Posted by Ritch on February 1, 2003, at 16:06:07
In reply to Re: FYI, posted by Dinah on February 1, 2003, at 12:46:32
> I looked up the origin of the term redneck on google, and here is some of what I found.
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> http://www.sonic.net/College-in-a-Can/proftalk/319.html
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> http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=rednecks
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> So it does, and always has, had a class connotation.
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>Dinah, yes it is more of a geo-socio-economic thing rather than an ethnic one. My parents families are poor white people and I have been poor most of my life and lived in a rural area in the South. I just *identified* with the humor, it just seems the NAME is what sets everything awry. Perhaps hayseed instead? Geez, didn't mean to offend anybody.
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