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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Yankee #18736 02/12/2001 8:48 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I hope that this is not a long ago exhausted topic. I have seen several derivations for the term "Yankee". The one that seemed to me the most probable stated that the Indians in Massachusetts had trouble pronouncing "English" and their approximation was "Yengees".Allegedly some of the colonists copied this in joking reference to their own group. Anyone care discuss this? wwh Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Yankee wwh 02/12/2001 8:48 PM Re: Yankee Faldage 02/12/2001 9:01 PM Re: Yankee Geoff 02/13/2001 12:40 AM Re: Yankee wwh 02/13/2001 7:44 PM Re: Yankee of troy 02/13/2001 8:46 PM Re: Yankee maverick 02/14/2001 12:32 PM Re: Yankee wwh 02/14/2001 2:02 PM Re: Confederate Yankees Faldage 02/14/2001 2:12 PM Re: Yankee wow 02/14/2001 2:44 PM Re: Yankee Capital Kiwi 02/14/2001 5:04 PM Re: golden threads and silver needles tsuwm 02/14/2001 5:56 PM Re: Yankee Max Quordlepleen 02/14/2001 5:59 PM Re: Yankee Bean 02/15/2001 1:17 PM Re: Yankee wow 02/15/2001 1:27 PM Re: Yankee wwh 02/15/2001 2:14 PM Canucks Fiberbabe 02/15/2001 2:54 PM Re: Canucks wwh 02/15/2001 3:00 PM Re: Canucks Fiberbabe 02/15/2001 3:05 PM Re: Canucks maverick 02/15/2001 3:06 PM Re: Immigration ... Capital Kiwi 02/16/2001 10:03 AM Re: Immigration ... Bean 02/16/2001 11:29 AM Canadians Sparteye 02/16/2001 3:43 PM Re: Yankee des 02/16/2001 2:22 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,261 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 9 LukeJavan8 2 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,122 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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