Are there Rednecks in England?

Question

I'm just trying to wrap my mind around the image of a redneck with an English accent.

Answer 1

Elmer there are probably rednecks from all parts of the world.  Yeah that would be pretty funny.

Answer 2

We don't have rednecks, but we do have yobs, scallies and chavs.

I think saying they'd originate from the North is a bit rude, though- have you never been to Brixton? Or the East end? Not somewhere I'd walk through on my own.

Let me explain how we classify people up in Manchester:

Townie- dresses in 'popular' if not a bit trashy clothing. Generally not rough people

Scally- dresses in head-to-toe polyester sports clothes, normally with a baseball cap and white trainers

Chav- similar, but with a lot more Burberry, a lot more jewellery and 'designer' clothes

Do you know the Gallagher brothers from Oasis? They're Mancunian- we'd class them as scallies. They have an English accent, but not the Queen's English, which is what I'm guessing you're referring to

Answer 3

yes there are Rednecks like you've never seen,organizations that exist with perfect English accents,like the Conservative party what Margaret Thatcher belonged to,BNP and many others,and no they don't always speak like Richard Burton  Tony Blair or Anthony Hopkins; same as all Americans don't speak like George W Bush or John Wayne!!

Answer 4

you probably find the image of that funny because you believe we all talk like hugh grant or the queen and stop at 4pm for tea and buscuits

there are various English accents, especially in the North that are very rough and common and would probably suit this "redneck"stereotye

even though we don't use that phrase

we would call them council housed and violent ... or chavs for short

thats probably the closest we get to what you would call a redneck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqyU2z-FJ... ... this an example of them, they are a disgrace to society