In a message dated 5/17/01 8:01:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Aren't "yankees" the "northern" americans, ie. the ones who were on
Lincoln's side in the Civil War (excuse my profound ignorance of American
history here)! >>
Yan*kee [1] (noun)
[origin unknown]
First appeared 1758
1 a : a native or inhabitant of New England
b : a native or inhabitant of the northern U.S.
2 : a native or inhabitant of the U.S.
While Mexicans and Canadiens may use definition No. 2 and Southerners use
definition No. 1b, we native Midwesterners definitely believe that defintion
No. 1a is the true definition of a Yankee.
Paul I
