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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 Re: golden threads and silver needles #18746 02/14/01 05:56 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Yankee #18747 02/14/01 05:59 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Yankee #18748 02/15/01 01:17 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 B Bean old hand Bean old hand B Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Yankee #18749 02/15/01 01:27 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Yankee #18750 02/15/01 02:14 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Canucks #18751 02/15/01 02:54 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Canucks #18752 02/15/01 03:00 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh OP Carpal Tunnel OP wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Canucks #18753 02/15/01 03:05 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon In reply to: Frostback sounds nasty. What do you expect from John Candy? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Canucks #18754 02/15/01 03:06 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Immigration ... #18755 02/16/01 10:03 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England 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 ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 3 1 2 3 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,... 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