Date:  Mon, 3 Nov 1997 07:25:53 -0500
From:  Robert Ness <ness[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DICKINSON.EDU>
Subject: Re: Neck Hue

The term in Carlisle, PA is "hooftie." It's cited in DARE. On Fri, 31 Oct
1997, Beverly Flanigan wrote:

>   A similar label in Bloomington, Indiana was "stoney," for the kids
>   whose parents worked in the limestone quarries south of town, and for
>   all non-town, non-IU kids. Cf. "farmer," "plowboy," etc. up North.
>
>   The social stereotyping extends beyond schoolkids, unfortunately. An
>   ESL teacher here was sneering at the speech of local kids just the
>   other day, noting in particular a neighboring town called Chauncey (how
>   do you all pronounce that name, by the way?) and adding, "Thank
>   goodness my kids are out of school" (presumably to avoid coming "under
>   the influence" any longer). Sadly, a linguist colleague commented that
>   Ohio elementary school teachers should all be required to take courses
>   in teaching ESL so they could teach Standard English as a Second
>   Dialect to these kids.
>