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39849
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When Aung Janie moved to New York City from Greensboro, her family and friends though she would be changed forever. However, on her visits home, she seemed more refined and royal, earning her the title of “Queen” to those who knew her.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 65 Issue 1 & 2, 2018,
p8-15
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27910
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The North Carolina Museum of Art is given the nickname “The Nick.” The connection between an art museum’s name and its city are explored. The new North Carolina Museum of Art has recently opened and the author believes the museum needs a good nickname to connect the institution to Raleigh and its citizens.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 16, April 2010,
p16
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13843
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Bill Sharpe explains the meaning and history of the famous nickname for North Carolinians, \r\n'Tar Heel'. Sharpe claims that prior to the Civil War, people who lived by the Virginia-North Carolina border employed patrolmen to keep slaves from crossing state lines. Each state enforced a penalty on slaves caught escaping. In North Carolina this penalty was to tar the heels of the slave, hence the name, 'Tar Heel'.\r\n
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26735
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Southerners, and more specifically, North Carolinians, have a fascination for calling their loved ones pet names taken from food or sweeteners. Yet, the South did not invent these sayings. For instance, “sweetheart” is seven centuries old, and “honey” is six.
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