Charlie Daniels: Us Hicks Out in Flyover Country Have Learned to Read Between the Lines

cnsnews.com ^ | 8/1/2017 | Charlie Daniels

[rktman]

Since the Debbie Wasserman Shultz-Awan connection has come to light I have watched to see if it would be given a fair outing in the mainstream media, and so far, I have heard nary a mention.

Are the reported allegations that a United States Congresswoman and former head of the DNC continued to pay the salary of a Pakistani IT expert long after he had been denied access to congressional computers – in fact right up to the point when he was arrested by the FBI at an international airport trying to leave the country – of no interest to the mainstream media?

Is this situation not newsworthy?

[rktman]

LOL! Not only that, some of us have learned not to believe what's between the lines either. As far as double bagger debbie doin' her "pack"istani IT guy? Were they worth, what, $4 million? Like mooch said, "Fish stinks from the head down." End results........nada.

[IrishBrigade]

Us Hicks Out in Flyover Country Have Learned to Read

Charlie, please; would you say ‘us have learned to read’...?

[Fido969]

Yes, it should be “We hicks.” Not “Us hicks.”

[rktman]

Not “we’uns”? And of course “learnt”.

[Guenevere]

Charlie can say anything he pleases.....he’s a genuine, God loving, America loving Patriot!

[Chgogal]

Bump! Love the post.

[chief lee runamok]

Little mention the alleged criminal activities of awan were being paid for by public citizens taxes, up to the time of termination by w/s.

[PGR88]

We hicks in flyover country are not hicks

[rktman]

Thanks but I can only take credit for posting it. Oh, and smart ass comments on occasion. ;-)

[mazda77]

Honestly, you think that Charlie Daniels gives a load what you think of his grammar? Obviously, you think to much.

[IrishBrigade]

‘he’s a genuine, God loving, America loving Patriot!’

oh well, in that case let him butcher the language all he wants...

you guys on this forum are always carping on how we should take back our language from those who misuse it for nefarious purposes; well, what we take back should at least be properly used...

[griswold3]

He’s one of us. Not one of ‘we’. LOL
A familiar, comforting dialect out here in middle America.

[Kazan]

Yes, it should be “We hicks.” Not “Us hicks.”

Unless the author was intentionally using hick grammar, which Charlie was.

[IrishBrigade]

Honestly, you think that Charlie Daniels gives a load what you think of his grammar?

quite obviously, Charlie doesn’t give a load what he thinks of his own grammar...

[Yaelle]

Excellent. Agree with every word. If only this would be printed somewhere for the Gullible Half of Americans who need to see this!!!

[Yaelle]

Clearly he had his tongue in cheek when he hammed up the hick grammar.

[editor-surveyor]

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Charlie Daniels’ grammar is part of his source of income!
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[dblshot]

Colloquial, conversational, informal refers to types of speech or to usages not on a formal level. Colloquial is often mistakenly used with a connotation of disapproval, as if it meant “vulgar” or “bad” or “incorrect” usage, whereas it is merely a familiar style used in speaking and writing. Conversational refers to a style used in the oral exchange of ideas, opinions, etc.: an easy conversational style. Informal means without formality, without strict attention to set forms, unceremonious: an informal manner of speaking;it describes the ordinary, everyday language of cultivated speakers.

[Phlyer]

Unless the author was intentionally using hick grammar, which Charlie was.

I'm a bit surprised, and quite disappointed, that so many others did not pick up on this obvious intention. It's clear from the rest of the article that Charlie can write with standard English, but in the line which refers to 'hicks' he uses the wrong pronoun and no one finds that relevant? No one thinks it might be deliberate for emphasis?

Well, no one (it seems)except for you and me. Or you and I. Or us and the horse we rode in on.

[xp38]

Since FR began some 20 or so years ago now one trend that has been ongoing is the media has become more and more one sided. The media can now be labeled 50 shades of leftism.