re: Missouri is a partially Southern state

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This. Completely.

I moved down to Biloxi during HS, and constantly I would be referred to as a Yankee. By the same token, I went up to NY for grad school, and people instantly call me southern because of my "accent" and the fact that I use ma'am and sir. I constantly get people asking me what's the most authentic southern restaurant around

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In fairness, a lot of Mississippians think Memphis is Yankee land even though Memphis might as well be in Mississippi and is full of Mississippians.