I was trying to think what the US equivalent of chav would be as I was answering Norma's original question and I also thought of "white trash" although I think white trash carries a redneck flavor to it, while I'm not certain that there are rednecks in the UK.  Perhaps a chav in an American city would be called a "hood rat". Ah, slang . . . Uh oh!  I hear List Mom thinking "define OFF TOPIC!" Kitty in NorCal --- On Wed, 1/30/13, Jan Davis <jandavis3@cox.net> wrote: From: Jan Davis <jandavis3@cox.net> Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Chav To: cornish@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 6:27 PM Ah, now THAT term, I understand.............. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan" <alan@dcsa.com.au> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] Chav > White trash is a good starting point. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogan > > From the Urban Dictionary: > "The majority of the species are hideously repugnant and unintelligent, > and yet they manage to breed in ever-increasing numbers and populate an > area known as the outer west. It is quite common to find five or six > offspring in each family group, often with a different father for each > new baby." > > See also: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chav > > > On 01/31/2013 12:54 PM, Jan Davis wrote: >> OK, so what's a "bogan"? Anybody know an American translation??? >> Jan in San Diego >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <sahpjh@people.net.au> >> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 4:04 PM >> Subject: [CORNISH] Chav >> >> >>> >>> Norma >>> >>> The Australian equivalent of a 'chav' is a 'bogan'. >>> >>> Hope that helps. >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> Subscribe to digest by sending an email to >>> CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com >>> with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text.  If you want, >>> MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. >>> >>> Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to >>> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> ------------------------------- >> Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text.  If you want, >> MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to >> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com > with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text.  If you want, > MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text.  If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message