Welcome to North Carolina, D.C. Reporter.
We're glad that your national publication found our state worthy of coverage, especially with all that stuff going on in your usual haunts: New York, California and Iowa.
In the past, some of your colleagues have made dumb mistakes when writing about North Carolina, so here are a few tips:
THE OBSERVERS: A lot of our newspapers have similar names: The Charlotte Observer, the Raleigh News & Observer and the Fayetteville Observer. Try to keep them straight.
RALEIGH, DURHAM: Yes, the hyphen at the airport is confusing. But there is no such place as Raleigh-Durham. They're separate cities. (Winston-Salem is one city, though.)
TAR HEEL: That's two words. It's the name of UNC-Chapel Hill (called Carolina or North Carolina in sports) team and one name for residents of the state.
NORTH, SOUTH: We're not South Carolina, and we hate being confused with it. For starters, Charleston is in South Carolina; Charlotte, in North Carolina.
BARBECUE: That's a noun, not a verb. It's made with pork. There's two kinds: Eastern style has a vinegar sauce; Lexington style, a tomato-based sauce.
That should cover the basics. Now get to reporting!
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Re: Welcome to North Carolina, D.C. Reporter.
Of course not. You drive here.
Perhaps I forgot the light-hearted raspberry emoticon on my first response to you ribbing folks in your profession living where you do and reporting on where and what you do, and for not knowing things like there's no such thing as "Western NC BBQ" or that the UNC mascot is actually a ram and not a "Dirty Foot."
Actually, no I didn't.
Keep in mind you brought this up.
:P
Now get to reporting on NC stuff Seattle guy!