Regional endearments (was Cracker)
Ted Samsel
tejas at infi.net
Thu Jul 17 09:54:05 CDT 1997
>
> Ted Samsel wrote:
> > Whip cracker is right..
> > but not slaves.. more like oldtime ox & mule teamsters...
>
> A minor point--from what I've heard living in Fla. for nearly 12 years now
> the word is thought to have come from the actual "Crack!" sound a whip
> makes.
>
> > the po'white trash is "cracker", the gentility ain't.
>
> But now many of the old-time pioneer families are rich, often because
> great great granddaddy's farm or ranch is now a subdivision or mall. And
> many of them still like to call themselves Crackers.
Gad! The nouveau riche. Pity.
So what about regional endearments as:
cedar chopper/cedar hacker
charcoal burner
punkin roller... usw?
"Lawsy, this list is a-goin' to the babtists and the bitterweeds"
paraphrasing my quarter Cherokee maternal
grandmother..
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