I bristle inside when my friends on the Isle of Man refer to me as "Yank".I feel about that the way a Scot would feel about being called "Brit". My people have lived in the southern United States for over 200 years and "Yank" has perjorative connotations to me (I don't like "Reb" either) so how are they to refer to me? American seems stilted and, in fact, can logically be applied to anyone in this hemisphere.
So "Th' Yank" it is. It is said with affection and I take it that way.

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