17 Year Old Wins GOP Primary for W. Virginia Statehouse

[Eddie Teach]

Oh FFS West Virginians are Hillbillies not Rednecks.

Sinonyms.

Not really. Redneck implies farming(generally done on flat land).

[garbon]

Oh FFS West Virginians are Hillbillies not Rednecks.

Sinonyms.

Not really. Redneck implies farming(generally done on flat land).

Maybe in a historical sense. I don't think that implication is part of typical use today.

[Valmy]

Oh FFS West Virginians are Hillbillies not Rednecks.

Sinonyms.

Not really. Redneck implies farming(generally done on flat land).

Thank you.  At least somebody around here is sensitive to other cultures.

[Grey Fox]

Oh FFS West Virginians are Hillbillies not Rednecks.

Sinonyms.

Not really. Redneck implies farming(generally done on flat land).

Did not know that. First time I ever see it mentioned.

[Valmy]

The idea is they are working outside with their shirt and hat on so only their neck gets sunburned.

[garbon]

Oh FFS West Virginians are Hillbillies not Rednecks.

Sinonyms.

Not really. Redneck implies farming(generally done on flat land).

Thank you.  At least somebody around here is sensitive to other cultures.

Cultures? Oh FFS.

[garbon]

The idea is they are working outside with their shirt and hat on so only their neck gets sunburned.

While hillbillies hide in caves?

[derspiess]

Oh FFS West Virginians are Hillbillies not Rednecks.

Sinonyms.

Nah.  West Virginians don't use many Chinese words.

[derspiess]

The idea is they are working outside with their shirt and hat on so only their neck gets sunburned.

While hillbillies hide in caves?

Some do, actually.

[Grey Fox]

The idea is they are working outside with their shirt and hat on so only their neck gets sunburned.

Isn't that from sitting out drinking moonshin'

[Sheilbh]

Oh FFS West Virginians are Hillbillies not Rednecks.

Sinonyms.

Hillbillies = Deliverance.
Rednecks = In the Heath of the Night.

I think

[Eddie Teach]

Rednecks = In the Heath of the Night.

Chocolate on the brain? 

[Savonarola]

Rednecks = In the Heath of the Night.

Chocolate on the brain? 

The killer in the film is a Tory PM, but everyone forgets that because the real story is the relationship between Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger.

[Admiral Yi]

Seems to me in the modern usage redneck means white bigot, with strong implications of southern.  Whereas hillbilly still means what it has always meant: poor, white, inbred, uneducated, bad teeth.

[derspiess]

There is quite a bit of overlap between the two, so it's not a big deal to use them interchangeably.