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Where did the idea of a "southern gentleman" come from

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Tatsumi · 31-35, M

Because we're nicer than northerners.

SW-User

there's a lot of exclusions that go with that when your in the south

Tatsumi · 31-35, M

@DearGreenPlace: Well, yeah. There's a lot of exclusions to anything when you speak generally.

calicuz · 51-55, M

A Southern Gentleman, originally, would have been as proper as an Englishman, just from the southern part of the United States. It would carry a different meaning today though.

plungesponge · 41-45, M

Colonel Sanders

UndeadPrivateer · 31-35, M

Probably the South.

puck61

It's a term for gentlemen from the south.

LadyWioness · 56-60, F

History, I think.

MartinTheFirst · 22-25, M

cowboy and rodeo

calicuz · 51-55, M

"Southern Gentleman" has nothing to do with cowboys or rodeos.

SW-User

Your stereotypical cowboy is the opposite of a gentleman

MartinTheFirst · 22-25, M

@calicuz: of course it does...

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