Re: Exonyms [Re: English syllable structure]
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 9, 2001, 22:45 |
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Quoting Padraic Brown <agricola@...>:
> Am 09.12.01, Thomas R. Wier yscrifef:
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> > "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.
More or less. Somehow, it got associated with New England,
even though the traditional etymology is that it came from
Dutch _Jan Kees_ "John Cheese" as a term of abuse used by
the inhabitants of New Amsterdam for the English invaders.
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