 #1 (permalink) Fri Nov 05, 2010 22:45 pm Rednecks are farmers in the US, right? |
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 English Language Tests, Intermediate level
ESL/EFL Test #294 "English Slang Idioms (16)", question 7
His friend was kind of a .........: he wore a cowboy hat, cowboy boots and a big belt buckle, and he used vulgar language in mixed company.
(a) leatherneck
(b) redneck
(c) beatnik
(d) yuppie
English Language Tests, Intermediate level
ESL/EFL Test #294 "English Slang Idioms (16)", answer 7
His friend was kind of a redneck: he wore a cowboy hat, cowboy boots and a big belt buckle, and he used vulgar language in mixed company.
Correct answer: (b) redneck
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His friend was kind of a redneck: he wore cowboy hat, cowboy boots and big belt buckle, and he used vulgar language in mixed company.
Redneck:farmer, countryman; in the U.S: a poor white person in the southern US.- am I right?
Because I wrote beatnik in the test, I think I made a blunder with my answer.
Kati Svaby
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