You might be from Michigan if ...

  • You can identify an Ohio accent

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  • Owning a foreign car was a hanging offense in your hometown

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  • The Big Mac is something you drive across

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  • You believe "Down South" means Toledo

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  • You bake with soda and drink pop

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  • You know how to pronounce Mackinac

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  • The word "Thumb" has a geographical rather than an anatomical meaning

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  • You have experienced frostbite and sunburn in the same week

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  • You expect Vernors when you order ginger ale

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  • Your favorite holidays are Thanksgiving, Christmas and the Opening of Deer Season

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  • As least one person in your family disowns you during the Michigan/Michigan State football game

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  • Traveling coast to coast means driving from Port Huron to Muskegon

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  • Half the change in your pocket is Canadian

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  • You show people where you grew up by pointing to a spot on your right hand

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  • At least half of your relatives work for the auto industry

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  • Snow tires come standard on all your cars

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  • Fudge and bicycles remind you of your honeymoon

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  • You can name all five great lakes and point to their locations around your hands

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  • You know that Pontiac and Cadillac are cities

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  • You can actually pronounce Ypsilanti

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  • You remember when the shortest distance between Milwuakee and Muskegon was a straight line

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  • You know the Soo Locks do not refer to a girl's hair

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  • "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is not just a song

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  • Ya ain't mutch if ya ain't Dutch
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