As a matter of fact, I was born in Eastern
Kentucky--have lived there all my life. Love it,
love it, love it. I live in Lexington now, but all of
my family still live in those mountains.

> > In my opinion redneck refers to an attitude,
> > just like most stereotypical descriptive
terms
> > refer to an attitude. I know true rednecks
that
> > live in the hollers at the foothills of
Appalachia.
> > The problem occurs when an entire
nation
> > can clump a large part of the country into
one
> > term. It's not right to do it with southerners,
it's
> > not right to do it with northerns,
westerners,
> > etc, etc. Regardless of race, class or
> > education level. * Thanks for the
compliment.
> >
> >
> Wow! I'm glad to find someone else who
calls those little valleys "hollers" instead of
"hollows." Have you ever lived in Eastern
Kentucky?
> Howard