Re: rednecks

From: Chris Lemens <chrislemens_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2002 20:59:17 -0700 (PDT)

> From: "pavis" <prax_at_chello.fr>
> (Here a question : is there any link with
> the "rednecks" bad word used in same way
> as hillbilly ?)

The term "redneck" came from the fact that conservative southern manual laborers had short hair, so the backs of their necks burned in the sun. the funny thing is that, culturally, rednecks started wearing their hair long in the late 70's, so no longer have red necks.

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