Re: Word usage in group versus out of group.
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, May 21, 1999, 7:37 |
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Tom Wier wrote:
> I dunno 'bout that... I'd probably never call a Californian a Yankee...
Hmm, maybe not a Californian, but a Midwesterner is definitely a
"Yankee" to me. I think that the "West" is probly exempt from "Yankee"
in my usage. But Northwest is definitely the "most Yankee" area. I
guess it's sort of a graded quality, a New Yorker is more Yankee-ish
than an Illinoisan, and an Illinoisan more than a Californian.
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