Re: The meaning of "hillbilly"

From: Nick Eden <nick_at_H4pxngCd1f1uMrAYxjOSlhHowyTyMzlA3tkySmPMAz2tSwDbui0ONxTUfT1ADDgINhRu7YS>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:00:50 +0000


On Wednesday, January 27, 2010, L C <lightcastle_at_B5fkQUPbrwIl7BZcYIoeTPXDgUFEX2Xp7jlu9CaBsQDwGTOoIrHfMWOJUoRGMaA_mCizRknqZ4u7YR4.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> No, this is actually an 80's tv show called "The Dukes of Hazzard". (And
> the criticism about this working for moonshiners but not for hillbillies
> is, of course, correct.)
>
> Smokey and the Bandit also has running beer across county lines, though.
> And it is the late, great, Jackie Gleason who plays Sheriff "Buford T.
> Justice" in the film. (As a sort of cut-rate Javert.)
>
> hcarteau_at_VpcNLr0IJu2lpu4jXUjR7h-JZHU_lzxG-OtmsfraSIbfBLgxIb8BVjPRwAwjOy8rfleIg3Cj.yahoo.invalid wrote:
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>> /// Wouldn't these be allusions to a '70s movie with Burt Reynolds,
>> called...
>> (I'm only sure of the french title) "smokey and the bandit" ? Or am I
>> getting it
>> wrong ? Isn't Ernest Borgnine the bad sheriff in there ?
>> >
>> > --- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com
>> <mailto:WorldofGlorantha%40yahoogroups.com>, L C <lightcastle_at_...> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > And then, of course, there are traditions of those who avoid the
>> > > Revenuers. Perhaps two cousins uphold this family tradition
>> against the
>> > > more corrupt Lunar elements. They have Movement magics, especially
>> > > Jumping, along with a special chariot/wagon named after a fallen
>> General
>> > > who rebelled against the Lunars generations ago. ^_^
>> > >
>> >
>> > And that chariot would of course be painted orange, which is the
>> color of
>> > Orlanth. Or at least it was back in the '70s.
>> >
>> >
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