Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Rules of the ....
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 11:08:47 -0500
References: <52482C02-0D6B-11D6-9A85-0003930C1F28@bigfatpipe.net>

At 07:39 AM 1/20/02 -0600, Sonny Carter wrote:
>
>I understand the term "redneck," btw, came from a description of the red
>scarves worn by Scots who fought on the side of the South in the War Between
>the States.

Much more likely is that the term "red-neck" arose from the red necks of
hardscrabble farmers who eked out a meager existence by remaining long
hours in their fields.  The term certainly is not restricted to the South:
the term is current on the US West Coast and in the northern Atlantic
States in rural areas.

Marc

msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +276/343-7315
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