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> And Yanks don't understand irony..........
Sure we do. For example, the term Yankee, which New Yorkers especially use with pride, was originally an insult
> The Online Etymology Dictionary gives its origin as around 1683, when it was applied insultingly to Dutch Americans by the English.
> An early use of the term outside the United States was in the creation of Sam Slick the "Yankee Clockmaker" in a newspaper column in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1835. The character was a plain-speaking American who becomes an example for Nova Scotians to follow in his industry and practicality; and his uncouth manners and vanity were the epitome of qualities that his creator detested.
> In an old joke, a Southerner alleges, "I was twenty-one years old before I learned that 'damn' and 'Yankee' were separate words".
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