From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Sat Mar 06 2004 - 11:37:33 PST
No offense to anyone...wonder where the "bloody limey" thing came from?
Fred Martin
Geno wrote:
> Yankee..
> Did not see an explanation of that one.??????
> Was the term given to "New Englanders"....
> Like .."a Yankee Clipper".. A New England Ship...New England men were called
> "Yankees"..Not Yanks.
> WW1 I believe is where the Americans in general got the nickname Yanks....
> Blimy......
> Gene
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