Well, there you have it.

 

... one of life's little mysteries, solved.

 

which brings another question, why do some of us call Americans Yankees?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee

Seems reasonable to me.

 

there ya go, i allways thought it was offensive.. but i guess it depends.. how you say it..

 

There you go, our typical Canadian, trying not to offend anyone I always thought it was ok because we were not using it in the same idea as quickie (except by one's self)

 

Hmm, I was going to put that Yankee wiki link on, but Wyatt beat me to it.

If I'm hearing you right, re: Yankee word usage, sounds like it means about the same thing around here as it does up there. Well, unless maybe someone's a Yankee fan, then they might think differently.

 

I like the Yankees......
depends on my mood of how i speak about people, but, i dont uselly use That word.
all most feels like the F word..

I guess maybe ive heard it in that way thats why......

 

Well Yankees Are North Eastern State Folk

South Eastern Folk were Called Rebels


Western Folk we just call Gay


JK

 

what do you call a transplanted person from the north to the south permanently, people that only come here for the winter are "snowbirds".......