im from kentucky and i c 2 manny movies where they make fun of people from kentucky and makem look all red neak and such
2007-01-27 16:28:08 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
That's incorrect.
Not all of them are rednecks.
Just the 50%.
The other half are whitetrash.
2007-01-27 16:32:41 · answer #1 · answered by Transgénico 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
many today take the term "red neck" to mean hick, southerner, dumb person, uneducated, etc....and Ky, Tenn, VA, WVA all get the brunt.
but if most actually researched the word....its comes from the days of whites coming onto this continent and seeing Indians. Indians were red necks......just like we are still called Red's today when mentioned as a race.....black, white, yellow, red.
My roots are from Ky, my blood goes all the way back to Chief Moytoy, Pocahontas, etc.......I just try to ignore all the white bantering as they are a scared species and they use words often to act tough and proud.
I wish my fellow people would stand up in this day an age and take back our words, our language, our ways. It seems as though the world needs new eyes due to the destruction we see today. We had cities and organizations long before the whites and we lived with harmony with nature.
2007-01-28 00:43:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sweetie, you aren't doing your fellow Kentuckians a favor with your spelling. That said, almost every state in the south is burdened by the same false stereotype.
For what it's worth, I think of Kentucky as a fairly wealthy state, connecting it to horse racing.
2007-01-28 00:32:44 · answer #3 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, there are rednecks all over this great country! But i guess when you hear that you do think more of certain states or whatever. But I'm in new york, and trust me i know my share of New York red necks! My family is half filled with em ;)
2007-01-28 00:33:51 · answer #4 · answered by MichelleLynn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey hun you ain't seen redneck until you've been to where I'm from. In Mississippi we have our own breed of redneck, and trust me I know how you feel. The movies still show that we don't have electricity or runnin water, and that all our raods are still dirt, hell some even show we don't have shoes, but we know the difference. Keep your head up and be proud of where your from.
2007-01-28 00:34:03 · answer #5 · answered by frogs112 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im also from Kenucky and I have noticed this a lot. But if they want to make us look like rednecks then this shows how stupid they are, they don't know us very well. We know we are good people.
2007-01-28 00:33:42 · answer #6 · answered by karen v 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might be a redneck if you live in Kentucky and get your water from a whale.
2007-01-28 00:34:18 · answer #7 · answered by Eva 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't know. I have never personally met anyone from Kentucky. I do know about area stereotyping, though. It is unfair.
2007-01-28 00:33:35 · answer #8 · answered by thezaylady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never been to Kentucky to know either way, but I think if you're going to disprove them, you should learn how to spell first.
2007-01-28 00:33:40 · answer #9 · answered by bisous148 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
im from oklahoma for many years red necks but born in alabama and they are called fish heads...live in florida for 7 years and no name calling yet
i ask a guy from up north how do you know a red neck and he said count the pickup trucks at a convience store...he lived in that area and i guess he knew that more than me.
2007-01-28 00:34:30 · answer #10 · answered by sandras77 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can find a redneck in any state or country. You just have to know where to look.
2007-01-28 00:32:34 · answer #11 · answered by JAN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋