng Srutherns rrganlze lntr er-ms-fr-rltcd . But y enk c e

havc frrncdl ncctlng plecas through-out thc Scuth cs e heven frcm the lgrrent

redneok (eII Southerncrs lmnedletely quellfy es redncok tr the.9enn yrnkce).

But the bcunilerlcs of the South befuddle thc damn yankce es surely rs does
pr.pcr lnnucndr rf the Engllsh lcng\r8gc ltself; the fer raeohcs of thc phen-

lnonrn crllecl Sruthern extend: Alebeme, Arkrnses, Gcrrgle, Fhrlde, aentucky

Lrulskne, lvllselsslppl, Nrrth Cerrllna (end the wrrd nrrth here usurll.y cro-

f u s e s t h c m u o o u sn c m b r r n e p u l s e t l r n s ) , South Crrollne, Tcnnessce, Vlrglnlr

end Texes t h c t t { l s s r u r l C o m p r o m l s co f 1 8 2 0 , s t l l l confuses thc knrw-lt-el1

y rn k c c - - W c s t V l rg l n l e b rrke w lth the Tldcwnter ellto rf Vlr ginlr tr fr r n

prr-nrrtbern lYcat Vlrglnle. And Oklehrme whloh neens rcd men rr Inill en Tar-

rlt o ry th c S ru th e rn ca/r sc r r the Cr nfedar eoy end thus the w l nnl ng

tslstedt
xe*'
Fcdcrel Unlrn Grv,rrnmont openY the f ndlen Lends to the yrnkees for the lest

blg l.rad rugh (yenkecs tre c b a d ,w l n n c r , flr thcy nust cven yct orntlnuc tr

usurp encl frrcc thelr hrstlle weys up.n cveryone everyurherc, cspcclrlly drwn

Sruth). A n d ,r l r o n l o e l l y , the Indlen Inads bccenc hugc r11 rescrvcs thnt cx-
nlc t the Bes '
t enit w e y d l m S ru th ; tb e rcfrre rthe Southcr n wnr or y hes bco.nc3

terds Frcczee -- 3 rcel unlflcetlrn egelnst yenkcc fectloneIlsm.

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Tbc yenkcc ctlcs rf enxlety stlr-up e celclron df seethlng fnctlrnlsn

nhcrc cvcr the yenks gces, end nrt Just drnn Sruth, re shrwn by the frrelgn
prLlcy of thc Unlted Stetcs whon Hcnry Klsslngor rbserveil ebrut the netlrnel
prl,lcy: nlt ney be rlsky tr bo an cneny ef thc Unltcd Stetcs, but tr bc lts
f rlc n c l s ls f e te l n th c re me rk utter eil ln 1968 whcn Cler k Cllffr r d r nnr unc e
plens tc dltch thc Sruth Vlrtnemcse government Just befrrc Rlcherd Nlxrnr s

lnnuguretlrn, Just to qurte e real yenkee ln acttcnrsc truc to frrm. Thus,

thc lnccssent yenkee elweys steys rn the prowl and brcomes a fsrmldlble on6m
es thc rcbcl Sruth knrws sr well for thc psst hundred ycars rr.eo -- thc

Southerncr stlU remnlns a last classed cltlzcn todny ln ths Unltetl Stetcs

rr rt nret e nlnrr prrt rf the fddcral unlrn (decclt shrws ln how thc yenkee

oulprlt rr mlscrcent bestrws fevrrg or leurels rnly fn hls rwn klnd tf pcrpl

rr frllrws whr spcrk wlth the semc nes.I cllp -- thc dcoclt shrws s.
".t..h"
plelnly ln thc yeakce grln rr smlrk befrre follrwlng hls ectlons wlth e ber-

r.gc rf ncntel brute l,lkc Indlen vrrcstlylne). Thc yenkcc dcllghts ln meklng

t rru b l c frr r th e rg -- csp cc1 rl l y the Sr uthar ncr - - undcr thc er clel unbr c l Le

rf protrcrl so thet the chshlng rf wllls end gneshfng rf teeth conclrne the

rrbltrary eggrcsrl.n rs a gale cvent .r lrnpnnptu crlluslra whcn ettacklng

soelel custons, tredltlrns end, Srutharn spccch: only Sruthernerg lnvc tredl-

tlrnel fenlly ro.tn ornpletc wlth escutchcons.r lcgls enil an.nccstrrl hrme'

thc wldc rcglons rf the Unltcd Strtcs (tnc

stced decdcd to thc helrs ln ell
denn y e n k c c r o a n s a p u n d to t muoh or tr r r ftcn on the pr owl or br r wl tr bul l t

.r. tl eoounulntc rntlque ertlfrcts nuoh Iess to ecqulre t pecllgrec: e merrlri

rat-nestlng cxlstencc ls the rnly hopc f.r the sec

ebrvc the pcrssnt rebblc,
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'/ 1'
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-Ea
-,
c llmb l n g e n l a le l n e tu rc tf th e known rs clemn yt;kce drwn Sruth) . But
thc {rnn yenkcc pcrelsts ln hcldlng tr old wlrn-rut vlews tr mythe steeped .
leernccl ln thc nrrthern cLesstorn cLlmes: melnly thrt thc Sruth le ilevold of
r*2"
srphlstlcefton, urbene cultr:re and crsmrprlltan rr netreprllten w.ys (never
ln vrguo to bc e ffi; Srutherner, for the lgnrrnnt ell llvo E!!qt Sruth,
csp.uscs thc denneblc yenkcc). Thc dann yenkoe, thusr. hes the dlvlne rtght
tr supprcss Sruthcrncrs bcceuse the ynnkee dlsoretlon elweys remelns a Sruth
t h re n t t h 8 t i l l sn l s'se s th o l r .w n lntenper encc nnd eilultr atlr ns, dlsoul patc
eg lt wcrc (cvcn the Paerly Gates cntrencc tr Gldrs yenkec hcevcn ls ln r1e

Brstrn lf not thc nrrth-castcrn ctty llmlts of New Yrrk Clty). Thc demn
yenkcc hes csothtecl the mrdcrn itteck rn the Sruthlenit bcceuse rf .ncc egal
nentlng sonethlng frr nrthlng: the wnrm ollnete .s tho osld heertcd yenks tr

to esoepe the hersh wlnter lcc -- sun bclt always.belng prcferred by thc ln-

tclllgcnt oevellcrs centurlcc ngr, but the hrt fects rnly recently btlng

Ieerned by thc dull-wlttcd. yenkcd. The demn yenkce cen actuelly leavc thc

orlcl ollncs rf hls hlntorland, but crn ncver physlcelly cscrpc thc crld lntrr

vcrted shcll rf thc. yenkee personnllty tbrt oontlnuis to nekc the Srutherncr
\L

the leughlng strck of Jrkes, dcplctlng lgnrrent ohlrnotery (Thc Butt cf It A

hes b c o r m o t h c tre i l cn e rk o r yn nkee m odls opcr endl tr war d thc Sr uthcr nc r , tl

p u t th e . ) . r w l y b ru n t rf stu p l d l ty ls Souther n spccoh punoh llnes to ghr w l r w

olagscd. lgnrrcnoe: thc stnc technlquc bclng ilone wlth Bleck Ghettl dlelcots

to sterertypc lgnrrenoe es hnvlng e c.rncr on thc mcrkct eccrrillng t. rrcc

lr loalc). Nr resplte evcr results, only a stelcmctc Jenmlng wlth utmrst

dlspetob llke I mnnlec ln thls crelltlon; the soan thet e yenkec -- eny clenn
''f L-Jrrlljt(
L>\/ L)n[ L>A

ysnkcc p erp ctrttcs o r p u rp or ts upcn s Sr uther ncr sJ.weys eontalns per nl e-

lo u s p e r . r a t l cn s e n d rn kcs th e dem neble yr nkec A- 0.K. r r A- llwtber -Onc s m .ng

t he d c n s e r r dull h e e d s frrm gg ncr th ( tne er ubby dem n yr nkec essum es t s upc r -

nnn rolc t s p e rp l e x o r p crtu fb , but tbc Seutl;er ner 1S thc r cel supr l ''htur en
vu^ ^</'
bclng -- nrt theYcg)lnanl.4 of nn llL mennerYborr yrnkcc!). And the $g4g

yenkoe treets thc Srutherner es chattel, dlsenfrenchlsed fugltivee or 8c.un-

d . rrl g . Bu t th c d sn n ye a ks b o tch cver ythlng they ettenpt wlth wr r i l s ' cvcn

wlt h (',l l h l te Anglr - Sr xr n

t h e e n a g rrn T V A S P Pr otcstent) es bclng uscd by Bl eok s

to slur whltcg. But honky expresscs the true rrlglns battcr fron thc hrnky

t o n g i l l v e e t hrt th e sl ce zy ya nkecs fr cquont - - end thc W ASPr n Blaok s bc c r nc g

Z-- (/t&2 * t'/

t rea t e i l Sr u t he rn crs w l L l tu rn 31. 6-onetiffil6-tna$orn clocth turd: Just

thlnk ebout the look on the fece of the frp of a yank whcn thc teblcs 8rc

turncdl And now, presently, thc yankee ls not worth the tlrne lf day nrt

wcrth thc dlgnlty thelr d e c l m e t e d b r e g g n r d v r n y s rw o u l - d r o q u l r c , not worth eII

the ettentlvc ectltn, fcr the demn yenkee w111 gc thc wsy of the extlnct

T h e y e n k e e d a n t qs o u t h d o e s n o t f e e l quelms of consclcncc
DO D0 Blrd, vctl
for the tory-rory wnys thet tornent wlth fervrr Ilke e
to neke restltutlon
or s chnrrr ln fuII rcgtlle, ncver woril .no.s spalogy for thc ln-
trreedor
proccss cf csnosls rt
snc treetnentj for a yankec knows everythlng vle the
shrulcl nrt.try).
blrth, no less (nut southerncrs nevcr crn rerrn rnil rearly
clnsscs rf Amcrloen
Yct, only wrrds meke the battlem.nts real between the
Southarncrs nrw pleccd ln
cltlzenry tcdey: yrnkee peesnnts end ccvtller
Dlssent ls truly undcrstord ln
vcrbel, dlssenslrn, ts dlssert each other'
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t h c S l u t h wtra re th c b u rd cn rf car petbngger s kecp noigr ntlng ln ilrov es , fl r s t

3 s s n o w b l r d e e n d t h c n t h c e b r m l n e b l e s n o w m r nr n r v l n g f r r n t\e frost beLt ftr
koeps! The mrveeblc ieng yenkee hns nn unwrltten rlllencc wlth thc aolscg
neclc by rthcr yenkcc lmmlgrents tr emendntce11 beedtlful Southcrn'srunds
wlth thclr ugly nnsel nucous-fllLed nembranesthrt vle tr dlsplse, tr dc-
prcclate ..' ead nrre .. r thc prestlnc herltege enil wey rf llfe d . o w ng e u t h
(ttre denn yenkee ls lntolerent of Srutheracrs end hrs e vsguc 6celrlus tn-
stlnct to rnnoy: teuntlng rf sruthern spcech by e shrlu hlgh-pltehcdt edr-
ment nuoous n'aslllty thet glves a hersh ebendoncd rcellty or valldlty tr
the lcvlty Srutherncrg nust regnrd ln rotalletlrn of sono future cpter ltr
lnmerglrn of ldcas lnto un"onattlsnel s u p e r s e g r n e n t c do p l t h c t s thrt rnly thc
dlssldent sruthern lndlpendcnt lndlvlducr must ue"{Zs e or.ss whlre thc
yenkcc ctn act end.dr exectly ns hc pleeses trwerd thc vfrrlc prpulecc, rs

subtlc bnnterlng rf nameoelIlng lndloetr.d. The yenkec le gorcl et n3mc erl-

L 1 n g : r c d d e ck, h l ck, stu p l d . l gncr emus ln r efer ancc tr gouther s. But y enk a
c v Gn c n I I c ach rth cr h e rd , tcrng whllc ger r ulr us m r r ds ot bcutg ln N ew tr c r s c y
pro n p t : n W hl te n l g g e rn . A n d thc cnce cler n wall- s cf publlo buiLd l ngs fi uthc r
c rp r c n s t h c cl u tte r o f th c ye nkcc consclr usncgr wltb thclr lnlmltl bl e gr ef-

fltt or greffltl spreed for cvcryonc to sce as works rf yenkce erte orcrtcd

by the bcgt of thclr nlnds. Thc yenkec hes carcfully ctcrtccl e whrlcltstlc

soclctyr oolleetlvlzcd, on thc theory thet no lncllvlduel oan bc trustcd, Bl

rn ls c n t h r r p c a s th cy e d ml t: th o yankec espouscs thcsc vlews thr sug h e tur nc d-

up n f s e c r I stu ffo d -l rp n n rl s thet neeils ts blr w m uor us r ll .vcr tbe c r ptl v c

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Sruthern llstcnlng audloncc -- a lrud blowlng that riust hcve bacn sc hard
to ecconpllsh rlonc, that r11 the mlghty yaakcc bralns werc bLrnn-rut ts rnly
neegir r e n n e ntg re me l n o f p rcconoeptlonel Southor n nyths tr ught gr c er eful l y
rs tbrrlutc truths by tha schocrs end the teeehcrs up north.
Ye n k c c t erch crs e n i l co l l e g e pr r fosscr s go down South tr r r y1r ktnd thus
tekc prctlo llocnsc tc mock lr tr mlnlc ln the clessrorm the vrcel petterns
lnncdhtcly srundcd llkc ea eoho tt botlttle cr t c befuddle the Southern
gtudcntst verbel lnswcrs .r rcsp.ns6s ( such unprrfasslrnel behevler wruld bo
lebclled blgrtry 1f e Southorn teechor wcrc tr d.era to suggest.pr.nuncletlon

c hen g c f r r I de n n cd ye n kce vrce l chor d thc AAUP, Aner lonn Assr cl etl on rf
Unlvcrslty Profcss.rs, end thc fiderel gevcrnncnt weuld cnect procecdlngs

rlghtly so rgrlnst Southe,rnteechqrs f or ttp sllghtest lnfrlngement rf stude.

|4e14!s r--
rlg h t s , rnly lf e yn n k* crmp l e lnc- df. Thc dem n.yenkec tcechcr g dr v qt gouth

cxcLeln nrrthcrn superlorlty by truntlng e testy snepplng hcreld et cvcry.nc

whr l e s l n p l c n tn d cd cn o u g h to bc fr lendly eqtl pcr soneblc. Thc yenk c 6 r s s u.6

he hes e c.rncr on lntclllgcncc: e nele yankcc ocllege student wllL cvcn cry

blg o r r c r r t l L c tce rs. tr g e l n e Sr uthcr n tcr ohcr f s syaipethy end thus hopes not

to dr the requlred olneerrrn wrrk (rcseerch paper subnlttcd wlth nr fcrtnrtc,

e nd n r b l b l b g r sp h y b cce u sc d rwn Sr uth sr :r cly nr r nc has cvcr scco s uc h r c -

qulrcnenta rnd, thus; thc yenkcc pupllfs enllgbtmant ls I teer Jcerkerl). Bu

g nrrth nr guoh behevlrr wruld bc toleretecl .r cxpcoted by the crabby rnd

gnrff pedenta. And, of coursc, a fcllow yenkee bleeillng hcert llberrl teech

e y m p a t h l z c s w l th th c cme tl ra s of thc nlsundor stlod yenkce student \dl r oc ul d'

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obvlously not pass back gp north but should be codd.led in a 1and,sh.re aced.

emehns no ieat eeclalm (tne nervy cynlelsm ln roverse snobbery that only I

Southerner'hqs-the accountablllty for s h o w l n € :m a n n e r s e v e n t h o u g h t h e y a n k e e

m e k e s c r u d e e n d o b s c e n e r e m a r k s v r h e na f f r o n t c d , such es esking for dlrectinr
when lost but rccclving Jecrs). And, thus, the n"ufurptuoug yankee must
ngaln eilmonlsh Southern wsys whlle yet ln the Southland oa n faca-to-faee cr
betant stence. If the damn yenkoe cantt stand the cclil sholder, then donrt
glve one cold sholl.er so oftenl The aloof yankee teachers down South even

renk tirc God-glven marvel of intelllgence: in yankee order, undoubtedly and

naturally e n d o v r e d ,l v i t h t h e f i r s t order of I? betng the exaltcd northern',ftri
and then a low second to the l'Iorthern Black; thlrd ranked order lags the Sou
ern lYhlte and lcst the Southern Black -- a deeply renked preJudlce that only

could exlst down South (tfre damnyankee needs the South Just to hnve e scape

goat to klck where aII thi.ngs lgaorent:rnti wrorrg extsts for tho ynnks to

blnnrel). But the B1ack patols ls ccnslderecl qualnt and chernlng by the broa

nlailed yankee professors dowq South (fiUeral cnd conversatlve yanks.unlto to

dlsregerd Southcrn speech and trcditlons). And the demn yankee does not eve

h a v e t h e b e s l c e d u c e t e d ,s e n s l t l v l t y to recllze the reversc suppllcntlon ln-

voLvlng prlnclples of the typlcal yenkee reesonlng, that lf vrloed, by e Sout

c rn a c c e n t w o u l d b e g ro u n d s fcr lnsanlty or a law sult. Howcver , thc r c v er s

psychclogy shows that only a good ycnkee ls one who goes beck to the heven o

yankeelanclwhere recinl dlffercnces go unnotlced., evldentl$, or so the rad-

lceL .trnrenold vlords teIl.

The yenkee is mqchmore raclst than a Southerner, ccntrary to ell the

nsrth-eestorn bed press l6ngery (tne yankec d.oesnot organlze freedom merche

ts ltbereto nsrthern ghetto atrocltles, not good press to tell the rrhole

truth ebout yrakee lnferlors). Raclal jokes reveel the yankee nnentallty to
'LA5L / Lsr,/ tsr/ t51 rAYroR
en absoluto T. Pollsh jokes proliferate from sneers of the yenkee llps,

vthtle $g S p u t h t h e s e m eP o l l s h Jibes translate or transllterate lnto the

fened Aggl? Jok-es (southerners shovr sensibllltles and cultured ttyle even lri.
' ! t r v e r yy a n k e d J o k e
e canard,, olo boy or not). meant to be funny becomer n dl

. clnlmer or dls-staff that lronlcnlly both glves and tskes sv/nyfron the char

. acter of the ethnlc grcup. And the.Sarrulous yankee further dellshts ln quo

lng facts to a Bleck face tirat twc-thirds cf all elassifled erlnes even',,/or1

r v l d e a r e c o n , ' " r i - t t e rbi y t l i e 3 l - a c k r a c e : B r i t a i n r s L : n d c n I { a r I e n e a l l e d B r l x t o n

nsw hes one mllllon Blacks fron the cld em;rire, and crlnres on vrhltes heve in

croesed to the point of votlng to deport non-vrhltes or'so seys the broad min

od yankee (cnd the llberal yankee face-to-face coins vrordsto caII ettention

to denlgratlng statistics, such 8 s a 'tnlgravatlcn" v r h e nt h e s e r r n l g r a n t ' r v / a y s

spread eII the Itnlgger6ee'r lar5'ess',';ords to analyse the nnlggerologytt envlr-

rnrnent thlt tr16'.gers the negrlllo lcw breeker) the yenkec cad cen dcmcan

or lnvokc facts llke these es;rlerclng lnslght and stlll not be dubbed a

rsclst whlle e casuel Southern epithet is asslgned or proclalrned es heresy

from n reclst S o u t h e r n p l g v r h o ne v c n s u { l f . l e s t l n g - l n e q u i t l e s b e t w e e n t h e r a c o s

( t n o d e m . ny e n k e e h a s t h e s e t n n l l e n g b l e rl,lhts or umbrage thrt Southerners er

dented, 1n frcedom lovlng Amerlcc). T h e s e l f - e s t e e m e d , . ' r a n k e cv l r t u e s further

ex;nnd to f1111p cr to buffet Southern conscleusnesg by rcveallng the drmn

\O -r.'
yenkce es a real-llve nlsMtnrope, by the self-adnlsslon oxemple when cxclcl

1ng that one must never trust another person (Uut only Southerners have pre-

land, of Anerica). Tho yankea mentrllty thus hes e

Judlced.behevlor ln thls
oonxlal extenslon or exlstence Ilke I speedtng run-nway coech treln movlng
just never sce
.onto s rellroad wye or spur rvith a denlgratlng statement that
@ g 1 : f n e t h i s e o a ch cd sp g l o q p f Ii ng; i
t o h e a r w h a t "h ;" i l ;; ;i i ri 7 'tr;;t--'Ftini<*" statem ent under lvlng even 3 pos l tl v a
-- southerners hnve been
o r c o m p l l n e n t a r y c o m r o e n t1 s l n t e r l a c e d . w t t h l n s u l t s
morc of 3 positlon than
r c l c g a t e d d . o w n ' w a radn d s h o u l d s e r v e n o h t g h e r o r n c t
yankeeland' does blgotry and pre-
as a ghlllle or g111y. No vrhere ln ell of
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Judlce exlst or cen be detected es the uplander so often trlcs tc eonvlnce
a n d . e o n s t e n t t r y re n i n d th e S o u tir er ner of yenkeo super lor ity. But suc h r gr s r
nrelelse pourlng frorn the yankee nentallty tekes a concretc form wlth school-
busslng whlch denles lndlvldua1 freedoms nnd statesr rights ( ttre educated
end l n t c l l l g c n t B L a cks n o w re e lizc the r ole of ccm m tr nlty sohr r ls ln gel nl ng
t quellty cducetlrn frcn the publlc sohrrl systcn thrt now oan rnly terch
thc tieslo thrcc Rtg .a I scvcnth gndc Lcvcl for thc hlgh sohrol. greduetc).
lb c S r u t h e r n e r h e e b ccn d cl g n cd ts alweys bclng ef thc ocueer vetlvc pr l l tl c r
pere u e s l r n ( r nl y th c l l b e rrl yenkcc alr veys aesuocs thc m ontnl ceprc l ty tr
n rn s g c e r f r 1 I th ro u g h s.ve rn mcntal leglsletltn eIl, aspccts of Llvl ng oc n-
d lt lrn s .r d e o l sl o n s fcr th c l gnor ant pr pulnoc: the clamnyenkeo nus t c m p.w c r
t h c l m p c t u e o f h l e .w n scl f l n ago thet pr lnr lzcs the Sr uther ncr es .n edv er -
srry ful-l rf tneptudc| And Southarn polltlcs rcoclvo llttle serbus rttan-
tbn untlL e yankcc Rrokcrfcller n.vcs rntr tha scenc: fYlntrrp end Jrhn D.,
ectuelly Lcft NewYork Clty te lfvc alsowhercl Thc Southcrncr must alwnye

roqulesoe to the supcll.r hunky yankcc custrdiens of e11 knrwledgc of o.Troo

ncss; yenkce heg e kneok tc change whetcvcr cslsts. Thc yenkce nocds thc

Sout h m . r c t h e n th c S ru th n a e d s thc deng yenkcc: the seJ.f- r lghteoug y enk ee

necds tr trrnsfer hls rwn lnsecurltlcs as t frol up.n the Southern spccch
'
rE rnty shrwlng ldlroy ln nrvlcs end edvcrtlscmcnte (SrutharnGrs ctn novcr

sry cnough bed. tc mekc-up for thc ylnkcc crucllty tliet tha $ggg yenkec srys

Sruthernerg Junp ta the wrong concluglons frrm lmpltcd stetemente), 0n1y th

Scutherner laerns subtlc verbcl sklLls frsm the lnflucnce o f t h c h r n a cf l r e s

or thc llok hg ef llfc; y e n k e c s c t n m e m o r L z ot l e r g e v o c a b u l n r y l l s t nnil

thcn squrwlcthclr own vorneculnr rs crrrcot pr.nunolatlrn: thc ynnkcc at bes

c en o n l y s p u t tcr n e L -o o n t,e n t w or ds whan ln thc pr cscncc of e Sr uthe r nc r . Bu

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rnly thc Southerncr herrg rr dlgoerns thc reflnements of tha lrw subtla scun
encl thcn uscE klndly ell verlatlons of thc worcls, wrrds thet requlre e dllf-

fcrcnt vroel lnflectlon frr thc vorb us.gc or frr the noun pert-of-spccch
suoh eg: reoctd, leed, road and pr.gran, Just tr llst I sempllng of prrn-
unolatlrn tbrt shewe srclal clase or a laok of 1t. Thc teolt ynnkcc ls not

rd.opt enough to knrw thcse verbal reflnemente of lnfl-ectlons thet rnly fenoll.
usngc prsscs llkc seclel csmrsls to the yrung vla example tho demnyankae
ls ln d c e c l r b r a sh b e ckw e ra l p e a s ant or Cockney anci thus behlnd thc v er bal ti nr

wlth a Il, thc f rux p:g typlce] of the gg-north hleh-pltched. anil Jcaoyed-up

y e n k c c l l f c s t y 1c. Wh cn a S o u thor nc! does r dcpt tho yenkec m nmudln g pr r n-

uncletlrn es grspel,, entther evld uplender s.on errlvos to detcst end to

ohnng c e g e l n nh e t th c p rcvl ru s solf- pr r cl,elnr ed Ilngulstlc expar t ceJ oul od

u p rn t h c g r u t hcrn so 6 n c: th c yrnkcc only cen r eect ln r ppr sltlr n to. w br t

t hc S t u t b c r n c r sn ye e n d d .re s. But tha Sr utber ner can out- yenkcc e denn

y enk cc l n e v c rb e l b o u t: th e ch ellengad yr nkcc cr pstr bt becomcs I or npetr l a'

l n t h c l e n t l r f e b u e ci l se n a l b l l l tl cs whcr e sl,ur r cd wr r ds deflnc thc r ogl r nel

gemc of hrstll,ltlcg.thrt netch ceoh lneult lnto e bettlc-rf-thc-wlte: enoh

vrceL oompccr so 8pt onl,y then to bentcr wrrde as cquel pccrs or crllcegucs.
Thc yenkcc Jeor becrmeg a Southern Jest.r Joust; thc yenkec vthrr-rey trans-

p. s c s l i a t r r So u th crn yce -yca thet nlweys ends wlth e Sr uther n yeeL' y or l ln

splt t 1 e frenlng u p o n th e l l p p e d efflgyr s hr t tonguc - - fr r the r cprr r f ls ln

the v o l - u m c c f th c l n ryn x rf b o th dlsscnter s. The yenkcc whlms elwey s m r negc

tr vlotlnlzc end terrmizc S r u t h c r n o r s w l t h t h e l r u d t h l o k n o u c o u gf l l r s d

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gruads, hereh dlsprsel, naturally. But rnly the oeveller Stutherncr hes

crprcsscd oless, mrnners, culturc, genttllty end hlgh brccdlng: the clesslcr

rc g rl l r n g e u ffcrl n g d l g n l ty o r conpcsur c cf thc tr cubnd.r ur m r lntel nc i l llkc

r orurtlcr .r enbessed,rr prrffcrcd by lts r.yel flush tr lndrnlnlntlblc

aplrlt, e n d t he e n o sg l l l e g rr mod.er nknlght- er r entg shar c thclr know l ed'ge

w l th th c w rrl d . (Tcxen end O/lehr me ssvvy. bullt gnd fl nenc c d

enc l 1 1 f e s t y l e

thc inltlel frundlng o f th e rl l lndustr y of ttr c tr fld- Eest r nd thcn e gr l n

nad,c rcallty o f th c A Ia sks p l p ellnc clr ean) . ftr c peasent yenkcc des tc s ttend
Srutherncr
thus trlcs te dcstrry whet he dres not unilerstend, so the cLesgy
sruthcrn
nust suffer untry' lnequltles end ettcnpts rf ennlhlLntlon''uprn
e n i l l e n g u tg c. A n d thi.r s thc Souther ner does nr t hevc to fl r g, tr
t redlt l r n s

end tr dlsputc ln rrder to shrw wisdrn end superlorlty es ilrcg the

rcfutc
slnply reeott prrfcssrrlet Soutb
parrnoltl yenkcc; the'southerner 1*thrlght,
cc' sc her plng r n tho
le n d . s t y l c , t r th c ye n ke e rcn e rks tb8 t chldc encl nevcr
cl l ffcre n ce s dlffcr cnocr to thc pr lnt, statccl t,D s ubtl e
lndlv l d u r l l s t l o
tr ofn-
mnn.r so unscttrlng tr thc yenkcc who nust rot prrfound)-y upsctttrng
prlnolplcs rf Ancrlorn
nrrnicrtc hlg bed..r frur mcrds. Ancrthc egeriterleb
mentellty fr r a sr uther nor tr hev c
f rec d r m d r n r t crl st w l th l n th c yr nkcc
-- r ccns.r ship typlcer of thc yanlccc hc nc l r nc n
t h c r r g h t t . sp ce k h rs n i n d
l n prsl n g th e l r.w n p er eclr xlsl br end r f Styxgeen ilar kncstl r f e
ln J u i t l c c
to snrrc
yrnkcc peesant nontnllty, shacklcs of r prcdtsprseil consclrusncss
r f chnr gect cllche' 5 m enec Lc i l l l k
rr cn p t u r c 1 tg q u rrry; th e ye n kec nlncr fuII
r r c lgnr r ent' The ilenn yenkce enJ ey s
ohelns t e t h c n yth th rt so u th e r ncr s
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t h e s c o u r c w r rl d th e t d l sp l -e ys nr pr lnclples of othicel behevlr r tr w er d l

g ru t h e r n c r w h rsc stl g n rte l s th c er lstr cr et dlelect that ln Aner lce s l g-
n lf lc e l r l r n c n te l l ty. B u t th e Sr uther n nentellty ltself tcstlfles to thc
o rc e t l v c P r o wrcsg e f w .rl d rcn .ul wr iter s ebout heer t- felt cxper len c c s thr t
cadurc ed t h us sssru g c th e su ppr osglr n pr eotloed, ln thls lend- ef- th e- fr ec *
yenk e c , w h l s e to n g u c l s l l kc e stylus r eoor dlng for the futur c eLl the hnr s b
e t rro r l t l c g o cmn l ttcd u n d a r th c gulec r f supcr ir r lty. Thc her blnger y enk oe
w111 f e l g n n r t b cl n g e b l c tc u n dcr stend. the ncr nlng rf e Sr uther n p hr es e .r
cxprcssltn; thc yenkee Just ssys ln wlld eycd wondernent thet hc doesntt
k n rw t h o s c v l g u e te rn s: e su b tl e br enldc, ttr ll ovcr thc clesh bnr S s uddc nl
c s orp c s y e n k c c l n sl g h t cf to te l knowledgc. But e Br ltlehncr cr n say r tr Shr nk
rf t h e e v c n l a gf a n cl th e n b e l a u ded as clcver enil r r lglnel wtr llc the s anc

m e t e p h o r u g c d d o w n S o u th l s d cmclncd es lgnr r ent.end bcok wor ilsy - - , tha i l em n

yenkec pcrelsts l n n ro u tb l n g rl d femlller m yths r r llcs lcer ned gg nor th thet

c gp. u n c S o u t h ern L g n cre n o c, cl l nglng to Sr uthcr n stcr cr types lear ncd tr crr-

g re lne d , f r e n th e ye n ke c rco u l ,tu retlon: her shly pr on.unoed wr r cls elsr pr c J c c t

lnt r harah rr cru o l .p e rsrn e l b chavltr ( ttr c wr dl r nd the cnectncnt bc c one tnc

end thc senc 1n latcrpersonal rcletlonshlps, flung from lcy nrrthern nasrl

utterenccs undcr thc dlsgulee rf fnnlly lrvc).

{ b c a r r t h c rn e r d o e s n o t co npr ehcnd fnnl) .y hve that nelntelns fr equeat

vleltg end pcrrrneL clrsonegs of thc generrtlonsr ntr lnfcrlrr cond'lttrn tr

bc gn c o r c d e n d Jcste d a e fu n U Sr uthcr n ways. Dr { nI yenkeee ctcr ldc l ntc r -

pcrsonel slbbl,lng lve es beckwerd stupldlty, cspGcklly thc vllc hvc to

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seorlficc for femlly grels nnd deslrcs (ftftet nccdi Just erenft e pcrt rf
t hc ye n k e c e x ;n rl cn c6 o r ro rts). And netur elly the denneble yankce hr r tg

e t Si u t h c r n c r s w h r n o u ra d e a d fenlly lr vod ones: a scntlncntal ebe r r etl r n to

o a rc f o r t h e d yl n g .r tr w ccp .fr r thc dced, ( e Sr uthcr ncr wr uld lndec d ott
grlc v c lf t h c d ce cl fe n l l y fcfftr nnd kln wcr c yenkco, such an r ffr r ntt But

thcn a F w r u l d s u r c l y s c r c e o he n d w e l l i f t t t e . f n m l L yt r e c o r n t e l n e i l
"tfprncr
v.o*."ffi'wetcrk1n}.Thodennyankecnust1mpoecir1s\errcotcd',/v1cws
encl wey rf llfc u p o n e 1 1 . S ru th ar ncr s, end thc enxlcty thet r csults gets s hr u

g c t l-r f f b y o r l-d ye n ke c n e g a l w or ds thr t cr pltulr tc, nYr u guys Just i l r thnt

tr yoursclf by d,lsegreclng wlth nc.n Thc yrnkce frustretlrn nenlfests ltscl

ln t h e v l e l c n c e rf w rrd s w trl ch 16 the r nly lenguagc . yenkec ctn epeek w hen

d rwn Sr u t h ( e d ? n n ye n kce n tl g n hls own wr r st encny) . Sr uthcr ner s appr el s o

t h c s c l f - d c s t r uo tl vc d cb e ckl e k nr wn eg denn yenkees wlth thc ept r bs er v etbn

nYru rll dr thct to yrurself and tr [B.n The yenkcc crntcntbn drcs nrt end

so slnply frr this ltcrcnt peasent whr nust lnfllct nfYwnla rr crntentlrus

bcbevlrr uBrn cvcryrne encl cverywhere he g.cs drwn South tr epreed en lmege

rf hl g h t y trrtcd l n fe rl o rl ty fo r eLl polnts belr w tlic illr sr n end Dlr r n Ll nc .

T h c d e n n ye n kce p rrtrn ys an cxelted self- lnage wlth e llmlted s ac l al

g t ro c - - b u t dcn c w l th e n e l e crlty to lncltc dlstr ess up.n Sr uthcr n c r s

thc y.enkccnentellty'nLnrst gocs enuck tr oontrlve er tr geln sn .pportunlty

pr r v r k c So u th e rn scn sl b l l l tl e s. And., thr r s, the dam n yankec shms hl s tr u

tr

crrrrs 0r ebcrretirn: a renr llve bogey men ln the composltlon of hls trury

llr sc whcn d' cwnSr uth) ' The hor r l d

etevlstlc s c l f h rra l (e o a g cd b e est lct
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a c t ln g e n d n n sty ml n d e d . ye n kcc becom es r lr ut wnc eUcts nr r ther n ny ths c v c n

wt rllc l l v l n g d rw q S ru th , myth s thnt Dr uther n sr unds ar G e sledgtlng ; the
y enk c c g o c s bcscrk rr rg .g w h on heer lng soft) - y spcken Sr uthcr n wr ds thc

J nnk c c n c n t e ) .l ty h e e a l e p sc thet Just sccm s to sec r cd r r to whls tl e D l x l e,

thet g.cs enlss, dlstreught, certalnly distrey or dlstralt thc nrment the
g ru t h e r n w r r d g n rc h e e rd ,. fi re denn yenkec r ctr r ts c.m nands wlth c ondennl ng

eutbrrlty g r l n cd ru t-rf-th e -cl o u d lng- blue, lmpr r tunod es en exponent l nc r oi l -

ulrus uprn eI} renbgedes down gruth (tne yankec volcc rcelLy orrrles or cn-

unoletcs tb flat of sclf-prrclelrod. superhrlty ln elL netters, publlo encl

p riv e t c e v r w ccl tr n n kc e II sru ndg llke hls r wn) .

Ttrc denn yrnkcc engend.ars his own kincl of soothlng gruncls everywherc

hc g . c E c l r w n S o u th . T h c ya n ke c ls s. wr ong thet he thinks hc cln nc v c r bc

wrrng rnd thus nuet sprcrd, I fund of nlslnfornrtl.on thc wsrlcl .velr. suoh

as m t r k l n g t l nc l tse }f: d a y l l g ht sevlng tine ghr ws tbc yenkec m cn tr l l ty et

it s bcst cranplc o f l n cp t w rysl . Dny lleht slvlng tlm e ls nr w uscd dur l ng

thc 1rng sunner ncxltrm hourg rnthcr then thc ncedcd bleek wlntry nonths

f urt h c r e L u c l d e te s !h " g p . n o rth nental thr ought pr ocosscs ( ttr c r bs tl nc tc

y enk e e n e n t e l l ty n u st i l e ml n a te end chcnge Just for thc sekc r f chengl ngt

e ll d r n c u n d c r th o n cte p h o r\" re ""r a) . sum ner legisletlr n tr pr opegete D ey

of the d.enn yenkcc oer ecr tr s pr c ec l

t rlgb b Se v l n g s T l mc sh rw s th c p lnnecle

nrrt h e r n ! . d c e e ' vh cth cr fu g l o e l ly necdccl r r n.t. Hr wever , tho yen ]<c c s t6c s

nlt vlcwcd es lndlvlduels -- thc

S ru t h , e r s c r s 8 8 th c l g n o re l t stcr cr type,

to r fe ctuel conver sr tir n without stopplng tr c r r r eot

y e n k o c w 1 1 1 n o t rl stcn
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"/

Southcrn speech (egc bolng no respectcr ef pcrsons, ?rr thc yrungest dnmn
y rnko e d e l l g h ts l n rn o ckl n g sn older ly Souther ner thus, thc yenk ec nus t
lronlbeLly bc treeted ln klnd tr whet ls dlshcd-eut, much llke wtrltc tresh
ectlogs, tp.that hntrcit 1s the rnly behevlrr respected gp nrrth: rrughshrd,
-+Ao"a'44--.
orua\,fi-ill6cruth rcsponseg). Ttre peasant yenkeo shrws nr persrnel dlgnlty
whc n i l o w n S r u th e n d , th u s, h e rps lndlgnltlos upr n ell lgcs r f Sr uthetnc r s ;

t h c y e n k e c J u e t e l ro e d ,y kn rw s over ythlng wr r th knr wlng ebcut elI s ubJ ac ts ,

hcld s. orntcntlrug.

T h o d a n n yrn kcc h e s e co n tcntir n sc lcr noclestlc tr vr r r d Sr gthc r n tr ad-

ltlons end thus succumbsto oontentlous ectlrns trwerd e11 Sruthcrnere by

c l l s m l s s l n g e c o r n p l l s h m c n t g d . o w nS r u t h e s n o t h l n g c f c . n s c q u e n c c : t h c s p s c e

ln d u s t r y e s a fn cttrrL re e l l ty shr uld tell the hyper yenkce nentellty s r m c thl r

dlffldcnt abrut Sprcc Clty Hrustrn, hlme rf thc astrrneuts, tr thnt rIl. thc

moon s h r t s e n d p rrb l n g sl n ce l n ctustr y contr r l- ocnter ls nr t bcetcil gg nr r th

B u t th e d q 4 1 ed u n b ya n ka c cl ccL er es that nr Sr uthcr ncr has thc lntelllgc nc c tr

rpc re t e e n y l np rrte a t fu n ctl o n of the spscc bglstlos. Thus, the bud y eak e'

telks rnd ectg wlth. lmpunlty ncvcr cangurod cs prcJudloc unlcss Southcrncrs

ut t er slnlftr g te te me n ts. A n d the yankee fcder al g.vcr n&cnt bur ceuc r r t r ofe

tr the dyaenlc Erustrn eoontmy as r new brlef perlrd of grcwth: thc deprossl

prrrf..clty heg e constent berming hlstrry slncc 1836 (lgnored hlstrrlcel fec

further ahrw thc yenkcc pcnsentry monteLlty thet cenrt bulld e Iestlng

wc elt h y c u l t u r c rs h rvc th c S o uther n Houstonlans) . Thc yenkee cvcn hes the'

eud3clty to ptsscss thc prefcrrcd pclltlceI party: Republloen tho dnmn

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yenkcc vetes e etrnlght Republlcen tlcket frr eII the oandldetcs pleocd oa
thc bellrt (rnly hlcks and p..r rnbble tresh Joln the demrorrtlo perty.r

ee riJrloes thc htgh pltched vocel yenk such yenkec elcgence mrkcs r1I

Sruthcrncrs oontcnplnte thelr nevel). The yenkee mlgrntlrn tt Sruthcrn

lndustrlrl cltlcg Atlentr enil Hrustrn have producod e ory-baby rcsponsc frcm

the elweys .pcn nouthod yenkeo: the Seuthern hrspltnflly shruld prrvido I

woloone ungon awnltlng thc sensltlve -- uh, solflsh -- senslbllltles of tho

c o n s t e n t g r l p cl n g n o w co ma t (ye t the mamouth nr r ther n metr epr lls New Yr r k C l t

Chlcegr, Blstrn, PhlhdeLphln, Brltimrro, Dotrlct, Lrs Angeles .and Sen

Frenclsco do nrt bat r blurry teary..cyo vrhonlnsultlng Southern specoh that

mcrcly esks dlrcotlrns ln thc hrdtlle allen yankec cltles). The denn yenkeo

perpctrntcs e twr way sclflsh entry rf verbnl oxohange for the rpen-ended

nrrt he r n ollp rf rn e cccn t te cxpr ess lts wlles thct ln tur n per mlt e l ns ur ts

rn ). y l n e . n c - w a y p .sstg c frr thc Sr uther n speeker : wr ong way nlt- plc k l ng

p rrrc h l e l h r b lt to o tn d cn n e II Scuthor n r ,r nyE,entltr edltlr ns and, thu s nr t hev

tr c l l s p l e y n l oc B rn n crg tr th c lgnr r ent Southlend.. But the @ yenk c c c or -

t t n u e t l "y r e s p rn i l g w l th th c typ tcel out or y r f nr Sotither n hospltellty , a cry

beby c l r m n l n g i n d ce d l n e ctl rn , r 1I e full gr .wn cr full blr oncd ltll r t w l tb

h ls a d u l t t e n pcr te n tru m scro a mlng ln publlc r utr ege: s. nr wondcr thc s l r ga

ior hrnc yenkccrtr hrs beon pcnneil .n numerousclty weL1s, ell ln klnd, nelnt

And thc denn yenkec clnft g e h o n r ee g e l n o r w t n r t r f r r surcl The yenkcc mcn-

tellty compercs to thc nllltery ced.re exlom, nllke only thc lrcetlrn rf thc

e n d ' p refer the next plece esslgned yenlcec nc v er

le s t s c r v l c c lssl g n me n t
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Ilkcs tbe presont or current rrea cf locatlon." Thus, true to form, the dem.

yankec blenes the Southland for hls own self-lnfllcted. emotlonel 1IIs -- I

down Douth so long, for

i i

real moot qucstlon? lThy remnln llvlng n lood yankee

goss beck to ynnkeelencl for ke€psl T h e d e r o ny a n k e e c r e s t e s 8 n o n n l o u s s l t -

tntlon by hurllng d e b a s c m e n t su p o n o t h e r s , thls'rncuth of the Southn fuII of

lnsults that bolster n s a g g l n g g g n o r t h e g o t h n t m a k e s . t h e d a m ny e n l c e er e e o t

es I surrogate over-Iord or war lord vrhoplays the role eealn of Greet Whlte

T r t h e r G o d f n a g e o r C h l e f P o t e n t a t e ( t i r e m o d e r n S p o r t s C o r n m l s s l o no r C o n -

mlsslcncr represents the incarnate blg chlef or total boss persronrllt5' syn-

ilromc ns e typlcel u o c k n o y - r , a n k e en e n t e l t t y to rule or relgn as a czat or

supremc emperor wherever he toes) tovnrd aII lowly southerners who should

J u s t n e t u r a ) - I y b o v rn n d s c r a p e 1 n c i l v i n e o b e d l e n c e o r h o m a g e .
IfunbLe quletude or qulet dignlty does not:l:ractorlze the poassnt

yenkees who treat Southcrners as badly as the Irlsh recelve from t'he cqulvsl

cnt or counterpart Cockncy-type Brltlsh over-Iords. SubJugatlon 1s subJugat

lon where ever lt exlsts, even though dlfferent polltlcnl g a n o e so r p r o p a g a n d

nemcssre colnecl to.hlde t,he f acts. And the suppressed pcople subvert thelr

angulsh lnto nuslc and the arts. But Scuthern slngers or noble crvaller tro

bedours recelve llttle serious acclalm ln Amerlca songsters belng a commo

allty.. lf from down south. And country ,iestern slngers -- blue grsss or gran

o t c Q p r y , c o m p o u n d e dw t t h O p r y l a n d ere acolalmed more in Europe than by

(tne words or lyrlcs of
the preJucllccl or self-esteemed. bad rnouthlng yankees
tlmcless as elegent
the count,ry wcgtern blogrephlcal songs aro as olrsslo rr
Sv/t'v/!5v/t5v rAYroR

gpern, but separated a thcusand years apart ln tlme, ftallano vocel tlme of
coursc). tzzz ls alreaily the proven quccn of world muslc, Southern roots or

orlgins, et nI. 0rlglnal prototypes or varlatlons exist onl-y ln the South

that do not gurvive cr even thrlve for long anywhere else on earth: CaJun ln

EvcngeLlne Uountry along LaFouchoBryou where l{arle Antlonette had bullt a

retreat or plentation, t h e n P l d r < e o nE n g l l s h l n d i c B n o u s . t o C h a r l e s t o n l n S o u t

Cerollna and then the Texes Dra',vl or Texsn Twnngvrith lts Llngulstlo mnrvel

of orlglnellty as s prototype or llfe style ( o f c o u r s e , t h e C a m ny a n k e e m u s -

cous neslllty expresses the worst tweng on the alr waves, yet no eccent exls

ln ell of glorious yenkeelanil). Thq Southland also hes tire most dlstlnct

erchtypes rr mythlcel chatecter ioles i n t h e v u h o l eU n l t e d S t a t e s o f A m e r l c a :

fuII of femlnlquo, the IVtlsslsslppl Rlve

t h o d e n ' r i r eS o u t h e r n 8 e 1 1 "
"moritype
Boat Genbler, thc bolsterious Colonel, the propcr elegant tedy, the, gfr-lrit
\ 1-
I

Gentlenan, the slnglng Hlllbllly or rough ffuQafngnroonshlncrs, the hunky Oak

a n d t h c r o b u s t B l g T e x C o w b o y o r B i g S p e n d e r ,p l u s e l l the ncrecker" preaeher

rellglous types that the gg north movles end yrnkee telcvlslon progrrns pres

eg humorous effaccd. stereotypes to portray dumb degenerates. Nothtng ordlna

survives or cxists without character ln the South; nothlng connon llves for

-f
I o n g a s l n t h e b l n n d y a n k e e l a n d : e v e n t h e o r d l n n r y , z - Y ? n k e er e e e t a b l e p b e c c m e
as'z' crtl.he Sout e, as e netter
Soul -Foodwlth a Llttle addo

of coursc -- cornbread, blaok eyod peas, plnto bee fr cil okra from the

nsrclssus flower es mannafrom hoaven, €flts cnd' sorgrum -- thesc nntural

5w/ t5w/,t5w/ L5w TAYLoR

foeds, these vlctuals cr "vittles'f a s d a r n gy r n k e c s s e y ( t h e s e c o m e s t l b l e s a ,

so delectable, ccntrary to the damning yankee derlslve turnecl-up nosc, full

of nesst rebuke). And the term cornpone cr corn flakes epplles to a dumb,
dull, ilroll slow-wlttod personage as nptl.v described by e gooil ole boy down

South.

Descrlpticn of the old Southern farnlly namc further lrks yenkee ccnsclc

a e s s : t h r e e p e r s o n e l n a n e s d e p l c t t h e 1 6 ; n o r a n ta n d b a c k w e r i l , y e t t h e t r a d l t -

lonal namlng methoJ or fornula d e r l v e s f r r , m t h e a n c i s n t r R o r o s nE m p l r e , r c n a n c

encl aLl. But prestlgeous yankees never recelve flack or flelllng about thel

threc nsmes: John Foster DulIes or Franklln Delno Roosevelt gnln no edverse

yenkee attentlon, yet no one can get rnore yenkee than a Dclno or e Roosevelt

And Frenklln De1no Roosovelt evcn rrrrrled hts cousln Eleanor who dld not hav

t o c h a n g e h e r m o n o g r a n o( n u t S o u t h e r n k l n w h o l n t e r m a r r y couslns commlt lnces

eccordlng to the morallst n o r t h e r n e r s w h o s u d d e n l y d a r e n o t c o r u n e n to o . % t

lustrous fellow yenkee, nfor Southerners ere,Just low-cIassod. whlte trash,

red-necksrn seys tho heughty un-royeI dennlng yenkee ln absclutlst tones es

thr,ugh Judglng frsll. l,lount 0lympus, non-plused end as they are rudely
"iI,
glven so often).

Judrenents ecnstantly dlctate frcn northern mouths, preJudlced d'lrect1v

such.hs concepts to teach -- cr not to teac[ r- ln pub)"le sohools or college

Selence courses gS South have even gcne tc the legal courts to dotermlno

the velldlt;r of certain theorles; the Scopes Trlal cr the lfonkey Trlel est-

abllshed legal precedent ln the :nind of the wlse yankee as to Just holv back-
Lfx/Vx/L5x/L5x rAYloR

warcl anil lgnorent the Southland. really ls -- the Blbllcal theory of creatton

or tho theory of evclution came to logerheads ln the state of Tennesseeln

the i920t s. However, today, Iolve Unlversity s t u d e n t s d e m a n d e do n t h e f l o s r

of the stete senate for the teaching ln the college clessroom of the Biblg

cteatlon along vrith tho theory of evclutlon (ttre knovr-lt-ell yankee novrhas

the semc vlewpolnt cf the prejudred Southerner but now.under the clrrk of

yenkec ecrclernlofreedcn today -- rgaln, the hypocrecy essells or shows g3

north ln the long run. Anri tire Soutberner wllllngly vrelts for Just the righ

tlne to speak hls plece). Tolerance for ldeas spoken by a Southern illclect

does not crlst vrhcnthe yankee cllp..or brogue arrlves to bounil-off as the

mouth o f t h c S o u th .

T h e g g y cn ke e sh o vrs l n tcler ance ln so aany var ious wnys dlorv nl i outhi

the lnlmlltable d e m n ' y a n k e ea u t h o r s p o r f e c t l o n by Just sperklng: nbottoms

uparilsn lnstead of upslde down shows the gerble of thetr mentrllty. Scuther

ners nust grabble wlth the loud yenkees who gtruggle tc use the Engllsh len-

gungG. Pg yenkees aet as thcugh the Southlrnd ls on conslgnnent to thelr

approval or acccptance -- e maverlck that nust conficnt llke 3 fresble cr

mentcl Russlan roulette gamewhen the yankeo mlnlmlzes Southern pronunelatlo,

(end the yankee lnslsts that'ptooouaclatlon"ls the word). ivhatever the scut

to the yenkeo know-lt-srL lnfrections

erne' ssys or does 1s p"r"iaccordlng

thet canf t meke mlstckes vrhenutterlng down South. The Scutherner refleets

ln hls own country and slowly blds tfune to retcllnte llke

on thc allenatlon
L5y/ L5v/L5y / Liy rAtr.on

a eheshlre cet grln vraitlng for the gnney mlstakes, fcr yenkee punltlvo

treetnent breeds lts own contempt that bludgeons the senslbllltles of those
'.
- rI "
who eastlgate ln Loud plalntlve words. If the dFnn y a n k e e l s s o s nar+1 Enen
why r c t n t l n d o w n S o u th ? T h e rh etor lo cf that questlon can only r cpl c nl s h or
fuol t h e a m b l g u l t y o f t h e y a n - k e en e n t a l l t y or state of nlnd, succlnotly of
course (snart yenkees canrt even balance tho Federal governmentts budget llk

the rlch S o u t h e r n s t e t e s h r v e d . o n oa n d . n l s o h a v e c r r a t e d surpluses ln thclr

stste treesury). But the deflcient yankee has glven deflcit spendlng a flel
so to speek or 8 qulet dlgnlty accordlng tc ynnkee eccnomlc experts -- all s
quletly done to weaken the Unlted States currency on the lnternatlonal mar-
kets. And to thlnk only mlstakes nnA errots occur down Southl The loud,
y c n k e e r e n e l n s e ve ryw h e re to b adger the Souther ner wlth the gp nor th pr e-

Judlcel response of helnous manaers tha cr"1s,.ynnkee dlvests or lnpedes

hlmself of cII dccorum professlng sclf respeot whlIe haulklng oensorshlp upon

t h e So u t h e r n e r w h o a l w e ys g e ts tr ounced under such yucky conitltions ( tfr e

c l c m ny e n k o e t e r n l n e l u d e s b o t h m e l e e n d f e n e l e g e n d e r t y p e s w h o b e l l t t l e

others ln orilcr to make self l o o k g o o d) . Thc Loud damnyenkeo hes nhls nose

out of Jolntn or telks out of both sldes of the mouth vrhendown South; the

dann yenkees rre the ones cloing 911 the conpl,alnlngr so tbe grlpes show vrho

ls esturlly backvnrd'or mentelly retardcd (tne leeil weter plpes ln yenkee

cltleg heve created lead Leslons ln thelr brelns that elweys feel tenslon):

t hc y e n k e e g r l p e s o r th ro vrs th e baby- llke publlc outbur sts that sh c r v rthe tr t

5 z / L 5 z/ t i z / L 5 z /L 5 z T A Y L o R

oolors of chltdish or churlish waillng. And the coistant bed humcur or the
terrlble temper of the demnyankee personallty 1s eauserl by the predlcement
of tlie hcrsh northern cllmate; the intense protrected cold yenkee ellme
ceuges nulneroussevere incllmate lllnesses: arthritis, anglna heart ccndltlc
end resplratory ellments ell lncureablo as sre the crtemh of yenkee speech
sounds from the catarrhal ccndlticns. The ynnkee wlnt.er cold causes fetlgue

n e r v o u s t e n s l o n e n d i l e p r e s s i o n p l u s t h e m u c o u sc o l d s t h a t e n h e n c e p n e u m o n l a

the cold north wlnd ng{'rsvates slnus cevlty heedeches lnto fuII blovrn mlgrel

nes (tfrc denn yrnkec whereever locuteci 1s lrrltable, short tempered, crabby,

cranky, crotchy end depressing). The ilenn yankee unhapplness thrlves from

mlgralne headnohes, caused naturill,y by the entlrely terrlble Southernerrs

ellmate ( only the enotlona lty lnduced mlgralne results frcm nlsslag the uncg

yenkee wlntersr so urireaL these vlscera yankee Oomplnlnts cnd bad

.yelpingd.
perrenrllty cetcrrh charaoterize the urked yankee ccndltlonel malnily, cven

s nc . n g t h e l r o w n kl n d e n d th e l r own fam lly.

The dnnn yenkee conplalns cven about hls own klnd and hls own famlly

members: hetred for. the famlly unlt shods ln the trqatment or llp servlce

belng the paredoxlcel trcdemark of the loud yankee vrhosconly ccnslstent tra

ls grlpeing. Happiness ls not an observeable tralt of the yenkeo mentallty

(menners to lntroduc6 e friend to a Southerner never happens, for the dsmn

yankee Coes not make lntroductlons very well; never spcak flrst ts a yenkee

beceuse soolal introductlons e m b s r r e s s y a n k e e s s o n x u c ht h e y f l e l L and rell-c

5zza/l5zza /L5zzt/t5zz^ T;YLOR

Ilke a benshee fuII blown ln frustratlonr so ccnspliuous these Lacklng soela

grec e s b e l n g u n fu n p o rta n t to rva rd e ner e Souther ner who affit ner lt any m an-
ners fron these supertor hlgh and mlghty yankees; yet Scuthern hospltallty

must elways be cxtended to the lnsldlous ysnkee). Clcss ls not n part of

the demnableyenkee beckground or aptitude when down South.

The apt or ndept yankee spreealshls own cress wayg everywherc, to rc-

create the yenkec mlIlou or melee sc that he cgn feel comfortable ln hls own
behavlorel slnk. A r l e m ny a n k e e c a n n o t b e r e c o n d i t e , for the cress yankee

mcntellty must alvreys be reaved or reft llke a grlm rcaper for.e11 tlme lt-

self and n6ver procrestlnates the opportunlty to berate e Southerner. The

g r e s s y a n k e e c e n t h l n k b e s t v r h e n ' m a k i n go f f i , n u or blteifne remerk or when

under streln or so brags the reloant northerner when trpush goes to shoven to
quote a frenetlc ynnkec. anFt #.'ff("+*-hns the tast wordby snrppfns ugry
soundlng eptthets end then turnlng ebruptly away (turn tell snd run tc be

cxect). But thc Ssutherner hes the lest leugh end the last gesture! The

adept dedlceted yenkec repes the cars of sII who must Ilsten. And the yanke

hes evcn physlcnlly. raped the land of the whole country es evldenced by the

Dust Bowl of the L930ts: the rnindless stubborn push for proflts et all costg

uprootcd the gressy sod, thet d e n u d e c lt h e g r e G n w e s t e r n e c r t h so that the top

soll-blew ewty (tne dtolld yankee pecsnnt does not belleve whet others relat

as truth, cloes not belleve what he cnnnot see rlght nowr too cmplrlcrl to
al pattcrns). \
s o r v m e n t-not-ExperiEncc-l
I i n h i s s e n-sEn=sbs-do
comprchend what tfro-IffifFt-e . And *-he @yeruke
)zzb/L5zzb/r-5zzb TATLoR

wlll. not belleve whet a Ssuthern accent states: Souihern equlpenent compeny
nrnsgers worklag for yenkee otvnersmust Justlfy ivlth charts of flgures nnd
nuoh haranguc to purchase machlnery to enhance safety govetnnental guldellne

but e twangcy yenkee nouth pieco can convlnce wlth Just a fllp of the llp,
so to spenk (demn yenkces desplse the very sound of Southorn speeoh end, thu

must nnd clo react negatlvely). Antl tire dsmn S0B yankee personel forco has

onoe ngeln turnod Southvrardlike a swarn of locust slncc the wegtern frontie
has boan usurpeil. T h e d a n n y a n k e c s w a r m sa n d l l v e s as t Taker or user abuse

sf nIJ. thlngs aIlve, and the Southerner thrives s s e Ceretaker.of llfef s

values nnd valucble balance of natutrc (ttro Tckers end the Cnretekers contras

the bltter experlences these two'classeg of people have, each cbhor the actl

end the ncthods of the other). Ageln, the roysl dtscendcd cavallcr herltage
YLT
of the Southern femlly ellgns noblllty of llfesty|6 ln hcrmony to the very

foroe of Ilfe and nature ltself; t h e u p p l t y . y e n k e e e n < Lt h e S o u t h e r n e r l l v e

ln opposltlon or counterpolnt: thc aegg yankge llves for the crude and eesy

nonen t w t r l l c So u th crn e rs l l ve for the ethlccl long r un. The Southe r n ethnl c

p rrlt y e n d t h c S 0 B yn n ke e fu n p e rlallsm shall nevcr oo- cxtst, Just r s thc

Eas t e r n a n d t h o l fcste rn H e rn l sp her e cultur es of the wor ld. oen never bl end. but

only crn meet on occaslon, for the South resenbles the Aslnn or Japanese

values more than the'hunkered-up yankce inveder frorn the colcl up-country;

gcneologlesl gcneratlong mesn a greet deal to a cultured racc: a herltage

told silcntl,y in the heraldy of tire famlly aegis, a logo qulescenoo that lou
5zza/tSzzc / t5zza TAn oR

yenkees ccn ncver understrnd or 1:sin by force -- the genulne genteol cavnlit
Southerner kceps the records of his femily pedlpree in vellum books. Ancl
eech genoologlcel Southernert s surnamehas an escutcheon or coat of erns for

cvery branch of the family treo for fifty generatlcns oarefully recorded plu
a lnnd grant paton or country snccstral estate. BIuo bloods or blood royal
d'eecrlbes clvaller fenllles whlle the dr.gg yrnkcc peasent soclel strete only
acssures 1ts echelons as rebblo rlff-raff cr kneve for the low-mldille-cIess
er the mlddLe-mlddle-cless for the fectory vrorker and then upper-nlddle-cIas
for the supct rlcb.9.ggg yankee (bourgecisle terms, all) all, tht descrlbo
the prlorlty of the peesent damn yaakee: fast buek, fast cer end fast women
lnterest t h e S O By a n k e e r e d n e c k v r h l l e t h e S o u t h h e s a r l s t o c r . c y . Tho Scuthe
genteel frmlly has cless and hlgh style nomenclature for the soclel f l c n a ro f
h u n a n l t y b e l o w t h e l , { e s o na n d D l x o n L l n e : trash f or aII h u m a nl o l v - l s v e l or lo
keyeil elcncnts whose ldeals concentrate ln the gutter, red,-neck rabble for
the bourgeols hcLl-ralsers u p n o r t h w h o c o m e ,d o w n S o u t h , e n d t h e n l e d l e s or
GentlcmGn from the noble orlglns of the gentry wlth e fanlly aegls -- coet
of nrms or shlald beerer for thls esqulre ln the Southland of ecvnllers that
long ego gsve refuge to European aristocracy, nobl11ty, Hug;uenots,trouba-

dours, knlghts, gentry, Ladles and Gentlemen or Gnllants ( n lady celled !/Tls

or I\f12before the glrien ntnc: l,{lss LlIIlan belng a prlme exemple) -- all thc

descendcd noble.femlltes ell c a u g h t - u p l n t h e r n o d e r nc u r r e n t s of societal co

fllcts lnwhlch these cuLtured conquistadors still ccntinue to seek the dream
5zzd,/ t5 zzdJ ]-Jzzd. TirYLOR

'...'.

er goldlen cherms of highl.v bred classy ldeas. The resultlng ln-bred Jealous
b e c o m e ss n l n n c t e h a t r e d o r e n v y f o r t h e f l l L a l herltage that the contrlte

S0B yenkee can ncver have as a novlee tc the world scene of quellty fenlly
Llfe. The oeprlclous deng yankee syndrone creatcd ltself wlth the errlvsl
of the carpet bagger and scellyv"ag llk, ell a scruffy lot who resented the

hleh style end hlgh olessy roots or orlglns of the cevrller South; the demg

yrakce peasent or Cockney rcots detest what they thernselves do not possess,

whether as naterlel obJects or femlly heritage. The loud yankee can only

hope to nany ebovo hls lowly statlon ln llfe the unborn must even suffer

T h u s , t h e i l c p r l v e d y a n k e e g o e s d o w n . . s o u t h t o m s r r y e h o m e m a k e rb e e a u s e a n o t h

ynnkee myth espouses that the lgriorant Southern belles Just want to marry
encl make e hone (and the temptous yankee guys go down South tc flnd e gal

with heart cnd, Iover'Ioavlng yankeelend out of de.spalr but canrt adnilt a

f le w e v e r e x l ste d . u p n o rth , su ch lugubr lous mouthlng of nuptlal voiv s w hen

e v e ry v r o r d l s e l u ff l n th e w l n d or e guttur nl sound that cxpr esscs fal s e

s e n t l m e n t s ; t h e s o v e n o m o u sy a n k e e s a r e a v r l r d . l n g s h c e t o f s t r e n g e b e i l f e l l e r

who sprencl a ileplorablo lntrlgue that rernlts Southern sourds 8s being ignora

w hen s p o k e n e ve n b y a l o vi n g w l fe) . The denn yankee guys - - guys us ed to

descrlbe ncles slnce yankeelend refers to fenales elso as guys do not

know.thelr o v ' mn l n i l s ; dann yenkee guys l1ve by the baokbone or crost mecho

epproach to llfo. The denn yankee pettlcoat macho chaser l-s an enathema to
I
t hc w o l Sl l l b b e rs g ! n o rth , b u t the ltblr er s hete the Souther n vlonn enfol k
5zze/L5zze/15zze TAYLOR

even more thqn-the {;uys because the scft Southorn scunds seemtc encourage
f e n l n l n e l v l l - e s a n d ' , v e a k n e s sl n g e n e r a l . l d a c h oy a n k g e m 6 n t r e a t thelr vromen
so comnon: delegates or barks orders and duties to their wlfe llke slaves
(r srdistic end masochlstlc relationshlp, surely). :\nd much to the ehagrln

of t h e w o m e n l l b b e rs, a S o u th e rn lad.y ccntr ols her m an without a b .as s el - - t

Iuxury sf thlngs splrltual and ethereal seiluce on an ondurlng plaln as peopl
o f q u a ) - l t y k n o w .s o w e I I . i . I c m e nl i b b e r s dislike ladles from the South becaus

of uslng fernlnlne ways ot thelr feminlquo anil nild seenlng nanacrs: hdy of
the South llves on a pad.estal because she nanlpulated the men to place her

therc where feminlne soverelgn supertorlty never gets sacriflced to bscomo

e nerc eqtnl, cLl her lovlng ccntrol part of the Southern.lady nystlque or
gestclt. One clever Scuthern lady never vroto a check on her inhertted es-

tete vrhlch she controlled ccrefully: the ole dame €:evethe check book to her

h u s b a n a l t o w r l te th e e mo u n t w h lle the IaCy r eoor iled ln the leger the bank

bclcncc and. then took the checkbook and leger to''repJ.aco for sefe keeplng ln

t he d e s k d r e we r, l o cl co d . l vl th a tl the bank books ( tne hubby wr ote the s um s bu

dld not know thc full details of fanlly flnances only e Southern lady

could cr would. bolster the ego of a nen ln such a dellcate but forrceful men-

n e r 1 l k e a m l r a g e o i p o vre r-p a cked tycoons wr apped ln tovj. The So uther n Lad

e t y n o l o g y d e s c e n d e c lf r o n B r l t i s h arlstocracy called noblllty whlch refers to

a d u k , ea n d d u c h e s s a 9 L e d y a n d L o r d . . Hlgh pcsittonal roots fron arlstocracy

place tho Southera femlly of quallty ebove the rabble, especlally the vromen

descendents. Thus, the Southland hes a matrlarchel socle

or foncle cevnlier
noblllty blrth ha
base lnwhroh a lndy of property and breedlng or quarlty .of
both for her s el f ar
v rork o c l s u b t l y to re ta i n h e r p f,eocs of lenit anci her ltage,
-- qulto a contrast as usuel ln
the unborn gentry of ber progeny or llneage

freeclom lovlng country that trles to llberate even the macho mounteln
thls
5z zt /L 5 z z t / L 5 z z t T A Y I.OR

lnege of the rest of Amerlce where the meannnn Cnsgrnova usurps end rules
lneffectuel}y. And the best probate courts ln the Unlted States exlst down
9outhr espcclally l n l tr {' l lssssl lssssl lppppl l,, to asslst c lady to galn ccntrol of h"t
lnheirtance a n d t h u s m a t r e g et i e r p a r c e l s o f p r o p e r t y . A Southern Indy does
not get cast off b y a r e k l s h h u s b e n d .I l k e en old shoo, legelly senctlcned by
l n h u n c n y a n k e c l n w s r s d o w o m o ng p n o r t h , ' b u t t h e l a d y . d o w n S o u t h h a s t h e s r

of the law on her slde to keep -what ls hers much llke a Brennlc Devlce (shoe
Ito tecp cvervonc Ln-sten)(
meesur1@rneeds|thet1nrcelsoutwhatbeIongstoher.The
property laws ln yenkeeland do not protect wlncn, end thus the'clana yenkee

trles to leglsletc morelity for everyone except the ret-flnk yankee ln the

beslo legel tenet to treat a s b a d , I y e s t h e d a m ny a n k e e f e a r s h e

"o""yio"
would perheps be trolted wlthout preventlve laws that alweys has e loop hole

becruse the subtle use of languege escapes the Fp.nslbllltles of the.peasent

yenkee, both ln wrltten form as wclL rs the'spoken sounds.

The denn yenkec hes been enactlng stringent lrws end rules that goail

the Southerner for generatlons (busslng only reveals the ttp of the lcebWg

treetmegt). But the non-verbal ccnmunleatlon 1s thc best pesslve reslstence

the Southerner uses and that the dann yankee Jfst canrt cope or und.erstand..

Body language also asslsts in conmunlc:r:ins!soft S:,:uthernsoundg: gestures

eaQ m r b v e m e n tsth a t ya n ke e s d u b hqnosexual, or gr y ( n a m e c a t l l n g d o e s l n d e c d

lfor thesc homo saplens) . /
deflne t,he oescripTfTe-monffii.'ilhcle books devoted tc gestures

and body lnnguage eludo the yenkee conselousness the lntcrstlces of the b
Jzzg/L5.zze/L5zzg TAYLOR

nnd plvots of the Jcints 8s unvrrltten vrords Just slnrply befuddle the eluslv:
ynnkee nentallty t h a t b e c o m e se x p r e s s l y r u e f u l l y ntff ed, thls staunch 6ucl
nouth who teeters on the brlnk of dlsester: forelgners can wave thelr hcnds
encl excleln ln high pitcn$vocal ant,ics that the dam4 yankee flnds eharmlng
whlle the Southern gestures d,enlct queer 'ffiys to t;yankec mentsllty
these lncongrultles s h o v rf u r t h e r depressed blns from S0B yankees). The un-
wrltton splrlt of rules and ethicel lews o" ro"6 escape the damnyenkee
nentallty. And the unpronunclablo Brooklynese ltngo up north hes accordlng

the denneble yenkee cherm end character vrhlle the Southern speech 1s auto-

nrt1celly wrong and grossly lgnorant and, therefore, must be annlhllated; ye

t h e r i a r n gy n n k e o g o v e r m e n t eI b u r e i u c r e t s tclerate v o t l n g b el I o t s belng prlnt e

l n b o t h E n g I f s i J - c n aS p e n i s h . But these sene broed-mlnilod percgcns of yankee

--J

vlrtues h a v c n o e c c e p t a n c e f o r S o u t h e r n p r o n u n c . . l a . t l o n ,s o c l a I g r s c s s n o t e x -

tendecl to Southcrners (and evcn then, the Spenlsh belng prlnted on bellots I

not the worlil eccepted Castellan, but the S0B yankee mentellty does not know

thet fact whloh Southerners long ago r.rllzecl). The demn ynnkee wI11 welccm
f
f le b t l b o , w l th o p e $ a rms a n d expr essed ad.m lr atlon the lmm lgr ant fo r el gner

speaklng broken Engllsh but not one word of Southem speech tolerated wlthou

e tauntlng mockery. Yankeo Brooklynese whon trenslated has lndeclphereble

nolse's ur yells that'jeer whlle the vlvld Southlend "you elln gets sneers

unl-ess uttered. ln the nasallty yenkee patols -- alL demnyrnk*es unlte vrhen

4 o v r nS o u t h t o c h l i l o S o u t h e r n e r s , a l I ln cehoots as cbserved by the demeanlng

,-zh/L5zzh/ IJzzh TAytOR

y e n k e e m e n t e l l ty w h e n d o vrg S o u th. The denn SOB yanliee has no ktnd tol er enc e
for thosc who dlffer from the gg north notlons t h e d o g n e t l c d e m ny a n k e o i
ncv"i ln doubt even vrhenwrona: to correct Southern speech, espcclelly ln pub
1lc plecesr'-se es to dlsplay thc truo-blue peasent broedlng of the obnoxlous

dnnnlng yankee mentallty (tne only thtng rvors6 then a yenkee ls two or moro

GD @ S0B yenkeest) I The proverbiel ettack postlon provliles the best de-

fense nechenlsm for t h e i l e m ny n n k e e t a c t l c s ; thc damntcckey yenkoe synilrome

ls elweys ln cn advanclng rectrlx posltlon, ncver qulet and sheeplsh, nevcr
taolturn, eI)" teclt, ln thc rebeck shape. yankee never kno
Tho reboant
ry
when to shut-up or qult supprcssing..southerners by treumatlzlng the very es-

scnce of llfc, ell exlstentiel oi coursc; every fecet of cvery day llfe hns
thc touch of the fluld dsnn yankee talnt the federal government hes long

been s u b d u c d . e s th o p l a y g ro u n d to the tr ud.glng e.ffor ts of thc cr efi y ds gg

yenkee bureeucretlc regulatlons: the redundent yankee federal hlghwny spec-
lflcetlons show tbc slme lnferlorlty es does,the blustering or roerlng accen

fro n t h e n o r t h co u n try w h l o h ch r nges lts lenes sud.donly or tr sln of thought

to flt lhe fleetlng.nood. (federal freevrey lencs d,lseppeer ln rnlddLc arees et

lnterchcngcs t h c f e d s d e m a n ds t r l c t completlon detes thet dlsregard per-

sonrl sefcty for otharg ln true etlgned yankee form slnco the wrlttcn re-

gulnt{ons dlsparegc Indlvtduet llcbtllty Just es docs the loud. vcrbel yan}coo

nbuse towerd the Southern speech). Southern freeways now heve whnt ls cnlle

a ilyankee lanen: the four lanc freevreys each iilrectlon have becomcclogged
5zzL/ 15azl / 15zzI TAYLOR

wlth daqg yankee immlgrants, so the emergencyleft and rfght now has becn
oonverted from 'rwtsted. specer'f as only the Icggina yankee mentallty would
vlew loglcaL drlvlng precautlons, lnto fsst movinl drive lenes (now, the
churplng loud mcuthed demn yankee wants energency freeway lancs ediled slnee

everyonc lntclllgent knows e stalled eutomoblle needs r pLece e ewalt tow).

0nly the hnrsh self-proclalmed d s n n y e n k e e c o n c e r g e l o u d d e m e n d sg a l n n n y

serlous attentlon Ilke a screnmlng bad child constantly crying for lts own
selflsh tmy whlch when grented, lnstantly hewks rnother wish (nshut-upt is ex
eotly the responso that should result tc thts adult clap-trapl).ttl A Scuthe

mouth-plece dernand.lrto
gpposlte clelqs or peredoxlal requests would be d.eclar

lnsane and hokcd awsy forever ss ultlmatun. The loud fllppant'Jannlnq

"n
yankee perpurtrates change of mind es a slgn of wlsdom Iike a blg nogul who

owns the wbole country down South and whose schlz.old.antlcs never merlt crit.

lclsm, espcclelly since Southerners sinply saunter along the fast freevray
I t n e . d r 4 n i n g e Il -w l se . q ]l -knowing ,'
rene@ierspted1ng'_to-andfro,--hurry-upgndlva1tilegcr1bes

the frantlo dsnn yankee. Anil Southern drlvers rre easlLy recrgnlzed by thel

Southlaqd. llcense plate end, of coursc, the slower peced cer, for dnm4yanker

nover drlve too slowly or too fast (onty lgnorant Southerners lronlcelly drl'

so fngt to ceuse 8n accldent from speedlng)ttt Hovrever,@ yankees can be

recogt'rizedby their foud honklng auto horns whlch resounil as often es they

oan soreech thelr b l g m o u t i r .o f t h e S o u t h o n t h e s t r e e t the whole orderly

peece anc qulet flow of trafflc c h n n g e s v r h e nt h e d e m n e dG D y a n k e e s m o v e o n t o

5 z z J/ t 5 z z J/ t 5 z z J TAYTOR
ii

Southern freevrays beceuse of the loud horn (n6 loud bad mouth) syndrome.
D s m n y e n k c e s n e v e r a c k n o v r l e d g eh e a r l n g t h e t r own n)lso, only thc racket sf
S o u t h e r n e r s ( t h e n u c o u s c n a s a l t w a n g o f d , a m ny a n k e e s c o m p l a i n l n g i n c r o w d e d

elevators or other plecos never recelvos commentaryor e crltlque ebout the

111 mrnnered publlc behavlor that lf a Southernei' stooped tc such publlc out

rrgc would recelve Jeers of not showlng Southern hospl.tallty, becnuse the
c l e m ny e n k e e n a s l l l t y can utter only truthful slurs about the Southland; but
3 S o u t h e r n s o u n d u h c c n p l l m e n t a r y t o a l o u d r l a m ny a n k e e r e c e l v e s d e r l s l v e cor
demnetlon -- on l y th e fro ze n mlnder i e:r nglgg yankee has the beslc hu nan r l eht

to speek hls vulgar, c o n m o nm l n d o r . . h a s t h e p e r s o n e l f r e e d o m t o b e s l e g e a l l

thlngs Southern to besiege exists only for the ugly Anrerlcan oockney peas
fd e n n l n g _ z
e n t d e n o gy c n k ce : !2 g tf$ 6 n ke e s nevor hear or notice the feults of eec h other

ln pu b l l c for fe a r o f re p ri sa l by each other r s tr or r lil enger , thelr c us tom s

bclng to ley slego to Southernors, flrst).

T h e b e s l eg l n g d e mn i [$ ya n kee synOr cm\ffigns to have nothlng bet ter to d.o

t hen s p c e i l t f o u g h l l fe e n d to r epr off Southcr n speooh, for the mllk of hunr a

klndness or nutuel respect escapes yankee tolerancc when down South. Tbc

S o u t h e r n e r l s n o t n c c o r d e d b e s l c h u m a nr l s h t s or courtesy by loud mcuthed de

yenkees. Thc Southerner 1s a prlvate indlvlducl who llves his formallzed

phtlogophy openly; nd ldentity crlsls p l a g u e s t h e S o u t h e r n e r e s d . o e st h e d a m

yenkce whose ld hes no head, much less any charceter. Respect for prl'racy

nurtures the Southern mystlque; the Southerner understands poople end accept
5zzk/ l|Vzu/ t5zzk TAYLOR
i1

.'.

sther folks on thelr own terms or noerlts: the stoll& ynnkee hcwks through

llfe or lnterpersonel re1atlcnships (hawking hls statlon ln llfe llke e side

show'olrnlvlL berker displaying hlmsolf sordldly to alI the vrorld -- e pub-
Ilc dlsptay of elI the persoml vrares, superf lclel and crnssly loud,). The
ile n n l o u i l y a nko e a cts o r a t l e ast lashes- out vr hen dor vnSouth llke a depui l z e
pedant or keeper of the llnguistlc purlt;'of the Anerlgnn Engllsh language;

surcly the olil edage, rta llttle learning ls a danflerous thlngfr bcg appllcabl

forn to the ilemn yankee who does not reallze the validity of Southern speecb

o v e r t h e u t t e T a n c e s s u c h a s y a n l c e eh a v l n g t o c e a s e s e y l n g ' r T u t g n f o r roots

w h e n t h c f e n o u s A I e x H e l e y R O 0 T S6 : a f n e d t h e u n y a n k e e p r o n u t r c l a t i o n o n t h e

nstlonel news coverage. The errdr of thelr yankeo ways nsver reg!-ster on

the GD yenkec nontellty that stlll contlnues to correct Southerners who sey

R001S corrcotly. T h c d n n r ny a n k e o a l w a y s g o e s a - I . g n el n a b l g h u r r y . t o ebgcon

f ro n t h e p r o s e n t tfi a n n y of hls oliln cctlone to the detr lment of e futr r r e

qtrest to harengue some happy persgn. tlLsery,Ioves conpeny ls the reel reeso

t h e Q e m ny a n k e c l c u d s t h e c o l d n o r t h l a n d to entlce other fol-ks there to re-

rveathcr thst yankees enJoy ln lcy bLlss.

mrln nnd to suffcr !h" serg uncold
But only the South hcs bcd vreather to hegr teles or to hear tcII: toronedoes

or toronrdo alley fro m ti re Gu If of ldexlco thr ough Ar kanses nor thr r ar d onl y he

t h e w t n d s t o r m s a c c o t ' d l n g t o c l a n ny e n k e e f o l k l o r e dust devlls anC whlrl-

wlnds convenlentty omltted -- yct c11 states except Alaske end North Dakote

r e c o 1 1 6t o r o n a c l o o s r e g u l a r l y accord,lng tc the saored scrolls or records of th

5zzL/ L5zz]-/ L5zzL TATLOR

Netlonal ?Ieather Service wirlch the yankee w1II bellive only when fscts Jlve
vrith hls blnsed lnformatlon or myths.

Fsctual lnformatlon has never kept the demn yenkeo from perpetuatlng

the folklore of yenkeelend nytirs upon the Southerner; Black history has been
suppressed untlI recently by the damnyankees Just as Southern hlstory !s
stllI dcnlod credenco or s mattor of publlc record. Tho demn yenkee hes gel
c d E r t s s t u n e ( lt h o l n e l l e n a b l e rlght to suppress or subvert Scuthern eccompl-
lshments (an lnellbnable rlr:;ht tc crltlclzc all thlngs Southern -- thst make
rn ebssrvlng student of soclology wonder lf thc yankee meltellty nctually 1s
for real). Ssuthern foundlng fathers of the republlc and the Americaa rev-

olutlon do not yet have televlslon Cpo.leIs deplotlng thelr contrlbutloas,

evcn Thones treffersonr s ln-depth charaeterlzetlon hns been denled because of

the Southern exposurc or defect ns g-:gg yankees. c.esunlly hrt feotuelly de-

o laro w l t h c sh ru g o f th o sh o l d er s ln n blgotr y not evcn glven e nam c of r c -

allty to thelr consclousness (yankeos heve nr itblestr for thcy onJ.y toll the

reeL truthl), 0thcr lllustrious Southern slgners of thc Dcclaretlon of Inde

poilc n c c . l n c l . u i l c Jo h n l {a l to n , Jo hn HcIl- pl- us aLI the Vlr glnla illgnlta r l es w ho

get denled eccfufun slmply beceuse of locnle, a yenkee spreeil Ccnogrcphlc lle

On I y t h e c n v a ll e r g cn try cf th e South hail the br aln pcwr er or tho lc l s ur e cla

lntef}lbensla capebLi of profound. ldees to fornnulnte a now system of govern-

m e n t a n d t h u s to cl i re ct th e fo u nding of the Republ- lc of the Unlteil States of

Amerlcr. And Georgc l,Iashlngtcnwes c cousln to Klng George III of England

5zzYh5zzY /L5zzM TAYLOR

nl w o n i l e r t h e L o u d d .n ro nya n ke e squawks the cold wlntr y nesal d.lscontent ful l

o f n u o o l d , o r mu o o sn me n b re n e fl ulds llke a tr ur nt gutter - snlpe out- c l es s ec l b
oleer heedod thlnklng lntcllectuaLs. Southerners know thelr heritege or roo
whllo ncconpllshlng personnl goels lvlth ethical velues that only the long ru
w111 Judge or rorp (dezzllng herltage encbles grnnde actlons to result be-
ceuse the beckground of famlIy prlde klndLes a quest to contlnue flllel nobl
d leed s f r o n o n e g cn o re tl o n to th e next) . But the l- ong ethlcel r un of w or l d.
hls t o r y truthg w 1 1 1 e ve n tu a l l y tr lunph to shovr the cover - up by tho poas ant

ro g u c d a m n y a n ko e . V e rb a l h l stor y or unwr ltten tr uths do not concer n the

denn yenkec pnrdcnoe, for only the lew or whst is not ll)-egal reproscnts com
mlttlng a wrong (othlcet prlnclples only revoLve around enactment sf Jurls-
prudencc by yenkee legisletors). Thus, the damnyankeo cad. does not respect

t h e s p o k e n w o r d : w o r d s o r p r o m i s e s e s a m a n t s b g g . ah e v e n o e t h l c e l velue of

oonprehenslon to tho teutonlc yankee loud nouth -- only legaI contrccts blnd

slugging yankee opithets (confllcts or csurt'of law cases ensue rather often

cvcn wlth aII thc carefuL blusterlng yankee LogaLeso llngo that cennot enact

or blnd thc bond of. trust or confldencc ln the splrlt of the law that the

wrltten vrord. Ja th a t s n e v e r m e c n t , ,t o b l a ] ^ l l n c l u s l v e to d.escrlbe

I I ) '{'td/L .ffi4' Zz-tz{)E>tu|//
persorqsltuFf,I en On l t-th e 'to ne of thE voTce can doal thc r eel fate of

tersc'cbntrecturl legellties as larrrsuits ettest to eII the barratry on the

ccurt cloekets. Th,us, the hothead.frustrated @ yankee mental-lty wents to

roIl terlet
or so that the fed
Fnss s law egelnst everythlng holpolllol

eral govcrlrment cen consequently control any or eLl lndlvlduals whs gein tho

c v er y of
lre o f t h e b u r a a u cra t w h l l e th e yankee flend. elso' r r r ants to legaLLzc
Szzn/t5.zznfL5zzn TAYLoR
ix
t

fenslvc behavlor so that no law brecker cen exlst ih yankeeland 'tmorals

cenrt be leglslatedr'f o x p o u n d s o n e n o o d . yr e t o r t cf the d"nrg yenkee, who cver

yct lronlcelly passes lavrs that show how yanks tctk out of both sldes of th.
n o u t h e t t h e sa n e tl n e th e sluggar d double stand.ar d shsws best !n thl s

c lo u b l e f l e c k co n l n g fro m b o th s ld.es of the blg nouth of the South ( dtm n y anl

t h lnks c l a w sh su l d e xl st fo r ever ythlng and evar yone oxcept for th en up

north). But tho lndivldual state larss concernlng nntl-lltterlng leglsletlon
'morellze
show the need to agelnst even the yankee, especlelly in Florlde

where nntl-lltterlng Inws hevo coropelled tho dlrty yenkecs not'to spread, the

f llt h e v o r y w h e re fro n th e ca r wlndor { : dobr is belng cvon m cr c obvlous then

ttn hassel of loud lnsults (tne irell up the hlghwny back lnto yankeelend re

veels e llne of debrls that only a yenkee eould hrve pridc ln havlng created

I.Io reel l m m l n c n t n o e d ,t o l e g l s l e t e aorallty exlsts, for the yenkee,alread.y

treats everyonc equally as bad as he was treated. or freareil he would be trea

ed; so the J.eglslatlon mnkes an effort to galn socletel ccnttoLs, a soclal

s h a n e o r s h a n o f o rl g l n a l gullt complex thet the yankee does not even under -

s t and b u t f e e l s co n p e l l e d . tc, spr eld. ever ywhcr e the dem n yenkee goe s v l n opc n

nouth espcctally; genn loud. yankee ls so dependuble to sbuse the Southoracr

llke e snako blte or the curse of an albatross hung around. the proverblal Io

necki'the ynnkee hes so much shane buried deop atavistically rvlthln hlnsclf

The mlsery o
that the southerner nrust be made often to foel the ssme sheme.
ploy or a Iast et-
s h n m e e n d g u t l t l o v a c o m p s n ya s e x e n p l t f i e d b y t h e c l e v e r
.5zzo/L5.zzo/L5 zzo/ L5zzO TAYIoR

t enp t t o m r k c S o u th crn e rs fe e l gullt cvcn over the gr owth of pr osper l ty , for

wbnt l s d c c n cd p rve rty d o $ r, $ o uth becones quelnt, plctur esque antlques gp
north; nnd the ohern of Southern hospltallty gets bereted as belng slrnple
n lnil c d g l b b e r l sh n o n o o f its esotor lc status whlla the leud dem n v es gc l
"lT
\4/
yenkce prattllng flvcs galn ghastly acclaln cs fectuel unlversal truths thet
cIl the wcld hrs Just been vreitlng to hoar (ttre Coekney brraguo fled lts ln
fericr stetlon i n l o n d o n , E n g l a n i l t o b e c o m et h c m e J o r i t y screeoh ln Arnerlca
well as ln Austrrlle and thus novrettenrpts to set the stendard pronounciatio

t h a t d , l s r e g e r d s e t y n o l o g y s l n c e C o c k n l f l e d y e n k e p s d o n o t u n d . e r s t e n dt h n t or
glns or roots lnfluencc curtent usag/ orYehavior f or that mettcr). The ver

bose dann yenkee sc often retorts, tfThrtts not truerrt to the Southern soft

sounds thrt try tc rolcte oventful lnformatlon boceugo denn yankees nrust Bib

or s o r f f t h e sp o ke n w o rd .; n o w ond.cr cr ass @.vf.nkeos hate Southenn s peec h:

t h e s o r f y e n ke c h a s n s re sp cct for any spokon wor ds so m ugt use Le w s to l ega

tzc eIl e o n c e p ts th st tb e l o u d demn yenkec ncentellty euthor s es tm l s m s , ln

J udg c m c n t s l l ke a n e d ve n cl n g h olpollol phaLenx or kenger ee cour t ln dl c tr nent

egelnst. alL Scutherfr proguncletlon evcn whcn llsted es the prlnnry dictloner

strcss, such es nelth"rffnn#thor" nrt tnilhert (but loud demnyankees hnv

U

ncvor pernltted fectuel lnformatlon to chenge thclr lncessent vlew polnt tha

m a rc h o s o r g r o u so s ri re so ro u ch hokum or hocus- pocus bumkul[) as pr oc l c l ned b

the $qn ugly Anerlcan yenkee volcelng hlms:If as Judgo and. Jury ln truo fro

tler lexlccl accent prectlce thet o n o c w o r k e d .s o w e l l whcn fects sel

Justlcc
SzzP/L5?zP / L5zzP/ ]-5zzP TAYI oR

drn c e u g h t - u p w l th th e g a g g i n g mallclsus bohsvlor oi those who m an dated a

hoex wtth gn rfflolous gavel or mallet that geffs thelr rnaJorlty lgnerance

by hork or croek; tfn sanc practlce contlnuos todcy es e csrry-ever excm-

pllflod ln the hlgh school ruLcs cr Ivy Leaguo llngo ldloms thnt edvence

themsolvcs .s brrd and fest gremmnrlsns: edvenelng llke a plegue as e hoity-

tolty lrrespresslble nostrun of publlc speaklng crnmplc fsr oorrect oral Eng
llsh spoech, festooned by e vulger cocky rnaJorlty -- the grouser nasscs or
g o n e r n l y e n k ee p rp u l a ce b ra l n washed.by thelr own band wngon pr opagnnda, gr a

tls, aII ln ilue tfuuo or anon as the fened Ellzebetheen Bard would. sey about

the Herlequln enomy screeches of all Juxteposltloneil languege rules lncon-

stant or norns whose lnconslstcni stenderds are week, lrresoluto end leeklng

exrotJ-y es the fluctuatlng ethloal values of the vecllletlng cheracter of th

'T h e
denn e n r n L e y a n ke e . a n o ma ly of th o yacklng yankec &cntellty o n dam n

yankce syndrcme contlnues today to manlfest ltself ln many oncrous wrys: cet

o rll-s a r d . b o o s u tte rcd o n 3 sl e s natlc tangent or llkc en ln- depth cr l tl quc

of Southern crrcrs soon ts be ehangoil, by forco lf necossary -- ell thls con

trecture rhctorlo sp tnt6nlsus to the nefnrlous ways practlcized ln yankee-

la n d , . N o w o nd e r A me rl ca h a s l l ttle or no r espcct wor ld- wlde becau s e the l nt

loplng depn yankce ls not respcctfut of ,oeoplo ln sscletal posltlsns: teeche

pellel,'mllltary end polltlcans must enduto vrcnry d.erlslve cxpletlvcs or 1n-

ternrptlcns y1bll.c trylng to pcrfrrm thclr Jrbs -- damn Jnunty yenkec has no

to b o re sp ectfut of other s or of solf, and' so nav er l s

d lgnlt y o t r o h rre o tcl |
5zzQ/L5zzQ/L5zzq TAYr,oR

-'.

respocteil. Never occurs to a recalcitrant denn y"ol"o thrt publtc flgures

wlth e Ssuthern spoech could heve truth or facts on thelr side: credibillty
net t suppcsed vlrtue efforded a Southern idcrlcct. T h es e f I l n flen yenkees
h e t e e n d e c n g u ro Jl n a y C a rte r mor e for his smlle and gentle nanners ef hunan
oourtesy then anythlng speciflc as to dencrlts sr not of natlonnl ncrit (tne

U n l t e d S t e t e s g o v e r r u n e n t rs v n r l d F c a c c t r e n t l e s do lndeed rcvcel now and ts

fut ure g c t r c r e tl o n s cxa ctl y l vh e re the tr ue esscnco of humanity exlst s l n ol e
Ce rt o r a s e s oft sp o ke n l n te rl o cutor ln thc 11lting 6ientlllty ctr Souther n
gounds thrt c cn vcy to vrsrl d l e a der s the tr uo bond. of e menr s spokon w s r i l ; on

e lead,er wtth soft, muslcal scothlng speech -- ncvcr a hlgh tensloned pltch

of e d . e m ny e n ko c -- ca r o r co u l d. gain the scr lsus ettentlon of wor ld. l ec dor s

evcn to slt nnd to telk peaoe). No vronderthe U,Si. Republlc has becn ln

world troubLe slnce Ssuthernors hnve been berrejl,.from high posts thesc neny

decades bcoausc of the lmposed buffoon lcbol not to teke a slnplc nladod. cIO

sc rlo u s , $ r o h b u ffo o n e ry fro m the mejor lty rf e r abblc r iff- r aff thet k now s

n et h o n t o t r e a t o th e rs o f l n te l lect or knows not how cven to govcrn l ts c l f

when screoching copplelnts like dylng throes thet frlghtcn or scnra. the

senslble observer',vho must listen to the loud scratchy nolses of speech. Th

the soft gently phonenlc verbal lnflectlons tie hunan needs end logellty to-

g et he ' r i r b e r e vrrl tte n e p l th e ts o r phonenos captur e the splr lt only of the hu-

mn n sc r i p t l v e l a w s a n d n e ve r ccn r ecotil or expr ess the tone end' the m os i l of

o lew g l v e r w h o mu st n st fo rg o t the hum an hear d qualltles of the lnfer r ei l

izzR/Uzzn/t5zzR TAYL0R

c brrls o r o f t ho rra l l a n g u a g e , whlch did a;fter eII develop long be fr e tho

1.4l:<.c ; -
wrlt t e n w r r d ' fcrn cd .l ts p ro fo u n d inpor tr nil=sounds gJve the lenguege l l f e
u.,-41,
end f ' e r o e c u r r e n tL y l n u se w h l l c r ecor cled p"p""hEif," er der nnd s y ntaetl c

f Ern . n e s t a t l o rn e i l l n e n sl o n sl level spoken wor ds spar k nultl- d l m ens l onr

phlns or cvcn geenetrlc planes thet envislon, devlse or concelve lmgcs rf

ncntel plcturos L l ke p re stl n e show- and,- tetl pr csentctlqns of the aotur L w or d

wc6 eg wcII rs thc poetry of each muslcal phonetlc part of the utterencc as

a gc s t s l t s c to e p e a k: S o u th e rn m olody or the poetic l1lt hes ne r ough, har s

edgc te thc lntrnetlon so lcrthsome Ilke the m.uclferous or even nucoscrlous

t mng o f t h c d e n n p co n ye n ke e (bocutlfut soundlng langr r ges thr lve and. hev o

thclr rrlglns ln hot southern clfioos thc world. cver: Latln, Itallen, Spanlsh

Porteguse, French and.even thc slyeying, graceful lul).lng non-verbel movement

gol d w l nd'
e f t h e P o l y n e sl e n H a r,ri n l l a nb e l o ng to war r n weather . soul' ccs whcr o no

crettes a oetcrhel mucous to bark dlscerclent nolses). Only the bceutlful

galn the conglcler ed cer of inter natl c nnl gov '

s . oun d s o f m e sn l n g fu l w crd s w l l l
pel l tl c s
c rn m c n t s s t t ht w o rl cl co n fe rcn ce pceoc teble - - for the lntr lguc rf

is ln d c e d t h e g w ce t. l n trl ca cy of llnguaI sounitlng phonemes spoken il ow n South

of the unlteil gtet es R epubr
w? rc r e t h e o r l gl n s e n d e ve n th e pr esent salvgtion
gr ace to sur vlve loca1 stetc s l do
h a v e b c c n n r r r tu rci t e s e co u p o r coup cle

y e n k c c l m p e r r a rrsn e si w e rr a s vor r d do tente. Ancr the banlshed" souther ner

only cen BIey thts wsrlcl polltlceI s t a t e s m a n s h l p g e m c 1 ' 6 3A m e r l c e , l n t h e

a rrpubl'lc by tho
ssmc tradltlcn thet estsbl_lshed the orlglnal coronles lnto

arlstocracy of the cevsller plenter Class down south when th

suprcnc leisure
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.-..

S o u t b g e v e r n e c le n d f o u n d e d A m e r l c a , s t e t e s m e n e I l from tho Southlnnd. gentry

end Eurepccn noblllty. I l o w e v c r , t h e n o r t h e e s t e r n p r e s s n o w a d . v a n c e st h e d l c

tun as usuel blas that the captelns of lndustry (those ln thc tredas, no Les

heve elways provlded polltlcel leadershlp and thus produccd the ncarest sens

of ncblesqc 9El!"&, or gsolo-economlc ellte wlth a sonse of responslbtllty to

socloty es n wholol these lnfamous rlch robber baron sclons lncludei W. Avcr

ell llerrlman, Devld K. Brucc, Ellsworth Bunkcr, Henry Cabot Lod.ge, Jt.,

Allen DuI)-es, John Foster Dulles, Chrlstcln Herter, Dean Achason, JemesFor-

restnl, Druglas DlIlsn, Roosevelt, Rockefeller and Kennedy clan (ttre Adlal

Stevensoo f , 1I and fII entitleorents being orolttcd perhepg beceuse of the

mlclwostern rrlglnsr yct the j-mmensw

e eelth wlth a vlce-presldent, cnbassador

plus the Unltod Netlons delegate does creete en uneasy or qucasy feellng

a n . n g 8 1 1 t h e p e cn d i n o n ya n kce sbccause of the Stevenscn eegls thet J i ns c ev a-

ller branchcs or penchents -- lndood e farce to llve smong the lntrepld dsnn

yankec land. rf frecdon for allrbut gentry or' Southorn erlstocraoy). Tho

Leuite6 captelns of lnilustry gsrncr contracts 8nd moro wealth for thelr cor-

poratc h r l d l n g s rsth o r th n n g o vor n for tho ngood.r ror r fleLfcr o of the peopl o t

the increased power of speclal lnterest big buslness p.wcr hluso blrcks shou
(prlvctc fcunilgtl
csnvlnco cvcn the nost casual student of Amcrlcan polltlcs

fundid ty g l g .e n tl c l i te r-n e tl o n a l cor por ations pr ovlde the nthlnk tank s n for

gena t e a n d u . g . H o u se co mrn i ttd c exper tise to d.eter nr lne tlefcnsc ncagur c 6ani l

a ploy to keep the polltlcens ln a sldc pockot llke e goocl

oxponiluturcs --

gsme of pocicet pooL or bllllcrds that knows Just whero lts cngllsh llos) '

e klng .r pr l nc l i ng
Th o o r p t n r n s o f l n d u stry me n l p ur ete or r ur e Am cr lca r lkc

ln the bureeucratlc carbon crplas, threc deep' of

stntesmrnshlp get burled
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/ L5zzT TAYLOR

prllt l c . t r s n cru vcrs w h l ch e Il show Just how aouvecu r lche e dnnr nci l bl unt pec
J n n l c e e c n n g e t o r d ,a re g e t 1 n gover r unental buslness? The unenswe r r abl c r he-

torleel questlcn deflnes enil presents ltself ln grephlc detclls mcre cech
d l e o n c l e lt h c d , e o l l n e o f t h c U n l t e d . S t a t e s R e p u b l l o b e c a m e n o t l c e n b l e w l t h tho
s lo v n n p u b l - l c e cl u e e tl o n a l that r d.em ocr scyr uus t gr ai tuet
" yu toS#;{ idpouses
cvcn functirnal ll.Ittorrtes who ean not recd the ir dlpLome or nshecp sklnn

clegrees. And thcse certlfled non-reaclcrs do vrte; all vote a stralght perty

Ilnc for ncrc gcverrutrcntal crntrol,s: rigid wrltten controls in buraeuoretlc

r4,.'
Jarfrn thet nekes legalesc sound lntelllgiblo, and el1 tho worcly legnl dlr-

cctlves now supercedo eech other ln..e scremple for power llke dogs or wolveg
$re-eryg-ed-r
ftghtlng.ver aJdErcass oncc fat cnd Julcy but now knoum as dcflclt spondlng
Thc qulok mrncnt or sltuatlonal ethlcs have steerod the dlrectlon of govcrn-

mcntsl offlolels frr years and ycers ceupled.with e bcslc dlsregard, for res-

p e o t l n g h u m e n Il fe a n d ./rr n fa l th that lndlvidunls een mkc neanlng ful c l ec -

t s lrn s t c c l l r e o t th o l r
v-
o w n d e stlno fuUur c or ,so tbe ur banc, august b}eedl ng

hoert llbcrel n crp h ytcs w h o tu l c iYashlngton, D. G. hnve c.stebllsbed s s e

t rec k - r c o o r d rr vrtl n g h l sto ry that hes duLlctl tbe humen scnslbllltle s tow ar ,

p e rp l C f r l g h t en d n ce d to n a ke thetr own gcver nm cntgl ilcclslons lf tbc y c en

c o m p r e h e n d b e sl o re a d l n g a n d w r ltlngs that the $g[ yen]cee bur eauc r at hc s hl

ile n t h ? u z z y l l n g r vrfrffe ro b b l n g the feder el tr easur y thr ough befuddl l ng lco

hrle s i n l e g e L d l ctu n s th a t cxpr css cpcn enileil lcleas. Bsslc lengus ge fl r s t

oxprcsses lcleas, lf enyrheld by the author; end.then the tone cf velco rcvae

if e n y: th e indlvidual spoekcr thr usts e sclf l nnge tn

b e s lo h u m e n c tn ce rn
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rthers throurh the tona anil mocC 3r tlnsion reeom:'ariinent as dielogue of

ldees: dieloguc not dlctums by federal juCge dccistens should lrgislcte rath.

er th;n the Judlclary interpretetlons that new have klllecl d e m o cl a c : / s s e x -

pressod ln the wrltten word, for thc lnsc:r'lbed lar^rhas no rral or conorcte

meanlng todey until c foderal Judce or the blpartlgnn Suprerae Ccurt rlecides

ex8ctly ',vhat the lntent should lu ve lep"isletcd sinc e the baslc ebillty to

read hrs not bcen taueht ln publlc hlgh schools the import of the Engllsh

language has been ebused and used prcclsely r s GeerFa OrweIl n# q"1. BIelr

1 n 1 2 8 1 +n r v e l soclal crltlclsm d e s c r l b a d t h a b u r . e u c ' " a t l c a f f l e ' 1 e l - d o mn l s - u s t

of the lengrngc (nnd the august federal SuprcmeCourt has cvcn reversed lts

c w n e w e s o m cd e c l s l o n s f o r n o n e t u r . y r a a s o n s , o f c o u r s e ) . Anclthe populaco

llving down South receivas the full blunt fsrca of the damn yankee cirlslars,

both ln the lerceny sf the tcxari funds and the - 1 1 n k e r it a x l n g critlque toward

Southern speech }lke lllegeI steerage passlng the yankee:ockney pctols as

flrst clnss bookag:ln stovtage. The reel intrlnsic tlrust rf the Amerlean

Engtlsh Ienguege rests vrlt,h th: procll.vi.t;,' rf tiie Scuthern speech to connun-

lccta tho rrel f rrc? o f f ' e l , o r e n c e a s n ar t of world. trretles and internatlonr'

pollcy exprlsged to the vlarld j,overnnanti,I cmessarlrs wlth courtcsy rnd g.n-

teel quallty chsice of rvord.s, concinnlty brtng practl.sed only dorvn south'

s n r rr r s t * n c l etireroal tluelltles cr court'sJ

But a rlsinn f ocklcss : , ' an k e e r l o es n i t
Rtche rd llixen reeeiv's nD'
rvhen dlspla;.red or spoken by a non-:,'unkee broasuc.
foI ali tht atrecitles instigated irgelnst the
half thr vcn.m or aninosj.ty
rirhts e ncl the .'eneral ethleal mori
beslc frcedams nf tlrc TI.S. 4; 'stitutlnnar
5zzY/L5zzY /I5zzY TAvI oi?

thet virlated. men.yintiividual's credo as does Georrlen iinrclr Ccrter E,et de-

meaned for hls humen rights efforts spoken b.v the lilttnr suppfYsouthern

Ilps -- the hurricrl l.Iixon partlcn gypped. the American cLtlzenry cf cvtr learn

lng ihe truth sr prrtlnent f aets and tirrts c rnCcr,ed lvlilte collar crines (yet

only demn yankees heve enough rthlcal vaiues ccnCui:l'le tc en eff ectWe soe-
' e d \ d a u b l"--a
e
lety that yankeelanc perpetuates) rill a gllh t1'plcn]11'sti stan

dard while thc Certers rfdr" iaross;iublic v / T o n ' ' s! v 1 , t i tt l t e l r vlrtues, an ac-

curscd dynrsty snecrs thc eqr:a1ly flswed yankee lips tht t know-not whet they

J e c r - e v c n w h e n c o n d e r n n i n gC n r t e r r g o o n v r r s l n r 1 n f o r o l g n I c n g u r 'f l ' s r egpec-

1al1y eccrrdlng to the crltlcel r.cclein frcm the nesal:raiikee nucold rencrks

that ccn only preclalm truth and'ln-depth perceptlons es cbsolute truths.

JlmmyCartor spcaks fluent S,r,anish,nwtth an accent of course a I putrldr

Georglen dleleet no less'f reports or sne.rrs the. b la sed rlestern este.bllsit.nent

prcss cockeycd reporters. C e r t e r i r as a g r a d u a t e d e . r e e l n n u c l e a r f u s l o n b u

ls nonly e blumbllng ldJ.ot one blg gaon of stooge,n to pernphresc the csn

drr of e grbbllng d a m ny e n k e e r r m . d c s t t r e x p c r t o n a l l l,ertlrent fects tl rc-

prlmend 1lke a Jud.go,ordalnedln yankeeland.of ceurseo Ind the dgmn redol-

who srouses t'r illuminate l $ o u t h L n n df o l b l e s , dce

cnt petty yankee mentallty,

nrt rcallzc the subtle claborite attempts tl covcr-up or subJugata c11 sspcc
glant southgate
of rrdlnery southcrn'Amerlcan oxlstsncer squandared, 11ke a

teward alI Southern concinnlty" Thus, Southorners Ect IebeIIed' as

.ccluslon
slnc+ the int'elligensie or cerebral
lnseCuro, srrcgrant, non-lntellectugl
5zzW/757ztl/ IJzz'il TAYLoR

mnchlnetlrnvfifsT-b.low t l t e i ' l a s c n a n c i D l x c n L l n e a n o/ o r o n l 3 r t h e I r r v - n l n d e c l

prollf erete .r survlve ns espoused b3' tirc brash damn ;.rn

ak:e cxconmunlcatlon,
all llbelsus: the vcry seme defamatlon or ldcnticcl traltsrbut fronn a ccn-

nrtlst clenn yankce docdle outlrnderTrrts hls neaqcr personel faculties laude

cIl LD, no less. Hlgh ecclain cften fces to abraslver sercastlc irenkres brr

gets dcnlerl to Southerners f or the v.r-v samc retsonc: IIenry Klssinger eanf t

evon spaak fluent English; yet no damnchatty yankre conpleints ever -oubllc-

ally result s l n c e t h e m y t h o x l s t s l n . y a n k e e l e n c tl h a t o n l y S r u t h e r n a r s c e n

dlsplay ignrrnnce es evldenced:ntirely b.r'the Scuthern lcnquet, much to the

langulsh of the groused dsmn yenkeo..(plclgln lnpI1sh dlspatched b.ven lnfluen

tleI gr.wllng d e 4 n y e n k e e k c E k b e , : c m e sl i r l g q s f r a n c a ) thc mucouscaked

menbraneof n ilawdllng yankee eccent results ln such perstnal lenguid phl:gln

well
pcrsonsllty down
end then effects whet the gj nrrth 3 3 . . U e c o m es o .kncwn
Sruth cs ttre dennable yankee synCrome: ttre nonstrous venk.e ls an expertr etr

oxpcrt blcker mechlne personlfled lnto t i r e h a r p l n g d a m n l n g - v e n k e er e J o l n e r ,

eII rcprsed, lndced to spoak lpse dixlt -- the lrst grrtesquc yankee sounded.

worclyldee rr tlff pelng flnlto, !r ls lt an lndefeatlgeable attrnpt?

Tcats rf accompllshncnts by Southerners go for nrthlng when spprslslng

s f c c n t e m p e l : a r yh u m a n l t v , c s p c c l a l l y as observed'by the
the mrdern leurels
ctiisedcr 81lIy JamesIIargls, vrhof rr
yankcc press: gzerk if f fullly rellglous

f o u g h t c o m n u n l s n a n r l l r o r k e d v rl t h e s t a b l l s h i n g Rrdlo tr'rec Eurrpe, e1

re ted lr
tc galn the Felrnrss
bettled recently through the omnl;rotent federcl courts
;zzlh5zzx / t5 zzx rAYtoR

Doctrinc; thus, the credlblllt.y viewpolnt leeveu ro"n to be cerrected fcr

c-ao&-
tha puffecl-up ycnkec honesty fek1l)fts laud rny Southerner (only an lgnorant

stupld Southcraor would fear ci:nmunlsts eccordlng to the messhnic yenkeo

prcss reprrters). N a t l e n e l T V r n d r a d i e n e w s c a m . l r o n a t o r sp r . n o u n c e w o r d s

cllff orontly c t e a c h b r t a d c a s t , y e t e r c ' fc . r r c c t n ercir time ; no snubblng yank

evrr rushes to crrrcct a fellrw yankee qomeral nlspr.n.unclatirn truly a

stqffy .ynnkea sterecptlcsn ef verboslty (TT' sconarirs end movles prrtray

Sruthern frlks end tom laws down South a s being ctrrupt, vlle and beckward

llke a superlmprovlslon.r film superirnposed over thc ectlng scrcesm of the

dsmnyenkee rntr the old existing socno to nosc as c first tlnne or orlginal
ll-n n a S c a p prostcenlrrrn:
- f f i t iar afrrceil e g e a t : t h l n g srS g u t h e r n g e t s h o w n c s t h
sett lng lr the I

epltome of wrongncss .r wc3knessesllke a S o d o me n d G o m o n e h d l d a c t l e lessrn

rwaltlng the tordly pron.uncements from the yankro solldarlty lrt, for eIl

gold yenkees thus to evold an<lthen ta obliterete Southern flgures of spaech

llkc nn cvslgellst ta proselyto the danning ycnkee ways cs e decalrgue, Vet

no rcllglous lvertone exlst5except ln the lgnorant Scuthcrn character). fhc

p c r v s s l v e l r u d d e m n .y a n k a e d o m i n a t e s c c n v c r s r t l o n ltka e f orelgn corres5rondei

to e prtvlsllnel govctnment under slege or rcts llke e cDnquer.r ln tha fem-

only a stodgey yenkec eooent cen utter the phrasc ttyou

l}ler klmmendaturn.

alln ialtnout derlslve c o n m e n t e r y , b u t e S o u t h e r n s p e a k c r g r a c e d w 1 - t ht h l s

second person plurallty galns bantar end Jeers or caustle remarks: stultlfla'
5zzY/L5zzY /LSzzY TAYI0R

vankee cxtrnpuletlons cerr.y c 'cdenee ovei thc senc lpoke Southern words
e bL a t n a t d a mn ya n kco ke n g e ro o cour t lndictment appr oach or g_gglg oj !_Il !_q! t
Ssuthern speech that must bc kept under rudlmentery survelllance. No kindne
ls lntended fronothe educttcd north mlnrls that lnsult the most
"rn%r*lsh
p c r s o n a l p a r t o f a p e r s o n l v h c ,c a n n o t c l i * n s e t h e s p e e c h h e b l t s l l k a s u b s t t t u t

lng the worn hcblt of an lll Oerrdlnatcd vrardrobe -- the vsln, arrogrant dan
yankee ncntnllty
s/ mocklng bed mannrrs lnto a vlrtue
JustlfieYt,he by saying

thrtmocklng ls the hlghest form of flatter r v h e nm l n i c i n g e s a k l b t z e r , thus

Q#e'J-)
e suprcmc yenkcc mrckary U mimrrlc','ltsolf (conscquently, e Southernar wcul,

hrvo ta llvc c thrusend years to cqqaI the fleck rccelvod from dcmn yenhees

end the compllment of d"qp yenkei mockery g.es lnto the wrltt"nfrprsitian

rf thls cxposltlon to emulate or cllude to the damnlng yenkoe prttorn or syn

drrme to tell the vrhsle truth and nrthlng but the. truth ebout ynnkee treat-

ment of the Sruth). But the gg north slander hss no ccnrpllnent intended to

enul-ate, for ynnkee heckles get thelr beck tr thc well when the lenst retrrt

dres nrt dlsplny Southern hospltallty the yenkee gnecrs rnd leughs pu"o-

Ilcelly at the srft.southenr sounds: lnsults slve cmellorctlve labe1s tc the

blg l"1e that ell- Southerners must endure ln qulet desperatlon. The crsss

sordld venkee loudly asks personel questi.ans in publlc: prlce paid fsr a car

how grrss ccn e n lndlvlduel g.et2 Vell

c r r h o u s e , v r a , c ' oesn c i f e m l l y C r b t s
The blatant d a l f l l ly a n k e e g l a r l f l e s hls own faults: a
only e yeni(ee can telll

felsehoad 8r lle thet treats m e n d e c l t 3 r8 s g v l r t u e e n d n t v e r b e c o r n e s1 l b e 1 o u

 back"'r;rt'l crass ivlrys sc becoltinr''1.v
The r-arn SOB r,anlcee nalres i; virtr-re cf ihe
rtrlJrltl] of titC Sotttii" tnctiC b5' rnal':ltlr s
a r r , . e t ^ r , r : a 1 1 . , ,i,r n l r l i c e t e r ] a : i t i - , l ' j l o U d

crscks sbortt Sc'rrtherners, esleciaIIy inlli-ed barbs

publjc cai:4er ef rieceitfui
.rdienstating f i r u , n l ' ) ys l r e c u l a t i v e thir:hing abcut aIi tirin,qs Sc'uthern: the dann
-
: , , e n l i e , e; r c i n t s - o u t ; J 1 .c l t e s d e l ' e c 1 ; s c l g v r nS o u ' i ; l i a t t 4 u s e s a s t r e l l b o t l t t t ' l o " b a f
's;utitlrllors
loglc tc niake, obli.,re cr disuace t. a'r'rrie wi 1
f IjnE ral:acian type

observeticns: iir1ll,"sty lttternational oi'f0r'er'l

t h e f - r c u s i r i r r d r L m nv u n k e e v u l t u r e

to al.i i;ut the Scuthlancl cn a genulne feelinrr of f'orcj-veness -- Yi"'t lIaln

"'itr

cieserters pr rdcnecr rvhlre the i'enerationsr ord ',var betvieen thre states sLill re-
''the
vurnerable sell
m e r n b e r e dr v i - t h m a l l c e . Snuthcrners arc coerced tur concrenn

colruslon to butld the rqnting corossus t''t

as itctt cf tire up north diarectlc
sunll so Io"v that all ctirer
cf t:c inferior da4!r snooplnrr' )'enkee solf-esteem
. l. i r r .ri o f n r m s h c m o - s e n l e n g m U S t r e a C h t h e S a m e d e ; . l t h o f desllalr c:ilvlye'i eS a
lIY T! :

volrl of,crntracllcticns or rlvulets o f m t s c r n o e i ' ' t i c n s a b c r - t tt l ' l e s n r - r t h r e n d , n { )

'";'lthcut il:lrirltl
o p t i c n s a l l o , , , r e idn t h i s r l a m ny e n k e c r e v e i l - I e l n s i , r ' h t l r r t a u r : h t
r j ' I l 1 ' I r : r 1 ' l ' | l I rir;it t t l i ' " i ' l C il
r)flI,Jr1tui-,t' ti.e VeSteCl" intrf e:t ri ttOl'tliein 3r;ltaICf
tC

'$?-i; i"'' s"'rath cf e slurpy silcocherl

tirt . ' : ; ' \ ' ur : l ' e r u p t i r : i 1 IJ';ILi'i"lr'"'rs Iilll
reke tire 'ianliee clutz upon the
erud.ltion eeross tire f ';ce ln j est, a s lr-tr tc

Sctttil:rnscenc.ir|tdthenthecloserrlut,ired.resryrvecithernopeinllTell]lnqlat
tne barcltii"'rc1
a iruancry also frrrtirer rli-spra;rs
ssl.o enacted screed. alv:ays in
. ' a r : . r . - 1 o f lj, i " -
i n n i s - i l . i r e c t e d e n e r : . ' J /l;h;t is tcc
alI a w , a s i i
! r i ^ jn c r . t h n e n t a l i t : l
tire tr-trneil h.ad 0r
1 . ' a c r ' e : 0
J 1 ] i c l i { e ' , t c l t av e s c c i a l i . : : i n . . n a ; 1r I e r S ' S c
:tcrart,
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izz7.a/ L-,',zz T . 11'cl(

b r - r c l t - s l " d es i r c w n , t t t r n e d - u p n o s e n o r g g e i . r . - ' r s a n tb r i r a v i o r is i r u ' i ; l l e r l4 l s a i ' r i J n i l r

e h - r t z y , i e ' . ' tl n c l a n d e r Reserve that if praetlcizeci by a Southemer upnn a damn

'tankee ,voulciaittly bo described a s i n s e n ? l . r a c i ( ' , " ' i i i r' ,,1r ' t a c k w o o c l s e y , i : ' r r g r r a n t

iovr-clrssed lack of mannerly attltudes anrl thus not neritorous of vialid icrrii:
,.r'n hosoitality -- a crotchy, snalln-/ damn:/cnl<ee bra..,'in8 the !hr';se, "mean

i , r h at y c u s a 1 1 ' t s t e t e s sc vrell. the riqcrous .vankee plsy to insul.f, anrl a lsn to

clLide sirrrrlt ^n"ou{Kfrc a c t r - r a 1 1 yr e v e r t i . n r i tr the rcl"t!?lsir atevi.sl,ic s',cuted

reselve tli.t h$des a pnr sc,nit s inbrecl lack of manners thi.t leave t ire re nud-

iatinr"lankee fetirj m c u t h r ; u l s c d a f l a l ) e : . r s p n l n f : c l , e n - ' . ' ; 1 d el . l l l e a s l r l r n v st,t.'

trap (f rierrrily Southel:rl re.stonses ret rieemedas vi]1a.'e idiot t r c h a r ,j ' o r t h a t ,

j r r s t i u L . t l L e r , a s c e r . t a i n s t h e ' ' r e , l e i n g ' / d , n ^ n i n i . . v a r r l r e e: i t i r ) e r t c , i ' : i t y l , : t : an e i'fab-l

nature siroull be supiJressed by tiie sagacicus a r g u r : t e n t ;t i v e self-o:r'rlalned o4r'-

fect icn ci ii.e insr-rif ereble peasant lTankee rit:itt tu j u i i . ' e S c ; u . t l t " r r l ls p e e c h a n c l

noble tl.aditicns, caveller orirgins a Scutherner cen never be rii,'ht, only

eogect;;.ble, wiren in the august fanatlc prescnce cf up north nasl11ty, yenker)

Tite bres[ errotirant haughty yan]iee inryntality -- no muzzlo b16'

ou.t f or sure).

enourrh for the rncuths th::l.res as pious strllogistlc gneres to catch and ts

nullify unsuspectlnq 'rf ools of prey " n6 Scutherners c r r u at 1 i " t

beilttl.e cr tc

anc ncwconcrs. But a Southerncr c a n a n d d o c s r fc u t - y e n k e e t r t h e u n c c u t h slob

peas.int by expressln€. precepts on & stretght for.rrard cDnmcnnlity titat r;roJec+;

en o1e bcy inrarretc,llsarn the uncgn.'Ilnenter;r dann vsnkee ccmatose lntell'ec1'

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tit"t t;res flit c o : i - ) r ' e i r e n cC

l ivrrsicnory tactics t l i : r t t ' e , 1 u i r ' ^ rl r : L . ' l l i i l - - l l - I i rj.i-lci.

t: ; . , ) : ' . . 1 ', . l u l t ' i r( : ; u : i b l i k , t : S: rt'il.;ittd f ;:: t: . ' ; ; ; : c ji - l t . t n v u l i l : : e s i - .'ovl:.rI t,;rl

: j j ' - r .j _
' );i c : r : t i g north level cf their cortcx cr eleate,i brair'r :o',"ier, sL,cn to

f-.-i t',!tr:ir comeuppanoe 1n order l:*, retrieve S r u t i r o r r r i i i p ' r lrt . y ) . Yet thc ,'"1ar'ir
) ' ' - ^ ^' L ' r ' - - " ' - ' ' e c s n c v e t
'l<,lr-lll+, L)Ii realize the full intent of the smul Srut herners, so
Jdll-r\'

^ - n a - : . r . '' 'rrr , - , i + b e c l a g a l n s t
usf, -.r u,I.Y :'rv all dentonrnlnded yankees, lmnlicatle,nS not belng

part o1' t,he up north llnrrua I proef flci ency tha t mopes a lcng cnly e saner

iefanaticn cf loucl snippy r,rords register in the d a r n gy c n k e e c c n s c l o u s n q s s r tt

sJrcut 4ivisive;)rcnuncenents, inprcmntu (a,iiIted northernerr so tc speak,

s m a c l : e r l - d c v / ne t Iust cr t;,be spurnerl: "shoo, s h o t e v J a . yt o scme dlstant 5'ank'

irsylumn cr at le rst expelle<l by the mslevolent grunts a nd chomplnq nolses cs

a gloss of ccherence in 3 c ideas bere until a Southerner speaks or

a c t s ; t n u s , t he j a rb o @n q f" t a n koes th del egate hy steria uitit trufled c er-

titude). And the ble$lng, converglng yankees tr)' to teko over or grab cver-

thln6, everywhere alC then proclglm all the inalienrble hunan rlghts or pr1vl-

Ieces that all ravlshcd Southerners are loudly and olalnly denled in thelr

nicho llko e puppet on e yenked strlng, wlth al l the charglnlt.V or slotver

meant to lncense enci to take nlfty S o u t h e r n e r s l n t o w ( e m n d d o gn n t u r e , aII

yank*e rabid, t u r n c d l o o s e l v l t h s e n c t u m o n o u sj a r g o n o r m e a l y m o u t h e d u n m u z z l e
- r r a y st o l n c l t e or rlle Southern sonslbllltlcs). Ttre plquant yenkee l"i^;",--r^c,r

has riast^red or €iarnered the consunetlon of hetred or vlle techniques tc sow

F S , , e cl L c p i c a 1 d l s c o r d t h e l v o r l d o v e r t h a t e v o k e s f o u l four letter tuords sf

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meddenlnr abuse tr spreed nlmblo vlteflcatlon, so resolute: t9 heck wlth Jac!;

or "D3ntt ToII the Jack Story" eptly descrlbes the damn yankee aspersions or

affirrity t c e e u s e h a v o c : a n i a n n e m e dJ a c k w a n t e d t c b o r r o v r e h o e f r s : r a n e i r " l :
hnr.. thr man u/ere also nnerried tc slsters
rJVL t vrrJ lll\,rr s c t h e f i r : s t b u r l y . ' l a c l co f a m a n

fcareri. refusal to the polnt tiat olc Jack told brcther-in-lavr Jock he eoulil

' , ' t r a pt h e c i a p r n e dh o e a r o u n d h i s n e c k ttre dlsturbed lgnoblc yankee ske',ters

s o d e f t l : r i n h t s o w n v e r b a l a b u s e , s t e w s l n h 1 s o r , v nJ u l c : - I l n r o , antlpathy

justly intent.

The beslefilng yenkecs nnticlpute ln justlces becaw e they knov; so rvell

how tr |nfllct the atrocitlcs cr antngonlsm, credlbl-e or not to deny elvll.

rli:hts ts Scuthcrncrs. Even credit sssoclaticns have llttle mennlng sr velut

tc the iouthcrnor, clvlllty net extenclcdto Southern sounds: the flled record

d.c net transfer f r 6 n t h e l , { a s o na n d . D l x o n c o u n t r y t e t h e g r a n d ' e c l t l c s of the

vehementnorthland., yet conulalnts frcm Scuthern llps or ncuths d.o nct geln

fcr person8l Justlce. But the v1trlo}lc yenkees n'w

eny serlcus ettentlon
gratultous credlt pepcrs tc
meving in droves dcwn South rig,-htly-so wrnt thelr

transfcr cven though the gg north cnmlty sttll contlnues to skewer bans or

paper work that cven now happcns to be the wrltten roquest

hcstllity onto arl
does not flppry equal
from a felrow yankcc (tne unlon sf the united stetes
grovel to the yrnkee snlt)' The
rsncor to the travellng Southernor whe nust
when a dsmn;rankee aecent takes
i x l r r 6 t u s f : - r c i r a n S l ee a n o n l y o c c u l . i n A m a r l c a
bard solhrano cryinc ln the wlrd-
Lire ereri'n calr for Justice ]ike a dublous
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erncss, enri t,ire llenkeo anlmus is alvays conslderecj e better Amerlcan then a

South-rner these not sl dlscreet disclopenclos, enoughto renkle tho ears

af freed.on loving people, do not burdon the ccnscicus or ethics of an axlor,rat

' . , ; a n t si n c o n x p raa b l e j u s t i c e f or f ellol'r cranky
l c v an k e e j r m e r l c a n v r h o o n l . y
. . nn i ( e e \ m ; r l c e n s l n t h e l r f a n t a s y l a n d c f y e r u k e oG r a u s t e r k ( t r r t s f a s c l m i l e

: . r e r r r rri . : i b 'el j u s t i c o
vI 'vY'rr. further shows the sophomoric talk sf a f utlle mlnd f rom

a S ,hlnx faced mobil.e persontllty; whose repertolrc cen only scoff or elucirl:it
t-<.y*'-

t,,"ree1aborati.cnsofits.,ffil.ThebaseIotof5qunwh/&scyankoo

nejdl need to swear-off thelr sprce of sllt mouthed conplelnts anc thus cease

losking e sergoyle fate in the eye; d3mnyankees so:"ely nebd a holastlc clln-

lcal v l e w o j ' t h e m s e l v e s a n r - lt h e i r allegetions. Allcgatlons prcvlde or suf flc

especially vrhenmade on thc lick log of llfe ltself

the best,,,ankco )efense,

srrch as the baslc ethlcel or the enkh of llfe:

truths the southnrner only
,5/
believes in ignorant backwerd c h u r c h e s t a V ea on the Blb1e, yet rlghtous yanke
can chengc ettltucles to-
6 l b e l i c v e i n c h u r c h o s f i o v e r n e c ib y h i e r a c h l e s t h c t

vrard srns or cven change sins so exped.ient to arr, and change soclal wrong:s

vrithout socletar m e o d . r i n gl l k e the ssuthern churches do (yenkee rellglonlsts

dc not assune gullt cf sinful:'rlde by detestlng the South rr peeplers rellg-

, . o 7 ' ,b e c a u s e n o b l a s c a n e x l s t g g n o r t t ) - - only the Southland' contalns lsncr-

things -- all plthy yankee tlncture e certlfleble

a n t , r n e a na n C e v | } or vile
' r e n n : o e l . tch a t h a s e b u l l t - l n rlefense cr proponet not propitlous in retalietlr'
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that mcves back'.,nrd, to prcnate vrhet the .'anlroc verbgl attack evclces es thc

best 4 e i ' r l . n s e6 (t . ' i i i n s t , o n e t s o w n : ; t l t r i d l l ; . y , tiris uise craeker cr l'lis9-acrc ','rito

has vrieloed r di-e-hartl povrer down South like a little Hltler dictator but so

ntld manncred rvhenabroad. (damn yenkees act lllte high cemp or hlgh csste

B r a h r n a ns a t c s g o n e a s t r a y e n d t h u s m u s t f l a p his lips in protest; the up norl

rlann yankee hlss ncver has an emenit#* i n t e n d . e d .i n t h e v o e a b u l a r y s n o l c e n t c

S c u t h e r n e r s , s u c h I s f r t h a n k V o [ r t t t fo x c u g e o c r t t o r f r p a r d . o n - m e ' f a l l t ) r l s
\/
vernecular tc oerraCe the Southerner'.)!I Southerner 1s not tc be taken seT-

i o u s l y ' r , , < lr n u s t s u p p l l c a t o t r i r n s e l f c r h c l d a s t a l e n a t e , no truce, to cll the

t r a n s m u t e d y a n k e e l . d . o e I se n r l v a r l e d l)ronunciatlons tr avcld tr unts of scrdlci.

y rnk e c t r e e t r n en t n e vo r c cmp cn sor y f nr a Siouther ner t c gain or av o i d the

tr.reohcrtug teunts, d . o p e n idn g o n t h e y c n k e e c l o m e e n o r ,e m a s o c h l s t t c f r e r t z y

nrust inflict self-debirsements tfrat tiren bulld the super egs of the ruffavrlng

yankee like an offlclous order to teke the heckling yankea ncllsensc- The

heekler.vankee uses platltudes, bromides or beatitudes ts expound or prcnul-

gato the perceltlons o f h u m a n e x p e r l e n c e W h e nb e r a t i n g S s u t h e r n p r o n u n c l a t i o n

enunciaticn so srittle from the yankee, and $outhern trcditicns h a v d r e cal s l q -

n c ' a n t a n c , J r r 3 n g- - stymled vankee pronuncenents that vlant a parccltlel Jrac cf

utter o n l y c c n cl l l t o r ' . ' dlc tums
l r . a n k e e l a n di n m e d l e t e l y r e c r e a t e d d o v r ns o u t h t o
f rom the vlrlenc c of thelr v r o r d s t h e t e . p p r o a c hb l o o d s h e d , a f r a c a s e n b a t t l e d

so peppy, all fu}l of pep anc vlm ensugh to rnakenn obgarver "ct tite val)ors
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f r ; l n 3 g t ' ' ie v - 1 o t or troop of cianning .vankees whese only knack is carlca tures

of eacit other es e rcle model to lembnst the Southland. The hackles of tire

cbcesse'l .vankee becomes a frenzy of active vlllniny rvhen hearinrl the tvorcls

si>oken "entll/ and muslcally e s the blrds sin{i melodlously and tnus just canf t.

prcpa yate reel tcleas eccordin,n to t ho peasant .vattkee reesctring' or mentsllty:

t h e ' r r . u , i. ti e Scutherner replles 'tIlglltt or inorie therapeutlc enithets t o t " ; l ' r e{ a q i ; : t

vankee trite','/ays -- ' r u g h r ?t c tiiern aII &s uttereri by a i?etl fntlian deplcted

by illrl l ' a . y ( ? t 1 l f l h ' rt o t i r e m s l l as spl.t ;ut b1r a lerl Indian chieftain at a

p g w - , . { e 1 c, V
Lnclurlinr a tfeaty','rith the ir,rplled'ru3h'r of f have Si)akcn, sugrest-

lnf: tfre r j i'hteous in,iia;nation of an o',iftion not talten seriorrsly -- but 1r-

onicall:i clever by the Soutirern o1e boy who ha s the best kept secret of the

South in his clutcires). Sardonic yankees dlsclairn alI rccr:mplisirtitents dour

Scuth vritil e cynlcel northern nasal blorvlng'rsour grapes'r of how misunderstoc

yankees ere'u,rhen vlsltlng dorvn South. l\nd then the #inn yankee clescrlbes tho

Southland. as one biq wastaland, aII ln the snme fetld breathe: no entertaln-

mcnt .veTy town Just a one-horse-burg, aII dead (nut the loud vulturous

always the flrst buzzard. henrd e1::cllng the dead sr0olly carcess of
.yankee is

No entertalnrnent e:rlsts ln aIl the Southland which ls a snhlnx

a dead tlvrn).

to a demn ynnkeo fu}I of poppycock vnys' T)re dciffl cirurping

cr a poky;r}ace
ln the South:
yankeo does nct thinl< before complaini.ng about no entertalnrnent

the slort of kings (tut cavellsr evonts escepe nll

tire horse races vrhich are
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y a p k . ; o c i n s c i o u s n e s s ) c e n r t o v e u e - < 1 s t i n f c m e d T , o t t i s v l l l e , l l e t t t u e l " : . y) e r l l . y ,

tho rrost prestigcous horse recc ln the',vor1d near I'rherethe horse farrns abottr
' l o r l o r e n o r r n e df e s t l v e celebrations ectmlly do occur,lg'rn Scuth: lidriis Glar

F r e n c h , u a r t e r i n l l e r , vO r l e a n s a n c i L a l ' i e s t a or Battle of Flewers Festival

sinee I7L9 in San,lntonio. Even the Deytcna auts trlal runs further eILrciC-

ate the Southern sltorts veriety. And the tcbacco lndustry has c.)ir1,rlete111

Sc ut i r c r n i z e r i tj re i ro rl d f s e vri r,vd.a' hablt

7 s vr hile the dam g yankees c onti nue ts

p r o c l a n r ' it l subjugate the Southern polrulacer.yet.vanks ape the Southe:lner

when li,,,htinq-up a cicsrette as just so much mouthed cirlbble. Tite Scuthernel

s h c u l j n e v e r , i i s a g r e o v r i t h t h e y a n k e e p g s t n as a l d r t b b l e c c c e n t s t h a t k n o w

ivell aII e s ; r o u s e dt r u t h s s a i r i o f f t h e t o p o f t h e h e a d ; t h e c h u m m .S
voutherner

shculd becune suppiner rTest3te tc atI t h e u q n o r t h v r h i m sw h e t h e r s e r v i l e or

n o t , m . y t h i c aI n r e n d aIct y cr no. T h e p 1 o u 9 d a m n y e n k e e n ev e r m ak e s a n e r r o r t

lvhen dg"4l South, anri the avclllng yankee ls a11

ora} cr ctherr,ylseto 6m,
g , o o dt h i n g s to ull
ancl ni.t-pici:ing
peoplo et the saae tim.o evcn lvhen belng absurd
the fine
' i r h e n r n a ' ' : i :- a
or venomeus, flcky-nlcky pqckery, 6spcclally

v r h c o p i n i - c: o r n p l a i n t u p e n S o u i l r e r n e e r s a n d e r t l f c c t s as part of tha !g 17enke

-- encu9ht to
tactics or antlcs to extor eregenc. es being onry in yankeerand
puts everyone lntc e twlt on R
drlve southsrners to drlnk -- to a drink that
(out cf kilter cr so t''acke'y
runatic frings factor abcut arr things e,.ireinrrrar
or quoticiian cycle: the Southnrne'
o r ' r w a c h o , ,a s a d l s n e l f n i l u r e o n l r r e g u l a r
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shuns or casts-cff the trend;7 or motl.ey rr-int-of-e-"l.itter il.enn yankee 11fe-

/
st;rle lir: I r a n s a g l c e , lf U p n y - f a 1 m ' " i n t n a k e s e I l ]'ankoes a hoot, sc tunnyfai/
( ,f-o{ /L r,-rt/ - -/4, '4/'),/-
.-rffiz-*t'
t/

tvgp. the drinking llfe-stllle'ilstin,-ulshes t h e F a m ny a n k e e f r o m t l t e

l n u n c l a 1 6 6l i o u t l e r n e r . U a p u l s u s y u n k e o s c o n s u m eo r r l r l n l c w i n e ( c i r e a p i a s i t

nay be), a nlp, vrlth tite dinncr neel tc sup vrhlle tire in:leriol i;nlrlbin5' iorttlr

n e r b e c o m e sa l r l n e o w h e n c c n s u n t i n g t h c f r u l t of the vine never found a

damnnipping and nlbbllng.yankee t o a d m i t t c s l o v e n v / a y s s l n c e y e n l c e ea b l u t -

lcns n3ver cause aIcohollcs, fcr aII d a m ny a n k e e c a n h o l d t h e l r liquol un1lke

the lush Scutherners 1n a pub (demning vrcrdy yankee alivays'in full c;nfcrt

vrith hls club or cabaret of Jaundice verbage, never a stlngy teetotlor). The

d , a r u r l n gy a n k e e m e n t e l l t y s y n d r o m er m k e s r v l r t u e c f t h e J n c t e dd o c e d e n c e . p c r -

sonallty that edds canker cf e crlsp b e a u q r . r et o t h e c h o l e s t e r o l filled wine,

slurred vocal resplnses end c11.

T h o d a m n l m b l b l n g . y a n k e ev e r b a l s l u r s k e e p t h e s l u r p i n g ; d i s t n n c e f a r

a n d e l e a r b e t r , v e e nt h e e l e s s y w l r o r b a t t l e o f t h e r v l t s t h e t y an k e e s l o s e

or certainly ndmltlnx the secret vrarfare' The best

vnthout cven realizlng
does nct reaLly refllc
k e p t s e c r e t i n a l } t h e s o u t h e b o u n d . s :l g n o r a n t o l e b o y
just for venkee nppearances
aIl the poverty end ignorance thet ere a'fput-on'r
yenkee solc-heacl senslbtlltle
the Ssutherner ls ndunb like a foxll And'neni.gn

c i l n r t c o m p r e h e n db. e . y c n dt h e f l r s t vocal chord.; the damn gabblng yankee inslPh

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is falnt or 'rscarce es hents teethil during old honevleek; demnyenllee has no

verve or lranashto unrlerstend or to unlte the plea of the flanboulrant, effer-

vessant classical Southern eplc behavioral syndromc. The Southerner 1s an

eplc character stralght from the ege ol-d clessloal stages or paqcs of the
Oreek Aeschylrrs, Sophccles or Eurlnldes antl must pley-down schclarshlp and

lntellirence t o g a i n c d v a n c e m e n te v e n o f t h o m o s t m e e { l e r f o r m s r b a n a l l t y

wh e n e r n p l o y o d b y a a fi p rfn u ya n kee: Souther n knoviledge cor u]tullicated on the

verbal ?T, se to (ttrus, the best kept secret ln thc South). And the
"nu"*
hyperpyrexia yankee mentality turned Ioose on t,tie sunny terraln floes beserk

v r h e nd . o r . vSno u t h f o r a long perlod. of ti:ne -- e mental ballnst or blltz l"rst

end confused that must attack all t h l n g g S o t : . t h e r nv r l e n n o l o n g e r i n t h o m a i -

\-- :r t't'W -kt/< n'#/
ority ccnjecturo of the shrllL nasal,r{ucous soundsf(the demn loud. yenkee trul

b e c o m e st h e u g l y A m e r l c a n v r h e n t r c v e l l n g er livlng cmong inhabitants out of

the yankeeland paredlse) .

T h e d . a m nve g a b o n d ya n ke e l l ves in gr oups of his own kind that c om pc unds

itself llke a fungus cr selmonelle, tslg neturally. The damn lntruclve

*g.
yenkees eppear ln hrge numbers, ncvcr fadic numerals but rather in gr.ups

of en agglutinatlon llke fatty globules ar bernccles on n steatopygla trlbsl

but t ock s r b u n ya n ! A n d th e svl ar m s of the @ loco yankeos demand the pr o-

vlnclalnamebrandprodu'etssoldonlylrrthelrperochiallocclcbacklntho
brands'
heven of thelr s u p r o m c y a n k r : e l n n d "( m l t k c r e a m e r y n r o d u c t s o r s u g c r
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r v h j . c l ;v r e r e o r i C i n a l l : i { j r o ' : i / I Ii n L o u i s i a n ; , a n d t l t e n " i - : - b : i i e d . : l i . 1s . . . : l ; , r i - , r " r : " ; ; i

u,il llr,:';lr : r . : l t l : 5 : ; ' , ? l t r . lt : - ' 1 , ; : r ' l ' ' l lt.i i : : c . ' e i i - r r t i c a l i ; r lre-'it:; l'inicky to knor'v

the only ' r g o c d . r ra r t i i r e n t l c

quatlty or true crlglns) . But the lou,f ,lenands for

prooucts ,)veT macle shows thelr artlficial pernickety Deasant rcod taste l.ilie

thinks ! Tiie elitcrne

" C . h lr i e , v t h e t u n a a r i s r t o r s o t h e y a n k e e m e n t a l i t y thus

cr self-i,rcclairnecl paraf:cn cf perfection exlsts onl-J,'back gP, in yanlleeland,

lvhether in tne prorJuctlvi-t1r of i.oods or in deilc,tlal-rhic factors cr-'nceri',inil

the',ihole eount:tt" i;eather, Yanteeland has nc ni.rtural weatnel'disl;ster Lrs

Coes the ,iouth1and. r l a r t l i q t t a k e s , n r - t r ls l i c l e s , brush f'lres, flash fires, 1;cr-

c n a d o e s u n d . ; . r . ; - r ' r i r : r , . t r rr:i si , c c c u r else',';here accordint to the'TT'9' llati"otral

' , t ' h c s en o t t t l t b e c o m eS I i l r . l . r )
/eatirer .jervice reI)ortS, nullif iecl by mortif ietl ;rarrks
'rrehoove
rnif ieC b:r a s',vetltof f acts' Facts aIl C a m n y a t l k e e s ; S c u t h Tr n e r s sim-

ply ,.rant cnI;r the ircnBsty or r,iillingtlcss of the .yankees tc stre thenaselves 3 s

ciearl5, e j 'liie ,/anks observe otirers, especially as in!csed' upon Srutherners

clsos not cinrac terize the yankee shodcly treatment tolarci

(self-accountabi.lit.',1

Southernldeolcots).TireoermnyankeeniriueusestLrel.lord''llrogress'raSa

end hi[:h cla ss of the lrrdivid.ual Southerner; yankee is

6;uise tc usurp style
t'proftresslve'r breathintl the raref ied 5rnnkeeair and'
a l l , r a y s r r 1 . 1 ; : l i f t tO r ;AS''; ty

trie rirht or correct credentials to chanqe or rlomlnate tiroceduie

has iust
And the $cuilr*rner automatlcarry beccmes
tliat scrrthcrners have devised..
sII-kuovrlng yenkee tir1d"le-teddly
v!,rcng cr irrncrant ancl:nust submit tc the
cf all the neen' stupid peo-ola
,iargcrr rf hcw lvrnng the vrhcle ;3outh |s lecause
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I R

liho reside o n 1 ; r r l o ' , ' J 4S o u t h ] t r m t a nd e c e n c y t , h u s d e n i e d t h e s u l : - h u r , t a nS o r t t h -

c'.na'c hrr rlra predatory
v' ,.\' . p . ' J
1 7 a n k sw i t h thelr judicial jabberinE that sets a fash-

ion fuil cf entrapment or personal cninoslty ( p r e c l o n o i . n a t e l yn o o f f i e i c l fret-

ernlty of yankee friends clare to nurture or inbua rnspeet tovlard the Sc,rrth-

land fcr fear of not beinfl a true-blue northerner) oral harangue r:iescrlbee

tire lnitietlve c f t h e G D y a n k e e d , i a l o € j u ev r i t h a S o u t h e r n e r t c h e r e s s ( I e v e l
,'/
of ttre y"d,ing yenkro lntel1lgence can be cbserveci by the convnrsatlonal toplr
l; r- ) .\- ll
I. ) r"osslp as tire loivesti ?.)'thlngs as a nlo-Ievel and ).) ideas as tlie

high:st and.rarest lntelloct), Interpersonal or oral Iecturlng embclllsh

n c c o m p l l . s h m e n t so f t h e t e r s e r o c o r d c d h l s t o r y of n Southertt r\rea (and ln

Englrnri fsr that mattcr) as enjoyed encl understood by tire royal cavaller con-

s c l o u s n e s s s u c h e s t h e A I e x H a l e y R O O T St h a t a u 5 , r y r e nt th e a c t u e l h l s t o r l c a L

events but of course cennot be taken as true factunl:l accounbs by yankees

v r h o n s t a t e d b y S o u t h e r n s t r r e a k e r ss r w r i t e r s : t h e d n r n ny a n k o e r e s p o n d s o r

treats a|| Southern speoch anrl rvays remlss ts though e freek end scmethlng

horrl6, horrlble bel'qn6 csmpere and must be d,estroycd or oblltercted' -- a

v e r b a l w a l l 1 l k e t h e B e r l l n 1 Y e l l . s f r e J e c t l o n s y e t s o g e T m e n ee x l s t s ln Am-

wet llps. A
erlcan vsnkee speecli when a lSouthernsr cpens the trlp-trnp
yenkees wlth
Scutherner has no real place ln the Untted States slnce danning
southern es bad
no feet cf clay now nlgrate everywherc anrl taunt ell- vlayB

and cllsgustiry1. The {g iternant yankee is tha only pelson doln South l'tto
screech will say the
knovrsencugh to get-tn sut of the reln cr so the
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d n r n ny e n k e o h a s a m e n t a l l n r p o t e n c y c o n s u n r a t o dl n e v e r y v e r t r c l p e t i t l o n to

b e e c r n ey a n k r e f l e d v r l t h t h e s c m e c i r y a n d c h l 1 1 y p e r s o n e l l t y c x p r e s s e d i n t h e
t4r
h ar s h y a n k e e n a s a l s p e a k l n f ' t v r a n V ( p e r s o n a l f e e l l n g s n e v e r c o n s l d e r e d w h e n

able to nake a flagrant s n l d e r e r n e r k , ? f . - r g o n en o n - f i r a t c a b o u t S o u t h e r n o r s ) .

The Southerner bears vrstchlng tlke a fr:eak or saboteur, evcn e bendlt, by

t h o m o r a l l y p o r f e c t G D y e n k o e rs c l o s e s c r u t l n y ; aIl thc Scuthern l'Iays remaln

-'g-
under observation or,::arblad critlclsm\seen l-lke gerblos or elgernons ln en

lnterestlng scclal experlment carefully controlled fsr a brlef forthnlght'

only. Dann yankees alv,nyg correct the syntax or vrord order of thc Scuthorner

even thoush elleqed SOR,GD yankeos thomselves unwlllingly split infinltlves

and mix verb tenses hlghly educated Ssutherners Just cenrt knovras much ns

the dumbest and.least aducated demning yankee. But r demn yankeo hns speclai

n outh cngeglng ln soclal

c i l s o e n s a t l o n a s a n o r a c l e Q , q v rS lnterccursc vrhen slur

rlng a syllabte o r t w o ; c l a m n a b l ey e n . l c e e sp r o p o u n d t h a t o n l y S o u t h e r n e r s t a l . k

I s u d o r s i . r e a kp o o r l y ; dnmnyenkees d.onot hear themselves or do not concede

thet quality competltlon qgJ4l South can wleld. p.wcr or has reel mettle as a

fabric of southern oxpertlse yankeos dls-nvrw cvcn thelr o v r nf r l v l l l t y or

jubllatlon llke e welter vrelght prlzo flghter nlstakenly out-classo

c:nvivlal

a n d p o l t e d b y t h c g ; l r a t o f t h . qo s o g J E
fugllt"tn speech that daes not have tc
lTZ'A/14-/-'
mock in order to makee But damnynnkees hrvc to tvrlst lvords
"""tftf"Gt;
cr revelent cruelty llke a retroactlve
and devl-se plots in vlndlctlveness

n l e d g e t o s p r e a r l t h e h u b of thelr extr ava{ ency r enol^r nedas ec c up-

fraternity
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\\ //
ation of crltlc--extradlonaire g r t h e d a m n e d - u pc c c k n i f i e d ynnkee jargcn that

r o u s t c c n d e r n nc I l things Southern. R e p u 6 l n a n ty e n k e o w o r d s a l w a y s h a v e c r e d e n c

over Southe:n sounils; Southerners usc prcposltloncl or parutnctlc phraso-

oicgy more then anyone alse on earth to heer the yenkee llned tales (yet

.:Ilnstcn Churchlllr s phrase escspes or desorts yenkee mcmory: ilThls 1s orlo

staterxent vrlth vrhlch I wlII not put-up with."). Scounrlrel yenkees even say

t h a t S o u t h o r n e r s h e v e r n l s c o n c e . p t i o n sa b o u t t h e p o o r m i s u n C e r s t o o d a n n u l e
yankee (as if yankees express or porpetrate no erraneous ideas about Scuther-

n e r s : a q a i n , S o u t h e r n e r s h a v e n o h u m a nr l l h t s to return crltlclsm ln klncl as

glven -- reservations cf charaeter-assignatlon belnq a eonstant ynnkee pre-

roi,ative). A Sorrtherner who does not emnulate tc become nn instant carbon

oapy o f t h e d amn ..ra n ke osn o u t @ shoul- d swalter or Just wlther and di e lf

n c t b e c c r , r i n ga d a m n y i n k e o l n c a r n a t e damnlng yankeos practice no clo tente

vrlen 4ryJI Ssuth, and the yankee holtls no morltorlum on sLurs and blu,:lqeonlng

actions tovrard Southern spee:h; lcud yankees beccmewiIllng1y lrrevrcably

surly toviard Southern pronuncletion end. seys Southerners are nilvo chlldren

w h c ma I I loud. yankees must try to enlighten cr lnsplre (r,vtthe11 that yankee

godloss chertty) to mimlc or to grow psychologically .r to mature beycnd the

backward vr3ys enly perpctuated"ell ever the Southland. Tradeless, va'aboncl

p e a s a n t y a n l c e e st r e e t southerners llks a creep or menlal servent vllth e de-

preyment cr".verbel abuse -- tts consldered chlc to berk condemnetlonupon arl

d' 3nn ynnkeo has n llltch sf hlgh C cl ef by no

S : . . ru L N . : :gr n
o u n d s. T h e re e o n d i te
i zzTt,l1 15zz2o./LJzz%l!' TAIT,OR

fluko and the range of a metrcne that must make enouiihnolse llke a battle

c F X r a n l s s , t e e c h i e v e f r r t h e y a n l c c eh i s self ish t',ay t h e s t o l l d . ; ; an l c e e

e r e a t e s a s n af u f s r S o u t h e r n e r s m l s l - e d o r c n t r a p p e d b y 1 1 1 m a n n o r s . i lannars

and prcprj.ety dc not extend tc a Southern accent, for e 11 yankeeland hellttle

soft sounds as lgnoramus, ninc':mprop or buffoonery, such nlmtety over so cgn-

stant g!, the smrt north. Tlie ord.eal of thr: frenetlc dcmn yenk:e scum furthe

a s c ? . 1 ' f a i " n sc l e a r l y the tumultous Iife l'rith the child'rrearlngrt or ttrnlslngtl

nomenclature a s loud yankees refute wtth motlve force the idocy tlttering or

prattlinf:llke an infant chlld gulde or gulld sf critlque lssued b'r a dunce,

v6itten l n w r c n F i e dl g n o r e t l o e l e n c h i : slob d"mg yanltea: Iet their ohlldren ruri

. , ' ; i l d a n c ] s c r e a m o r b e n r s a ni n i r u b l i c p l a c e s e s p e c i a l l y ln restaurants as the

crass chi.lcl ralslng r e v e a l s ( n o f a , n l l y c o n c e r n f o r n u n i t i v e m a n n e r s e n cc u r -

a g e d b e c a u s e : / s n k e o s h a v e n o t t p ' o g d fn o b l e f a m i l , y n a m e t c p r o J e c t l n t c a n y

s.clety yankees having )-ongago abolished o1d feshloned minCless values;

n o ill - r e f l e c t i - on u p rn th c trrn l ly tr nege or n bc ber ncd by n r r uty ohl td fr r n

an even 1ess mannere6femlly llf estyle). The dullard . y a n l c ' r em e n t a l l t y h a s

n o n c b l e p e cllg r e e o r t g l n s or cleslgns cf thrroughbre d llneare f or lnf luencln6'i

publlc chlld rearing m tn n e r s t t r u t l o n g a g c c l i s s i p e t e d u i t i r t i r e l o u d m o u t h e d

cutrage cf nubllc dlsperlty and canft::fkc a laughlng stock of a non-exlstent

, rp r e c i o u s , , . y a n k e es u r n e r n c b e c a u s e y a n k e e s t h u s l y h av e n o p r l d e o r s t l l y n o t -
cr cven patrlotlsm as nur-
ions like southerners ln heritage af famlly name
others or sc states the impres-
t u r n e d b y b a c k w a r d .p e o p l e r , r h on a e d t o i n p r e s s
y a n l < e ee v e n e x c l e i m s t h a t a l I
slonable yankae mouth nlecc. The muckraker
; zzZtl/I5zz.m / L5zz7.-}.I TIYTOR

public facllities cr institutions displey or exlst only es social bedlamr Yet

m . a n ye t h n i c groups thrive or prrllfernte deyp South t"ihlch ls alsc a land. cf

visitors or tourism and countless cmusement or entertalnment center parks:

Disneylancr in Floricla, Six FIags Over Georplia, Astrclvrorld, Opr.yland anrl Six

Flags 0ver Texas. Everybody cant t be a f col llke t h e l o u d ' , ' a n k e e a c l v a n ce s

sesl to cLeclare, about ever.ything Seuth,rrflr And even the BeII teletritone com-

^ . r t o 1cl l c v r nS o u t h h a s i n f e r i o r l'/ays or lgnorant yelloir page Iistlni's: nc ivhqre

else cjceg a feult-f indlng y a n k e e h a v e c . , ' r r c b l e n: ; i . t h i : 1 ' - s s l : - r l ' l i ' i . ' ) ' : i r i : t ; l

s u . g . r ji l, , i , f t , , . - i oi ^ : , c 1 .p h c l e b ; c ' r ; . llut dunb spells dumb even f r. n a vil,l i.;Iic cr

hv u:r r. -, rrJr r v :r ) cf ?r . c r : rfnief , y t f a sacrocsant yr a -n- -k- e e v t h o i s sc lgnorant in riublic he 'ailI

n e v e r l i n c , , , ro r a d ; ' n i t d e f e a t . And thus thc Southerner does not even get the

telcnhorlc tirne d d a J r i n a r t l : f e wY o r k l l i n u t e r f much less a ?t'rankee Dine't ln ex

The clap-trap yankee has a flckle or negligeable ectasy cf rr,'disn

chanere.

theories tr tre';t Scuthern soun,ls ?r vlolCs as h'resy cr as an ab::r'rination to

. / a n k ee , ) T i . c k i s h e a r s , otr ectasy t o c l c ' l n - g l a d e S o u r . h I a n d . s p e e c i r , t o d a r r r t no r t '

no aestiL:tic s can s i)out frr:rn Scuthern Iips, tro c crmpassion 3r !)rr'l

c : , n t , i : r , ' .t1h e t
j.,rn5e of civil r j c : c o r u l 0f r r t5^ ccnse(luences as tiie iiamn vankee tl,rJng ltlusters

s ; , t r f i r e r n o r s c i o m u t ' l d ' e rm e t i r o d i c a l l : ' in a

thrcr;.li t;ire lnr:I isii Ian6page l'cliI'
t' : t l ' e t u r n e d r l a t n ' e d '' y a n l < e e
: n5or.7 etynclog1cally
c i , r ce "ileltGgytt ::f hnar-"'' "
i:ockney {ieneral :\nre::ican d ialect knov;n e s Rneqtved Stlnr'lilll
e a r s t L r . . , t i n a l c et h , e
srrunCs lifqless ; r ' ' ii t h c u t r e s o u : r c l e c l0 h a r a c t e
or television-anllsuncers-accent
of liostility '"'-hen
r e s p c n r i n e e j ;t i v e l l i and ful i
until t i t . r d a r , L n, / & n k B e r l r : ' s 1
;ts
ulI xf Americats fIttledcli
g noi'thi'
iiearing Souti.ern speecl: slloi:en anyv;here
ric, nlt toslrle or :':i':
;.ln(j des.l.otisni off 1c iarty
Ilvir,i" Yankcelan rlr i.lhr,lret.,,,,r.;nts

vive exc e Pt it.' t ite r l e s p o t l c l ; a n k e e - w i l l l n g p e r s o n a l i t y i v j r e n l n t ] r e S o u t h l a n d .

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Amcrlcenn rcvcrls nuch ebout yenkoc d,espotlsn: gas stetlon ettendents, ,rot"

clcrks, pollcc or clty offlclnls rnd strengers on thc yenkeelend strcats gewt

end splt-out dcrlslve cplthcts wtrcn the vlsltlng Southern dlelcct ls utteroil

or nerely heerd -- hospltallty bccomlng Fhostlle-partyt. Ancl Jimny Csrtor

only hcLpcd to surfecc thc long ln-bred natlonrl past-tlmc of beretlng the

Southerncr as lgnorcnt: Jokes bclng tb obvlous othnlc lovo-hate dlsclelncr I

thc put-down ertlsts ln yenkeeLendrs nsss nedle llke t Don Rlcklogr cop-out

thet uscs hunor to lnsult (tfre toothy Southern snllo grlns lts lnwerd lest

le u g h o n r n e r ch cn e my w h o p re scntly holds the power ful uppcr heod but w l l I

soon losc -- Bll,Ly Certer so well shrugs hls shoulders et thc whole soelel

ncsg) . But the Chcghlre Cnt snlle ebounds on t he lntornetlone I socnc of poI1

tlos whcre tho Southerncrs get elong bettcr wlth forelgners or Europetns ther

wlth e yenkcc ln e soolel getherlng; thc ecccnt ls not cotrstently belng oor-

rc c t c d o r l e u gh cd n t b y E u ro p cans who thcmselves adnlt to the colorfuL nut-

tc ring s o f w o rl cl se n d b e ru tl fu l , sour ds, whether tb,clr own or lyr lcel w or ds fr t

otbers. A yenkee oen onLy add lltt1e contcnt to a dlscussLon bcfore declarir

rac la l e n d s o o l cl sL u rs o n e p g r sonel ed hor olnur olcvol tor ur r cl gr oups dow n Sot

frst crrs, I fest buck (noney?) rnd fast woncn entarteln tbc yenkec oonsolous
-'5t
acsE ln thnt orcler, no less (telng honest ls th. cxcusc the yenkcc weY to

obnorlous lnterpersontl stetomonts or slurs).... And.thc slurs cncl

Jrutlfy
( no w ondar
wlt h t h c n e n c o e rl l n g o f 'yo u se guysn cvon to a fcmelc r efer ence

yenkecs,brve soclel problerns by nOt knowlng e fenelc fronr a guy durlng ' coa-

vcrsetlon on thc bcslos of l.lfc "' )'

perqonal
A beaio feot cxlste thet e southarner must bc content wlth much
mettars only
trhL rnd, trlbuletlon wben converglng wlth e ynnkec, buslness
/rz /tz /t7 /tTttYl-oa

of oourse -- ncvcr sooiall-ze when posslble to evold, Jwt to pass ancl rc-pesf

a yankccl ^ An da n y S e u l h e rn e r who ean toler ate llvlng out of tlr e Southl end l s

l niiee d b r a v c e n d co u rn g co u s a n d dcFcr ves a m cdal lf not tr uly ln dl r e c l r c u- n-

e&J"e#fr"
stenocg or crl or the
ft'!#.;K:':tr"J'"oro" thc chronlccordncss
yenkcc hlnterlend,, lncllmatc rnd el1 other frctors c o m p o u n d . d -d- llvlng or

exlsttng I sccond year or cven e sccond scason ln yankeeland froquently brlnr

o n s c y o r c o h r o n l o h c e l t h s y d p t o m s r s t h e d l s p l a c o d S o u t h e r n e r b o o o m e sr l c o h o -

or s p e c e d - o u t o rrzy\fo * V zt(. thc dally vor bal cbuse alone fr om e l nnk ee

screcch is conetcnt Just llkc tha rotten weather that rccsLvcs lave rovlews

fron the up cest blcscd prcss (ttre prlnted wcrd- cven bralnweshcs or slents

ell thlngs wrlttcn es bclng yenkec corrcot: the tllctlonery shows northern
irutgn tfrootgn end hsultil for nsootn but nfoo{
prcJudlccg .s preferrcd for

rc n rln s n f o o t n e n d th rj p h o n l c ennlogy r ethcr ttnn thc stupld phoc netl o pr o-

nunoletlon c v cn sto p s th e ye n kcc o[tter ss Jnnks nust ply nhomr gc n to thc l r

own c l f t o r l t l c a l L cxl o e l n a rkl n g s, cvcn wlth a long sllent nHn of a m om ant l n

Out of thc South, yenkees lnsult c noh othc :

p c c r p e u s l n g n h q .l o b l cn so l l tu d c).

o n I g r e n d c s oe l c w l rn p rcsscd . together ln thc fr r r aechcg of ]nnka el and' ts

to votc on thc pronunclrtlon for vrld'cz,

ln the cesc of thc A1nska clectlon
eff or ded thc obvl ous l y w r or
A les k a : C l o r n rso U th r trO e r.e cto ral pr oooss wour .d.be
n h unbr en wr th a br e silent nHn r s lndeed el l thc
rn d d l e t c s t c c r so u th crn e rs
nlsr l souncls lnflucnc c tnc
y nnk c c d e s c r v cs q r g e te w h a n thc har sh nor thar n
/$ /$ /tslrslrernvl,on

ln t c rp c r s o n a J . rcl e tl o n sh l p s l n nccor d wlth the soclal and the etyno}ogy of

th c d l s c u s e e c l te rn o r p ro n o u n cl atlon loud yenkecs bolng of the s ane l tk

or glnllar ooLd no1d, from lrfalne to CeLlfornle).

Evcn Southern Cel,lfornlens rof er to themsclves aoutoly es yenkoe, nnil

th c W c s t C o a s t e cce n t o f sn l p p l ng- off each last syllabl- e conflr ns t ho ugl y

eccent pccullar to tholr cllme that hcs such eold nlghts and low hunldlty

thet oreoks end egca the skln (Callfornlens erc cven nore provlnclel then

Ncw yorp Cltt d ri vcl l e rs). T h cl r gol,dcn lend of thc m ost popullst str te rc-

sc mb l c s a f o r c l g n co u n try w h e re a polluted lnsane asy) ,um over flotved r 11 ar oe{

of nornel habltntlon lnto one blg orszy placc where fenlly and lndlvtduel met

ncrs rtc e thlng of the forgottcn pest, lf evcr ln cxlstcnoc.as t pert of

thc oulturc.

T b c Sr g e cu l tu ra l . a re n kn o wn as thc Southlend cover s t thousand nl l es

E rs t f r o m t h c A tl e n ti c 0 cce n to thr wester n dcser t ar d six buadr ed' r nl l c s

Llne; Iend ts
w ld c o r u p w e r d to w e rd ye n ke e l e n d,, bounded by the lr fason- Dlxon
br end Souther ner s bac!r uar d' for hol dj
v lt el o r i l e n r to th c S o u th crn e r ( y"*ees
o r a n ccsto re l l end,s, but yenkccs sur ely do tr y to p ur c bns c
onto tbc fnnlly
o f thc south cxtend' s nol.c thr n lnto the m er c
tbc propcrty). T h c o u l tu rc
of f em lly t l es end'
g c o g r e p h y o r cl e n o g re p h l c cl cma rketlons: 3n eccuLtur ation
obher st cspeclelly old ege and' her -
t o y rl g e n e o l o g y, n e n a e rs a n cl respect for
past tfunc of ohldl
ttegc, st1II cxlst d O w ns o u t h ( a g e i n , t h 6 y r n k o e n a t l o n a l
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thosc thlngs Southcrn as lgnornnt ldoals). A Southernerfs ldens arc dlsmls;

gc 6 a s l g n o r e nt a n d p ro vl n cl a l - lf not dowr lght backwer d, but s ysnk ec w l th

thc senc ltleee or conccpts can cxpress v'rlth e oold lcy nasal conJestlon el1

thoughtg llkc n rn n r fro n h ca ve n ( nnd a Souther net nust nevcr mentlon God.end

ohuroh for thet ls oertelnly e truo algn of tho low mentallty of mmt South-

[ nc lc r s r a e t tn ye n ke c n o d .s to the co- ber t ynnkec amugcment ln thel r pel r c l nl

cycs). Church rntl Blblc cplthets lrbcl thc Southcrncr as week mlnded, Yct

t h o y r n k e c o e n 'l o vc h l s Go d a n d chur oh evcn of thc sanc Souther n d enonl natl ot

t h e ye n k o c s a e n . te l k ca n o n l ca l l ,y ebout Goil end chur ch wlthout belng c ons l der r

slnpLc nlnded llke tho Southerner ls alwnys lanbastcd -- end also thc South-

erncr steels, loots end evcn murders beceusc he ls so poor end has 3n lgnore:

b u t w c e k r e L l gl o n : th e p e r ca p lta m ur der r ate ln thc South ancl Sou thw os t tc -

corillng to thc stetistlos of thc blesed ynnkee prcss exeeods the ynnkec orlmt

o t s o t h e y s n kccs b ra g a n d l a u d. them selvas, ovcn though the tr r nslent y enk c c

dorq So u t h b r ln g s th c q u a rro l so ne end ger r ulous wr ys fr on thc loy l end Il k e

a nbl u o - n o r t h crn fu ss b u d g e t that er upts lnto klllings basod on yank ec l 'enc l

p r o b l cn s b ro u g h t d o u ts South llke I plague to vcnt thelr vlle ec ts

cnotlonel

upon e l L t h l n gs S o u tb crn , fo r tha consolousncss of the other per ts of thc

u n lt cd stetcs co n cl o n e s n n d e xp octs to tr eet tbe south es a whlpplng Boy for

o r fr ustr ntr ons - - a pecklng or der to kl r l s outh-

e rr th c r r o w n l n sco u rrtrcs

crncrgr&cnnatlonalandlnternatlonalprobl6nsnolonger]"ottbeynn}cccYcn
south ls r oontr e-
t hc lr h o s t l l , l t y (trrc d o u b l c stend.ar d, of ethlos to' r er d ttr e
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dlotlon cvcn ln yenkcc tcrns thnt anyrvhercclse ln the world, such ns ln

Af rlo a , those entl- hunen

w o u l i l g e t th c p o p u l e cc who er por r nd.cd, r lghts put

under globeL senotlons and perheps cvcn lockcd nwey ln t sanltorlum for the

lns en e n o c k c r y o r n l g h t cvcn ster t enothar wor ld wnr to fr ec the suppr as s c d

group from thc tyrannyl). But n yankec csn sry anythlng hc wnnts to a

Southerncr -- cnil the yenkcc doos -- wlthout fcellng gullt or lll nennored',

for thc disdeln l s th rt l n te n se end wlilc- spr aecl la eII of yenkcclen c l .

Yrnkcclencl !s not so full of yenkces es lt ought to bc, for the trans-

ppntcd northerner brs lnvcdcd the Southern terraln oncc egeln. The trnns-

plrntcd nortberncr cgn beoonc nn ex-yenkee gt best; the cx-ysnkcc cen only

be e ncwconel eb leest, llke en evelanche of blcek flllel bodles upon the hon

f ro n t in thls o l e g sl c mr zo n c oelled thc Souther n cxposur c. Tho tr uc anc l i l e

icrtc6 Southcrner bes eerncd hls rlghtful pleoe vle ell the hnril knocks en(l

dlatrlbe thnt thc yenkees hurl upon thc Southern eoft spceoh end tredltlons,

But t h c t r u c S o u th o rn crsf fe n l l y ar r lvcd a gcocr stlon or two pr lor to the

I{er or the mr betwecn the strtes (tefcs et lenst flvc gcncrntlons to

Clvll

bcoone r truly d cd l ce te d . so u th cr ncr whose oultr r c per neetos tbe len d' and' w ay

the Jepenasc eoclc of honor or dl gnl ty fc

I lf c f o r h u n dre d .s o f ye e rs mu c h Ilke
And, thc southern cultural trensformrtion docs lndeod occur fot
fenlry 11fc).
of thc loud- r nouthetl nor ther ner s l l ek s
t hc y e n k e c d o w n so u th w h e n th e chlr dr en

wlth thc gentecl softness thrt thc nolsy northern brrggrrcl oen ncvcr do or
nTonn oor r cotly enc l c - v c n
c v c r e t t e n p t to u n d crste n d . T he yenkee ccnnot ssy

p ronunolatlon of nceln sounds thc ssBc es i l c ouf

t h t n k s t h c e lcg e n t so u th e rn
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(tnc yenkao leck of dlscernlng the subtle sound shows t low cestc beckground

or lnnate bovlne intelllgence). And yankoes mutter npottlen for 'pertyn or

noubern for nouben the yankee srysrrCelron ln ll1lnols cs nKnryo'f cnd cvcn

femlly lrst nancs dlffer, such es the yenkccflod'tCoopcr" pronouncod wlth e

nKu-pertr stressecl ecccnt. But no yenkco can be wrong when fcce-to-feoe wlth

. Southarner es tb snlde rcnarks lndlcate, y c t 1 1 1 - m e n n e r o dy n n k a c s l n n d e r

oontlnues ln thc plunilcr of thc yenkcc hostlllty of word sounds ovcr thc

Southcrn soft grtocful s o u n d s b e e n u s GS o i r t h a r n c r s s r o t h r e a t e c l 1 1 k c n o n - p a r s o

worLd Wer II p o ' v T s ,o n ) , y t h e w a r n c v c r c a a s o s o n 3 I l thlngs Southern

or llkc

urc de n n y e n k cc, n o t th c S o u th e r ncr , beglns the hnr enguc ovcr pr onou nc l atl on

vlhcther on our own honcground. or gg north. Tha slege of yenkees howevcr cofl-

cvcn for e nonr cnt l l k c e gr l :

tl n u c s w h c r c v c r tb cy o o n g xo g ste end ncver stops'

zrcd mongoos.eftcr lts southern prey. The cver preseat yenkee brlngs hls
rnd meke the pcoplc morc llke
hebltg and odd ghoullsh fcshlons Just to ehrnge
end squslk or constnntly oom pl al n
h ln w h c r c c v o r th e d e n n ye n ke c goos to llve
gobrln trlok-or-treet
ebout the work: brrngrng c'.gtoms such rs tbe herlowoon

thetsprendsouthwerdcluring,Vorld'.,IcrII--aqualntbutdengerougghostly
dacadenceto beg for e free
prrctlcc thnt trelns thc youth wlth subtle Jeded
(trl0k-or-
r e t h c r t h e n t o c x e c t a posltlve work ethnl. vlew of trfc
tnnd_out

trcetbclnglncxtcnslonofnsolD'thlngfornothlng'prcccdent-.thcrfiolcsel
adlblis:
f o o t l b c l n g u n s e f c t o e e t ln thls era of polsoned or druggetl
bcggcd
per tlcs ono6 egel
p e rtre s n o w b coor nlng the tr encl or modc
homc o r c o m m un l ty
es ol c l - fr s
ye n kce me n ter lty thr t hld cr e- cr eir ued the South
rc v lv c d . b y t h c sa 'c

loncdorbeolcurrdforcreatlngancl'mansglngtheentertelnmentforthcyoung; for
rdverse erltlclsm
w t t b p r l d e w h a t e southernor g,ets flross
yenkec cnn do
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Fgotlclng). Thc yenkec tries to rule wherever the eestcrner goes rs t

suppreeslvc force, but chenge cloes heppen to thc rodncck yenkec now llvlng

d o rn So u t h : t a kcs fl vc ye srs -- lf ever for s yenkee to become hu.nenl z c d'

c noug b t o q u e ).l fy to b e e d e ce nt tr ensplanted nor ther ncr who c3n lc c r n to

s peek e n d t o c o n vcrso w l th a i u o..llcumof fr lendllnoss towar d. enother hu" nnn

b c lng w l t h d . l ffcre n t sp co ch p e ttcr ns.

T h e n o r t h e n 6 th c S o u th d l ffer as dny end nlght ln m or e thnn mer c v oc el

gounds beceusc bf the frontler orlglns of lts scttlars. The north hed e flu::

of peesants whltc tb South hed a sottled baso of arlstoorecy w l t h d . e o Pf e n l l

enccstorle1 tlcs; ccvallers colonlzcil thc Southland peasants nlgratcd' or

pus hc c l c l s c w t r c rc e cro ss th c fro ntlar lenr ls of the Unltcd States. T hc s m el l

or 1lnlted mlniled lnasant ways of thlnklng rcmaln ln evlclence toctey wlth the

yenk c e b *s h n e ss o f n l l rn l te d er enlun that br eccls lts own pr ed' lctnbr c s ner r nr

that is not ceslry undcrstood, cspcclelry entl'

or pcttlncss of rntr-anythrng
bcrata others end ncver to
south slncc the yenkee can be so entlclpeted, to

conpl l n c n t e n yth l n g d o w n so u th . Peasnnt fer ner s settlcd thc m ld- w c s t and

m o s t o f t h e u nl te cl S trte s o utcasts fr onr Eur ope and thc pr lsons cnptl c d'

uponthcprerlcstokillead'stealthelnclianland'slnthcnln€offrcedon
s tet
e r escr vetr on whr ch poses r s a wc l fer c
wh rlc t h c r n c t,l e n w n s co n frn e d on
Brr t tbe gr es
c r c f e a t s tb sp l rtt o f e p eopr e to dlr ect thor r own r lves.
thet
poeient
l n t h e c a s t e n d ' l n Weshlngton' D'C' usecl the naw
lng ynnkcc t r l d c r s
ls ao-
t o c o n q u c r t h e h o s t l r c renctsl thus, thc yankcc
on thc Anerl0en socna
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oustoned to trcatlng othor pcople as a second-ratc person rnd teklng a qulok

ec lv a n t a g c o v c t th c,rh l ffi tfn g g r oup ( e yenkee ctn only bc fr lentl) .y w hc n pl en'

nln g s o n : t h l n g fo r p crso n n l g e l n, cvcn shor r r nwhen the yenkccs br awl l n a bear

tevera). A far dlfferent cless of people settled the Southlend; thc lnpreser

end the Intron systcm colonlzed the South, tnd thus thc Southern tcrreln has

a royal arlstocretlc besc for tb old foundlng famlllcs I soclal class

struoturc thet thc northerner does not hrve and can novcr havo end w111 not

u n d c r e t a a d , s o th o y n u st b e ra te the llttl- c qunltty pcr sonr gc that the U nl ted'

St e t c s c l o c s p osscss (ye n kce s d o not hr vc enough stylc to compr chcnd'eny k l nd

of ol , r s g - - t hc g re e t-g re a t g ra nd.ohlldr en of slob pensents ilo lndec i l hav e

glob off-sprlng es cvldenccd so oftcn by the yenkeo verbel squebble or cn-

c ountc r : publlc cd l u o a tl o n fo r eLl hes not hctpcd r encdy thc lneilcqu etc k now -
arc the rcel teechlng lnfluenr
ledgc of the nesscs --_frnlly soclctel factors

sl n cc th c p u bllo schools gr r duate less then scventh gr edc

u p o n t h e y o u n S --
l r lltcr etes vutr ocennot r ead thelr d' l pr ons ; thur
lc v c r ablrlty w l th fu n ctl o n e r
sklllad feollltlcs of thc
thc soolrl olese of thc fenlly shows ln ttro htghly

ar thc mlr d' ) ' And' the er lstoor ecy of hl gh

y oun g e s t h c cmcrg l n g e rl sto cra cy
the south: m or c pr cstlgc ous or -
blrt h c d b r o o i t rl n cs i l o e s rn cte cd oher acter r ze
-- Deughter s of the R c -
g rn lze t l o n s a rc e ve l re b rc to th e oItl r - lne souther ncr
Rc'
o f th c confedcr ecy and e r so thc Deughtar s of the
p u b rr o o r D AR , D e u g h tcrs
trn t of n II , 9sl P9ERAGTAND
plus of c oursc , nos t lmpor
pub'lc of Tcxes
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BARONETAGE
or B[IRI(E|SGENER,\LARI{ORY, }Iore old Southern fnnllles hrvc nll
tbcsc cntrles bcsldc tnelr coat of erns -- thosc escutchcoas ths t yenkoes do
not cvon knsw cxlst, nuoh lcss to qunllfy for membershlp (but thelr gross ig"
nors n c c n s k c s tl r ye n ko c sccu ro ln en unr loubted supor lor lty that ls s o s uper "
fluous ln lts g l o s s o f y e n k e e l o u d n e s s t h a t h ns l t s foolsf parndlse of a les'

leugh by thc Southcrner wbosc hcrltegc hes dcpth of roots nore thnn the yenkr

crn cvcr fcthon). Pockets of bluobloods oxlst ell ovcr thc South: Mobl1e,
'Cherleston,
Savlnneh, Hot Sprlr€sr Lefnyatte or all along Lr Fourche Beyou,

Tc x e r k e n e e n d Ge l vcsto n -- fe n l ly gencology or her ltegc of thc nlnc bel ng l n.

portent el.l ovcr thc world soclo-coonomlo-pnlltlceI sccnc, not Just dqwg Sou-

But the sound of thc Southern ntnc es weU cs thc vlntege hrs extrcne lnport.

.noc: thc glven nanc should flow or sound-off the llps as e mclody to the cx.
pressed pcrsonnllty -- Lynne Estello i{lnnlfonl, }fozeLle Lorcnn Leadtroop or

Urb e n c A n a b r o seA L e xe n d e r (rtryth nlc fcel or cedcnee for tnltlels m onogr em m ed

elso exprcsses the elcgence or the lnterpersornl p u r p o s e o f L a n g u n g cu s c ) .

Soclel grsoce snd herltrgc eII lnfLuence elegent prrtles whethcr of e prlvate

or n publlc polltlcel nnttrc; succcss cnd nntlonel nooompllshments towerd

d c -t c n t c d e p c nd u p o n su b tl c a u rnccs of tha spokcn wor d: tbe fr ults fr om gentt

B a n n c r s 8 s s h ow n l n th e vo cn L c or ds only ln Southcr n sounds - - n r y tel c c

ycnts or gcncrrtlons to fullflll tounrd the beneflt of the governlng statc or

tht whole cuLturc llkc whlepered secdg gently pressed upon the dlscernlng crr

(nood, tonc rnd ncrntng eII crcete tha oxact nomant of graoeful protocol ln

polltlog encl orn snvo the rcpubllc from dlsestrous trcetlcs, for thc pcn-or

t b e n t h e s w o r d rs c u t t l n g or bttlng ed.gcrof aplthete). But

wor{ ls nlghtlcr
cvcly oultur c by tJr c sr nc trel ts tbr t
t hc sc c c l g o f d cstru ctl o n a re so wn into

grcnt rnd/or cngrnlncd lnto the futwcrs sclf-srne hab:

nrdc thc clvlIlzct10n
cffelrs slnllcr to thc past; tha elr sslcss
to hantllc govcrnentel or soclcl
F
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soclety of thc bresh yenkoc peasant settlcd thc U.S. pralrle by uslng ertogr;

gulle to trke thc fndlnn lends; but, todey, thc urben end clvlllzod people o

lnt c rn e t l o n e l p ro to co l mu st d e nl wlth thc stFG fr ontler yenkoe splrl t that

usurps delloetc eoclellzetlon by a nolsy La.ck of style end thus now thrcaten

thc gtructursl fo u n d e tl o n s o f a non- fr ontler and com plex soelotel. s tetc v l her r

hcrltege end fenlly clagance prcpsrc tfE lndlvldual to llve e quallty end,

gcntccl llfe; onoc rge ln es wlth pleblsclte republlenn Romc, the ornperlel or

erlstoorotle bcsc returns to the reflncd world. body polttlo (e stovcrolgn prc;

ldcnoy or pormrncnt flrst fently for the llnlted Stetcs Bsy soon cvolver lf

tbe cd,itorlel p r c s s o o n t l . n u e s ,e s a n o r e c l c p r o o l e l r n l n g l t s olalrvoyence fron

thc cestern c tt"vt\ffi{oftlik by blrth, alect, to avold thc

"sccna"ncy
egtrononlcal clcotor1rl cxpcnscs that choosc a ncw oriler of olessy frunllles

to dprect Aocrlcen pro.toool or soclal graccs). And thus qucllty bchnvlor

mus t s o o n o o ntl n u e rl l th e tl n c ln high plecos whcr e mor e then B016 nater l el

to rcprcgcnt thc unltcd Statcs: ettltudc, rtmospherc end dc-

wcelth quellfy

of thc gubtlc gcntlrlty that onry the soft southern sound.odrword or

menor
thc curturod rndlvrduel, end the lyrlcer Ltlt
Engush ecocnt can crprcss for
ter ms can cver utter - - the s oft eo* Br
s ly s r o o r c t h e n th c B e re sb rl rl lcxlcel
( tr r s hlgh s hr l l r y r ak
oerrl c s the truc cre ss d .o w nto tho csscnec of equallty
end thclr protcst rs the constrnt shrlok of ts
eocent ls thc roscr soclrrry,
or Eur op6sn soelel l r oc nc w tr er
E O O l r t c d d y l n g co mp l e l n ts o n thc lntor natloner

c lr s s h n s l t s tl tl ccl a o cl rl n ) '
6/26/26/26/26rAYLor-

Southcrners frcquently return to Europe to cleln e tltle with r castle

w h c rc t h e p e e s rn t kl n o f e l e u g hlng geegewlng yr nkoo fr nlly nanc orl gl nated.

And thc nyth ebout Southern pwerty hgs llttlc truth beceugc thc lnfletlon

o f v c r y b l g h p ro p e rty te xe s d o e s not char ectcr lzc thc South as nuoh ns l n

t e x ccl p ro p e rty o f th e nor th; Southcr ner s 8r c too lntcll"lgent to

th c h l g b l y

p ro v ld c I e r g c fu n d s fo r th e p o tttlclens to squeadcr . But weelth en i l el c ganc t

w h e re Btr @or c, thc flnest housc ln eII of Am c r l c e,

e b o rrn d l n t h e so u th l rn d
pel noc s l n '
b rg r t s e c c r e i n n u ch to th c ch n gr r n of the yenkec or thc opur ent
sr l thc br eggecl 0010 v ts y s
G erv c s t o n 8 r e n o t l 0 ca te d l n yenkeelenil contr ar y to
nr lger lty tr y to br elnw es h aII
t he l o u d n o u t b cd . ye n ke c l n th cl r hlgh pltchod
ln thc southlenil - - a
s o u t h c r n y o u t h th a l w e e l th a n d . quellty never occur
to .n o n cy ch rrr ctcr lzes thc yankcc' weelth ls the onl y r ee'
o u lt u r a l s c l l - ou t
as glvlng cless or status' To
foroc thet thc yenkec.snsll mlnd understancls
that no pover ty or
bcer tcll, w c rl th e b o rrn cl sso muoh !n r l' 1 of yenkac} end'

poorpeoplccxlstunttlthesouthcrncrvlsltsthosetornsorburgs(loeber8s
the cold tr uth' Ancl lndecil what I
to l ce rn th c rce l tr uth,
t o bc c r e o t )
e r le! Bclng southc r n 's
. s u rp r r s c t o r ce rn tb a t ya n ke e 5 cour d or wour d tcr r -
tbc
o n a cra ssy r ever when thc yenkec put- on ed,va nc c s
not e e s y t o nrrn trrn
of nl n
ye n kccre n ct. But ber ng souther n ls r nd ccd e ste te
! 'y t h o f t h c pcrfcct
the yankcc so dtcn
t h e t p r c v e n t s en rdcntlty crrsrs whtch
ot oonscrousncgs
r c v 'ngC
'n the vr r c ncts of eggr essr - on or m cntel
erpcr l e n o c E en cl cxp re sscs
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on the Southorncr. A n d th o S o uthelncr wlIl eventr nlLy nout- yankn t he y ank eo

ln hls deslgns upon th e c x p 6 u r c of, el1 thlngs Southorn, espcclelly the weali

end soohl flncry oooi Thlngs nnd weelth lmprcss thc yankec so the flnegt

d c s lg n o d o r l g l ne l cl o th l n g e xl sts ln the South Just to out- fox thc nor ther n

bregg l n g : N e l n e n -Me rcu s l n D e l l as, Houston and Atlr nta br lng out th e onc of

I k l n d $ 3 5 ' O O Og o r r n s n n c l t h o $ t , 6 O O p a l r d shos that not cven Perlslen

couturlcrs ln oLd Frenoc can rlvalr yet only the lgnorent Southerner weote

thc rldlculous flnery says the dlsgrunt)-ed peesant yenkee vdro does not hvc

the fundg fron thc nrloh north" for such opulence to cclco..retc e classy

holldey dowg South ....

Anil e Soutbcrn hollday galns snocrs andl Jecrs, but I yenkee rcd-lcttcr

dey l s I c o n n cn o ra tl o n -- n o t a r cglonel nlstekc or stupltllty ttuch 8s l n the

South (ttre yenkec hes voted rway all the true holldnys to colncldc wlth hls

long wcck-cnd bcndcrs or beer bust" iil srmy styLc of llvlng) . Mllltery

holldeye lnterest thc yenkce nentnllty noro tfian cultural holldeys 3s thc

J rn t rk e ce l c c t s to h o n o r n l tl te ry tbcy call thelr chlefs of bel 1ow t

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cstete. Tlccvast meJorlty of the U.S. clcctorato now dcmenilsto cLect spcol:

t lnc s t o o c l c b ra tc th c b l rth d a ys of fam ous pr csldents r nther then o n thc ec tt

t ln c . A n d , t h c ye n kcc h a s th e rlgbts to elcot whetevcr ldeas essunc d c or - c c t

evcn to stnte thc seBc ld'c es , gtr c h

ln t o l e w w h l l e th c so u th e rn e r l s lgnor ant
to cr ect statesr r lghts that- tho
e s no w t h e r n id d l c-A mcrl ca p o p u r acc dcmands
fer sighted enough to scc ( not s o
Sqrt h e r n C o n f ed e re cy fo u g h t fo r en6 was
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lgnorent horever when e yenkee dccldcs to went strtesr rlghts todey cvcn
thc Blaok oornnunlty wnnts freodom of ctrolcc to ettcnd tb schools ln thelr
aelghborhood). And only when e non-Southarncr tekes-up thc cLerlon cell wil
tn obvlous truth bc oonsldered worthy (Amerlce does not belong to e Southern

t h c S o u t h l s E u p p r e s s c d la s a c o u n t r y c o r s t a n t l y besleged or under nllltary

ocoupatlon es shown by so nsny nllltery bases ln the Southern statcs es a

pcrpctunl rrscnrl;ln c a s e o f t h e y e n k e c a c e d .t o r e m l n d a n d t o s h o w s u p e r l o r

foroc onoc egeln). Thc force of tlme has tekcn lts cxactlng tolL ln the

Sout h l n n o r c co ce n trl c w 8 ys than ln the nor thcountr y; tho South ln d r n

c ld e r l y g c n c r r tl o n o f C o n fe d e rates who bave now dL#ot ln which t hel r denl

dld n o t o c c u r i a th e se n c o o u n tr y of thelr blr th, cv6n though thosc l ndl v l du,

wcre bornc ln the samc house and the slmc bed wh#in"y dled -- the cvcr-
eveslvc rttrltlon rnte- of thl egelcss unlversal father-Tlne knows no dlscrln

lnet lo n o f p e rfro n sg e o r r8 ce l n ell the wor Ld whcn tho long r un of tl nc s hel

dcternlnc t h c su p o rl o rl ty o f chssy nsnncts over br esh r ctor tsr f or dow n

South wlII n o t e l w n ys b e so d o wn for the wor ld. populetlon to r eallzc thc

brreh trcatncnt doled out by the yenkee: the worst race rlots occur out of
thr
thc Sout;rr Vet tbc South hrs tbe becl prcss es the onLy plece ln thc U.S.

prectlces dlscrlmlnetlon or so tho yankee accent nolsely exolelns nnd oh d'o

yenkee whlprrlng boyt Negroes now retu
they cver exclcln -- the sOuth ls th.
to ell people: tbc
to thc opanly honcst traetment t'rrat a southemer cxtcnds
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northerner dellghts equally bad.'

1n rema1k1ng, "ilc 11eat evFl:.Von?
f han ut,t'rlnc a
y e n k e a n o d l s . q - P n 1 r l d _w
Anil bcd !s lndced tho typlcal
ilproducts and
trulgm thnt thc north holds c onstant but 1s ectuall.v all myt,h:
'rlhtn 3
lnventlons arrlve le st if .v.r to tlie Southrrf gloats the yankee.
eharcet'r (end e -vnnkee
Southerner doas not rcmenber a novlr or a t.levtsion

ncvcr forsrts or do;s not know factual lnfcrmction when eonv'rslng wlth c

Southerner who is r-garded 8s e vl1la6,'e ld tot-sttp chl Id) tne yankce ratorts

thet the sllver scrcen projection n l : v e r r a a c h a d q - g w nS o u t h , n o n c h l n t l y statei

wltb celloused glee ln thelr cold steel eyes -- V.t, thc llrst TV educrtlonr-

statlon KIIHTploneerod ln t he vrorld oc: urred vrsy down Southi and tha f lrst

thcctrc ln Ancrlca wss and st1ll operetes down South to unquotc the r:velng

yenkco (tne South shell rlse rgein iust in retallatlon with e plss elm club,

peis on ncw yearr s

scethlng wlth the good luck charm from eattng bleck eyed
yankac-mcrtsllty
itsy of course, to brntcr tire Ioud-mouthed put-down artlst
i l d u m br n v t h s n t h a t y a n k e e l e n i l t o o t s 3 s t h a a b -
ignorcnoc of erI the espoused
seem not so lnept rnd'
s o l u t e t r u t h t o m a k e t h e l r o v r nn l s c r o b l e l n s a c u r l t l c s
or mls-pleced yenkec
stupld by comp3rlson). But evcntually the dls-placeil
from wey down
rcturns to hts northern orlglns ln an automoblle rcolstercd

south: tho rcsponse 1s rnltrcrry th- serre prcJudrce untlr the blg roud'nouth
toprther. And thc bourgeolslc
1s opeaed -- the suprr red-neck ynnkees stlck
w h e n c l o w nS o u t b ; t h a
ysnkec nrrogrsn.c ean nevcr be wrong or mgke e mlstrke
ov.r evarythlng Sout'hernand mekeg
undoubted lgnoremous ilacleres supertorltv
an Ampricen in the snmcchlLl-
thc dar_lerte raber ears cshamedto be ccrred
sevcr. ancl lntr;nse toward the
rlddcn-brectha thst shows the anj.mostty 9o
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superscgnentcd dlnlcct called Southorn -- e slow speoch or lytrlcel 1llt thc

1g t h e c l o s c s t sp o kcn w o rd to Eng].lsh this sld c of the Br ltlgh Islc g. y nnk e
howcver cennot be understood wcll on thc worLd nerket of tgde rnd/or the
lntcroetlonel polltlccI confercnccs, for Brltlsh Engllsh hes been the world
lenguegc for centurles -- aot the horrid shri 1I eccent or harsh spokon dlele
by two-thlrdg of thc Unlted Stctest egomrnleo cltlzenry. But the ignoranous
herlequln yenkec scldon reeds en srtlclc or !r8gezlne cxposrib"r.u.e hc rlree
k now c e v e r y t h l n g w o rth kn o w l n g ( llff- r eff or r ebble tr esh the wor ld ov er hev
ell the tsml3tre" nt blrtb,lto lest a llfe tlnc) ; therefore, the ettenpt or rn.
cffort to l-ogloelLy educetc or chenge yenkcc hostlllty fells on dcnf 6ars sn,
d u n b l l p s . w t r crc l e n g u n g c u tte re d fr om thc nasel phlegn hes no r eel l ntc l l eet
mcenlng or bcautlful soft gounds ....

T h c n o l s y l e n g u e g e so u n d s fron the yankec pur por ts thc nor ther n er as e

put-down ertlst towrrd elL thlngs Southcrn rnd then verbnLly herengulng the

Southcrn ecccat beforc e word, of ncenlng hasbacn c x e h e n g e do r d c o l n r c d i th,

loud nlstl yenkce eccont full of nuooug heeks Llke n cough on thc cllsearnlng

end culturcd, car, gretos on the nervcs, ospcclelly of the reflned lndlvlduel

Soutbe106r. And the yrnkcc nrsal cooJcstlvc eoecnt nuffles thc beeutlful

gounds of thc Engllsh langrngc and ornlts lnnetc klndness ln lts tone of Prot,

oo1 or tonporal sounds thl t gllde or hlss off tha tacth or tonguc-ln-chcek

olloklng (end yankccs or non-Southerrrcrs do lndeecl havc 3 pronouneed rocent

oontrnry to thclr rudaclty to lnstst othcrwrsc, for thc ldlolect shctts fn th'

loud protest thet results as en effort psychologlcelly to bralnwnsh thansclv'

rulcs thrt rngllsh

flrst of erI wlth ne.nlngrcss non-eppllccbre prescrlptlve
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t s 8 n e n e J . y t l o e l l e n g u a g e e sn hr ve ene} ogous or phonlc, not phoenetl c s ouni l s

full of beeuty and ncenlngful ldcas). The Engllsh language hes grown to ove

6 8 5 1 0 0 0 w o r d s Y rl th l ts mu l tl p J.e pr onounclatlons or assor tlons for eec h w or c l

beceuse of thc nrturel ln-bred spokon tend.encyto engllolze: ttle hlstorlc

Engllsh proocss to neke forelgn words end sounds lnto lts own lexlcology --

contrary to the errogant yenkcc prcssod llngulstlo rules thct Judge othcrs
as wrong but not thenseLvos end thus operate ltko e Cetch 22 dlctuno of pron-

o t u l o c m c n t st o l n h l b i t or to llrnlt Southern ertlculatlons as lgnorant end

stupld .... But only down South does the Ancrlcen Engllsh lenguegc contlnue

to functlon wlth lts enrlytlcel or enelogous hlstorlcel purlty thet bl,cnds

eoun d e n d m a n l n g l a to th e th o uglr tful phr nscoLogy. Yet, dor ^arSout h rs

t h c c l e n n y e n kcc sta to s th e l o u d pr edlcatcd phr esc - - pr ovldes e r eel dow ner

for thc Southcra cers do get raped by the shrlll sounds fron the frozen nort

werd-wlndJenncr brlnglng the Iest word on cvery thcr.rght or ldca, a tcnitcrcd

c er o r h c e r d o ffcn sc th ro u g h -o ut aII of Dlxlo: the nor ther ncr and the Southe

nc r d l f f c t J . l n g u l stl o a l l y a n d cultum lly es does aumm cr anr l wlnter w l th thc

pole r e t t r e c t l o n e n rl th e re p cl l lng for ces of ltfe str uggllng ln th c l r onl o

oondltlon o f h u mrn n e tu re e n ri the humen cxper lcnce to comnunlcate thr ough

spcrklng, for th c S o u th crn sp e ccb 1s the best Engllsh spoken outsld'c Engl end
cnd the pur est Engltsh sp ok en l n
s lno c t h c g o uth crn cl l rl e ct l s thc oldcst

And the world trad.o end the lnternetloner polltlcer lenguegc Is

Ancrlor.
dorrento uttrrnnccs of thc
lndccd Engrlsh whlch raorc crosory rascmbr:s tfn

South a r n p h o n cn cs o r e p l th e ts so gcnlelly enJoycd end or tend' cd ilor r s n9outht

conpalc ln ell of Am c r l c r n
s wc ct n c l o c l y o n th e to n g u e a n cl nouslcel bcyonil

Engllsh . r..