tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post114720105361386596..comments2024-03-25T02:14:50.507-07:00Comments on Church of the Masses: Research RequestWGA Memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03320709129586221521noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post-1167821559839279832007-01-03T02:52:00.000-08:002007-01-03T02:52:00.000-08:00Hi. I am from WV. One thing most WV'ians know ab...Hi. I am from WV. One thing most WV'ians know about that most "outsiders" do not know about is the biological map of West Virginia that practically everyone has: if you take your right hand, palm facing towards your own face, and you draw down your index, ring, and pinky fingers (leaving your middle finger up, like you're flipping the bird), and with your thumb still kinda sticking out (it works especially well if you've got the "hitchhiker's thumb, but it still works otherwise), your hand will look just like a miniature model of WV. No joke, try it yourself. This comes in handy when a fellow WV'ian asks where you're from if you're out of town, etc., b/c you can just do this hand trick and point to whatever various region of the state you're from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5020370.post-1147203878236909622006-05-09T12:44:00.000-07:002006-05-09T12:44:00.000-07:00West Virginians say "I don't care to," when they m...West Virginians say "I don't care to," when they mean "I wouldn't mind doing that for you." <BR/><BR/>Regional restaurant: Tudor's Biscuit World.<BR/>Food: ramps (a kind of onion like a strong leek.) They're seasonal. "Ramp Festival."<BR/><BR/>Feud mentality is very real.<BR/><BR/>Cool town name: Hurricane (pron. HUR-ah-c'n).<BR/><BR/>Highways that are part of the Appalachian (pron. app'-a-LATCH'n)Development Highway System are called "corridors." Corridor G, Corridor D, E, H, etc.<BR/><BR/>When you call customer service for a national company or an airline or something from WV and give your address, they often ask you "where in Virginia?" and you have to say "WEST Virginia. The state?" People complain about this a lot - "didn't they go to high school and learn the states?" <BR/><BR/>Regional differences - the northern panhandle relates to Pittsburgh and is more northern. Eastern panhandle to DC, more mid-atlantic. Much of the rest of the state is fairly Southern-feeling.<BR/><BR/>Lots of people don't drink because of Christian convictions, and I have seen a patron in a restaurant who asked what a particular drink was like scolded by the waitress, "I wouldn't know. *I* don't drink alcohol."<BR/><BR/>- B, who lived in WV for a few years, honest, but doesn't want to post a name for fear of her former neighbors feeling like a research projectAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com