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Originally posted by rob love
I called a US exchange soldior a Yank one time, and he corrected me by saying something about being from the other side of the mason/dixie line?
Whats that all about? And can a guy be a yank and a redneck? Or is redneck just for the guys from the midwest?
Boy, these topics sure can run strange courses.
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To people from other countries, the term "Yank" refers to all Americans. If you live south of the Mason-Dixon line, "Yank" isn't used as often as "Yankee", a perjorative which refers to those people who initiated the War of Northern Agression. I lived here in Texas for 5 years before I realized "Damnyankee" was two words! Today in the South, Civil War battles aren't reenactments, they are reengagements!