Seeking Pacific-Northwestern term...

Sat Jun 9 14:34:29 UTC 2001

The temptation to offer "White Supremicist" is very strong, but I'll resist it.

dInIs

>...for rural hick, rube, bumpkin  as used by a "city slicker"
>
>More specifically, something an upwardly mobile Seattleite might use to refer
>to a woodsman from, say northern Idaho.
>
>I appreciate any responses. I am writing fiction which could benefit from a
>little linguistic authenticity.
>
>Thank you.

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Dennis R. Preston
Department of Linguistics and Languages
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
preston at pilot.msu.edu
Office: (517)353-0740
Fax: (517)432-2736
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