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  •  But what does it mean culturally? (1+ / 0-)

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    dawnt

    I'm seeing lots of references to "Obama should come to the hollers" or "I remember visiting my grandparents in the holler". What does "holler" mean culturally? Is it like a village where people live, or a central meeting place for people who live nearby? What's the resonance of a holler?

    A word after a word after a word is power. -- Margaret Atwood

    by tmo on Mon May 12, 2008 at 05:46:50 PM PDT

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    •  It's a euphemism for the backwoods (2+ / 0-)

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      tmo, Jacob Bartle

      in either the hills or the mountains where we live. My parent's house is not literally in a hollow, but it sits a couple of hills over from a road everyone knows, and someone might call it the hollow (pronounced holler) over yonder from that road. If I want Obama to visit the little towns off the beaten path, back in the hills where I'm from or the mountains where my extended family lives, I might say that he needs to come to the hollows (again, pronounced holler).

      John McCain traded your $10 job for $5 and called it a bargain.

      by dawnt on Mon May 12, 2008 at 06:04:58 PM PDT

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    •  You know, like L'il Abner (0+ / 0-)

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