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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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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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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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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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I thought yank was a term for masturbation.
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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.

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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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The thread title gave me dirty thoughts.
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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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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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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. [Big Grin]
Incorrect - Pop Idol was never good

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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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[ 04-23-2003, 11:37 PM: Message edited by: cfalcon ]

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OK, I know I'm probably not the nicest Pokemon Trainer when it comes to giving advice, and if I get flamed on this, it is probably well deserved. So here goes...

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

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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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I'd call southerners rednecks, I hate rednecks.

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Heh, PK thunder was called John Cheese.

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Isn't it quite normal for girls to be on the recieving end of the stick?
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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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ceoalex316
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AnnieKat is from Texas, so she’s like a cowgirl?
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yes because the whole of Texas is one big fucking ranch

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OK, I know I'm probably not the nicest Pokemon Trainer when it comes to giving advice, and if I get flamed on this, it is probably well deserved. So here goes...

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Steers and queers, steers and queers...

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