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[edit] Cackalacky merge

  • Neutral Merge is a better answer than delete. Would like to see others' opinions -Jcbarr 13:44, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
  • I personally think that the content of the Cackalacky and Carolina articles are significantly different enough to require seperate articles - Zjhafeez 11:39, 21 February 2006 (ET)
  • I'd agree with you if both articles weren't stubs.--Attitude2000 16:39, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge I proposed it. The Carolinas article is just a stub, and the content of Cackalacky applies to The Carolinas, so I don't see why they shouldn't be merged additionally with a redirect. Cackalacky on its own is something of a dicdef WP:WINAD. Incidentally the etymology of Cackalacky seems to be a mystery http://www.ibiblio.org/ncm/wordpress/?p=2 Schizombie 21:18, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete I am a 10th-generation North Carolinian, I have lived all over North Carolina (Winston-Salem, Greenville, Raleigh, and Greensboro), and I've NEVER heard of this term, period. Is this some sort of prank, or is the term confined to a particular area or group? Where are the references, after all? - Dtoddmiller 18:49, 3 July 2006 (ET)
  • "From the bottom of tha Duval, Cakalacky to New YorkAnd everybody show'n me love that's one to you al" -T.I.: " Rubberband Man (Does this count as a reference?)--Justbobdanish 21:13, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Just because you've never heard it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.--Attitude2000 02:11, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Merge This is a term I have heard several Carolinians use. I ended up here after one of them said and didn't know the origin.
  • Merge This is a pretty widely-used term (I'm from Cackalacky, myself), and definitely belongs as an aside in the entry on the Carolinas. Someone should probably add more to that article first, though, so that this nickname doesn't dominate the entry. --Garrepi 07:15, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Leave Seperate: I think that this term deserves its own article, even if it is short. There should be a clear seperation between this nickname and the CarolinasJustbobdanish 16:56, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge This should not be its own article. In addition, the article North Carolina has this term under its nickname section. Wikipedia is not a dictionary and this article is just that. Merge it or I'll put it up for AFD. Morphh 01:45, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Current Tally - 6 Merge, 2 Leave, 1 Delete - Since this has been around since Feb, I'm going to be bold and make the change - otherwise the article will go up for AFD. Morphh 01:52, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I have heard this term all of my life (and I am from SC), but I do not think it is a derogatory term like the article says. That might need to be edited.

though you may not think it derogatory, there are those of us from the area that have heard it used that way (i am from NC). my understanding, limited though it may be, is that this term originated in Virginia and is specifically intended to mock the linguistic differences between VA and NC. Of course, i am unable to cite a source for this piece of information as it is unciteable (i doubt there has been a book or article written on the subject), though i think it fair to say that "some consider" this term derogatory, even though others may not.

Hi! Cackalacky first reminded me of the German word for cockroaches: Kakerlaken. I didn't find any proof with a short search in google, but it's just an idea. Just ask someone from Carolina about it! 212.23.126.27 06:09, 13 January 2007 (UTC) Greetings from Germany, GC :)

I'm also from SC and I have never heard the term cackalacky either. Marsman57 14:30, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Cackalacky was popularized in the early 90's by the rap group Black Sheep. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.132.232.114 (talk) 16:30, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Expansion

Can someone help expand the page? Adding stuff about the similarities between the two states, culture, food, music, ect.? BobbyAFC 05:17, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why are there two?

Needs discussion of why there's a North and a South. Tempshill 23:37, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cackalacky pt. II

As seen above, the Cackalacky article was merged and redirected into this one, and from that point it was ground down to the point where no hint of it remained, save a "see also" link to Southern American English. A user removed the one remaining reference to the term, claiming that it was unreferenced, even though a reference was provided. I'm not sure why. He also said that the reference did not support the information, but I just read the reference in question, and it does. He seems to have been acting in good faith, but I'm not sure what happened there. Anyway, a search for "cackalacky" redirects here, and there should clearly be some mention. It's a common and documented nickname for the state. Mr. IP (talk) 02:42, 7 June 2008 (UTC)