On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 12:40 -0400, Chad Smith wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > John W. Kennedy wrote: > > > >>> Yank has been used as a degoratory term, I believe it started that > >>> way. It refers to when "the colonies" *yanked* away from England. > >> > >> > >> There are several theories as to the origin of "Yankee". That is not > >> one of them. (In fact, it is demonstrably false.) > > > > > > Interesting. Can you name a few? I'm curious.
I thought it was related to the Civil war. The South were referred to as Confederates and the North Yankees. Oh what the hell let's do a Google. http://www.wordorigins.org/wordory.htm Seems its been sometimes a positive and sometimes a negative term. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Just another Limey :-)
