PotteryGal
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Swamp Yankee is a colloquialism that has a variety of meanings. Generally, it refers to Yankees or WASPs (northeasterners with colonial ancestry) from rural Rhode Island and nearby eastern Connecticut and southeastern Massachusetts. The term "Yankee" connotes urbane industriousness, while the term "Swamp Yankee" signifies a more countrified, stubborn, independent and less refined subtype.
Um, I pretty much define that last sentence....I just call myself pure hillbilly.
Um, I pretty much define that last sentence....I just call myself pure hillbilly.