Actually, Bob, it is an Indian (now there is a misnomer)
pronunciation of English. During the revolution the British
used it in a derogatory way. Americans responded by taking it as
a complement. But, it is almost never meant that way when used
by anyone other than you New Englanders.
--Tom
Bob Blakely wrote:
>
> I was born a Yankee (Vermont). Thank you. Yankees consider being recognized
> as a Yankee as a compliment regardless of how it is meant. Yankee was a name
> given to colonists by the British. It was intended to be derogatory, but we
> Yankees accepted it and took pride in it.
>
> Regards,
> Bob...
>
> Give blood. Play hockey.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 4:24 PM
> Subject: OT :-) <---NOTE SMILEY (was: Re: Goup Project)
>
> > Albano wrote:
> >
> > > USA (United States of...) is a country
> > > without a name, so they picked up the whole continent name as their
> name.
> > > That's
> > > something I hate about yankees. They think they ARE America. WRONG,
> WRONG
> >
> >
> > Purely grammatical. "United States" has no relational suffix (i.e., ending
> > meaning "belonging to"). It's awkward to say "United Statesian." It's long
> > to say "United States citizen." Hence, Americans. In the United States,
> the
> > word "Yankee" only means someone who is from the northeast, or, more
> > loosely, someone who *isn't* from the south.
> >
> > You have (in English) "Argentinean," which is poetic ("argent" relates to
> > the metal, and color, silver) and mellifluous. What do we have? Nothing.
> >
> > And by the way, we Americans from the USA have a simple classification
> > system that works well for us, and is perfectly in keeping with our
> > incorrigible alpha-dog mentality. Namely: we are Americans, and you are
> > South Americans.
> >
> > And now, having offended nearly half of the hemisphere, I humbly and
> rather
> > speedily
> >
> > <grin, duck, & run like hell>
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > --"X"
> >
> > ("Who was that masked Xenophobe? And, wasn't that a Pentax around his
> > neck?")
>
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