Post by pitbulllady on Aug 29, 2008 21:42:51 GMT -5
Being a native of the Southern United States, I feel it's time to set the record straight-AGAIN-regarding the people in the wretched trailer into which Randall was thrown.
Ahem...
They are NOT "Hillbillies"!
ALL people with a Southern accent are NOT "hillbillies". A "hillbilly" is a person who was born and raised, following many such generations, in the remote Appalachian or Ozark Mountains; that's why they're called HILLbillies-"hill" as in "mountains". Many of the real, honest-to-goodness hillbillies I've encountered in my travels throughout the South actually sound more like natives of the state of Maine, rather than what most folks consider to be a "Southern" accent. That said, the trailer into which Randall was thrown was, at that time, anyway, located in swamp, called a "bayou", in southern Louisiana. The closest thing to a "hill" they have down there are cypress "knees" and Fire Ant mounds. Much of that entire area is below sea level, which is why they had such a horrible time following Hurricane Katrina, and why they're understandably so nervous now, with Hurricane Gustav bearing down. While the "Ma" in the trailer had a generic Hollywood Southern accent, the kid had a definite Louisiana Cajun accent, which is about as far from a "hillbilly" twang as you can get without being from Atlantis or something!
Sorry, but it just bugs the heck outa me that most people think that everyone with a Southern accent is a "hillbilly", when they don't have a clue as to what that term means.
pitbulllady
Ahem...
They are NOT "Hillbillies"!
ALL people with a Southern accent are NOT "hillbillies". A "hillbilly" is a person who was born and raised, following many such generations, in the remote Appalachian or Ozark Mountains; that's why they're called HILLbillies-"hill" as in "mountains". Many of the real, honest-to-goodness hillbillies I've encountered in my travels throughout the South actually sound more like natives of the state of Maine, rather than what most folks consider to be a "Southern" accent. That said, the trailer into which Randall was thrown was, at that time, anyway, located in swamp, called a "bayou", in southern Louisiana. The closest thing to a "hill" they have down there are cypress "knees" and Fire Ant mounds. Much of that entire area is below sea level, which is why they had such a horrible time following Hurricane Katrina, and why they're understandably so nervous now, with Hurricane Gustav bearing down. While the "Ma" in the trailer had a generic Hollywood Southern accent, the kid had a definite Louisiana Cajun accent, which is about as far from a "hillbilly" twang as you can get without being from Atlantis or something!
Sorry, but it just bugs the heck outa me that most people think that everyone with a Southern accent is a "hillbilly", when they don't have a clue as to what that term means.
pitbulllady
