tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848342100717718477.post-86957512836270351692007-07-22T13:30:00.000-07:002007-08-15T15:12:33.721-07:00Someone <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">accused</span> me of Southern Hospitality. In our rooms we have a little book that we welcome our guests to write a message about their stay. In one of our rooms at the Camden Windward House, someone wrote "great stay - and thank you for your Southern Hospitality". I do not know if perhaps these people were from Canada, where we would be seen as southern, but I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">don't</span> think they were. I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">truly</span> think they <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">meant</span> this as a sincere term of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">endearment</span> and compliment. When you come to the Inn, it is my pleasure to make your stay as comfortable as possible. I am sorry that Northerners are not seen as hospitable, as I am as northern as they come. I grew up in New York and speak Staten Island-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ese</span>, a special dialect of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">English</span> - that only <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">people</span> in Staten Island speak.<br />I took this comment as a compliment because just the other day we had a true southern bell at the Inn and believe it or not, she asked to help me with the dishes. I almost fell over because she was so sweet, and her accent was so charming. I did not let her do the dishes but she made me smile because the Southern Hospitality she showed me at my Inn.Camden Maine Innkeeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16853100059052242079noreply@blogger.com