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A country bumpkin. One of the many terms that city slickers applied to less sophisticated rural dwellers (“rube,” “hayseed,” and “Gomer” are others). The phrase came from fruit harvesters using long sticks to dislodge the hanging crop.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jayne	[dʒein]
Paraskevi	-	Greek
Silviya	-	Bulgarian
Altman	['ɔ:ltmən]
Bernardo	ber-NAHR-do (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Valkyrie	val-KIR-ee (English), VAL-kə-ree (English)	Various