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!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English

!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

redneck

redneck American English Offensive


Meaning: a lower-class white person from a rural background
For example:
  • We were driving through Alabama when we saw some rednecks riding in the back of a pick-up truck drinking whiskey from a bottle.
  • If it wasn't for the redneck vote, the Republicans wouldn't have won the election.
Origin: Originally referred to working-class white people from the southeastern states of the USA. These people often worked outside as farmers or labourers, and they'd often have red necks as a result of sunburn. 

Variety: This slang is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

Quick Quiz:
A redneck is someone who is probably from
  1. a poor, rural family
  2. a small, sunburned family
  3. a rich, big-city family
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