Hillbillies
“Hey ya’ll. I’m fixin’ suppa and we gon eat at half
past. Gon and wash up now.”
This is an example of typical sentence heard in
Tennessee. When I first traveled to
Franklin, I was only really familiar with Valley Girl, California
vernacular. Words like supper were
something I saw in movies or The Beverly
Hillbillies. I equated these phrases
with Southerners and just assumed that they had a lower IQ. This is a common misconception thanks to the
stereotypical hillbilly moniker.
In fact, I found that most “hillbillies” are really just
simple people, living within necessary means.
They do not have flamboyant houses or cars and that is the way they like
it! I have spent time on many a farm in
Tennessee because most people have them in their backyard. Actually, it is quite relaxing and humbling
to be in a self-sustaining home. My
favorite part of Franklin is the down-home feel and if that means I’m a
hillbilly than pass that moonshine on down!
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