Date:  Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:26:46 -0500
From:  Beverly Flanigan <FLANIGAN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Neck Hue

  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.