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 Post subject: This is ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS.
PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 10:15 am 
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I only applied the 'redneck' setting to Reality Studio (first one on there, RealStud! No reflection!) and it's funny as hell...you can do whatever site you want...enjoy...

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 Post subject: Re: This is ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS.
PostPosted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:22 am 
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speaking of 'redneck'

Scotland
The word redneck is first cited in Scotland, where it referred to supporters of the National Covenant and The Solemn League and Covenant, otherwise known as Covenanters - largely lowland Presbyterians.
The Covenanters in the mid 1600's signed documents that stated Scotland desired the Presbyterian form of church government and would not accept the Church of England as its official state church. To signify their desire, many Covenanters signed the documents in their own blood, would spill their blood to keep this from happening and wore red pieces of cloth around their necks as distinctive insignia - hence the term Redneck.
These Scottish Presbyterians migrated from their lowland Scottish home to Ulster (the northern province of Ireland) during the 17th Century and soon settled in considerable numbers in North America across the 18th Century. One etymological theory holds that since many Scotch-Irish who settled in what would become the South were Presbyterian, the term was bestowed upon them and their descendants.
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 Post subject: Re: This is ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS.
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These Scottish Presbyterians migrated from their lowland Scottish home to Ulster (the northern province of Ireland) during the 17th Century and soon settled in considerable numbers in North America across the 18th Century. One etymological theory holds that since many Scotch-Irish who settled in what would become the South were Presbyterian, the term was bestowed upon them and their descendants


Most of the traits that we associate with American "rednecks," particularly those in the upper South and Appalachia were inherited from the Scotch-Irish. This includes a great deal of their slang (where else in America are turtles called 'terpins'?), their anti-government attitudes, their violence and clan feuds, and their devotion to religion (although most of them moved from Presbyterianism to Methodism or Baptism).


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