10a. Strangely, the world's best vegan chocolate cake can be found out in the mountains of North Carolina, and the Chatham Marketplace in Pittsboro's got a vegetarian sweet potato lasagne just to die for. (and you can buy it with the local money they use in Pittsboro....)
15a. Adding NC A&T: can't walk a mile in my hometown without being on some campus or another *g*
Go Tarheels! Heartily agree with almost all of these (and man, I miss Eastern NC barbecue)!
That said, re 15 - most of the time, you'd either say UNC, Carolina or Chapel Hill (if it's obvious which one of the Universities of North Carolina you meant) or UNC-Chapel Hill. Same as saying University of California - it really doesn't tell which UC you're talking about. That, and much as I love both my alma maters (UNC-Law, Duke undergrad), only about 13% of the Duke incoming class is from North Carolina (and that's up from when I attended). It's just not what most NC residents think of as an NC school. Clan Mitchell would be a WHOLE lot more likely to list Appalachian State University.
What about App State??! Or Western Carolina?? (BTW I'm going to ECU for my grad degree! woot!)
16. not to mention the deep abiding love of NASCAR. (Can't drive from my place to my parents any time around race week because I'd need to go by Lowe's Motor Speedway)
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15a. Adding NC A&T: can't walk a mile in my hometown without being on some campus or another *g*
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That said, re 15 - most of the time, you'd either say UNC, Carolina or Chapel Hill (if it's obvious which one of the Universities of North Carolina you meant) or UNC-Chapel Hill. Same as saying University of California - it really doesn't tell which UC you're talking about. That, and much as I love both my alma maters (UNC-Law, Duke undergrad), only about 13% of the Duke incoming class is from North Carolina (and that's up from when I attended). It's just not what most NC residents think of as an NC school. Clan Mitchell would be a WHOLE lot more likely to list Appalachian State University.
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16. not to mention the deep abiding love of NASCAR. (Can't drive from my place to my parents any time around race week because I'd need to go by Lowe's Motor Speedway)
17. BBQ!!! nuff said
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