Southern Trinity...
I love the trinity. The God Head three in one...Father,Spirit, Son. (thanks chris) But that's not the trinity that we are gonna look at right now.The southern trinity has three distinct parts as well but in some weird way they are all one...it's almost as difficult as explaining the God head trinity.These three are kinda like the olympic rings...Separate yet all magically joined together.
what are the three parts you may ask?
Country/Redneck/Whitetrash ---all different yet related. cousins, if you will.
There may have been times where someone did something that caused you to want to throw one of these southern titles at them but you just were not sure which one would fit. It will be helpful for all of us to have a good understanding of these people groups and some of their characteristics so that our enraged labeling will be more precise. A recent trip to GA clued me in on this tricotomy of personalities. For example...my folks and brother and i ... country. The two guys riding around without their shirts off...flying down the dirt road that i was jogging on... with john boat in the back of their beat up truck that was filled with smell of beer and skoal cans... redneck. a person i know who has lived in the same single wide trailer that he bought when he was a student at UGA 30 yrs ago...got married and hauled the same trailer back down to south GA where he now resides in that same trailer...whitetrash
now it's becoming clear that there are differences...
Country- could be definded as someone who has grown up outside of the city...maybe raised on a farm or even living on a dirt road.... slower pace of life, southern draw accent, sitting on the front porch drinking sweet tea, enjoying working in the yard or garden, playing in the woods growing up instead of a play station...things like that. I feel like i fall mostly under this category. Ex: They guy from Sweet Home Alabama, Alan Jackson
Redneck- im gonna try real hard here not to borrow from the ever popular "you might be a redneck if"... these people can be described best as carefree.... reckless/ rebel rousers...mullet...not that bright... don't know what merlot is.... after a hard day working and sweating would rather "refuel" with beer rather than a gatoraide....mullet...hates jeff gordon....beer belly....loud/brash...will pick a fight with you at a sporting event ...prob. owns a almand bros. t shirt....never fashion trendy unless sporting a camouflage t shirt that some may consider stylish but in actuality they just happened to still be in hunting attire...mullet
Ex: Larry the Cable Guy, Dale Jr. and Sr. (God rest his soul)
White trash-its funny how this last one knows no regional boundaries. They are in the south, north, east and west. White trash is more of a mindset than a people group. Its a way of life. It's not tipping your waitress cause you think it cheaper that way...it's shopping at K-mart...it's writing your pastor an anonymous hate letter with over 5 misspelled words in it...it's sitting around all day smoking 2 pks of marborl lights while watching 3 hrs of soap operas. Whitetrashism believes dignity and class are for "city folks" Every one knows someone who is whitetrash and has a good story to prove it.
Ex: Joe Dirt, Rozanne
So now we have a framework to work with. . All of those, " you country bumkin!" or " gosh what freaking redneck" or my favorite, " ugh that was so whitetrash", will have more meaning and better placement.
posted by hansen @ 7:32 AM
28 Comments:
hansen, i must say that i was highly impressed with your ability to distinguish between each part of your trinity. Unfortunetly I do not fit into any of those categories. Thanks for the laugh!
ash- i think you are like me...mostly country with a hint of red every now and then...would you agree?
jones- im glad that you are turned on
jessica-are you sure you don't fit any...?
I am positive. I did not grow up in the country, nor do I have a southern twang. I in no way fit under the redneck definition, or the whitetrash. I would be more inclined to call myself a "city folk" :-)
im straight up country with a sprinkling of a little redneck here and there, and im not too proud to admit it! good job hansen
good observation but i already mentioned that white trash knows no regional bounds...as to the inter-relationship between the three i would say what i already mentioned about the olympic rings...there is some overlap...but every illustration always breaks down at some level...
missed you at walk for life....jerk! :-)
-Nice definitions!
Another one that was always thrown around in my area is the "prep-neck". I guess prep-neck would be the one that by way of life born in the country and lives in the country but tends to prefer the city way of doing some things like attire and terminology. Shopping for clothes at the local American Eagle or Abercrombie instead of Wal-mart.
erin-glad to contribute to the world of namecalling and labeling
andrea- white trash with a bit of redneck...calm down im just kidding country girl!
mandy-missed you at the cold play concert..jerk.
travis-great term...i know those people...you cant know where you are going unless you know where you came from...
hanson
i like it man. though i will have to disagree about shopping at kmart its not too bad actually.
i hate that crap erin, if you havent shot at a deer, dont own a gun or have never hunted, or fished dont put some browning deer sticker, or fish sticker like you are a cool guy hunter/capitano. i agree dont be a poser
beaver, in any steroetype there are gonna be some misplaced labels...sorry if the kmart one offended...i have actually used their services in a pinch as well.
This post is englighting to me, Being a black girl from the burbs of Atlanta I never knew this stuff! I'd never even heard of FFA until i went to EC...
yeah, and being an Asian from Antasia, all I knew about was kung foo and penguins.
So where would country bumpkin fit into all of this? The country bumpkin seems to take the "country" term to a whole new level.
Bumpkin--till it, plant it, grow it, harvest it (kind of sounds like marijuana so far doesn't it, lol), can (which is actually done with a jar...go figure)/freeze it, eat it over the next 20 years. These folk enjoy sitting on the porch, drinking tea, churning their own ice cream like they're on Andy Griffin, usually surrounded by a few dozen spit cups which normally belong to "Ma" better known as the grandmother of the bunch. Oh great Stexy, are you feeling the spirit in what I'm saying........do you feel Him?
P.S. Church work must be REAL slow. How do you have time to come up with this stuff.....you kill me, LOL!
Oh yeah, I know you mentioned drinking sweet tea in your "country definition" but there's sooooo much more to sitting on the porch than just the tea.
brian..i feel it too...bumkin is just some slang word that seems to go with country sometimes...dont think too hard about it.
stephen you look good in your jacket
deb dont hate
lol! Stephen you were the first person to explain to me what FFA was and once you explained that to me I had a hard time picturing you being in the club could you take a picture in the jacket and post it? that would be awesome...Barrett your scarcasim hasn't gone unnoticed....
thanks for noticing....i was feeling the cold chill of Antasia sweeping west. It kinda felt the same as being ignored...but i am used to that.
Hanson, thanks for the b-day wishes, i'll take it.
no thank you for breaking 30 on the comment list...by the way i saw your pics on your blog...pretty cool...you doing ok after that lashing everyone gave you for you N.O. comments?
Dear Mr. Steck,
I believe that I speak for us all when I say, we would like to see a new blog from you. Not to be obnoxious but the stuff you come up with kills me. You make my day a little funnier. I appreciate you funny and sarcastic humor and wish to partake in it again by the reading of a new and VERY creative blog.........NO PRESSURE THOUGH, LOL.
Thanks Hanson...yeah, i am beaten down, but i've been drinking Kool-Aid and I should be right as rain in the morning.
Don't let them give you crap about new posts man. your humor is on your own timeline/schedule. if their lives aren't interesting enough that they have to come to your blog to laugh, then...well, their lives suck!
cheers.
Shut up Barret, LOL. You can read my blog and know that my life is PLENTY interesting in THIS town. It's just nice to know that crazy crap happens in others lives too. Sometimes I'm still thinking somebody will come around that corner and say, "Suprise, you're on Candid Camera" or "You've been Punked!"
They only punk celebrities. i don't think you qualify.
Okay Barrett, you harassing me?
Stexy....call me. Very important. For real.
nice links...Kids church looks like the place to be...apparently where the magic happens
Very funny stuff and it's helpful. Ashley says I'm not from the South, even though I grew up in the state that hosted the capital of the Confederacy. The way to see the red-necks or white-trash in any state is to go the bowling alley. They're there. Even in Chicago.
ok some late bloomers, seth: very ture...i have found that Kmart is a good resource as well
leah: i agree with you , i think that i was assuming that southern would fall under the country umbrella...i know they have some distinctions but they are closely related...i feel like im country/southern
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