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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 06:39 PM Original message |
Do you think California's dynamic was altered by the "oakies"? |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Didn't they all settle in the central valley? |
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Bullwinkle925 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. not quite - . . . |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well I don't think they preferred any kind of wood over another |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I'm an Oakie from Muskoagee. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. bwahahahahaha..... |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. . |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. The more famous ones changed the whole nation's dynamic |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Like Merle Haggard and Will Rodgers |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. Hey Oedi! |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yup |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. hubby's dad is from Arkansas too... |
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Bullwinkle925 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. well, since i have been . . . |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I know - I was referring to the Dust Bowl-era Migrants from OK, AK and TX |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. Strange question re: Okies and California |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yeah - I didn't mean it as a slur |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. And how is "Okie" relevant 70 years later? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. So are you saying Merle Haggard was promoting a pejorative? |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Certainly a stereotype. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 10:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Why do you think they're called stereotypes? |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Just taken as another slur from the coast... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I call BS on your comparison |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-29-07 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. nope, 'altered the dynamic' perhaps only in terms of numbers... |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. Those are my peeps. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yep. That migration is the reason I'm a Californian. This is a positive! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Awesome! |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. My Grandma was a proud "Okie"... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. Having staked out their turf in California somewhat earlier... |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
27. I can still cruise old parts of CA -- Tulare, N. San Diego, etc. and still feel that old |
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