Why is history and memory sometimes a deep family matter, to Southerners?

为什么对于南方人来说,历史,有时是和记忆紧密联系在一起的

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They are born reciters, great memory retainers, diary keepers, letter exchangers and letter savers, history tracers and debaters, and outstaying all the rest they are just great talkers."

他们天生善背,记忆超群,爱写日记,乐于书信,尤喜收藏信件,爱追溯历史,天生的辩论家,总之他们就是很健谈"

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