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 05/30/2005 11:01:37 PM · #26
I like the idea of a 'Working People' challenge. Might be fun.
 05/30/2005 11:14:42 PM · #27
Originally posted by 4N4M:
My sweet wife of 20 years and I have had an ongoing 'argument' (good naturedly) for at least a decade about the meaning of redneck. She's a sweet Louisiana girl, and in her mind "redneck" is indeed a perjorative, describing rough, repulsive and ugly-acting people. I think of it as a descriptive term describing salt-of-the-earth, unsophisticated but honest and good-hearted, hard-working folks. I tell her I am a redneck at heart but she won't hear of that! What an interesting challenge it would make, and I can imagine a lot of DNMC complaints. Shame it'll never happen.


The term "redneck" in the U.S. began being used during the 19th century referring to uneducated caucasian farmers, or farm laborers, whose necks where sunburned while laboring in the fields. I believe that the term has also been used similarly in Afrikaans to describe the South African English, whose fair skin sunburned(s) easily in the sun?

~Jen

Message edited by author 2005-05-30 23:48:33.
 05/30/2005 11:16:47 PM · #28
Originally posted by saracat:
I like the idea of a 'Working People' challenge. Might be fun.

Kinda like this one..it was fun.
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 05/31/2005 12:32:54 AM · #29
Originally posted by 4N4M:
If you go to a family reunion to meet women....
If you read a sign that says, "Say no to crack" and it reminds you to pull up your pants...
If you mow your lawn and find a car....

THEN YOU MIGHT JUST BE A REDNECK!


If you've ever clumb a water tower to defend your sisters honor...
If people stop at your house thinkin' you're havin' a yard sale...
If you're wife's ever said 'honey can you move that transmission, I wanna take a bath'...
If you've ever worn a dress that was strapless with a bra that wasn't...
If you have 6 cars that don't move and a house that does...
 05/31/2005 12:58:14 AM · #30
For those of you that think that Redneck is a bad word, then "here's your sign"
 05/31/2005 06:38:49 PM · #31
hey, the more I read, the more I get confused! I am from Italy, and to me "redneck" only means a red neck... you're talking about so many meanings and I didn't understand how and why redneck should be a bad word
can anyone explain to me the main points?
05/31/2005 06:47:05 PM · #32
You might be a redneck if you:

...have been married 3 times and still have the same in-laws.
...think Taco Bell is a Mexican phone company.
...you think Possum is "The Other White Meat."
...you hooked up with your present girlfriend as a result of a message on the wall of the mens' room at the Flying J Truck Stop.
...you think safe sex is a padded headboard.
...your father executes the "pull my finger" trick during Christmas dinner.
...your kids take a siphon hose to "Show and Tell."
...you had to remove a toothpick for your wedding pictures.
...your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand.
...you need one more hole punched in your card to get a freebie at the Fast Eddie's House of Tattoos.
...you've been on TV more than 5 times describing the sound of a tornado.
...anyone in your family died right after saying, "Hey, y'all watch this!".

among millions of others... ;)

Message edited by author 2005-05-31 18:48:25.
 05/31/2005 06:50:45 PM · #33
Originally posted by laurielblack:
You might be a redneck if you:

...think Taco Bell is a Mexican phone company.


OK, I am a Redneck in that case.
 05/31/2005 06:51:57 PM · #34
Originally posted by Alecia:
Originally posted by karmat:
Sometimes, I think I live in redneck capital of the world.



well yeah, you do! git 'er done. ;)


This is a VERY COMMON saying where I work. I'm a service tech. for one of the local cable providers here in Dallas...and the term "git 'r done" was made popular by "Larry the cable guy". So everyone at work uses it on a daily basis. Guess I'm just another cable guy!

Message edited by author 2005-05-31 18:52:39.
 05/31/2005 06:55:45 PM · #35
ok...here's a question...my husband drives a Ford 350 lariat crew cab dual wheel pickup, two tone brown...with..and here's the kicker...air horns...does this make him a redneck or just a Texan? ; }

Message edited by author 2005-05-31 18:59:41.
 05/31/2005 07:17:38 PM · #36
Originally posted by amjlt:
Originally posted by 4N4M:
My sweet wife of 20 years and I have had an ongoing 'argument' (good naturedly) for at least a decade about the meaning of redneck. She's a sweet Louisiana girl, and in her mind "redneck" is indeed a perjorative, describing rough, repulsive and ugly-acting people. I think of it as a descriptive term describing salt-of-the-earth, unsophisticated but honest and good-hearted, hard-working folks. I tell her I am a redneck at heart but she won't hear of that! What an interesting challenge it would make, and I can imagine a lot of DNMC complaints. Shame it'll never happen.


The term "redneck" in the U.S. began being used during the 19th century referring to uneducated caucasian farmers, or farm laborers, whose necks where sunburned while laboring in the fields. I believe that the term has also been used similarly in Afrikaans to describe the South African English, whose fair skin sunburned(s) easily in the sun?

~Jen


Yep, although I think redneck (rooinek) has evolved into something completely different in the US.
05/31/2005 07:56:23 PM · #37
Originally posted by gattamarta:
hey, the more I read, the more I get confused! I am from Italy, and to me "redneck" only means a red neck... you're talking about so many meanings and I didn't understand how and why redneck should be a bad word
can anyone explain to me the main points?


The term "redneck" was used by 60's hippies to describe a person who was staunchly intolerant toward diverse and liberalized lifestyle views espoused by others they felt were culturally or racially different from themselves. A person who could not accept value changes would, when presented with diversity, get upset to the point of their upper extremities growing red with increased anger. Becuse the term "redfaced" didn't seem to fit well, alluding to a reddened neck from increased bloodflow became the descriptive term that stuck. The term over the next 30 years, migrated to next include anyone who lived a simple, unsophisticated life that primarily kept them out in the sun indicated by their telltale sunburned back of the neck. And since the sun shines most consistently in the southern USA, eventually the term grew to mean a southerner of simple tastes and perhaps still a very conservative nature. Then the comedian Jeff Foxworthy, himself a southerner, made several comedy albums describing a redneck in pseudo-derogatory terms that were meant to just help people laugh at themselves. Foxworthy liberally spreads the term to a broader audience of non-descript heritage by using the phrase, "You just might be a redneck if ...." implying that we all have some "redneck" in us, just as we all have a little of one another's foilables inside us. To wit:

"You may be a redneck, if a grudge is a place you park your pickup."
And finally, I say: you may be a redneck if your belt buckle looks better than anything in your portfolio.
 05/31/2005 08:35:43 PM · #38
Originally posted by buzzrock:
Originally posted by karmat:
Well, I can say this -- if this were a topic, I would have an endless list of possibilities for subjects. Sometimes, I think I live in redneck capital of the world.

(PS -- And there is a difference between "rednecks" and "good ole' boys")






If your entire family has Matching Carhartt Overhall's---- You might be a Redneck!

Sorry Karma, I couldn't resist, :)


I was wondering why the views on those shots were so high!!!!

See, where I live, even the non-rednecks are redneck (or good ole' boys)
 06/01/2005 02:12:35 AM · #39
Originally posted by rktdesign:
ok...here's a question...my husband drives a Ford 350 lariat crew cab dual wheel pickup, two tone brown...with..and here's the kicker...air horns...does this make him a redneck or just a Texan? ; }


Is there a gun rack in the back window? with guns in it?
 06/04/2005 10:38:02 AM · #40
RonBeam, thank you very much for the excellent explanation! everything is clear, now!
 06/04/2005 11:56:34 AM · #41
Originally posted by rktdesign:
ok...here's a question...my husband drives a Ford 350 lariat crew cab dual wheel pickup, two tone brown...with..and here's the kicker...air horns...does this make him a redneck or just a Texan? ; }

Aren't all Texans rednecks? ;)
 06/04/2005 12:07:51 PM · #42
Anybody have "REDNECK" example ?
 06/04/2005 12:11:24 PM · #43
U might be a redneck if... you use a brand new $15,000 motorcycle muffler as a place to hold your water hose
 06/04/2005 12:16:33 PM · #44
Originally posted by pitsaman:
Anybody have "REDNECK" example ?


Here are a few. ;O)
 06/04/2005 12:20:12 PM · #45
And here's a few more - all rated 'G', so you can see 'em at work or in front of the kids.

Redneck Photos

They're good for a laugh, anyway.
Sad part is, I think I may know some of these people...

Sara
 06/04/2005 12:25:02 PM · #46
red·neck (rdnk)
n. Offensive Slang
1. Used as a disparaging term for a member of the white rural laboring class, especially in the southern United States.
2. A white person regarded as having a provincial, conservative, often bigoted attitude.

Not to be a person to spoil things, but I don't think that this is an appropriate topic for a challenge. It is an offensive slang and disparaging term such as other words for different races. I know this was brought up innocently but we 'as users' have to abide by the TOS on this site. And after reading the definition you will find that it could be taken offensively by some in a particular race which IMO makes it against the rules [TOS 4.2- V] of this site.
 06/04/2005 12:31:29 PM · #47
You might be a redneck if you are storing your belongings in a POD, living in a FEMA trailer (not shown) next to your hurricane demolished single-wide, because you insist on "restoring" it instead of getting a new one.



Trailer
 06/04/2005 12:33:59 PM · #48
if you get pulled over by a cop and he askes for your ID and you show him your belt buckle, you might be a redneck
 06/04/2005 12:43:53 PM · #49
When rednecks have to fly on airplanes they use a Redneck Pet Carrier to take their pets with them.
 06/04/2005 12:50:15 PM · #50
Originally posted by saracat:
Originally posted by karmat:
Well, I can say this -- if this were a topic, I would have an endless list of possibilities for subjects. Sometimes, I think I live in redneck capital of the world.

(PS -- And there is a difference between "rednecks" and "good ole' boys")


And there's a difference between "redneck", "country", and "white trash", too.
Lots of each in my family.
Sara

*looks around innocently* who me???
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