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Re: Exonyms [Re: English syllable structure]

From:Padraic Brown <agricola@...>
Date:Sunday, December 9, 2001, 14:11
Am 09.12.01, Thomas R. Wier yscrifef:

> "yankee" in most of America refers to people > who live north and east of yourself. So, to Alabamians, > Marylanders are Yankees; to Marylanders, people from Pennsylvania > are Yankees; to people from Pennsylvania, New Yorkers are Yankees.
I suspect that leaves the Mainemen holding the bag. Padraic. -- Bethes gwaz vaz ha leal.

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Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...>
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