`Lets analyze this shall we Kentucky is a border state in the sense that it's ``Southern`` and borders another region and has traits from that region. However what you are ignorantly asserting is that Kentucky is one with Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia in terms of Southerness. For example on the new map debate, you were the only one opposing the the three tone map, while at the same time acknowledging Kentucky is generally a Southern state; Bigotry. My problem with your argument on Kentucky's regional status is your hypocricy, one minute we're on the same page acknowledging that this state is mostly Southern (this happens mostly when alot of people have joined the debate and have formed the concesus), The next minute you're putting this ``mixed boarder state`` in my face. Which is it? When someone has to ask you a question like that it's quite clear that your credibility is lost. I don't believe that the numerous dialect maps I have provided, label an area as boarder, either it's in one linguistic zone or the other and in all of my sources Kentucky is in the Southern linguistic zone. On the Historic sources that I have provided, namely the ones involving the Civil War, Quite a few group Kentucky and Tennessee in their own little section, they were the most similar in the most ways. For example the Eastern areas of both states are Appalachain and were very Pro Union. Tennessee was the last state to suceed and was not put into a military district after the war was over. During the war the state was under Union control within a year. The distribution of both states black population were very similar. Kentucky was the only boarder state to vote Democratically during the 1963 elctions. Just to name a few similarities that may have been the cause of this grouping. The cultural maps that I have provided including the one you are so desperately trying to exclude from article created by DW Meinings labels not only this state as Southern, But Southern Indiana and SOutehrn Illinois. Well Gator by all means find these sources that you that you just forgot to show during our earlier debate, It would really help you out, But just prepare for more on my behalf. BTW provide sources that state that Kentucky is CURRENTLY (not Civil War era) a border state (Culturally, not geographically), meaning a Maryland, Missouri, Delaware, or West Virginia.  As far me holding the more recent, more persistant, and more accurate Southern Focus Study to a higher merrit than your survey, Well I think that just spoke for it's self. The fact that you insist otherwise is another credibility loser for you. Again just a prime example of your stubburness towards your own opinion, is the option I laid out to incorporate all of our sources, But you wanting this state to be diplicted as the appitamy of a border state would again crumble under these circumstances. Then again you can prove me wrong by actually going along with this mroe than reasonalbe compromise.    `