Boer?

[Ted Samsel]

Don Larsson sez: 
> 
> Sojourner responds:
> "We think of the Boers as the Afrikaaners now, but it is one of those Sundry
> and Wily Historickal Misteaks.  The word "boer" itself means "red" . . . "
> 
> 
> What is your source here?  Both Britannica and the OED (not necessarily
> unbiased in this matter, I'll admit) give the name as meaning "farmer"
> and applying only to Dutch and/or Afrikan settlers.
> 

And "redneck" does not necessarily have a perjorative etymology. I recall
that the first use of "redneck" came about in the coal fields of
Southern Appalachia where the non-scab miners wore red bandannas
around their necks for identification  during a labor/management 
confrontation in the late 19th c.

"Which side are you on?"

Ted Samsel....tejas at infi.net