# "Redneck" in other languages

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 15, 2009, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-in-other-languages/496516 "2009-05-15T12:08:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sheepish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Sheepish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sheepish)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-in-other-languages/496516/61 "2009-05-21T20:25:09Z")

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in Chile, the people of Santiago would refer to country bumpkins as Guasos. These are actually the cowboys of Chile (like the gauchos of Argentina and Brasil) and it’s interesting that many Santiaguinos have to dress up as Guasos at some point in their life to dance the national dance and be patriotic, although none would want to actually BE one. I tried to inject “cuellos rojos” into the local dialect, but it didn’t stick. Chileans would probably be more inclined to use “un redneck” than “un cuello rojo”.

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**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-in-other-languages/496516/62 "2009-05-22T07:08:23Z")

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In Mandarin the word “tu” 土 means earth. In the seventies in Taiwan, the slang meaning for “tu-tu” 土 土 was “country” (as in country-person). The slang meaning for “tu-tu-tu” 土土土 was “hopeless” (as in hopelessly country). Slang changes so fast, I don’t know if it is still in use now.

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**Author:** ![citizen69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@citizen69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citizen69)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-in-other-languages/496516/63 "2009-05-23T15:40:08Z")

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> [@Aesiron](#):
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> Do you have a cite for that? Etymonline says the following:
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> “southern Appalachian resident,” c.1900, from _hill_ + masc. proper name _Billy/Billie._ As a type of folk music, first attested 1924.  
> “In short, a Hill-Billie is a free and untrammelled white citizen of Alabama, who lives in the hills, has no means to speak of, dresses as he can, talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it, and fires of his revolver as the fancy takes him.” [“New York Journal,” April 23, 1900]

[http://www.thetimestribune.com/community/local\_story\_324103627.html](http://www.thetimestribune.com/community/local_story_324103627.html)

[http://www.indopedia.org/Hillbilly.html](http://www.indopedia.org/Hillbilly.html)

Hillbilly has been used here in Northern Ireland for a long time but i’m honestly not sure if this is due to exposure to american culture in tv, movies etc. or if it’s a remnant from older times.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-in-other-languages/496516/64 "2009-05-24T04:26:33Z")

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In Thailand, they’re called “Baan Nawk,” which literally means “outside the house” or “outside the village.” Hicks, in other words. You can always tell when it’s their first visit to the Big Mango.

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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-in-other-languages/496516/65 "2009-05-24T06:57:31Z")

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Bumpkin

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