Re: Yokels (was Re: Singular Pluralities)

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>The term may have originated as a derogatory reference to rural
>Southerners, but as I can attest, there are plenty of rednecks
>here in Illinois. 8P  Nowadays, the term really is used more as
>a reference to a supposed rural uncouthness, wherever that may
>be found.
They exist in California also. Mainly the small, rural towns in the
coastal and central valleys. In the Sierras in small, out of the way
towns, and even in places like the desert areas.

Another subset of yokels to me is "white/trailer trash", which are more
urbanized :).



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