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Look in the mirror for your answer.vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:57 pmDid you even read the thing? Do you know what 'origin' means? Do you have a point? How stupid can a person be who posts links to articles that make him look ever stupider?Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:45 pm The origin of "Yankee" is unknown.:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee
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PhilXi know about the civil war - and that the yankees wonvegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:43 pm
Perhaps y'all don't know that there was a civil war, and the north won. And I believe the word was 'yankee'. 'Yank' can refer to anyone from north or south. Does the term UNITED States mean anything to you?
Again you make a fool of yourself and show your lack of education and ignorance of your own country.
origin of many words is not knownPhilosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:45 pm The origin of "Yankee" is unknown.:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee
Not saying it is, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's a take off the Dutch word 'Jonkheer'.Philosophy Explorer wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:45 pm The origin of "Yankee" is unknown.:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee
Had a feeling Americans were stock characters, but couldn't prove it lol! Just kidding, Yanks.RickLewis wrote: ↑Tue Jul 10, 2018 11:36 pm From memory, Bill Bryson in his book "Mother Tongue" speculates that Yankees is derived from the Dutch "Jan Kees" meaning "John Cheese", apparently the name of a sort of stock character in Dutch culture. If correct, this would mean that the word Yankees dates back to the time of the Dutch colonies in North America.
