I see a country by Reaganfan

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I can't speak for people in the 'Heartland', but as somebody from New England, the West Coast, and/or Chicagoland, in my experience if you ask somebody what they are, they'll ask for clarification as to what in the world you're talking about.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I can't speak for people in the 'Heartland', but as somebody from New England, the West Coast, and/or Chicagoland, in my experience if you ask somebody what they are, they'll ask for clarification as to what in the world you're talking about.

Allow me to be a representative of flyover country. I have never in my life heard somebody ask another person "what are you?" We are all, of course, people. Children are frequently asked "What do you want to be when you grow up?" And maybe having heard that, a non-native speaker of English could construct the first sentence, but I doubt it. Adults making their introductions may ask each other "What do you do?" But then, of course, one would say accountant or whatever, and not Christian. It's extremely impolite to ask somebody what religion he is (you may as well ask a stranger how much money he earns), but a nosey neighbor type may occassionally try to discern this piece of information by inquiring what church one attends.

Yeah. It's exactly the same here (although 'do you go to church?' would precede 'what church do you go to?', since the proportion of non-Christians is slightly but significantly higher than in the rest of the country, excepting the northern Mountain states and Pacific Northwest and Hawaii). I really don't think this changes based on proximity to a shoreline. I think it changes based on proximity to the interior of Naso's head.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Mock Naso and Bushie at your peril, Atlas Forum. Their views are much more mainstream than yours. They are what Democracy looks like.

I contemplate and pray over this fact every day.