Incidentally, is "yank" thought to be insulting in America? I know you guys get much more uptight about names than the Brits do. Over here the line between insult and endearment is blurred, though it
To all, I had to return fire. I will forgo cockney from now on. Sorry. I was caught off guard a few weeks ago. Shermans certainly sounds better. I refer to New Yorkers as yanks. I don't know if they
Hey, no biggie. I think it would be great if an American rhyming slang sprang up... Just that a few of us missed the reference back there :-) Quoting Larry Vaughan <lvaughan@pldi.net>:
Quoting mikeross <mikeross@prodigy.net>: Generally no, though depending on the tone/context (as with all things I guess) I'm sure I used to know where that term came from...
Author: James Carruthers <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 16:52:02 +0000
British sailors used limes to fight scurvy etc - something only the Brits did to begin with - and one of the reasons the navy was so sucessful (so I am lead to believe) Originally the recommendation
Being dutch I have always been told that the people founding New York (formerly known as New Amsterdam) were called Yankees, because the most prevalent names in Dutch were (back in those days) Jan (J
Here's what aquick search yielded.. I suppose we could have been called "Turkeys", given our dietary preferences, so it could be worse. and with that, my fellow Yankees... Let's eat! Happy Thanksgivi
I would like to correct: John = Jan (Jahn does not exist as a name), and Cheese = Kaas, not Kees, which is a name. Kaas is also pronounced differently, with the aa being more like the a in wrath. tha
Well, I apologize for disseminating faulty information. I should have posted the link. It was an FAQ about the New York Yankees and apparently not an official one at that. http://www.faqfarm.com/Spor
Quoting Tburke4@aol.com: Cheese Though cheese=kaas. I'll go with our Dutch friend's explanation (that Kees is also a Dutch name with no equivalent en Engels), though this looks like the same story, s
Quoting James Carruthers <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>: They had that word in California when I was there, but it just meant someone who whines or complains. I had great fun explaining what it means usin
When I lived in England, we used to refer to the locals as blokes. My landlady always called us Yanks. She told us the story about one tenant she had that she called a Yank, and he got quite upset, t
Haven't been following this thread too closely, but thought I would chime in here with a 2-line story. I once saw a fist-fight get started because a yank called a fellow from Glasgow a "limey". He di
Quoting Gary <garyr@mtent.com>: Hahah superb. (a) the Scots generally dislike being British and cannot STAND being called English. (b) in Glasgow you don't have to even need someone to dislike you to