#crabland

[yankaze]

GREETINGS FROM SHORE!

btw I've been thinking about all residents of Crabland may have names based on crab species. I named mine (which is at the edge on the right) Corystes, or simply Cory (named after Corystes cassivelaunus, a sand crab)

[vergess]

Okay I do not want to fight technically but I am extremely curious about what you have to say about Maryland being part of the South or not

Maryland is in the south.

There are two major ways to identify it as such. First, it is objectively, geographically, south of the Mason-Dixon line. It is BY DEFINITION part of the south for that reason alone.

But more compelling: Maryland culture is Southern culture. Like the rest of the South, Maryland is defined culturally by her large population of Black people due to the legacy of American slavery. Maryland shares similar foods, mealtimes, and eating etiquette as the rest of the South.

However, it is important to note that Maryland is unique in the South. In a manner similar to Louisiana, which is unique in the South for its extreme French heritage, Maryland has the unique complexity of having been the US Capitol and thus a major international trade region for not merely one or two major slave grown crops, but like.... literally everything. Much of the South is defined by its rurality, but Maryland's small size, vast coast-to-land ratio, and large cities creates a very different and more metropolitan version of Southern culture.

Nonetheless, the rules of hospitality in particular remain the same as in the rest of the South.

Finally, and of least importance yet necessary to mention: the accent.

Maryland's accent is undeniably Southern. I would personally consider it "more" southern sounding than many inarguable accents, eg, it is certainly more Southern sounding than anything out of East Virginia. Line up a Marylander, a Louisien, an Appalachian and an American Georgian, and the Marylander will sound a hell of a lot closer to the Georgian than the others.

In conclusion, if Cajuns get to be Southern, Crablanders do too.

[hashwork]

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