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[-] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

They didn't send their best to the new world, they sent who they didn't have room for. Makes me think of the first waves of indentured servants to the Caribbean, mostly Irishmen who absolutely withered and cooked in the heat of the sugar cane plantations. It's the origin of the term "redneck" as far as I know

[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

https://slate.com/culture/2019/12/redneck-origin-definition-union-uprising-south.html

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redleg

Neck, leg shrug-outta-hecks

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

You learn something new every day

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