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YANKTE ACCn{TS AI'M SOUTI{IAN SOTINDS
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,
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
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
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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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
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
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
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
cedure changcs spelllng, sound and meanlng to flt the ecntext of usago --
rrlglt'r rnd formatlon: over I0r0O0 once prcscrlptlve I'rench words hcve beon
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
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-
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
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
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
tire bus, d.epilnneing a jet or clirntrlng from a prlvste autonobi""le, thrl absurct
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
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-
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'
southcrn sklII ablds the Eestern specch patterns relate evcn ltrore than
whcrc rnd everytlmc th.e shrttl nasal tones honk thelr syntax abroad ""
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
bfg). Tbc yenkec hrs a oonstant soundlng head-oold eII year round that creci
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
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
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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class wlll rrgo tako a ten day \ncatlon to vlst baclc north because tbe 1g-
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
ccho of the ugly nrstl ettenpt to telk by the yankecl The yrnkec thus hes
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
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
I quick chengc on a cnoked reeord, pleycil over and over anil over, ngeln, so
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-
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
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
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
Katherlne Ann ?orter, Robert Penn .'Iarrenand Eudora ,'ielty just to nemea
few Southerners of note. The Southern experience l)repares a youth for tho
plenty and freedom for opportunltVrso long as the vocal response ls not ut-
over explsnetlon flows frcrn the yenkeo loud llps llke stcnes on the sup-
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
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
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Southenrersl yankeos are the blr:gest phonles ln the ivorLd because they ex-
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 :
natlonal ."r"tff, shilne: the wnr dead for mlles vrere brought durlng t,he
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
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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
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
wllL alvrays be that wayrtt to quote a yankee bureaucra'b). The South as a vas'
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
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
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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-
The nost hostile ereas that yankees dcwn South comefrom are llelr York
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'
that does not knol what the exact thought on a sutrject ls untll hearlnpl the
vrord that gets turned over on the tcngue and Itps before utteranee). The
underprlvllegeil so Iong as others rviII pay for those suggested servlces, llk
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
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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
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
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per tantrum or e public wee.llng as
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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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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-
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
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
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
shows intclllgencc and thus bressy to show supremecyover eII Southarn sound
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
north terreln of verbel paradlse). Yenkeos nust call- Ioud verbel ettentlon
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
cleoldcd no longer to. trkc such bunkurn: groupst llke thc Indlans, Negroes,
tolerate ttp scnscless seillstlc ebuslve bahevlor fron the ebraslve yehkcc
nentellty (tire Southcrncr wlll have to ernploy thc snme teotlos or toohnlques
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
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
or cacophonous. Tbe Scuthorn6rs cr6 thus lnprlsoncd wlthln thelr own honrc
bordlers rncl nust llvo prlmerily wlthln the Southlend to experlcncc treetmcnt
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
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
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
other brdly whlle asaurning the other one to bo n Southerner untll the
dlo occeglonaLly put thc eaustlc fccts strelgbt or twlst of frte to turn tho
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
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
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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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
front oenter, posed, eII the tlmc (e feklr stegecl eppcerrnco, of eourge).
Thc yenkee nesal aocent dlstorts thc hlstorle purlty of the Engllsh gounds
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
'o/? oh e/z o/ z a/zo TAYLoR
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
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(
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
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
fegcd or flcd to thc vreelthy sun belt, to leeve tbc frost-bltc of the ynnkc
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-
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
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
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
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
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
tha tTnttod Stetes e 1I cbound ln the South: BeIIalre, ,'/estbury, llenrorla). and
that flo agalnst the graln or boro of hls cont,.ntion. lducatlon, a viorth-
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
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
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
dcneenor).
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 ,
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
IlIt of klndacss ln the volce shows e slgn of weeknessl thus;the yenkcc snep
moslty thet tlmc ltself wlII rccorcl es the truc otu,sc end effcot hlstorlcel
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 (
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
yenkcc brlnga ell ttre l IIs o f the lcy ways or phlcgm atlc thr onty lc l nc s s l ntt
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
so brllllent, would they have to so often remlnd everyone olsc (yenkecs must
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
deflnltely norc corrcct to hoer hlm cuss r11 the verbnl worlcl: four latter
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.
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
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
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
, / r) / L) /tl / tt/ l3rAYtoR
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
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:
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
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'
should aot, ponpous asses, ell end the unlverslty systen has lndceil evolv
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
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 -
for thet yenkcc dld. lndeed conc glg South whcre tho yankcc nentallty thcn
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 " " " "
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
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
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'
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
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 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
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
tr strengors !n publlc pleceg where the blg loud nofth creetes r negatlve
ebuse that nlps 1lke cold. frost bltton flngers stuck up the n.so rr worse: t
atrelgbt frrnrdl ebcut hls prcJud.lcea whlch rfflolelly.n p.pcr dr nrt crlst
5a/t5c /Isa /t5oTAYLoR
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
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
crertc oheep prrpcrty for the yenkcc buslncssnen to m.vc cntr rr tr orntrrLl
ls eelleil r hrller ilown South becruso Nagrrea slng rr hrller ehents whllc
5dA5a/Lsdlr5drAYloR
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
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
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
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
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-
havc frrncdl ncctlng plecas through-out thc Scuth cs e heven frcm the lgrrent
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-
Lrulskne, lvllselsslppl, Nrrth Cerrllna (end the wrrd nrrth here usurll.y cro-
prr-nrrtbern lYcat Vlrglnle. And Oklehrme whloh neens rcd men rr Inill en Tar-
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
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
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
soelel custons, tredltlrns end, Srutharn spccch: only Sruthernerg lnvc tredl-
tlrnel fenlly ro.tn ornpletc wlth escutchcons.r lcgls enil an.nccstrrl hrme'
'/ 1'
l;44,/+
-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
olagscd. lgnrrcnoe: thc stnc technlquc bclng ilone wlth Bleck Ghettl dlelcots
dlspetob llke I mnnlec ln thls crelltlon; the soan thet e yenkec -- eny clenn
''f L-Jrrlljt(
L>\/ L)n[ L>A
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
to slur whltcg. But honky expresscs the true rrlglns battcr fron thc hrnky
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
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'
'*I L)Lf L)Lf J-)'t rAr&Lrrr
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
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
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
gnrff pedenta. And, of coursc, a fcllow yenkee bleeillng hcert llberrl teech
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
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
dlsregerd Southcrn speech and trcditlons). And the demn yankee does not eve
psychclogy shows that only a good ycnkee ls one who goes beck to the heven o
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,
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
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
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
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
1ng that one must never trust another person (Uut only Southerners have pre-
ncss; yenkce heg e kneok tc change whetcvcr cslsts. Thc yenkce nocds thc
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
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
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-
gruads, hereh dlsprsel, naturally. But rnly the oeveller Stutherncr hes
crprcsscd oless, mrnners, culturc, genttllty end hlgh brccdlng: the clesslcr
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
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-
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
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
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
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
crrrrs 0r ebcrretirn: a renr llve bogey men ln the composltlon of hls trury
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
ulrus uprn eI} renbgedes down gruth (tne yankec volcc rcelLy orrrles or cn-
Ttrc denn yrnkcc engend.ars his own kincl of soothlng gruncls everywherc
wrrng rnd thus nuet sprcrd, I fund of nlslnfornrtl.on thc wsrlcl .velr. suoh
thc 1rng sunner ncxltrm hourg rnthcr then thc ncedcd bleek wlntry nonths
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
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 ;
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
dlffldcnt abrut Sprcc Clty Hrustrn, hlme rf thc astrrneuts, tr thnt rIl. thc
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
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
lndustrlrl cltlcg Atlentr enil Hrustrn have producod e ory-baby rcsponsc frcm
the elweys .pcn nouthod yenkeo: the Seuthern hrspltnflly shruld prrvido I
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
ior hrnc yenkccrtr hrs beon pcnneil .n numerousclty weL1s, ell ln klnd, nelnt
tellty compercs to thc nllltery ced.re exlom, nllke only thc lrcetlrn rf thc
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
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-
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
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
allty.. lf from down south. And country ,iestern slngers -- blue grsss or gran
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
Cerollna and then the Texes Dra',vl or Texsn Twnngvrith lts Llngulstlo mnrvel
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
rellglous types that the gg north movles end yrnkee telcvlslon progrrns pres
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
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 -
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
thr,ugh Judglng frsll. l,lount 0lympus, non-plused end as they are rudely
"iI,
glven so often).
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
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
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 .
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-
(end the yankee lnslsts that'ptooouaclatlon"ls the word). ivhatever the scut
thet canf t meke mlstckes vrhenutterlng down South. The Scutherner refleets
a eheshlre cet grln vraitlng for the gnney mlstakes, fcr yenkee punltlvo
treetnent breeds lts own contempt that bludgeons the senslbllltles of those
'.
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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
hlmself of cII dccorum professlng sclf respeot whlIe haulklng oensorshlp upon
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
cltleg heve created lead Leslons ln thelr brelns that elweys feel tenslon):
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
ellmate ( only the enotlona lty lnduced mlgralne results frcm nlsslag the uncg
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
yankee Coes not make lntroductlons very well; never spcak flrst ts a yenkee
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-
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
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
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
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
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;
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
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
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
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 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
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
bclcncc and. then took the checkbook and leger to''repJ.aco for sefe keeplng ln
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-
place tho Southera femlly of quallty ebove the rabble, especlally the vromen
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
The denn yenkec hes been enactlng stringent lrws end rules that goail
the Southerner for generatlons (busslng only reveals the ttp of the lcebWg
the Southerner uses and that the dann yankee Jfst canrt cope or und.erstand..
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-
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
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
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-
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
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
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
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'
recogt'rizedby their foud honklng auto horns whlch resounil as often es they
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
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
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
klndness or nutuel respect escapes yankee tolerancc when down South. Tbc
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
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sther folks on thelr own terms or noerlts: the stoll& ynnkee hcwks through
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
qtrest to harengue some happy persgn. tlLsery,Ioves conpeny ls the reel reeso
or toronrdo alley fro m ti re Gu If of ldexlco thr ough Ar kanses nor thr r ar d onl y he
wlnds convenlentty omltted -- yct c11 states except Alaske end North Dakote
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-
the Southern exposurc or defect ns g-:gg yankees. c.esunlly hrt feotuelly de-
allty to thelr consclousness (yankeos heve nr itblestr for thcy onJ.y toll the
get denled eccfufun slmply beceuse of locnle, a yenkee spreeil Ccnogrcphlc lle
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
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
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where nntl-lltterlng Inws hevo coropelled tho dlrty yenkecs not'to spread, the
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
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
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 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
egelnst. alL Scutherfr proguncletlon evcn whcn llsted es the prlnnry dictloner
ncvor pernltted fectuel lnformatlon to chenge thclr lncessent vlew polnt tha
the $qn ugly Anerlcan yenkee volcelng hlms:If as Judgo and. Jury ln truo fro
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
stant or norns whose lnconslstcni stenderds are week, lrresoluto end leeklng
yankce syndrcme contlnues today to manlfest ltself ln many oncrous wrys: cet
ternrptlcns y1bll.c trylng to pcrfrrm thclr Jrbs -- damn Jnunty yenkec has no
-'.
e lead,er wtth soft, muslcal scothlng speech -- ncvcr a hlgh tensloned pltch
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
when screoching copplelnts like dylng throes thet frlghtcn or scnra. the
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-
wc6 eg wcII rs thc poetry of each muslcal phonetlc part of the utterencc as
thclr rrlglns ln hot southern clfioos thc world. cver: Latln, Itallen, Spanlsh
.-..
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
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
plus the Unltod Netlons delegate does creete en uneasy or qucasy feellng
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
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
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
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-
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
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 ,
oxprcsses lcleas, lf enyrheld by the author; end.then the tone cf velco rcvae
ldees: dieloguc not dlctums by federal juCge dccistens should lrgislcte rath.
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
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
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-
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'
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
1al1y eccrrdlng to the crltlcel r.cclein frcm the nesal:raiikee nucold rencrks
ls nonly e blumbllng ldJ.ot one blg gaon of stooge,n to pernphresc the csn
nrt rcallzc the subtle claborite attempts tl covcr-up or subJugata c11 sspcc
glant southgate
of rrdlnery southcrn'Amerlcan oxlstsncer squandared, 11ke a
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
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
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
eII rcprsed, lndced to spoak lpse dixlt -- the lrst grrtesquc yankee sounded.
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
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
Sruthern frlks end tom laws down South a s being ctrrupt, vlle and beckward
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
rwaltlng the tordly pron.uncements from the yankro solldarlty lrt, for eIl
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
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
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-
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
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
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,
7,a/ Ljzz.7,a
izz7.a/ L-,',zz T . 11'cl(
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
reselve tli.t h$des a pnr sc,nit s inbrecl lack of manners thi.t leave t ire re nud-
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
enourrh for the rncuths th::l.res as pious strllogistlc gneres to catch and ts
: 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
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
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
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
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.
tc the iouthcrnor, clvlllty net extenclcdto Southern sounds: the flled record
vehementnorthland., yet conulalnts frcm Scuthern llps or ncuths d.o nct geln
transfcr cven though the gg north cnmlty sttll contlnues to skewer bans or
erncss, enri t,ire llenkeo anlmus is alvays conslderecj e better Amerlcan then a
: . 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-
vrard srns or cven change sins so exped.ient to arr, and change soclal wrong:s
that mcves back'.,nrd, to prcnate vrhet the .'anlroc verbgl attack evclces es thc
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
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-
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
so peppy, all fu}l of pep anc vlm ensugh to rnakenn obgarver "ct tite val)ors
z z zt / 15z z Z aI ! 5 z z : Z e T ;.Y tOi ?
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.
vankee trite','/ays -- ' r u g h r ?t c tiiern aII &s uttereri by a i?etl fntlian deplcted
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 -
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
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
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
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
-'l
zzzj" /l"5zzry,tf L5z,:r,",i-TAIT (,rlt
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
prooucts ,)veT macle shows thelr artlficial pernickety Deasant rcod taste l.ilie
ply ,.rant cnI;r the ircnBsty or r,iillingtlcss of the .yankees tc stre thenaselves 3 s
Southernldeolcots).TireoermnyankeeniriueusestLrel.lord''llrogress'raSa
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
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
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
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
iz z,zk /L5z z7 ' k/ 1 5z z Zk T A 'rL OR
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
only. Dann yankees alv,nyg correct the syntax or vrord order of thc Scuthorner
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
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
thet quality competltlon qgJ4l South can wleld. p.wcr or has reel mettle as a
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
\\ //
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
oicgy more then anyone alse on earth to heer the yenkee llned tales (yet
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-
vrlen 4ryJI Ssuth, and the yankee holtls no morltorlum on sLurs and blu,:lqeonlng
surly toviard Southern pronuncletion end. seys Southerners are nilvo chlldren
fluko and the range of a metrcne that must make enouiihnolse llke a battle
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
stant g!, the smrt north. Tlie ord.eal of thr: frenetlc dcmn yenk:e scum furthe
nomenclature a s loud yankees refute wtth motlve force the idocy tlttering or
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
, 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
Disneylancr in Floricla, Six FIags Over Georplia, Astrclvrorld, Opr.yland anrl Six
sesl to cLeclare, about ever.ything Seuth,rrflr And even the BeII teletritone com-
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
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
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
only hcLpcd to surfecc thc long ln-bred natlonrl past-tlmc of beretlng the
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
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-
otbers. A yenkee oen onLy add lltt1e contcnt to a dlscussLon bcfore declarir
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
yenkecs,brve soclel problerns by nOt knowlng e fenelc fronr a guy durlng ' coa-
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
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 -
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
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-
of nornel habltntlon lnto one blg orszy placc where fenlly and lndlvtduel met
thc oulturc.
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-
cycs). Church rntl Blblc cplthets lrbcl thc Southcrncr as week mlnded, Yct
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:
corillng to thc stetistlos of thc blesed ynnkee prcss exeeods the ynnkec orlmt
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
zolzoruvr,on
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under globeL senotlons and perheps cvcn lockcd nwey ln t sanltorlum for the
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',
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
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,
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
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
(tnc yenkao leck of dlscernlng the subtle sound shows t low cestc beckground
noubern for nouben the yankee srysrrCelron ln ll1lnols cs nKnryo'f cnd cvcn
nKu-pertr stressecl ecccnt. But no yenkco can be wrong when fcce-to-feoe wlth
oontlnues ln thc plunilcr of thc yenkcc hostlllty of word sounds ovcr thc
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-
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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suppreeslvc force, but chenge cloes heppen to thc rodncck yenkec now llvlng
gounds beceusc bf the frontler orlglns of lts scttlars. The north hed e flu::
or 1lnlted mlniled lnasant ways of thlnklng rcmaln ln evlclence toctey wlth the
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
l/zl/zl/zl/zytn oR
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
struoturc thet thc northerner does not hrve and can novcr havo end w111 not
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
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,
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
Soclel grsoce snd herltrgc eII lnfLuence elegent prrtles whethcr of e prlvate
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
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
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
c lr s s h n s l t s tl tl ccl a o cl rl n ) '
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And thc nyth ebout Southern pwerty hgs llttlc truth beceugc thc lnfletlon
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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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
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
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
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
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
foroc onoc egeln). Thc force of tlme has tekcn lts cxactlng tolL ln the
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
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.
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
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,
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
o/lo/ lo/ 3ol3orenon
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
oontrnry to thclr rudaclty to lnstst othcrwrsc, for thc ldlolect shctts fn th'
..,e
full of beeuty and ncenlngful ldcas). The Engllsh language hes grown to ove
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-
stupld .... But only down South does the Ancrlcen Engllsh lenguegc contlnue
for thc Southcra cers do get raped by the shrlll sounds fron the frozen nort
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
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
Engllsh . r..