Difference between revisions of "Missouri"
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| − | Many Knox students, particularly those from | + | Many Knox students, particularly those from northern states, disagree with the above statement. They note that Missouri was a slave state and that the Missouri Legislature voted to secede during the Civil War. Also, many people in Missouri pronounce the name of the state Missoura. If that isn't a southern thing, I don't know what is. |
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National politicians often give talks in [[St. Louis]] where they pronounce the state Missoura. There must be a U.S. politics guidebook that says to always pronounce it that way, but they sound like idiots to the St. Louisans they are addressing. | National politicians often give talks in [[St. Louis]] where they pronounce the state Missoura. There must be a U.S. politics guidebook that says to always pronounce it that way, but they sound like idiots to the St. Louisans they are addressing. | ||
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| − | [[Tom Fucoloro]] | + | *[[Tom Fucoloro]] |
| − | [[Olivia Cacchione]] | + | *[[Olivia Cacchione]] |
| − | [[Grace Carlisle]] | + | *[[Grace Carlisle]] |
| − | [[Sera Hayes]] | + | *[[Sera Hayes]] |
| − | [[Kate Moon]] | + | *[[Kate Moon]] |
| − | [[Lindsay Braddy]] | + | *[[Lindsay Braddy]] |
| − | [[ | + | *[[Alex Enyart]] |
| − | [[ | + | *[[Megan Gamble]] |
| + | *[[Chris Storey]] | ||
| + | *[[Adam Vera]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:55, 25 October 2007
If you are from Missouri, you are a Midwesterner, not a Southerner. So there.
Even though the state has an honorary star on the Confederate flag.
Controversy[edit]
Many Knox students, particularly those from northern states, disagree with the above statement. They note that Missouri was a slave state and that the Missouri Legislature voted to secede during the Civil War. Also, many people in Missouri pronounce the name of the state Missoura. If that isn't a southern thing, I don't know what is.
Missoura vs. Missouri[edit]
There are two different parts to the state of Missouri, and they can be easily divided by how the people pronounce the name of the state.
Missouri[edit]
You are from St. Louis and its closely neighboring areas.
Missoura[edit]
You are either from somewhere that is not St. Louis or you are from St. Louis and are campaigning for a state-level position somewhere that is not St. Louis.
National politicians often give talks in St. Louis where they pronounce the state Missoura. There must be a U.S. politics guidebook that says to always pronounce it that way, but they sound like idiots to the St. Louisans they are addressing.
