Re: Country names

From: "Steg Belsky" <draqonfayir@...>
Subject: Re: Country names


> > Yankee, n.  1. Outside the U.S., any American.  2. In the Southern
> > U.S., any Northerner.  3. In the Northern U.S., any New Englander.
> > 4. In New England, any Vermonter.  5. In Vermont, any Vermonter who
> > eats pie for breakfast.  6. Among Vermonters who eat pie for
> > breakfast, one who eats it with a knife.
> > That should settle the issue.
> -
>
> Except that i've never actually heard of definitions 3 through 6 being
> used.  Also, a friend of mine from north-central Florida was very
> surprised when no one was offended when she called us "Yankees".  She
> thought it was a huge insult.
I'd say that definitions 1 through 4 seems to be in use.  At least by my own
usage, I'd call anyone from east of the Hudson (the river, not the bay) a
Yankee, with Vermonters being more so.