[at-l] Re: at-l Digest, Vol 9, Issue 24

[gypsy97 at bellsouth.net (gypsy97@bellsouth.net)]

<From: "Kelly Whitman" Subject: Re: Re: [at-l] Yankees
<When I lived in Ireland, referring to any American as a <"Yank" was
considered derrogatory.

<Kelly Whitman

Where in Ireland did you live?  I lived in the southwest for 3 yrs; the
people there love "Yanks", and it was mostly in fun when they said that.
There were a few who meant it in a derogatory way, but the Irish (in fact,
most Europeans) refer to people by their ethnic origins - i.e., Paddy's,
Yanks, Brits, Spannies, etc.  Frogs, however, was usually derogatory.

Gypsy