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I think we Southerners have talked a fair amount of malarkey about the mystique of being Southern.

There's something sort of intrinsic in being a Southerner that doesn't go away. You can't get rid of it, but it's not something that's terribly obvious.

You know, Southerners are pretty cool.

I'm a Southerner.

You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.

I'm a Southern girl.

If you care to define the South as a poor, rural region with lousy race relations, that South survives only in geographical shreds and patches and most Southerners don't live there any more.

It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.

Southern people are bigger-hearted and kinder than I had any right to expect.

I, on the other hand, have a bit of a southern accent.