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pkthunder
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posted 04-21-2003 08:53 AM $Profile for pkthunder$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email pkthunder$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

I hate being called a "yank."

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ceoalex316
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posted 04-21-2003 11:42 AM $Profile for ceoalex316$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Did you go to another country?

If you were a true American you would have shot him and then watched American Idol on his TV.

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posted 04-21-2003 11:50 AM $Profile for Land und Leute$ $Email Land und Leute$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

I'm sorry for being so ignorant and not in tune with such things, but... what is it?

(Note: if is it something really offensive, it's ok to not say outright what it is.)

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pkthunder
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posted 04-21-2003 12:22 PM $Profile for pkthunder$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email pkthunder$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

People not from America call Americans "Yankees" or "yanks" for short. I think the Canadians and the British are the worst about it.

I can't place exactly what I don't like about it. It partly may be cause of the way it sounds, and it may partly be because I associate Yankees with people just from New England, not all Americans in general. Having grown up in South Florida, I don't really consider myself that "Southern," but there may be some latent Southern resentment beneath it all just cause I live south of the Mason-Dixon line. Maybe its cause I'm a Braves fan.

I don't know. I just don't like being called a yank, and to a lesser extent Yankee.

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ceoalex316
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posted 04-21-2003 02:02 PM $Profile for ceoalex316$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Who called you a yank? And where?

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posted 04-21-2003 07:07 PM $Profile for The Muffin King$ $Author's Homepage$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

I thought yank was a term for masturbation.

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posted 04-22-2003 01:05 AM $Profile for White Cat$ $Author's Homepage$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Where were you when you were called that, pk?

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To non-Americans, a Yankee is someone from the United States.
To Americans, a Yankee is someone from north of the Mason-Dixon line.
To people from the North, a Yankee is someone from New England.
To people from New England, a Yankee is someone from Vermont.
To people from Vermont, a Yankee is someone from the Green Mountains.

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pkthunder
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posted 04-22-2003 07:48 AM $Profile for pkthunder$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email pkthunder$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Well, it wasn't like, "Hey pk, you're a yank!" It's more like "You yanks..." or if I'm not part of the conversation, "Those yanks....".

I thought yank was a term for masturbation.

This is probably also a reason I don't like being called it.

[ 04-22-2003, 07:50 AM: Message edited by: pkthunder ]

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posted 04-22-2003 04:46 PM $Profile for ThaMasta$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email ThaMasta$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

quote:
Originally posted by ceoalex316:
and then watched American Idol on his TV.

Rip off of a good ole British program. [Big Grin]

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posted 04-22-2003 07:50 PM $Profile for Pornbot$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email Pornbot$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

The thread title gave me dirty thoughts.

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posted 04-23-2003 01:42 AM $Profile for White Cat$ $Author's Homepage$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Okay, for the fourth time in this thread, where were you when this term was used?

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pkthunder
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posted 04-23-2003 02:11 AM $Profile for pkthunder$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email pkthunder$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

WHY DOES IT MATTER? ITS JUST A GENERAL CASE.

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posted 04-23-2003 03:52 AM $Profile for Anthrax$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email Anthrax$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

hey where were you

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posted 04-23-2003 06:29 AM $Profile for Manuel Calavera$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

quote:
Originally posted by ThaMasta:

quote:
Originally posted by ceoalex316:
and then watched American Idol on his TV.
Rip off of a good ole British program.

Incorrect - Pop Idol was never good

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posted 04-23-2003 07:26 AM $Profile for Boodabonzi$ $Email Boodabonzi$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

I BET YOU ARE YOU BLOODY BEAUTIFUL BLONDE BIG BUSTED BITCH

sorry I only read the thread subject, am I posting on subject?

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ceoalex316
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posted 04-23-2003 11:23 AM $Profile for ceoalex316$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

quote:
Originally posted by pkthunder:
WHY DOES IT MATTER? ITS JUST A GENERAL CASE.

Well if this was in another country I would like to know which one, and if it was in America I'd like to know where would people call other people yanks, in our own country.

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pkthunder
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posted 04-23-2003 11:46 AM $Profile for pkthunder$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email pkthunder$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

quote:
Originally posted by ceoalex316:
Well if this was in another country I would like to know which one, and if it was in America I'd like to know where would people call other people yanks, in our own country.

It was not in another country. I was chatting on AIM with someone from another country, and I've seen other dialogue through other internet media where people outside the U.S. call us yanks.

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posted 04-23-2003 12:20 PM $Profile for Lark84$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Quit bitching, yank, and deal with it. You think I enjoy hearing that ice bears roam the streets in Sweden from fat yankees who never leave their own state? </joke>

I'm surprised some of you didn't even know what a yank/-ee was. I say it quite a lot, it goes faster to say than "Am-er-i-can" ("yan-kee"), so it's simpler to use it.

What's this thing with being called a yank, why is it a big deal to ceoalex where people call Americans yanks? I don't mind when people... oh never mind, there's not really a nickname like that for Swedes. Lucky us [Wink]

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posted 04-24-2003 12:58 AM $Profile for cfalcon$ $Email cfalcon$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Maybe there are Swedish Snow Zombies. But I thought that was more of a Canadian thing.

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posted 04-24-2003 11:15 AM $Profile for Psybro$ $Email Psybro$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

If I was flaming somebody I knew lived in the South I'd probably refer to them as a 'fuckin' Confederate'. Other Americans are Yanks, although for flaming purposes it's more inventive to say 'citizens of a nation of spoilt children and bloated faceless executives'.

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ceoalex316
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posted 04-24-2003 12:18 PM $Profile for ceoalex316$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

I'd call southerners rednecks, I hate rednecks.

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posted 04-24-2003 12:26 PM $Profile for New Guy$ $Email New Guy$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Heh, PK thunder was called John Cheese.

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posted 04-24-2003 12:37 PM $Profile for 10,000Lb.Snorlax$ $Author's Homepage$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Isn't it quite normal for girls to be on the recieving end of the stick?

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posted 04-24-2003 12:44 PM $Profile for AnnieKat$ $Author's Homepage$ $Email AnnieKat$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

quote:
Originally posted by Psybro:
If I was flaming somebody I knew lived in the South I'd probably refer to them as a 'fuckin' Confederate'. Other Americans are Yanks, although for flaming purposes it's more inventive to say 'citizens of a nation of spoilt children and bloated faceless executives'.

It's a lot more offensive to call someone Southern a "cracker", and easier to pronounce. If you call a redneck a Confederate, he/she'll be pleased. If you call a redneck a cracker, he/she'll burn a cross in your lawn. And before y'all get started... I AM a Southerner, so I'd know.

On the other hand, if you refer to a Southerner as a "Yank", he/she'll probably knife your tires. Just a thought.

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posted 04-24-2003 09:55 PM $Profile for ceoalex316$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

AnnieKat is from Texas, so she’s like a cowgirl?

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posted 04-25-2003 07:08 AM $Profile for Boodabonzi$ $Email Boodabonzi$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

yes because the whole of Texas is one big fucking ranch

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posted 04-25-2003 07:45 AM $Profile for Mr.E$ $Send New Private Message$ $Edit/Delete Post$ $Reply With Quote$

Steers and queers, steers and queers...

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