Steve Shaw, none of your arguments address the actual article. You have attacked its source, but not it, itself. What *in the article* is so wrong?

Raedwulf, two comments: I have been told that the difference between a Yankee and a Damn Yankee is that a Yankee is a Northerner who comes down South, and a Damn Yankee is one who stays.

I also heard, a long time ago, that the definition of a Yankee depends on your geography:
Outside the US, it's an American.
In the US, it's a Northerner.
In the North, it's a New Englander.
In New England, it's a Vermonter.
And in Vermont, a Yankee is someone who doesn't like cheddar cheese on their apple pie. Because apple pie without the cheese is like a kiss without the squeeze.

I grew up 4° north of the equator, waaaaay farther south than the southernmost southern US states, but I am considered a Yankee here in Cville as I lived in the Boston area for a few years before moving here. In 1985.