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From: | "Doug Mitchell" <dmitchel@sbcglobal.net> |
Date: | Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:20:46 -0500 |
When I lived in England, we used to refer to the locals as blokes. My landlady always called us Yanks. She told us the story about one tenant she had that she called a Yank, and he got quite upset, telling her that he wasn't a Yank rather he was a rebel as he was a southerner. Cheers, Doug -- Doug Mitchell dmitchel@sbcglobal.net 1973 Triumph Spitfire 1500 1973 Triumph Stag |
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