JimboS1ice Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 yes, there's a pretty conspicuous name missing from the 'popular contributors' on the side bar, and it sure ain't Jimbo! Don't make me feel like Marty McFly! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 And how about those Red Sox? Maybe up against the Yankees once again???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonylandin Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Don't make me feel like Marty McFly! I'd like to hit 88 in a deloreon lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwain Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 43 minutes ago, ChrisK said: And how about those Red Sox? Maybe up against the Yankees once again???? You know, I only recently learned that the term 'Yank/Yankee' is actually derogatory! I was using the term here occasionally interchangeably with American. So if I've offended anyone, many apologies! Would a northern state or southern state American be more offended by the term? Or is it ok for an American to use the term? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 1 minute ago, dwain said: You know, I only recently learned that the term 'Yank/Yankee' is actually derogatory! I was using the term here occasionally interchangeably with American. So if I've offended anyone, many apologies! Would a northern state or southern state American be more offended by the term? Or is it ok for an American to use the term? well they have a Major League Baseball team called the New York Yankees so it can't be to bad.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruton Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 You know, I only recently learned that the term 'Yank/Yankee' is actually derogatory! I was using the term here occasionally interchangeably with American. So if I've offended anyone, many apologies! Would a northern state or southern state American be more offended by the term? Or is it ok for an American to use the term? The southern states use it more as a derogatory nickname for northerners. I'm personally not offended though...carry on my wayward son! Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnarlyCarl Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 You know, I only recently learned that the term 'Yank/Yankee' is actually derogatory! I was using the term here occasionally interchangeably with American. So if I've offended anyone, many apologies! Would a northern state or southern state American be more offended by the term? Or is it ok for an American to use the term? Means nothing to me personally Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Nothing to me either, that's what the Brits called us or still call us during the world wars. Jimbo Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwain Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 there you go, I thought it wouldn't be a big deal. Yes you have the Yankees as a team name, but you also have the Redskins ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 24 minutes ago, dwain said: there you go, I thought it wouldn't be a big deal. Yes you have the Yankees as a team name, but you also have the Redskins ... Not sure if this is old information but during the Civil war, the North were called the Yankees by the Southern Confederacy, not sure if that stemmed from anywhere prior to that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 7 hours ago, ChrisK said: And how about those Red Sox? Maybe up against the Yankees once again???? Never bothered me Dwain. Normally it's those tea sipping Brits that have their panties in a bunch about losing a collection of colonies Some people from the south use it and interestingly enough, I am a New Englander . That is normally a derogatory term. But I take more offense that we are calledYankees when it's all the name of an evil baseball team located in New York. But regardless, when I'm called a Yankee by a Southerner, I normally respond "yeah? Git over it. You lost, we won. Or is hard cause your Mom and Dad are brother and sister?" The reason it's used in this term is due to a little disagreement that started back in the 1700s and ended in the later half of the 1800s. The greatest irony here is that I was born in the South In a nutshell? Nah, I don't take offense to it. I kind of like it. Unless they are saying I am a fan of the NY Yankees. I don't even like baseball but thats like saying I like to have relations with cows!!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Glassey Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Yeah damn yanks and their cows. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmikez Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 WOW! THIS THREAD IS ALL OVER THE PLACE LOL!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonylandin Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Hey I love that band the damn Yankees one of the first super bands From a fan of tools with lots of assistance from Siri #TIACREW 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 New yankee workshop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruton Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 New yankee workshop I love that show! Too bad it's only reruns now. Funny though I have never caught any episodes of the Old Yankee Workshop or even the Yankee Workshop. Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regopit Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 I've been a Yank a wanker but my wife just calls me a Dick. As in why do you have to be such a Dick. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnarlyCarl Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 I've been a Yank a wanker but my wife just calls me a Dick. As in why do you have to be such a Dick. We try to be a little more conservative than that so she didn't use that strong of a word, its the non verbal stuff that really let's me know I'm being an "issue" Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 some times my wife calls me a tiger, and most other times it is just a big pussy.....same thing no? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMack37 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 11 hours ago, JimboS1ice said: Not sure if this is old information but during the Civil war, the North were called the Yankees by the Southern Confederacy, not sure if that stemmed from anywhere prior to that... Started in the revolutionary war, remember the old tune "Yankee doodle?" Interestingly enough, in the US a Yankee is a northerner but the rest of the World(mostly British former/current colonies) refers to any American as a Yank/Yankee. So according to the British a man from Alabama driving a General Lee clone is a Yank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 3 minutes ago, BMack37 said: Started in the revolutionary war, remember the old tune "Yankee doodle?" Interestingly enough, in the US a Yankee is a northerner but the rest of the World(mostly British former/current colonies) refers to any American as a Yank/Yankee. So according to the British a man from Alabama driving a General Lee clone is a Yank. Thats right!! Forgot about that lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 http://ahdictionary.tumblr.com/post/54995651576/the-history-of-yankee here you guys. Wear it with pride. I do 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazzman Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Some good stuff here fellers,interestingly quiet around here and i like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kato Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 Happy to say that the TIA bashing video is gone...whether by "his" own hand or maybe because I reported it...who knows, who cares. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted May 2, 2016 Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 I have 4 keys does anyone know what the're for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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