> On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:58:27 -0700 (PDT), Faye
> att.net>
> wrote:
>

>>Cyrus Afzali wrote:

>>> Honestly, I've never believed the Yankee term is
>>> descriptive and I
>>> honestly don't think most who use it mean it that way.

>>
>>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/yankee
>>
>>Again disrespect is in your interpretation. When Brits
>>call me a
>>yank, I think it's funny. When I write *Gretchen's Maine
>>Yankee
>>Chutney* on jars of the concoction I've canned it is a
>>high tribute to
>>a dear friend who taught me how to make the savory sauce
>>that is
>>northeastern in derivation. She thinks it's funny, aye.
>>I am
>>speaking generally here, but this is IMO a great
>>difference in
>>northerners and southerners. In the South we want to know
>>where you
>>came from and who your people are and we don't consider
>>this rude or
>>ill-mannered to inquire as to such or to frequently make
>>reference to
>>such once we've gleaned the information.

>
> In my experience, the reason Southerners are so eager to
> know where
> people came from is because they like to make judgements.
> Hell,
> Nashville natives have a thick book of qualifications
> you've got to
> meet to even call yourself a Nashvillian, even if you're
> making every
> other contribution, and perhaps more, than a native.

>
> Nashvillians aren't the only ones who do that; NY'ers love
> to too, but
> since native NY'ers are becoming a smaller minority all
> the time,
> nobody pays much attention to them.

>>
>>At any rate, I shall not stop using the term yankee as a
>>descriptive
>>term because someone might think of it as negative in and
>>of itself.
>>When in Rome....

>
> Do whatever you wish; just realize that everyone's
> activities opens
> them up for judgement by others.