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Welcome, Meliora. On either the History Channel or Discovery, they have run a show called something like The Truth about Hillbillies; and on that show, they say say that when coal miners first started unionizing, they wore red bandannas/neckerchiefs as a symbol of involvement (unionizing was fairly dangerous), and they were the first people called rednecks.
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Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Etymology of "redneck" Meliora 08/21/09 03:44 AM Re: Etymology of "redneck" Zed 08/21/09 04:44 AM Re: Etymology of "redneck" tsuwm 08/21/09 04:51 AM Re: Etymology of "redneck" zmjezhd 08/21/09 01:48 PM Re: Etymology of "redneck" Jackie 08/22/09 01:22 AM Re: Etymology of "redneck" Faldage 08/23/09 12:04 AM Re: Etymology of "redneck" tsuwm 08/23/09 12:26 AM Re: Etymology of "redneck" Faldage 08/23/09 03:13 PM Re: Etymology of "redneck" twosleepy 08/23/09 06:56 PM Re: Etymology of "redneck" tsuwm 08/23/09 08:09 PM Re: Etymology of "redneck" Faldage 08/23/09 09:02 PM Re: Etymology of "redneck" tsuwm 08/23/09 09:47 PM
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