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Because I don't get all of them...I've picked a few "You know you live in Maryland when..." phrases.

You can pronounce and spell "Pocomoke," "Mattaponi," "Accokeek," and "Havre de Grace"

You prononce "Bowie" BOO-ie not BOW-ie or BAUW-ie

1 hour is an easy commute to work

You refer to your state as "Merlind"

You don't think that Assawoman Bay is a strange name for a body of water.

You color with "Crowns", take a "Share" with "Wooter" and think the president lives in "Warshenton."

And just for fun because Virginia is so close to us:

Speed limits are just suggestions

You have at least two friends who have no idea what their relatives do...because its "top secret" government work

When people ask where you're from, you tell them DC because its easier to explain

You are amazed when you go out of town and the people at McDonalds speak English

You or someone in your family has a Smart Tag

An inch of snow and you miss 3 days of school

Subway is a fast food place. The transportation system is known as Metro, and only Metro.

If you stay on the same road long enough, it will eventually have three new names.

You have to dial the area code to call your neighbor

And for the state we left behind...

You can pronounce Tooele.

The U is not just a letter - Neither is the Y.

You have actually eaten funeral potatoes.

You've gotten both heat and frost burns off your car's door handle in the same month.

You are not surprised to hear words like "Darn, Fetch, Flip", "Oh, My Heck" and "Shoot".

Your tulips get snowed on three times after they come up and twice more after they bloom.

30% humidity is muggy and almost unbearable.

Somewhere in your family tree is a polygamist.

You know the difference between a 'Steak House' and a 'Stake House'.

The elevation exceeds the population

You've broken down on the highway and somebody stops to help you

You can see the stars at night

There is a similarity between a ward basketball game and the L.A. riots.

Cars in the slow lane are traveling the fastest; cars in the fast lane are traveling the slowest; cars in the middle lanes are always trying to exit.

Sandals are the best-selling shoes.

You're on your own if you are turning left.

People wear shorts and T-shirts if the temperature rises above 32 degrees.

There is a church on every corner, but they all teach the same thing.

People drive to Idaho (or Arizona) to pick up a gallon of milk so they can play the lottery.

In-state college football rivalries are bigger than the Super Bowl.

You think "You're a 10 cow wife" is a compliment.

Love, Safire