Yanks

[Amy Z]

Scott wrote:

> --I don't mind if someone calls me a Yank, but a Yankee IS a 
> different matter. In fact I have a feeling the Yankees would be more 
> bothered by that than I would...

Nope, not this one.  I'd mind if a Southerner called me that (unless 
it was definitely with a friendly smile), but not if a Brit did.

I suppose if I were abroad in some country that has good reason to 
hate us (uh, let's see, that would be most of them) and someone called 
me a Yankee, I might be nervous, especially if he/she had an Uncle Sam 
doll in one hand and a can of gasoline in the other at the time.

;-)
Amy Z