Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netM to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoSo some folks wanted a new silly struggle session that can demonstrate for all new arrivals and visitors the sort of silly shit we debate. So I ask you Hexbears: What is the "midwest"?message-squaremessage-square190fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down10
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squareSo some folks wanted a new silly struggle session that can demonstrate for all new arrivals and visitors the sort of silly shit we debate. So I ask you Hexbears: What is the "midwest"?Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netM to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square190fedilink
minus-squareTotalBrownout [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoWhere “inland northern English” is dominant… no southern drawl allowed.
minus-squareTillieNeuen [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIndiana would like a word
minus-squareTotalBrownout [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoOnce you’ve south of Indianapolis, you’re in the south.
minus-squareTillieNeuen [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI regret to inform you that when my Indianapolis and Fort Wayne born and raised family moved to Michigan, people kept asking us if we were from the deep south. Eta: you do have a point though about Southern Indiana
Where “inland northern English” is dominant… no southern drawl allowed.
Indiana would like a word
Once you’ve south of Indianapolis, you’re in the south.
I regret to inform you that when my Indianapolis and Fort Wayne born and raised family moved to Michigan, people kept asking us if we were from the deep south.
Eta: you do have a point though about Southern Indiana