littlbigguy: There's been so much esoteric discussion here that, as one who's come late to this table, my head is swimming. Where i grew up "Yankee" denotes "professional athlete in pin striped suit" and is the opposite of "Met".
Late_Bloomer: [quote author=Donk link=board=youth;num=1035831068;start=30#39 date=12/16/02 at 19:50:38]
An American
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That's funny because we call you Southerners and we call them New Englanders. We're so uncreative.
An American
[/quote]That's funny because we call you Southerners and we call them New Englanders. We're so uncreative.
Javierdude22: [quote author=andyz link=board=youth;num=1035831068;start=24#24 date=11/29/02 at 10:47:49]HALTON COLLEGE IN WIDNES, CHESHIRE.ENGLAND.UK.
GUYZ in BRITAIN are bigger than any yankie !![/quote]
Maybe im making an already made point...but dude seriously....a huge chunk of the US population is European... :-/
But we had a good laugh.. ;D
J
GUYZ in BRITAIN are bigger than any yankie !![/quote]
Maybe im making an already made point...but dude seriously....a huge chunk of the US population is European... :-/
But we had a good laugh.. ;D
J
Javierdude22: Ok...and i was right...i got impulsive there for a sec
Let me get into that discussion from a European point of view...im Dutch (and for the topics sake i attend University of Amsterdam)
Im sorry donk, but in Europe we mean ALL Americans when we use the word Yank. And to be very frank, Southerners are viewed most as Yanks from here, cause the stereotype going about here (im not saying i adhere to it, just giving an overview) is that people from Alabama Georgia etc. spit, chew, scratch, burp, and fart. Its sad....but that is the stereotype.
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Let me get into that discussion from a European point of view...im Dutch (and for the topics sake i attend University of Amsterdam)
Im sorry donk, but in Europe we mean ALL Americans when we use the word Yank. And to be very frank, Southerners are viewed most as Yanks from here, cause the stereotype going about here (im not saying i adhere to it, just giving an overview) is that people from Alabama Georgia etc. spit, chew, scratch, burp, and fart. Its sad....but that is the stereotype.
J
Donk: [quote author=Javierdude22 link=board=youth;num=1035831068;start=36#47 date=04/11/03 at 05:32:44]in Europe we mean ALL Americans when we use the word Yank.
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That is an incorrect usage of the word.
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That is an incorrect usage of the word.
Javierdude22: Well....i think 'incorrect' is impossible with a word like that. As weve already seen theres about 3 meanings we have given it, all by people from different regions.
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bairdoman: [quote author=Javierdude22 link=board=youth;num=1035831068;start=36#47 date=04/11/03 at 05:32:44]And to be very frank, Southerners are viewed most as Yanks from here, cause the stereotype going about here (im not saying i adhere to it, just giving an overview) is that people from Alabama Georgia etc. spit, chew, scratch, burp, and fart. Its sad....but that is the stereotype.
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((sigh)) I am a happier person now. XD
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((sigh)) I am a happier person now. XD
Donk explained it very well.
Southerners call northerners YANKEES, not yanks.
And those stereotypes are ridiculous.
I'm from the the south,
and I have never ridden a horse,
owned a cowboy hat, voted conservatively, or
ridden the range.
I can find better things to ride than the range ;D
The main and most obvious difference in
cities across the US
is ACCENT and VERNACULAR.
Southerners call northerners YANKEES, not yanks.
And those stereotypes are ridiculous.
I'm from the the south,
and I have never ridden a horse,
owned a cowboy hat, voted conservatively, or
ridden the range.
I can find better things to ride than the range ;D
The main and most obvious difference in
cities across the US
is ACCENT and VERNACULAR.
7x6andchg: On Topic:
I've gone to three in my long and less than stellar academic career:
Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI)
University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN)
Metropolitan State University (St. Paul, MN)
Off Topic
The "Yankee" thing:
I went to Virginia about 3 years ago wearing a St. Paul Saints (one of the local minor league teams) baseball t-shirt and walked in stores named "Southern Exposure" with Confederate flags in them....and someone heard my "accent" and said .... "you must be a Yankee, where you from?" "Wisconsin" "Oh - what regiment?"
Members of my far extended family (some 140 years ago, mind you), burned Atlanta...of course, I didn't tell her that.
The point being that The Civil War flame still burns in some places..particularly in places where there were battles...like Fredericksburg where I was.
That said, when I was in France, on m'avait appelle "Yankee" aussi. But that was because I was an "amerloque". I took no offense from either situation.
@ Spandex_bulge_wi and two fister: Another fellow Badger Stater here...but I live close enough to MN that I go to school (part time) there - and for CHEAPER than I'd pay to go to school in WI (how's that for getting back on topic as to education?)
7x6&C
I've gone to three in my long and less than stellar academic career:
Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI)
University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN)
Metropolitan State University (St. Paul, MN)
Off Topic
The "Yankee" thing:
I went to Virginia about 3 years ago wearing a St. Paul Saints (one of the local minor league teams) baseball t-shirt and walked in stores named "Southern Exposure" with Confederate flags in them....and someone heard my "accent" and said .... "you must be a Yankee, where you from?" "Wisconsin" "Oh - what regiment?"
Members of my far extended family (some 140 years ago, mind you), burned Atlanta...of course, I didn't tell her that.
The point being that The Civil War flame still burns in some places..particularly in places where there were battles...like Fredericksburg where I was.
That said, when I was in France, on m'avait appelle "Yankee" aussi. But that was because I was an "amerloque". I took no offense from either situation.
@ Spandex_bulge_wi and two fister: Another fellow Badger Stater here...but I live close enough to MN that I go to school (part time) there - and for CHEAPER than I'd pay to go to school in WI (how's that for getting back on topic as to education?)
7x6&C
oldman9x7: Are you telling me that we finally got back to the college thing? Well, in that case, I attended Friends Universtity in Wichita, Kansas, for 1-1/2 years then went to Kansas State Agricultural College (as it was called all those years ago). Had a double Major in Bus. Admin. and Fucking.
- Max,
[quote author=7x6andchg link=board=youth;num=1035831068;start=48#54 date=04/19/03 at 21:18:58]when I was in France, on m'avait appelle "Yankee" aussi. But that was because I was an "amerloque". I took no offense from either situation.
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It would be the same here: any American who comes to the UK would have to get used to hearing all his compatriots called yanks. Some (but not all) of us understand that this is used in the US just to refer to northerners and are a little more careful how we use it. But since (I think) we coined the word in the first place we've always felt entitled to use it pretty loosely.
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It would be the same here: any American who comes to the UK would have to get used to hearing all his compatriots called yanks. Some (but not all) of us understand that this is used in the US just to refer to northerners and are a little more careful how we use it. But since (I think) we coined the word in the first place we've always felt entitled to use it pretty loosely.
7x6andchg: Max-
You (the British) didn't coin it, per se, but you did bring it into the English language. It's actually a Anglicization of the Dutch version of "John Doe"
Now that I've steered the discussion off topic again....
<hides head full of useless trivia>
7x6&C
You (the British) didn't coin it, per se, but you did bring it into the English language. It's actually a Anglicization of the Dutch version of "John Doe"
Now that I've steered the discussion off topic again....
<hides head full of useless trivia>
7x6&C
