> > In England once, I was called a "Yank" and I think I said "I'll tell ya wut, boy, you all don't know what a real Yankee is."
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> This was my experience too! Of course, in my case, I *am* a Yankee, but the kids in the British school I went to basically just called all Americans Yankees.

Yeah, it's used as a term of contempt. Don't know quite why, though. I wouldn't be offended if someone called me a "Northener" when it was quite clear that I wasn't one.

Incidentally, where does the term "Yank" come from? The equivalent (to go by movies and TV) is "Brit", but that's just a teensy bit more obvious.

Si-"Another thing I like is when the word "English" is used as a noun, as in 'Hey English!' I just think that sounds really cool"-gi