Country people are for the most part welcoming folks. They like city people a lot, but they like folks who can relate to them a bit more. This camaraderie and shared experience is why country people like other country people.
Country people like outsiders but they dislike when the outsiders incorrectly assume they know [...]
Archive for April 14th, 2008
#30 Country People
Posted in Community, Culture on April 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
#29 Pet Names
Posted in Culture, Language on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you meet a country person do not call them by their given name. Call them by a nickname because country people love pet names. Few country people are called by their given name.
Initially you may accomplish this task by shortening their given name, as you may choose to call a “Jonathan” by the [...]
#28 Waving
Posted in Community, Culture on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Country people wave at everyone they meet. It is customary for country people to wave in the car at the driver of every car that passes in the opposite direction, to wave in the yard at every car that passes by, and to wave on foot at anyone else on foot who is outside of [...]
#27 AM Radio
Posted in Community on April 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
While revered programs like “The Rush Limbaugh Show,” “The Radio Factor” and Paul Harvey’s “The Rest of the Story” entertain and inform country people they are NOT the reason why country people like AM radio. Country dwellers have a special affinity for AM radio because local radio stations cover the news that matters most to [...]
