[meteorite-list] Re: A Sign From Above (Sylacauga Meteorite)

From: Claudia Carroll <carroll4_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:17:38 2004
Message-ID: <410-22003122231553929_at_mindspring.com>

Ryan

Hate to burst your bubble but there are references to Alabamians as hicks.
Yes I realize this may not be the most common term in use for this area but
it is used. I mostly see it used by what we in the south refer to as them
Damn Yankees. Mostly overall your explanation is highly accurate in the
slang terms used in reference of people in the south, though we have never
considered Arkansas or Florida as a true southern state. Arkansas well
mainly because it isn't in the south, and well for Florida it is because it
is mostly populated by misplaced Yankees.

And yes most of us don't take ourselves to seriously, but we don't all look
like what you see or are described in the media. My neck ain't red, unless
I can get a burn from fluorescent lights and a computer screen.

James
Proud Southerner, master snipe hunter, cow tipper, truck owner (no gun rack
though)

> [Original Message]
> From: RYAN PAWELSKI <yellowengine_at_earthlink.net>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: 12/1/2003 7:09:02 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: A Sign From Above (Sylacauga Meteorite)
>
> Actually, there is no such thing as an Alabama "hick", there are only
"rednecks" in Alabama. Just to clear things up, the following are the three
different subgroups of the of the "subclassy" society, better known as
hicks, hillbillys, and rednecks:
>
> Hicks: Found in Midwestern states such as Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
>
> Hillbillys (mountains or hills): Found in Appalachian and Ozark states
such as Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas (Or "Our Kansas", because the
hillbilly founders were jealous that Kansas had a "too-cool-for-school"
name).
>
> Rednecks (from hot southern sun): Found in south, southwestern, and
southeastern states such as Texas, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Louisiana,
Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida.
>
> Maybe Jeff Foxworthy should write a word collection with all this here
information in it!
>
> Anyway, hope I helped ya'll in decipherin' them terms!
>
> -Ryan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Claudia Carroll <carroll4_at_mindspring.com>
> To: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>; MeteoriteMailingList
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 3:42 PM
> Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] A Sign From Above (Sylacauga Meteorite)
>
>
> > I may ask around about the radio. I have a few distant relatives in
that
> > area.
> >
> > What really eats me about that aritcle is that it makes people that
live in
> > Alabama sound like hicks. Not all of us are hicks, though knowing some
of
> > my neighbors I can sometimes see where others get the idea.
> >
> > James Carroll
> >
> >
>
>
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