Truth is, I wouldn't know a gigabyte from a snakebite.

Parton’s line is a self-deprecating, comic admission of technological unfamiliarity, built on a folksy rhyme (“gigabyte/snakebite”) that turns a modern term into something as alien as a rural hazard. The humor reinforces a public persona she has long cultivated: plainspoken, approachable, and willing to puncture celebrity pretension by presenting herself as an ordinary person. At the same time, the quip gestures toward a broader cultural divide—between rapid technological change and those who feel left behind by its jargon—without bitterness. It’s a disarming way to say: expertise in computers isn’t the only kind of intelligence worth valuing.