"He has a red-headed child!"
Bob has it right, and so does J Hef.. It is a regional thing, and not
heard around California, where Bob and I are. I suspect Southern
origins. I know that Bob is "well read", so he may have come across it
in a book, or he may have come from the south.
The term is used, derisively, and usually directed towards a male.
Women are not prone to this kind mean spirited attack. The meaning of
the term is derogatory, used in this manner, and implies his wife has
been seeing someone else. (Neither of the parent's having red hair.)
Funny thing, though. I was watching a mini-series Dragon Lord, which
told the story of a foundling child of a blacksmith who slays a dragon,
and gets all it's gold. The King wants to marry him to his sister, so
has a potion that makes him forget his true love, Brunhild, fighting
Queen of Iceland, and leader of women soldiers called Valkyrie. Sound
familiar? first Tale of Sigfried that Richard Wagner used as a basis for
his Ring Series. Good stuff, and made with, mostly, German actors. The
term "red-headed child" was used as a denigration of a rival. And here
I thought that the southern mountain tribes came from Early England.
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Steve Laifman
Editor - TigersUnited.com
Bob Palmer wrote:
>Or a love child that doesn't match the old daddy.
>
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>Behalf Of JHef101@aol.com
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>To: PhastPhill@aol.com; clarkjc@runbox.com; bobdixon@frii.com
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>In a message dated 4/3/2006 9:12:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>PhastPhill@aol.com writes:
>Funny, I'm 57 and I have never heard that term in my life. Maybe a regional
>
>thing?
>Maybe, I'm 51 and have heard it all of my life. I think it's a southern
>thing. I sure don't see it as a racial slur though. More of a redneck
>reference to
>the stepchild that doesn't match the new daddy.
>
>
>
>Jeff Hefner
>B9470028
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