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Wednesday, October 18, 2006 12:00 AM

Terms of endearment

Why do Southern folks elect regressive, warmongering politicians but still call you "sunshine" when they serve your coffee?

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  • Tuesday, October 17, 2006 08:27 PM

    Austin is not the south... it's Austin...no mas.

    Correction to your article Mr. Keillor, the "south" begins somewhere in east texas and continues until you reach the atlantic. Austin, Texas has never been the south and never will be, native austinites will tell you that. The friendliness you experienced is quite the norm, after all, Austin is just that kind of place. One more thing, Travis county (austin) did not vote for these "idiots", too bad the rest of the state did. Thanks for the article, I enjoyed it, just needed to get the correct facts out there.

    que tengan una buena dia!

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