bhaexpress
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Strike said:Not all Americans are Yanks as someone pointed out to me the other day, just the residents in the north eastern part. Should not forget that our commonwealth cousins (Canada, Australia etc), also played a kind of role (albeit small). but agree with the war posts above.
Americans from the Southern States take great offence to being called a Yank. To them its akin to a Scotsman being called English.
As far as they're concerned Yanks are the ones who fought on the Union side in their Civil war. I don't know where is leaves some people though as Oklahoma for example was a 'territory' at the time and didn't gain statehood until 1907.
But there again, who cares ?