Comments on: Going south http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/02/21/going-south/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:17:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Xrlq http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/02/21/going-south/comment-page-1/#comment-215823 Xrlq Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:57:36 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=22570#comment-215823 What about the stuporgroup from the 1980s that actually call themselves the Damn Yankees? Did they all move here, too? What about the stuporgroup from the 1980s that actually call themselves the Damn Yankees? Did they all move here, too?

]]> By: Xrlq http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/02/21/going-south/comment-page-1/#comment-215822 Xrlq Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:56:50 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=22570#comment-215822 That seems to be the emerging consensus on my blog - to the extent a three year stint means anything, it presumably means I'm less likely to leave than I was before, ergo, it converts me from Yankee to Damnyankee, and not vice-versa. That said, I stand by my original pronouncement: if you're south of I-40, or anywhere near it for that matter, you ain't a Yankee. That seems to be the emerging consensus on my blog – to the extent a three year stint means anything, it presumably means I’m less likely to leave than I was before, ergo, it converts me from Yankee to Damnyankee, and not vice-versa.

That said, I stand by my original pronouncement: if you’re south of I-40, or anywhere near it for that matter, you ain’t a Yankee.

]]> By: Magus http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/02/21/going-south/comment-page-1/#comment-215790 Magus Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:17:55 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=22570#comment-215790 I always thought that: Yank' = not from 'round here and come down to visit. Damnyank' = he stayed. I always thought that:

Yank’ = not from ’round here and come down to visit.

Damnyank’ = he stayed.

]]> By: SayUncle http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/02/21/going-south/comment-page-1/#comment-215787 SayUncle Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:07:32 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=22570#comment-215787 Yank = not from 'round here ;P Yank = not from ’round here ;P

]]> By: Xrlq http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/02/21/going-south/comment-page-1/#comment-215786 Xrlq Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:54:19 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=22570#comment-215786 Southern California makes me a Yank? I may be from El Norte but I'm souther than you, at least on the map. Southern California makes me a Yank? I may be from El Norte but I’m souther than you, at least on the map.

]]> By: BobG http://www.saysuncle.com/2009/02/21/going-south/comment-page-1/#comment-215784 BobG Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:42:36 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/?p=22570#comment-215784 The southerners I've been around always treat "damn yankee" as one word. The southerners I’ve been around always treat “damn yankee” as one word.

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