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#139512 02/23/2005 3:16 AM

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<<Most scholars now believe that Yankee comes from Dutch although there is disagreement about which Dutch word is the source.>>

I'm partial to that explanation, because it makes me laugh.

Interesting, the table turning in Mencken's fav'd.

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