You mean all those people who called me a bloody yank .... during my two decades
as an expat really were ...... I don't think so. Good friends, great
times. I wouldn't trade one microsecond of that journey.... not even for an LX.
It is a great, interesting world out there. IMO our differences make it so.
Otis Wright
Tom Rittenhouse wrote:
> 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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