Dear Southerners:

[awty]

While living in South Carolina I was corrected when I said 'Civil War'. I was told quite sternly that it was 'The War of Northern Aggression.'

I missed that chapter in school apparently.

Also never figured out why I was considered a Yankee since I had a southern mother, was born in the south, and had a midwestern father. I assume that the fact that I crossed the Mason-Dixon line as a child and didn't return for a couple decades means I am a traitor.

Oh, and the Catholic upbringing didn't help my cause either. I was never so happy to leave a state. Texas has it's issues but it's a lot better than SC.