Reply #39: I don't think anyone knows the origin of the term "redneck"

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

I've heard about the red neck of poor folk who worked the land. I also heard it had something to do with red bandanas of union workers. Also, I heard that it might have had to do with some religious garments brought over by Celtic peoples when they settled the south. Whatever the term might originally have meant, the way I heard it applied was something altogether different.

As far as "southern culture" is concerned, I have very mixed feelings on that subject. I don't want to start a flame war, but I recall some wonderful things about my exposure to southern culture and also some very terrible things. Unfortunately, the terrible side marked me far more deeply.