Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site terak.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!noao!terak!suze From: suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.nlang Subject: Re: Re: One for our side Message-ID: <858@terak.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 10:45:23 EST Article-I.D.: terak.858 Posted: Thu Nov 7 10:45:23 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 15:11:36 EST References: <973@decwrl.UUCP> <12580@rochester.UUCP> <1587@uwmacc.UUCP> <1385@ihlpg.UUCP> <348@ubvax.UUCP> <591@osiris.UUCP> Organization: Calcomp Display Products Division, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Lines: 22 Xref: linus net.politics:11227 net.nlang:3399 > > In article <1385@ihlpg.UUCP> tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum) writes: > > >there is no word in the English language for inhabitant of the United States > > >other than American. I can understand how Latin Americans and Canadians > > >might not like this, but it is a fact. I'll be damned if I'm going to > > That there's "no other word than American" in English (I dunno, just use > > more than one word, maybe) for an inhabitant of the US means that > Everywhere else in the world, they call us "yanks". I doubt you'll find many (American) southerners who will accept this name. The word "yankee" is usually used as part of the contraction "damnyankee" and refers to northerners, strictly. It has extremely negative connotations to the southern portion of the population of the US. -- ************************************************************** Suzanne Barnett-Scott uucp: ...{decvax,ihnp4,noao,savax,seismo}!terak!suze phone: (602) 998-4800 us mail: CalComp/Sanders Display Products Division (Formerly Terak Corporation) 14151 N 76th street, Scottsdale, AZ 85260