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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 12:35 AM Original message |
Origins of some labels for Southerners |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. Interesting stuff! |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Here in Florida they claim the term "cracker" |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Funny how different expressions ... |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 03:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. There is a vast difference |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I learned the term Florida Cracker from the sesquicentennial celebration |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. You're close! |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I was told it's slang for a white person... |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Three theories about origin of "Florida Cracker" |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. Redneck refers to someone with short hair and a sun burnt back of the neck from working outside. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 03:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I thought the modern rednecks were from driving pickups |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. No, it's from working outside. Some places don't care how your neck got red. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. Here's an old one from slave times. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'm still wondering about the origin of the name "Jim Crow." nt |
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TexasProgresive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 06:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It's hard to know when and where many of these prases entered |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. I thought red neck came from a coal miner's strike in W. Virginia |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That's what the history channel says.... |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. I just read the 'gringo' and 'lilacs' connection is an urban legend. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. "ulster-scottish?" ok, that's funny, we call ourselves scots-irish |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. The usage is correct ... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. i'll take your word for it but i'll continue to call myself scots-irish |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I hear you ... |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. Cracker is interesting... |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That's closer ... |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-11-08 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. Been reading Grady McWhinney ... |
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