I has come to my attentions that on Thu, 11 Dec 97 11:00:22 -0000 Phil
<mgworld@chp.ltd.uk> writes
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SNIP
>Sorry, to us anyone from the States is a Yank. Just like you call us
>Brits and Limeys. I think of myself as English; not sure if the Welsh
>think at all ;-))
>So what's the preferred term for our American cousins?
Phil,
We gentlefolk from the South really don't have a problem with you
calling everyone from the States a "Yank".
You see, when the protests start, and all the signs say "YANKEE GO
HOME", we know they aren't talking about us. I mean, how many times have
you seen one that said "REBELS GO HOME"!
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
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