stella40
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ORIGINAL: slavegirljoy i enjoyed reading your post on this topic, however i am curious as to what you meant by stating "if you fart and speak like a redneck everyone is going to perceive you as a redneck". i'm wondering why you chose to link a redneck with farting. Are you saying that rednecks are the only people who fart or that all rednecks fart? Are you using "redneck" as the slang term for people from the southern United States or with some other meaning? As you said, there are people using this site from lots of countries and i'm not sure how "redneck" is used elsewhere but, in the U.S., "redneck" can be used (and taken as) either a derogatory term or a term of endearment. There are plenty of people from the South that use these boards and may consider themselves to be a redneck but, not a crude, rude, or socially inept slob and might consider being linked with farting as an insult to them. The rednecks, i have known, are proud to be known as a redneck and they carry themselves in a well-mannered and respectful way. i'm just wondering where you were coming from with that statement, as it didn't seem to me to fit with the rest of your post and i'm trying to understand what you meant by it. As you said, "A word gets its meaning by the person who speaks it.." i am not a redneck, btw. my family were "Okies" who moved to California, but, i have spent many years living in the southern United States, and i have known a lot of rednecks over the years and none of them have ever farted in my presence, at least not without saying "Excuse me", and i have never heard any of them speak in a way that was anything less than polite and respectful, even though they do love to poke fun at themselves. They have all been just down-to-earth, fun, hardworking, sincere, and polite gentlemen and gentlewomen, who love fishing for bass and other fish, hunting deer and other game, watching NASCAR races, relaxing on the front porch or hanging out in the garage, working on their trucks and/or old cars, listening to country music, and some of them enjoy chewing tobacco and most of them enjoy drinking cold, canned American beer after working all day, usually outdoors, where their necks get red from the sun beating down on them and they would drop everything in a heartbeat to be there to help a friend or a neighbor with anything. In other words, they have all been very good people who would not treat others in a rude or disrespectful way. ____________ slave joy Owned property of Master David "..and those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." -- F. Nietzsche quote:
ORIGINAL: stella40 Out in society you can wear the most expensive clothing, the latest designer fashions, but if you fart and speak like a redneck everyone is going to perceive you as a redneck. After all..... "A word gets its meaning by the person who speaks it.." Anon. Okay... First, if there are any rednecks out there who I may have offended by my previous posting then please accept my sincerest apologies. I wasn't meaning to offend. No, I wasn't meaning to be derogatory at all - I for one don't have an issue with farting nor with plain talking, nor would I necessarily associate someone who does fart and talk plainly with being a slob, therefore I don't necessarily see anyone who is a genuine redneck in a negative light. I used the term redneck because I assumed that denim dungarees, a check shirt and baseball cap would conjure up a completely different mental image to someone smartly or formally dressed, which was the point I was trying to make. I could have used a more obvious example of a man dressed as a woman or vice versa (which I did before) so you get the Marilyn Monroe image with the Lee Marvin voice but.... I wanted a break from being transgendered (or bringing it up in postings). I just associated the term 'redneck' with people who are straightforward honest people who are neither slobs nor dressed up to the nines, exactly as you described them. Nor do I mistake plain talking for being rude or disrespectful. Everybody farts, on average 14 times a day. However when we're all dressed up in our finest clothes and on our best behaviour I think most of us would deem such behaviour inappropriate. I'm shortly coming over to the States - to the South - and wouldn't want to upset or offend anyone. I have a positive opinion of all Americans, irrespective of whether they're rednecks or not.
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