The south of France
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I don't think it's about superiority. More like trying to keep up with the rest of us.
it's sort of like Yankees and Rebels........Make that damn yankees.....;)
Maybe it's a way for the French to imitate the real, one-and-only South (here in America)!
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I think it might just be regional semantics--the way they say it over yonder LOL
My favorite movie is "A Good Year" with Russel Crowe. It's based off of a book by Peter Mayle.
I've traveled through the South of France, but haven't spent much time there really. But if there is one place I could live and never move from, it would be the South of France. What a wonderful area.
I've traveled through the South of France, but haven't spent much time there really. But if there is one place I could live and never move from, it would be the South of France. What a wonderful area.
My neighbors have a home there; the sweat their asses off this past summer.... Seems in addition to the heat wave they endured, most don't have A/C. Of course, when they got back 'home'. nothing was mentioned of the summer from hell that they had to endure.
p.s. My guess is that it's just a way of stating a geographic location and nothing more, but, what do I know... :-)
p.s. My guess is that it's just a way of stating a geographic location and nothing more, but, what do I know... :-)
I’m over here in the West of Texas I reckon. :unsure:
woodsy
Buckeye
We have been to Burgundy, Paris, central France, and the south of France. By far, Provence (the south of France) is the best, by far. They have the right to call it something special.
That would be Iowa wouldn’t it?
Bob Wright
Hawkeye
Oh, no, no, no! North of Missouri would be Iowa; THE North of Missouri would be Missouri. Tricky little use of words, there.
Bob Wright
Maybe the same reason it’s The Bronx?
I think south of France is Spain....at least on the map....
Only if you're west of Fort Worth (which self-proclaims is where the West begins).
XenaRB
Bearcat
I often wondered why is it that someone would answer “We are from SW Florida” instead of Ft Myers. Maybe they are ashamed of the town they reside in. If they were from Marco Island ithe answer wouldn’t be SW Florida.
Another example of coming across as being above everyone else IMO.
Another example of coming across as being above everyone else IMO.
Now that you mention it.... there is a very specific area call 'The South Bronx'.... It ain't pretty, and that is the recognized name.
It's also been known as a very 'dangerous' area.....
No vacations should be planned to the South Bronx.
And let's not forget (Jimmy Smits in) East New York (which I believe is in Brooklyn).... again, not the South of France baby.
J.
Bob Wright
Hawkeye
Well, I live in Memphis, Tennessee, on the Mississippi River. Y'all drop in sometime.
Bob Wright
Bob Wright
That response is as provincial as one made by a native (i.e. never been out of state) New Yorker. It might surprise you to know that not many people know where Ft Myers IS. At least the descriptor "SW Florida" allows non-Ft Myersites [Myersians? Those people?] to avoid having to unfold a map or "Google it" to figure out where that quaint town is located. Besides, for most folks "southwestern Florida" is as close as they'd ever want to get.
Bob Wright
Hawkeye
You sent me to the maps, there! I usually think of Spain being west of France, but you are so right! Need to review my high school geography lessons. Thanks for the lesson today!
I do tend to study maps a lot as we support missionaries around the world. And a dear young girl from my church, a girl that I watched grow up, is married now and she and her husband are missionaries to Thailand.
Bob Wright
Hawkeye
Hmmmm..............Been studying this subject somewhat. Here in the United States, "The South" extends from the Atlantic coast to western Texas; from central Kentucky to the Gulf coast, and excludes Florida. "The Southern United States could include Florida and extend all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
"The South" is the genteel land of mint juleps, barbecue, grits, sweet tea, cotton and tobacco. And, as Margaret Mitchel put it, it is "Gone With The Wind."
Bob Wright
"The South" is the genteel land of mint juleps, barbecue, grits, sweet tea, cotton and tobacco. And, as Margaret Mitchel put it, it is "Gone With The Wind."
Bob Wright
We had a bunch of friends and neighbors from my home town that went to the north of France back in June of 1944, 19 of them never came back… they didn’t stay for the scenery. I hope to be able to go visit them one day.
RIP Bedfordboy’s
RIP Bedfordboy’s
wws
Bearcat
I am planning a trip there for this coming fall. It will be the first time in that area.
gjgalligan
Blackhawk
I live in southern Michigan and a lot of people live in northern Michigan.
XenaRB
Bearcat
Right googling or looking at a map would be too much work for some. So I’m native to North America….what then
. By the way this SW Florida response is from non-native (am I allowed to say that…) Floridian. I don’t get it. Roger-
Yep,
I live in the South of Texas. Go 50 miles farther South and your feet will get real wet with saltwater:-)
I live in the South of Texas. Go 50 miles farther South and your feet will get real wet with saltwater:-)
woodsy
Buckeye
The first trip to France we took was around and in Burgundy. That's the "northernish" part of France, but not as far as Normandy. Our second trip was to Provence, after I had taken French language lessons for a couple years (my wife was a French-language major in college). I believe that if we did not own a house in the US, and have good jobs at the time, we never would have come home. I sometimes get choked up just thinking about all the good stuff there and the easy living. My only complaint was the crazy French drivers.
There is a difference between “southern France” and “the south of France”, the area that is below the 45th parallel, known in French as ‘Le MIDI” is translated in English as “the south of France”….a specific area in southern France.
It is a beautiful place….and worthy of its name IMHO!!
It is a beautiful place….and worthy of its name IMHO!!
GypsmJim
GypsmJim
I was born in Western NY. My wife went to school in Northern NY. I used to work in West Texas. We buy wine from Northern California. It's just a simple way to identify a region. Nothing more, nothing less, no conspiracy here.
Here close to the state line, they sometimes just say lapland
