Smith: Audrey Scott from Manhattan Beach

A traditional greeting upon meeting a stranger often includes a simple query, “Where you from?” Correct grammar is not expected of proponents of such questioning. The inquiry can be rather pedestrian in that it is a conversational ice breaker when you don’t have much to talk about. If you grow up in Georgia, for example, and you are familiar with the towns and counties...

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