Delaware Punchin' Cousins

I've learned that Delawarites, despite living in a state smaller than many counties in other states, have a strong sense of cultural divide between Northern Delaware and Southern Delaware. The northies (in the Wilmington area near Phily) consider themselves urban and sophisticated, and look down upon the southies (in the Dover area) as rural, almost U.S.-Southern rednecks. This was reflected in yesterday's newspaper obituary for a physician, in which the tongue-in-cheek editor wrote that "Dr. Williams will be buried in Southern Delaware where he was first pronounced day-ed."