"swamp yankee"

[Barnhart]

In OEDs has a quote from H. Kurath (1941) and from American Speech (1963).

1963 Amer. Speech XXXVIII. 121 The term _swamp Yankee may be defined as 'a
rural New England dweller who abides today as a steadfast rustic and who
is of Yankee stock that has endured in the New England area since colonial
days.'

Kurath quote mentions hayseed or hayseeder, rustic, and hayback.

Regards,
David

barnhart at highlands.com

Paul Johnston <paul.johnston at wmich.edu> on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at 5:00
PM -0500 wrote:
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>I've heard the expression to refer to anyone from SE New England,
>particularly around Providence, Fall River or New Bedford.  I've also
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>of the SE New England dialect called "Swamp Yankee" by Bostonians, though
>the people of the area concerned regard the term as derogatory.
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>Paul Johnston
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>> A question from another list:
>> "-I am reading a book by David Handler, set in Connecticut,
>> that refers to several of the characters as swamp yankees.  My husband
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>> born in Connecticut, not far from where the story is set, but this is
>not
>> a phrase he is familiar with."
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>> Reading the same book as this poster, I simply assumed a reference to
>the
>> poor, landless, powerless class.  Does the phrase have some more
>particular
>> meaning?
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>> A. Murie
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