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It isn't? I think that you should inform the people at Merriam-Webster.
Thanks for confirming my case.
See, "sometimes" and "often" are noteworthy and vague weasel words used by Merriam-Webster to indicate that some folks may use "redneck" improperly, when the root connotation is neutral regarding laboring class.
"Sometimes?" Okay, 1% of the time would qualify, meaning 99% of the time the usage would be innocuous, or even endearing.
"Often?" Wow, maybe negative 5%-10% of the time? Hold on...I'm ciphering it out.... 90%-95% innocuous. Hmm. I'll live with it.
Glad to help you out here with a clarification of what your dictionary is telling you.
Ta Ta!
Off to save the world in another venue.
Thanks for confirming my case.
See, "sometimes" and "often" are noteworthy and vague weasel words used by Merriam-Webster to indicate that some folks may use "redneck" improperly, when the root connotation is neutral regarding laboring class.
"Sometimes?" Okay, 1% of the time would qualify, meaning 99% of the time the usage would be innocuous, or even endearing.
"Often?" Wow, maybe negative 5%-10% of the time? Hold on...I'm ciphering it out.... 90%-95% innocuous. Hmm. I'll live with it.
Glad to help you out here with a clarification of what your dictionary is telling you.
Ta Ta!
Off to save the world in another venue.
So what you're saying is that you're in favor of racism and classism at least some of the time?
Should I be offended that my husband calls me his "Okie girl"? I come from a line of rednecks, folks who were farmers working in the fields for generations. I ain't ashamed of it or offended by it.
Should I be offended that my husband calls me his "Okie girl"? I come from a line of rednecks, folks who were farmers working in the fields for generations. I ain't ashamed of it or offended by it.
I'm a New Yorker, born and raised (and soon to be transplanted). Some have generously enhanced that title with the occasional profanity (e.g. @#$@#$ New Yorker). I have lived in two different areas of the New York City area and never experienced a name change. I've been working for a company based up in Buffalo, NY which is further away from where I've lived my entire life than Atlanta is from Raleigh. They're New Yorker's as well though our way of life is about as different as, say, New York and North Carolina.
In a recent conversation with my realtor about our pending relocation to Raleigh she referred to us as "future Tar Heels". I must tell you that having a new handle like that is likely to be more of a shock for my system than anything else involved with relocating.
The rest of my family loved the thought of acquiring the new "Tar Heel" handle. My oldest can't wait to be associated with UNC.
Should I be offended that my husband calls me his "Okie girl"? I come from a line of rednecks, folks who were farmers working in the fields for generations. I ain't ashamed of it or offended by it.
My husband calls me a "swamp grubber". I grew up in Eastern NC and there is quiet a bit of swamp land on my parents property. But honestly, I had a great time playing in the swamps when I was a kid. So yeah, I'm a swamp grubber and proud of!
BTW, my hubby is the same guy who called me a pinko, commie, liberal on our first date. LOL! I'd never had anyone call me that so I was intrigued. So you just never know.
We are Tarheels, we do not break it down by city, it must be a northern thing,
It sure is. B/C the state is so divers- we have a huge city, lots of smaller ones, suburbs, farms, mountains, beaches... it is so diverse that to say you are a NYer does not tell much about you at all- you could be a latte-sipping socialite or a farmer!
I'm a New Yorker, born and raised (and soon to be transplanted). Some have generously enhanced that title with the occasional profanity (e.g. @#$@#$ New Yorker). I have lived in two different areas of the New York City area and never experienced a name change. I've been working for a company based up in Buffalo, NY which is further away from where I've lived my entire life than Atlanta is from Raleigh. They're New Yorker's as well though our way of life is about as different as, say, New York and North Carolina.
In a recent conversation with my realtor about our pending relocation to Raleigh she referred to us as "future Tar Heels". I must tell you that having a new handle like that is likely to be more of a shock for my system than anything else involved with relocating.
The rest of my family loved the thought of acquiring the new "Tar Heel" handle. My oldest can't wait to be associated with UNC.
Don't you consider it ironic that you want to be called Tar Heels considering how natives of this state earned that nickname?
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My $0.04 (everything cost more in NY)
