From: Ted Hils (tedhils@cyber-south.com)
Date: Mon Mar 08 2004 - 08:22:28 PST
Well put, Everette.
Really, when if push comes to shove, I don't care what you call me, as
long as you call me for supper. And I'll eat with anybody, if they're
buying.
A Yankee is somebody from the North. Somebody from the North that comes
to the South, and STAYS, is a D**N Yankee.
There are two separate (non-baseball) uses of the term Yankee. One is
in jest when talking to one of those nice guys from up north when they are
visiting (and spending their money) in our part of the world. The other is
said quietly, under your breath, after dealing with one of those arrogant
#%$#~^+*s that are down here acting like they own the place, are doing you a
favor by talking to you, and trying to rip you off. Luckily, we don't get
too many of the second type in my neck of the woods, and hardly ever in the
MV business. OD has a way of bridging the cultural gap. : )
Ted
Ted Hils
Ted's Trucks 'N Stuff
1181 County Road 560
Midland City, AL 36350
334-983-1092
Mon-Fri, 8-5 CST
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----- Original Message -----
From: "everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 12:26 PM
Subject: [MV] YANKS, YANKEES,. etc.
> Well gentlemen, and ladies, please let this old southern boy make his .02
> contribution to the comments about YANKS, YANKEES,. etc.
>
> I have no animosity toward folks from the cold northern part of our great
> country, except for the few who think that just because I talk slow my
mind
> is slow - for I know that just because they talk fast their mind is not
> necessarily fast...
>
> I was born in the south, raised in the south, U S Government put a
uniform
> on me and exiled me to north for a short time, but they released me and I
> found my way home; and I when I die I well be southern dead.
>
> I am in no way be offended by being called "Reb" - "Rebel" -"Graybelly" or
> other terms used to describe followers -or want to be - followers of Gen.
> Lee and President Davis.
>
> I love my Confederate flag - and the Confederate flag is not the "battle
> flag" most often negatively associated with the South.
>
> Personally I refer to the conflict as "The War of Northern Aggression" and
> the invaders from the north as "them Da** Bluebellies."
>
> And as for "Carpetbaggers" -We still suffer from them.
>
> Yankees in my mind are a baseball team.
>
> I am always at a loss as proper term to use for persons from UK.... of
> course I am often at a loss....
>
> And by the way I have no idea what a "Pom" is, have I missed
> something???????
>
> Everette
>
> "Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things.
> You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less." General Robert E.
> Lee, C.S.A.
>
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