No'th

I've lived in SE NC for almost 9 years, and I have never been prouder of my adopted state. yes, there's still racism. (show me a place that doesn't have that -- maybe antartica.) and there's certainly conservatism. but this is a fine fine day for folks who live in the BLUE state of No'th Cahlina, where nothin could be finer. dt

News Orgs Projecting Obama The Winner In North Carolina 2009

"What kind of rifle you carryin" there, No'th Carolina?

The Guns Of The South Turtledove, Harry 1960

Who writ up No'th an 'got a preacher sent to us, an' de fun's ter buil 'dis same chu'ch-house we're settin' in ter-night?

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

We usually go there for the early summer, and then either come No'th, or into the mountains of

Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund Alice B. Emerson

I'd er beat her wid my stick ef'n I'd er had 'tection, but I wuz way off up da're in de No'th an' didn't know nobody.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration

She closed ther school next evenin '; cum up ter ther house; wus goin' ter remain till the train cum by fur ther No'th at 11: 15 next day.

The Wedge of Gold C. C. Goodwin

The No'th had a fine chance, but the carpet-baggers were jes 'blind to everythin' excep 'the negro, an' the po 'white was jes' as shabbily treated by the No'th as he had be'n by the South.

The Boy With the U.S. Census Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

"It is in the No'th that trouble lies," the old man said, "the South has settled hers."

The Boy With the U.S. Census Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

No'th come down an 'tried to force the State Guards to join their cause,

The Boy With the U.S. Census Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

"None o 'them fought for the No'th!" exclaimed the old Confederate soldier indignantly.

The Boy With the U.S. Census Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918