tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post2385012299584938126..comments2024-03-11T05:56:25.376-05:00Comments on T. Powell Coltrin Writes : Am I a Hillbilly or Not?T. Powell Coltrinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02160774009926623671noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-56715838356129127552015-03-20T10:26:27.574-05:002015-03-20T10:26:27.574-05:00When I first moved to East Tennessee in 1966 they ...When I first moved to East Tennessee in 1966 they kind of embraced the "hillbilly" culture and you'd find all sorts of restaurants, establishments, and attractions using the term "hillbilly" as a part of the name. I thought it was funny and kind of cool. I didn't mind at all becoming a hillbilly.<br /><br />Since then they've been dispensing with the term and trying to make things a bit higher class. Now moonshine is even sold in the liquor stores and it's all nicely packaged and given fancy names. The hillbilly is becoming a relic of a past era.<br /><br />Won't be missing any outhouses though. I could always do without those.<br /><br />Arlee Bird<br />A to Z Challenge Co-host<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a><br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-47733683221557948532015-03-16T19:31:12.241-05:002015-03-16T19:31:12.241-05:00I'm not a hillbilly since I grew up on the coa...I'm not a hillbilly since I grew up on the coastal plains. But I say crawfish and talk Texas funny, and I'm definitely independent. Maybe I'm a beach-billy :)Carol Kilgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03745686632918324803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-71591576653942722812015-03-16T12:07:20.662-05:002015-03-16T12:07:20.662-05:00I am a hillbilly and proud of it. I'm the kin...I am a hillbilly and proud of it. I'm the kind you want covering your back during a free for all. Also I can feed you weeds and you will love them.<br />I do talk funny, dress as I can and might even shoot a gun off now and then just for the pure pleasure of the sound. Yep, that's who I am alright. I even eat crawdads!Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479223227928561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-12608864763096761382015-03-16T11:06:36.828-05:002015-03-16T11:06:36.828-05:00Hillbilly or not, I still like you. Your blog is f...Hillbilly or not, I still like you. Your blog is fun.shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09596621767297173021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-11883677187297505902015-03-16T11:03:40.780-05:002015-03-16T11:03:40.780-05:00I say 'crawdads' too. :)
If it helps, I&#...I say 'crawdads' too. :)<br /><br />If it helps, I've heard my kids' generation talk about hillbillies in a fond way. I felt as if it was pejorative when I was a kid, but it seems like that stigma isn't so much there? Maybe that it's more descriptive. Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-64160892110347369912015-03-16T11:02:27.931-05:002015-03-16T11:02:27.931-05:00Wonder what your foreigner hubby would think of th...Wonder what your foreigner hubby would think of the definition! :)<br />My mom grew up with an outhouse in Scotland and her motto has always been 'never pass up an opportunity for a flush toilet!'Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-17098421990612436752015-03-16T09:23:19.139-05:002015-03-16T09:23:19.139-05:00I used an outhouse as a kid at our cabin. Nasty as...I used an outhouse as a kid at our cabin. Nasty as can be. But guess I've got a little hillbilly in mePat Hatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07745293224202430152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-45922031267810456052015-03-16T08:56:08.846-05:002015-03-16T08:56:08.846-05:00Funny! I think you'd have to say you actually ...Funny! I think you'd have to say you actually married your cousin though.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-32733822823895727692015-03-16T06:57:37.328-05:002015-03-16T06:57:37.328-05:00Sister, I'm right there with you and I didn...Sister, I'm right there with you and I didn't grow up in the Ozarks. Your post will have me smiling all day. :)Mason Canyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935307400882363560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-36060167845559660482015-03-16T06:24:07.144-05:002015-03-16T06:24:07.144-05:00You won't catch me using an outhouse ever. I ...You won't catch me using an outhouse ever. I don't even like portajohns. My husband's friends have a camp in Maine that has almost everything but a working bathroom. They use an outhouse. He wants to go back up there so bad and I'm like, 'you can stay at the camp, I'll be in town at a nice hotel.' JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291778831034971277.post-60966675566250696282015-03-16T02:25:21.499-05:002015-03-16T02:25:21.499-05:00Hi Theresa .. I'm a real HillyBilly ... so we ...Hi Theresa .. I'm a real HillyBilly ... so we can be hillybillies together - whatever that means .. we'd have fun, we'd talk, laugh, dream and write stories .. I resonate with the description of a free untrammelled citizen ... and the rest probably applies! Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.com