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Surveyors are runnin' about numerous as Bed-bugs, and twice as cheap, with work enough for all certainly in Durham at present, Enclosures all over the County, and North Yorkshire, -- eeh! Fences, Hedges, Ditches ordinary and Ha-Ha Style, all to be laid out . . . "Well, actually the Durham Ha-Ha boom subsided a bit after Lord Lambton fell into his, curs'd it, had it fill'd in with coal-spoil. Pynchon, Thomas, Mason & Dixon, p. 17.
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BTW, agree that Yankee = northerner, Yank = anyone south of Canada and north of Mexico Absolutely. The internationally ubiquitous slogan always seems to be written "Yanks Go Home", I don't recall ever seeing "Yankees Go Home". Why is my mind filled with images of John Cleese giving lessons in Latin grammar? Yanks itae domus
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to a European, any American is a yankee ----------------------------------------- I don't imagine the Canadians are too well pleased by this!
Well, we Canadians don't include ourselves in the word Americans, if that's what you mean, even though it's the name of the continent. To us, it's the name of the people from the US. If we talk about people from this continent, including ourselves, it would be "North Americans". And I have heard Yankee or Yank interchangeably in Canada, meaning American (US'n) in both cases.
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Well, we Canadians don't include ourselves in the word Americans, if that's what you mean, even though it's the name of the continent. To us, it's the name of the people from the US. ---------------------------------------------------------- Precisely, dear Bean. When overseas, when asked if I am an American I answer "Yes, from the States." I can always pick out the Canadians in the group by the slight smiles ... the others tend to look baffled for a moment. If pressed I explain that we have Canada to the North in America and a lot of nations in South America. Makes for some interesting discussions! wow
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Dear Bean: Haven't heard the term "Canucks" for quite a while. Is it acceptable? I have three grand-daughters in Canada, and would notwant to offend them. wwh
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I recently caught up with a term coined by John Candy (I think) describing the myriad Canadian comic actors who made their names through Second City in Chicago (i.e. Bill Murray, Rick Moranis, Mike Myers, etc), or presumably any Canada-to-US immigrant: Frostback.
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Frostback sounds nasty. I once saw a list of prominent "Americans" who originated in Canada. The brain drain to our benefit is much larger than I had realized.
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In reply to:
Frostback sounds nasty.
What do you expect from John Candy?
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brain drain to our benefit...Same applies to 'English' - how many turn out to be Scottish upon inspection! Perhaps there is a natural law of migration to warmer climates involved
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A NZ prime minister of slightly sinister repute in the late 1970s and 1980s, Sir Rob Muldoon, dismissed emigration from NZ to Oz as "raising the IQ in both countries". Could be it applies Canada->US and Scotland->England as well!
Oh, and I almost forgot, what about Mexico->US? [ducking-for-cover emoticon]
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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