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jaderedux · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Lurking outside Seoul

This is a totally random rantling......

I realize that everyone from the states is a Yank but my poor mother reads this board and is "simply appalled" that she would be considered a (insert gasp) YANKEE.... Laughing

Mama is from Greenville S.C. and mama does not like being called a (insert additional gasp)Yank or yankee. Laughing

It pains my dear mother that y'all could confuse the southerners with yankees. Please note that I explained this to her many times and that depending on the situation it is not always an insult.

I promised said mother I would mention this and I have done my duty. Please feel free to ignore this rantling.

BTW I am supposed to mention that S.C. was the first state to secede from the union and that Jefferson Davis WAS a president.

And the south shall rise again....
Miss Jade sipping her mint julep

VanIslander · Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:25 pm Post subject:

Your mother sounds like an ajumma.

Emu Bitter · Joined: 27 May 2004 Location: Bundang

I was under the impression from my Louisiana wife that your mother is right.
On that subject on behalf of me dad, not everyone from the NE of England is a Geordie.

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

Tell your mom that Brits were calling Americans yankees way before the southerners started using it for northerners. You know the song "Yankee Doodle", right? That song was actually a lyrical coup on the previously derogatory term. It's like feminists who adopt the b*tch label in order to dull the epithet's blades.

I'm not 100% confident about what I just said, so, Mom, now's your chance to do some etymology homework! Wink

mount real · Joined: 07 Apr 2005

Yankees won the war. Suck it up and eat some grits, Yankee! tee hee hee

Gopher · Joined: 04 Jun 2005

Southerners are not "yankees," they are "rebels."

JacktheCat · Joined: 08 May 2004

Pyongshin Sangja · Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Location: I love baby!

Are you yanking my chain?

Wrench · Joined: 07 Apr 2005

We use to have a texan back in University we nicknamed her Dixie. Maybe your mom would prefer that?

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

I wonder if Mom skips the word 'indivisible' in the Pledge. Confused

jaderedux · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Lurking outside Seoul

Paji eh Wong · Joined: 03 Jun 2003

Wot the 'ell's in a mint julip?

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

Yeah, not all Americans are Yankees.. just the ones that fought on the side of the north against the south.

Trying to explain it to a non-American is pretty close to impossible though. They just don't get that not all Americans are Yankees.

Also, actually being a 'yank' myself.. (from a northern state).. being called a 'yank' by aussies or brits or whatever means absolutely nothing. But yeah, a large portion of americans were not part of the northern 'yankee' region of the U.S. (exact opposition actually), and its a bit like calling a Canadian an American, or vice-versa these days.

I like driving down into the U.S. south with my northern license plate and being called a Yank though.. or a Yankee. Its kind of cool and interesting. (Not offensive by any means).

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

jaderedux · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Lurking outside Seoul