From: Jackson Crawford

    Ooooooohhhhhhh...that stings.

 

stinks even?

 

But I guess you're English,

 

english or british that is the question my friend.

 

so maybe you don't understand the way the lingo's kinda changed. After the civil war, when Yankee came to denote someone who had fought for the Union, we Southerners and Westerners began to take offense at the term. So let me give you a rundown of the new (well, new as of like 150 years ago) regional derogatory terms:

    Yankee/ Yank/ Blue Belly/ Northerner - Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Oregon, California, West Virginia, Delaware

    Rebel/ Reb/ Southerner - Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas

    Cowpoke/ Westerner - Washington, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Kansas, Nebraska, Idaho, Oklahoma, Texas

    Penguin/ Polar Bear/ Eskimo/ Igloo/ Alaskan - Alaska

    Grass/ Bluebird/ Hawaiian - Hawaii

    Cowpoke Reb/ Damn Texan/ Texian/ Texan - Texas

 

i can't remember all that shit. yanks are yanks (amongst other things)

 

    Maybe you'll watch who you call a yank now, eh? I'm warnin' you man, we Texans are a proud bunch

 

not the term i would use but yeah i can agree with that.

 

, and I think I'm gonna be in England late in June (Chichester to be precise)...so you watch yourself...ha!

 

doesn't do much for me. where's that? it obviously ain't anywhere near me so i think i'm safe! :-)

i'll warn the others though :-)))

 

Anyway, no, I'm just tryin' to get the point across that Southerners and Westerners do NOT appreciate being called yankees/ yanks/ blue bellies, whatever. You call those Northeasterners, Californians, and Oregonians whatever the hell that you want, but leave us out of your generalizations...

 

isn't yankee like an american football team? i don't use term yankee....just yank(s).

yanks yanks yanks yanks yanks. see, it's a lovely word.

 

Mr Mungo, works with some yanks. Georgians i think. aswell as some chick from oklahoma