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Floridians take to Twitter for #FloridaLingoChallenge

 
What could possibly be more Florida than the "welcome stations" where visitors can pick up their mandatory citrus and baby alligators? Notably missing from this sign are discounted Disney tickets and handguns. [twitter.com/ZephyrWolfsky]
What could possibly be more Florida than the "welcome stations" where visitors can pick up their mandatory citrus and baby alligators? Notably missing from this sign are discounted Disney tickets and handguns. [twitter.com/ZephyrWolfsky]
Published July 8, 2015

Jab us. Poke fun. Mock us mercilessly.

It's nothing we haven't heard before. Florida is America's basement. We're (super) sweaty. And the worst.

The rest of the world has made a hobby of mocking Floridians, but nobody makes fun of Floridians better than Floridians themselves.

The Internet gave us an opportunity to participate in one big self-depreciating roast Wednesday. On Twitter, the hashtag #FloridaLingoChallenge trended in the afternoon, the jokes ranging from the weather to ... well, mostly they were about the weather. And Publix. Here are some of our favorites:

"Pub sub" #FloridaLingoChallenge

#FloridaLingoChallenge "I live in Tampa" translation: I live in a city 45 minutes north of Tampa but I'll just say Tampa for short

"Wanna go to the beach?" But it's raining "Don't worry we'll be good in 10 minutes" #FloridaLingoChallenge

This isn't my publix... #FloridaLingoChallenge

"The gulf" #FloridaLingoChallenge

I hope we get a hurricane day. #FloridaLingoChallenge

#FloridaLingoChallenge *64 degrees* "Time to break out the Uggs"

I'm from Dun-EEEEE-Din not Dune-din #FloridaLingoChallenge - but livin' in Tamper Fl

*wearing a bathing suit in public* "no one will care we are in Florida" #FloridaLingoChallenge

What's a coat? #FloridaLingoChallenge

And sometimes, a photo says it all.

#FloridaLingoChallenge pic.twitter.com/US44ykvg7N

Contact Katie Mettler at kmettler@tampabay.com or (813) 226-3446. Follow @kemettler.