My day job related work.) I have driven that route 2-3 times a year since I got my licenses.
Recently, I drove through North Florida on my way to Atlanta for work. I am using it to refer to the cow folk – frontier folk – scrub brush – horse country nature of North Florida. The term Cracker has its own dark history of racism and I urge you to research it on your own. And Cracker is country but not “honey-child” – “sweet pea” Southern country. I was expecting a little of the Southern hospitality of an offer of a glass of sweet tea but that is not North Florida. North Florida is NOT Southern nor is it tropical like South Florida (Broward, Dade and Monroe). I’ve got Southern cred to “East Egypt” (as the expression goes) and back. My grand-dad told me about going up in the hills and down in the holler to get ‘shine for the big New Year’s Eve shin-dig. I don’t drink out of a mason jar because I know the only thing one would drink out of a mason jar is moonshine. Hell, I have a “catch all” plate next to my laptop that reads “I’m fixin’ to”. My accent changes when I cross the Fla-Ga line. I say that with all the love in the world.
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