Where does "The South"(tm) begin in the U.S.?

[Ed Anger]

Well now he knows that I look like Patrick Swayze (not cancer-ridden Patrick Swayze , Dirty Dancing-era).  As does Lettow.

I liked you in Roadhouse.

[Razgovory]

Heh.  Actually it's the northern part of the state that is more like the south.  In fact it's called "Little Dixie".  The Ozarks were a Union stronghold here (people were to poor to own slaves).  Areas with lots of Germans (like where I live) went Union. 

Just because a region of the south supported the Union doesn't mean the people there aren't southerners.... as Lettuce mentioned the folks in East Tennessee were Unionists too, but having been there plenty of times I think I can say with authority you can barely get more Southern than an East Tennessean.

Also the State never join the Confederacy.

[Caliga]

It sure tried to though (e.g. Sterling Price).  I still think the argument is irrelevant... whether or not a state joined the Confederacy, or portions of it tried/did not try, does not automatically define its Southern-ness.  Personally I think the following factors are more important: accent, cuisine, attitudes (political/religious).

[Pedrito]

Have you tried Aperol spritzer? Aperol, Prosecco, Soda, Ice. Has become very popular in Austria (imported from Italy).

  ...do you drink spritz?! 5 years ago it was impossible to find outside my hometown 

L.

[Martinus]

Well now he knows that I look like Patrick Swayze (not cancer-ridden Patrick Swayze , Dirty Dancing-era).  As does Lettow.

Limp. 

[Martinus]

Speaking of North and South, do people in the South REALLY have such an annoying accent? 

[Valmy]

Speaking of North and South, do people in the South REALLY have such an annoying accent? 

I do not remember the specific accents used in that series...but yes they tend to have very annoying accents.

[ulmont]

Speaking of North and South, do people in the South REALLY have such an annoying accent? 

I do not remember the specific accents used in that series...but yes they tend to have very annoying accents.

Fuck all y'all.

[Valmy]

Fuck all y'all.

There ya go.

[Martinus]

Speaking of North and South, do people in the South REALLY have such an annoying accent? 

I do not remember the specific accents used in that series...but yes they tend to have very annoying accents.

I mean, I heard of the drawl, but thought it is not as pronounced.

It's like "Meydem, wooyld you leyk some weyn?"

[Grey Fox]

At the freaking Line.

The Canadian border?

Mason-Dixon.

[Strix]

I'll throw a weird concept into the mix....it's called the Mason-Dixon line and begins around the southern border of PA.

Talk amongst yourselves about the meaning of the lyrics "I wish I was in Dixie"

[Caliga]

Speaking of North and South, do people in the South REALLY have such an annoying accent? 

It varies quite a bit depending on where you are, of course... the South is a very large region.  Bigger than Poland

[ulmont]

I mean, I heard of the drawl, but thought it is not as pronounced.

The Southern accent is usually over-exaggerated in movies and TV.  In addition, the type of Southern accent varies, unsurprisingly, over even the states always considered part of the South.  The most common movie/TV accent is more of a South Mississippi thing.

[Valmy]

"I wish I was in Dixie"

Dixie is a prostitute in Richmond amirite?