Timeline for What is the word for a guy who is from a village and ignorant because of it?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:38 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jan 7, 2017 at 4:35 | comment | added | Robert Columbia | @Matt also note that "redneck" and "hillbilly" often connote membership in specific rural cultures in the USA rather than just being synonymous with a rural person. "Hillbilly" often specifically refers to rural Scottish people of Appalachia and may be considered to exclude other rural whites such as the Germans of Appalachia. | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 17:11 | comment | added | ColleenV | Many of these words I think would be difficult for a learner to use appropriately because they can have connotations in common usage that go far beyond their dictionary definitions depending on the context, and some of those are pretty derogatory. I have family in West Virginia, and you would want to be careful with hillbilly around them. It means more than country bumpkin. | |
| Feb 17, 2013 at 0:33 | comment | added | Matt | @mcalex: It might be worth pointing out that "yokel", "redneck" and "hillbilly" in particular are more common in American English, whereas "countrified" is much more likely to be heard in British English. | |
| S Feb 7, 2013 at 14:30 | history | edited | mcalex | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
noted negative connotations
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| S Feb 7, 2013 at 14:30 | history | suggested | Jeff Allen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
noted negative connotations
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| Feb 7, 2013 at 14:24 | comment | added | mcalex | @JeffAllen blame the education system. Do you think the average teacher (mostly female IIRC) would have a reasonable understanding of how that would get (mis)used by the pupils? :-) | |
| Feb 7, 2013 at 13:50 | comment | added | Jeff Allen | Countrified isn't a word I've ever heard. Of that list, provincial is my clear favorite. Nice word. | |
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| Feb 7, 2013 at 12:56 | comment | added | kojiro | +1. That said, at least rustic can also be used to describe things (not people) in a positive light. Private cabin for two in a rustic setting: HBO and free continental breakfast! | |
| Feb 7, 2013 at 8:55 | history | answered | mcalex | CC BY-SA 3.0 |