"State songs are silly. They are kind of like school songs; mostly anthems that are 'for the record', but no one ever really sings them, do they?"

Dani, I don't know about 'singing' the school song, but I was in the marching band throughout high school and we played the damned thing (it was difficult!) at every home football game.

My ex is from South Jersey. He always says it just that way; not New Jersey, South Jersey. I remember my introduction to Wawa..he ALWAYS had to stop for a soft pretzel (we lived in Vermont) and I grew to love their coffee. He grew up on 'subs' and I grew up with the Maine equivalent 'italian sandwhich'.