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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: merkin #87290 11/19/02 06:41 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Faldage: Many years ago in New England Historical Genealogical Register, I read an article that seems plausible to me. It stated that the Indians in the Massachusetts area could not pronounce "English". Their approximation was "Yengees" (sp?) The colonists jokingly applied it to each other, and the usage was spread by seafaring traders from the Bay State. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted merkin tsuwm 11/19/02 02:45 AM Re: merkin wwh 11/19/02 02:56 AM Re: merkin tsuwm 11/19/02 03:24 AM Re: merkin Alex Williams 11/19/02 11:35 AM Re: merkin Faldage 11/19/02 11:48 AM Re: merkin dxb 11/19/02 11:35 AM Re: merkin tsuwm 11/19/02 03:32 PM Re: merkin vika 11/19/02 03:55 PM Re: merkin Alex Williams 11/19/02 04:24 PM Re: merkin Faldage 11/19/02 05:08 PM Re: merkin wwh 11/19/02 06:41 PM Re: Yengees Faldage 11/19/02 07:00 PM Re: Yankees as in NY WhitmanO'Neill 11/19/02 09:34 PM Re: Yankees as in NY Faldage 11/20/02 11:23 AM Re: Yankees as in NY WhitmanO'Neill 11/20/02 12:14 PM Re: Yankees as in NY Faldage 11/20/02 12:18 PM Re: Yankees as in NY WhitmanO'Neill 11/20/02 12:23 PM Re: Yank RhubarbCommando 11/20/02 02:05 PM Re: Yank Faldage 11/20/02 02:12 PM Re: Yank wwh 11/20/02 02:17 PM Re: Yank WhitmanO'Neill 11/20/02 08:37 PM Re: Yank Faldage 11/20/02 08:40 PM picking some nits AnnaStrophic 11/19/02 07:04 PM Re: picking some nits Alex Williams 11/19/02 08:35 PM Re: picking some nits Wordwind 11/20/02 12:49 AM Re: picking some nits Buffalo Shrdlu 11/20/02 01:09 AM USna AnnaStrophic 11/20/02 01:20 AM Re: picking some nits wwh 11/20/02 01:41 AM Re: From Internet wwh 11/20/02 01:47 AM Re: From Internet Alex Williams 11/20/02 01:57 AM Re: From Internet wwh 11/20/02 02:12 AM Re: From Internet Bean 11/20/02 10:53 AM Re: picking some nits vika 11/20/02 12:05 PM Re: merkin wwh 11/19/02 04:27 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 Posts229,994 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 969 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,957 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,955 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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