On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:13:04 -0000, wrote:

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:27:58 -0500, BAR wrote:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck

Even middle school kids know that Wikipedia can't be used as a source.

So don't use it, but if you search on Covenanters, you will find the
Scottish use of redneck predates ours.

Point of Order.

Would it be your opinion that the term made it's way West via the
Celtic immigrants who settled in the Appalachian (sp?) Mountains?

The way I've read it in various books here and there over the years,
the term redneck developed concurrently (parallel development) rather
than being totally attributed to the influx of Celtic Presbyterians.

In fact, one of Mrs. Wave's dissertation advisors was something of an
expert on the subject regional and ethnic identifications and has some
compelling evidence that the term "redneck" has been around for a long
time in various languages and is not particularly related to strictly
English speaking groupings. I happened to mention it to her once at a
get together and was treated to forty five minutes of non-stop
information about the whole subject. The redneck thing came up as an
example.