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I would like to add that Virginia is not really Mid Atlantic in culture or speech, but distinctly Southern. I do see they include it in both the Mid Atlantic and Southern areas. The true \
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I would like to add that Virginia is not really Mid Atlantic in culture or speech, but distinctly Southern. I do see they include it in both the Mid Atlantic and Southern areas. The true \\\"Mid Atlantic\\\" speech patterns are in a small corridor between Philadelphia and Baltimore and over towards upper Delaware. Maryland can be a mixed bag- depending. Northern Virginia is transient, but ambiguously Southern- especially further west of DC.

The Virginia Tidwater accent is not a \\\"north meets South\\\". It is a Southern dialect- and it is usually the one imitated in \\\"Moonlight and Magnolia\\\" movies such as Gone With The Wind (even though the story takes place in Georgia). It is used because it is considered the most \\\"Aristocratic\\\" of Southern accents, even though it varies, and even though you only hear it in a line from East Virginia through the Carolinas.

Calling Virginia the Mid Atlantic is kind of a misnomer. The characterization of Mid Atlantic Virginians is way off too. Virginia ranges from DC urban transient government to very very Southern characters in the piedmont and central regions. Many say the real South starts at Fredericksburg- but only because the area around DC is very transient without many real local flavors. This makes it difficult to really pin point it regionally. But Mid Atlantic doesn\\\'t work because that is more like the North. Even Northern Virginia has a slightly Southern feel-even if washed away with time. Alexandria, for example is a world away from Philly, Baltimore, or Wilmington.

The Speech of Fredericksburg, Richmond, Lynchburg, Danville, Charlottesville and all those areas are part of the upper South region. Hampton Roads and Virginia Beach are more transient as Northern Virginia (including Colonial Williamsburg). This area is kind of \\\"Florida North\\\" Many northern reitrees, military, etc come down to this part of Virginia. I might add one can look up \\\"Richmond phone call\\\" on You Tube to hear a true Central/Tidewater Virginian accent.
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I would like to add that Virginia is not really Mid Atlantic in culture or speech, but distinctly Southern. I do see they include it both the Mid Atlantic and Southern areas. The true \
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I would like to add that Virginia is not really Mid Atlantic in culture or speech, but distinctly Southern. I do see they include it in both the Mid Atlantic and Southern areas. The true \\\"Mid Atlantic\\\" speech patterns are in a small corridor between Philadelphia and Baltimore and over towards upper Delaware. Maryland can be a mixed bag- depending. Northern Virginia is transient, but ambiguously Southern- especially further west of DC.

The Virginia Tidwater accent is not a \\\"north meets South\\\". It is a Southern dialect- and it is usually the one imitated in \\\"Moonlight and Magnolia\\\" movies such as Gone With The Wind (even though the story takes place in Georgia). It is used because it is considered the most \\\"Aristocratic\\\" of Southern accents, even though it varies, and even though you only hear it in a line from East Virginia through the Carolinas.

The Speech of Fredericksburg, Richmond, Lynchburg, Danville, Charlottesville and all those areas are part of the upper South region. Hampton Roads and Virginia Beach are more transient as Northern Virginia (including Colonial Williamsburg). This area is kind of \\\"Florida North\\\" Many northern reitrees, military, etc come down to this part of Virginia. I might add one can look up \\\"Richmond phone call\\\" on You Tube to hear a true Central/Tidewater Virginian accent.
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I would like to add that Virginia is not really Mid Atlantic in culture or speech, but distinctly Southern. I do see they include it both the Mid Atlantic and Southern areas. The true \
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I would like to add that Virginia is not really Mid Atlantic in culture or speech, but distinctly Southern. I do see they include it both the Mid Atlantic and Southern areas. The true \\\"Mid Atlantic\\\" speech patterns are in a small corridor between Philadelphia and Baltimore and over towards upper Delaware. Maryland can be a mixed bag- depending. Northern Virginia is transient, but ambiguously Southern- especially further west of DC.

The Virginia Tidwater accent is not a \\\"north meets South\\\". It is a Southern dialect- and it is usually the one imitated in \\\"Moonlight and Magnolia\\\" movies such as Gone With The Wind (even though the story takes place in Georgia). It is used because it is considered the most \\\"Aristocratic\\\" of Southern accents, even though it varies, and even though you only hear it in a line from East Virginia through the Carolinas.

The Speech of Fredericksburg, Richmond, Lynchburg, Danville, Charlottesville and all those areas are part of the upper South region. Hampton Roads and Virginia Beach are more transient as Northern Virginia (including Colonial Williamsburg). This area is kind of \\\"Florida North\\\" Many northern reitrees, military, etc come down to this part of Virginia. I might add one can look up \\\"Richmond phone call\\\" on You Tube to hear a true Central/Tidewater Virginian accent.
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I would like to add that Virginia not Mid Atlantic in culture or speech, but distinctly Southern. I do see they include it both the Mid Atlantic and Southern areas. The true \
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I would like to add that Virginia is not really Mid Atlantic in culture or speech, but distinctly Southern. I do see they include it both the Mid Atlantic and Southern areas. The true \\\"Mid Atlantic\\\" speech patterns are in a small corridor between Philadelphia and Baltimore and over towards upper Delaware. Maryland can be a mixed bag- depending. Northern Virginia is transient, but ambiguously Southern- especially further west of DC.

The Virginia Tidwater accent is not a \\\"north meets South\\\". It a Southern dialect- and it is usually the one imitated in \\\"Moonlight and Magnolia\\\" movies such as Gone With The Wind (even though the story takes place in Georgia). It is used because it is considered the most \\\"Aristocratic\\\" of Southern accents, even though it varies, and even though you only hear it in a line from East Virginia through the Carolinas.

The Speech of Fredericksburg, Richmond, Lynchburg, Danville, Charlottesville and all those areas are part of the upper South region. Hampton Roads and Virginia Beach are more transient as Northern Virginia (including Colonial Williamsburg). This area is kind of \\\"Florida North\\\" Many northern reitrees, military, etc come down to this part of Virginia.
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Celica has the best player phase with her base kit while she can run similar builds to Karla (so Slaying Edge/Wrath etc) for a mixed/enemy phase build. The better bulky helps her so I\'d say she\'s worth putting on it since Karla is here and they perform extremely similarly with an enemy/mixed phase build
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Celica has one of the best player phase with her base kit while she can run similar builds to Karla (so Slaying Edge/Wrath etc) for a mixed/enemy phase build. The better bulk helps her so I\\\'d say she\\\'s worth putting on it since Karla is here and they perform extremely similarly with an enemy/mixed phase build
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