Crikey, am I the only Yankee on here?

Subject: RE: Crikey, am I the only Yankee on here?
From: Severn
Date: 08 Nov 07 - 07:59 AM

As a former Civil War re-enactor, I've portrayed both sides and live in Maryland, a state that furnished ample troops to both sides.

By the way, the term in the hobby for dressing up as the other side when not enough troops show up from that side to make it look good and/or authentic for the spectators is to "galvanize"

Subject: RE: Crikey, am I the only Yankee on here?
From: robomatic
Date: 08 Nov 07 - 08:00 PM

I'm so far to the West another twenny feet and I'll fall off.

Subject: RE: Crikey, am I the only Yankee on here?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 08 Nov 07 - 08:21 PM

All right, you Children of the Confederacy, I know you are out there. Esp. Texas Division.

Texas Division

Subject: RE: Crikey, am I the only Yankee on here?
From: GUEST,Tunesmith
Date: 09 Nov 07 - 03:46 PM

Of course, the word "Yankee" to describe Americans( from USA) is rarely used in the UK. "Yank", in my experience, is the preferred choice; however, the word "yankee" would be used in the following sentence, " He drove a big Yankee car".

Subject: RE: Crikey, am I the only Yankee on here?
From: Barry Finn
Date: 10 Nov 07 - 12:05 AM

Where's the guy that started this thread?

Barry

Subject: RE: Crikey, am I the only Yankee on here?
From: fumblefingers
Date: 10 Nov 07 - 02:56 PM

A Yank to the Poms maybe, but not a Yankee.

Texan

Subject: RE: Crikey, am I the only Yankee on here?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 10 Nov 07 - 03:07 PM

Perhaps a f---?

Subject: RE: Crikey, am I the only Yankee on here?
From: danensis
Date: 11 Nov 07 - 11:29 AM

I always thought "The Yanks are Coming" was a reference to masturbation

Subject: RE: Crikey, am I the only Yankee on here?
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Jan 08 - 08:09 AM

I once understood that there were only ever Yankees, Yankees and damned yankees this told me by an old lady her ancestor was col Wade Hampton of Maryland where she said they are still fighting the wawar down there.

Chris

Subject: RE: Crikey, am I the only Yankee on here?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 31 Jan 08 - 11:35 AM

I'm an American from the Midwest. I have never thought of myself as a Yankee. To me, 'Yankee' is a term used by the uninformed.

Becca is the first person I've ever heard claim to be a Yankee. I'm happy for her.

Subject: RE: Crikey, am I the only Yankee on here?
From: Becca72
Date: 31 Jan 08 - 12:07 PM

Leeneia, you've never been to the Northeast, I take it?

Subject: RE: Crikey, am I the only Yankee on here?
From: akenaton
Date: 31 Jan 08 - 12:23 PM

The reason that USers post so seldom, is that they are so extremely poorly informed..........and in Catspaw's case, endowed......Ake

Subject: RE: Crikey, am I the only Yankee on here?
From: Rowan
Date: 31 Jan 08 - 04:49 PM

Tunesmith's "Yank", in my experience, is the preferred choice; however, the word "yankee" would be used in the following sentence, " He drove a big Yankee car" is half similar to the Oz experience.

During WWII there were many Americans in Oz and, while many were warmly welcomed (in as many senses as were possible) many Australians had 'less than complete' acceptance. Irrespective of where they came from Americans were referred to as "Yanks" and this led to the rhyming slang term for an American as a "septic tank".

I never heard the phrase " He drove a big Yankee car" in Oz. It was always "He drove a Yank tank"; the "big" was always implied and understood.

Cheers, Rowan

Subject: RE: Crikey, am I the only Yankee on here?
From: ard mhacha
Date: 01 Feb 08 - 05:06 AM

The north of Ireland during the 2nd War, just before D-Day was practically taken over by the Yanks,it didn`t matter whether they were north or south of Dixie, they were Yanks.
The term "he was driving a big yankee car", would have applied here in the north, also Yankee was used as often as Yank.