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Thursday, May 6th 2010, 4:39am

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Looks like we are missing Asians, African, Australian and South American people to be really international. It´s all North American and European - with Foxy adding some Mid American perspective.

Despite the popular misconception, Mexico REALLY is in North America. ;)

I have absolutely no accent in either English or Spanish. It's quite funny actually.

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Thursday, May 6th 2010, 3:43pm

Well you know how those Yanks are and what they think of their southern neighbours... probably better than me. :)

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Friday, May 7th 2010, 12:57am

BURRRRRRRNNNNN HIMMMMMM!!!! :D :D :D

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "TexanCowboy" (May 7th 2010, 11:58pm)


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Friday, May 7th 2010, 1:43pm

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Originally posted by TexanCowboy
BURRRRRRRNNNNN HIMMMMMM!!!!

And you said that I bring tension :D

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Friday, May 7th 2010, 5:37pm

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Originally posted by TexanCowboy
BURRRRRRRNNNNN HIMMMMMM!!!!

What? Me? Why? Aren't you a Southerner? I was clearly referring to those from the Northern States. :)

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Friday, May 7th 2010, 11:59pm

Ugh....forgot something about the word yankee. Internationally, it is used to refer to Americans, while within the US, it is used to refer to those in the north. There, it is used to refer to those with WASP upbringings....

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Saturday, May 8th 2010, 12:30am

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Originally posted by TexanCowboy
Ugh....forgot something about the word yankee. Internationally, it is used to refer to Americans, while within the US, it is used to refer to those in the north. There, it is used to refer to those with WASP upbringings....

Not precisely. To quote E.B. White:

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To foreigners, a Yankee is an American.
To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner.
To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner.
To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander.
To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter.
And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.

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Saturday, May 8th 2010, 12:33am

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Originally posted by Brockpaine

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Originally posted by TexanCowboy
Ugh....forgot something about the word yankee. Internationally, it is used to refer to Americans, while within the US, it is used to refer to those in the north. There, it is used to refer to those with WASP upbringings....

Not precisely. To quote E.B. White:

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To foreigners, a Yankee is an American.
To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner.
To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner.
To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander.
To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter.
And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.


Sounds about right. For those of us in the Midwest, a "Yankee" (if we use the term at all, and are not referring to members of the baseball team), it would be a reference to someone from the Northeast.

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Saturday, May 8th 2010, 12:39am

You're a Midwesterner?

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Saturday, May 8th 2010, 12:39am

To me, out here in California, Yankee is specific to folks from New England. I don't really fine tune it beyond that.

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Saturday, May 8th 2010, 1:46am

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Originally posted by Brockpaine
You're a Midwesterner?


I'm currently living in Minnesota.

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Saturday, May 8th 2010, 2:06am

Ah, the land of a thousand lakes and a million mosquitoes. ;)

If you poke your finger in the middle of a map of the US... hey, OUCH! Stop poking me!

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Saturday, May 8th 2010, 4:12am

*pokes Brock*