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Attn UK Folk I have a question...
« on: October 08, 2012, 06:15:36 pm »
Is there a British slang equivalent for hillbilly or redneck???

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Re: Attn UK Folk I have a question...
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2012, 06:38:55 pm »
Not from the UK but I would suggest the closest they have is Chav.

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Re: Attn UK Folk I have a question...
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2012, 07:10:38 pm »
Not from the UK but I would suggest the closest they have is Chav.

I think that is a dick who picks lots of fights

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Re: Attn UK Folk I have a question...
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2012, 07:49:50 pm »
No a Chav is broader than that. It is an ill educated lout with poor taste. But perhaps someone from the UK can see if they have an equivalent to the Hillbilly/redneck.

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Re: Attn UK Folk I have a question...
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2012, 09:38:39 pm »
They do. British slang for hillbilly is "American".
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Re: Attn UK Folk I have a question...
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2012, 09:56:24 pm »
Hey now, we prefer the term "Hill William".

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Re: Attn UK Folk I have a question...
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2012, 02:38:39 am »
What about 'pikey?'

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Re: Attn UK Folk I have a question...
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2012, 02:54:08 am »
What about 'pikey?'

No no no fuck no. That's an ethnic slur for Roma and Travellers.
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Re: Attn UK Folk I have a question...
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2012, 02:57:22 am »
So is "gypped", and that one gets tossed around a lot nowadays.
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Re: Attn UK Folk I have a question...
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2012, 02:58:44 am »
I don't use it for that very reason. I hate antiziganism.
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Re: Attn UK Folk I have a question...
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2012, 03:32:27 am »
What about 'pikey?'

No no no fuck no. That's an ethnic slur for Roma and Travellers.
Oops, I was under the impression that it was more generic than that.

The British Isles are blessed with such colourful slang it's hard to keep up.

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Re: Attn UK Folk I have a question...
« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2012, 05:54:48 am »
The term "country bumpkin" is a similar premise, but it's sort of old fashioned now.

There's also "Teuchter" (pronounced CHOOK-tur), which is pretty much the same thing but exclusive to Scotland (where the dislike between urban and rural people is substantial).

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Re: Attn UK Folk I have a question...
« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2012, 05:55:49 am »
I know that Australia has the term "Bogan", though I could've sworn I heard it used seriously outside of Australia.
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Re: Attn UK Folk I have a question...
« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2012, 07:28:50 am »
Britain's class system is based very much around the urban proletariat and the bourgeoisie, so although there is very much a rural (tory) and urban (labour) voting divide, the country kind of feels like to me "rich people with their country homes"*. "undereducated rural idiocy" isn't much of a thing over here at least in my experience living in a major city in England.

Chav is specifically a stereotype of the urban white working class/"underclass", i.e that we all wear burberry, listen to rap, wear "bling", get knocked up at age 15 andlive off the state.

* yes I'm aware this perception is probably at least partially inaccurate.

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Re: Attn UK Folk I have a question...
« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2012, 07:35:34 am »
Chav is specifically a stereotype of the urban white working class/"underclass", i.e that we all wear burberry, listen to rap, wear "bling", get knocked up at age 15 andlive off the state.
It's more of a "gangsta" subculture than a whole income demographic. We have those worthless shits over here in Australia, and they hardly account for all working class folks.