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larisakaПолезная ссылка - Translating southern hillbilly redneck slang and sentences into English - Hillbilly Dictionary
Еще оттуда же - Old wives tales, yarns and superstitions - Там многие идентичны русским, многие знакомы по Приключениям Тома Сойера. Некоторые, видимо, - спецификa американского Юга. Вот такие, например:
"Hang a dead snake on a fence belly-up for rain"
"Hanging a dead wolf on a fence will warn the other wolves to stay away. (You remember that ladies)" - (как известно, "wolf" в английском имеет множество значений...)
hillbilly
A person from a rural area who lacks knowledge and familiarity with modern ideas and popular culture, esp. someone who lives in the mountains or far from cities or towns in the southeastern US
Often Disparaging and Offensive
redneck
a poor, white person without education, esp. one living in the countryside in the southern US, who has prejudiced (= unfair and unreasonable) ideas and beliefs
This word is usually considered offensive.
Еще оттуда же - Old wives tales, yarns and superstitions - Там многие идентичны русским, многие знакомы по Приключениям Тома Сойера. Некоторые, видимо, - спецификa американского Юга. Вот такие, например:
"Hang a dead snake on a fence belly-up for rain"
"Hanging a dead wolf on a fence will warn the other wolves to stay away. (You remember that ladies)" - (как известно, "wolf" в английском имеет множество значений...)
hillbilly
A person from a rural area who lacks knowledge and familiarity with modern ideas and popular culture, esp. someone who lives in the mountains or far from cities or towns in the southeastern US
Often Disparaging and Offensive
redneck
a poor, white person without education, esp. one living in the countryside in the southern US, who has prejudiced (= unfair and unreasonable) ideas and beliefs
This word is usually considered offensive.
