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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 2971211" data-attributes="member: 5412">In my travels around the country and parts of the world outside of Ok, it&#039;s interesting to note that &quot;Okie&quot; or from Oklahoma is not associated with the dust bowl like those from California did. Okie&#039;s were treated worse than dirt out there.It&#039;s been my experience that people finding out your from Oklahoma and Texas associate you with oil and Indians, or Native Americans, however you want to identify yourself and are instantly interested and want to talk about it.Around my home town, we have several agri-tourism farms/ranches that have visitors from out of the country. I know one owner personally, and she said the majority are from Germany touring route 66 and the area&#039;s around it. They have the pre-concieved notion that tepees will be everywhere. I&#039;m glad Okie362 contributed. He has a much more current feel of the word &quot;okie&quot; and how its perceived around the counry/world .To Okie362, how do the folk in the countries you travel to associate you with Oklahoma?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 2971211, member: 5412"] In my travels around the country and parts of the world outside of Ok, it's interesting to note that "Okie" or from Oklahoma is not associated with the dust bowl like those from California did. Okie's were treated worse than dirt out there. It's been my experience that people finding out your from Oklahoma and Texas associate you with oil and Indians, or Native Americans, however you want to identify yourself and are instantly interested and want to talk about it. Around my home town, we have several agri-tourism farms/ranches that have visitors from out of the country. I know one owner personally, and she said the majority are from Germany touring route 66 and the area's around it. They have the pre-concieved notion that tepees will be everywhere. I'm glad Okie362 contributed. He has a much more current feel of the word "okie" and how its perceived around the counry/world . To Okie362, how do the folk in the countries you travel to associate you with Oklahoma? [/QUOTE]

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