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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: gringo/yankee #3217 06/04/00 01:12 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York JM, Yep, Mark Twain wrote "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." I guess "Connecticut" is a tad superfluous for a foreign-language book/film title But I think the term precedes Twain. Maybe it comes from a Native American word? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted American terms Rubrick 06/02/00 09:52 AM Re: American terms AnnaStrophic 06/02/00 11:54 AM Re: American terms Rubrick 06/02/00 12:09 PM Re: American terms AnnaStrophic 06/02/00 12:30 PM Re: American terms Jackie 06/02/00 12:41 PM Re: American terms tsuwm 06/02/00 03:53 PM Re: American terms Jackie 06/02/00 10:31 PM Re: American terms David108 06/02/00 07:23 PM Re: American terms Jackie 06/02/00 10:29 PM Re: American terms hpr 06/15/00 04:53 PM Re: dixie tsuwm 06/15/00 05:13 PM Re: dixie hpr 06/15/00 08:40 PM Re: dixie David108 06/16/00 06:23 PM Re: American terms juanmaria 06/03/00 02:47 PM gringo/yankee AnnaStrophic 06/03/00 06:45 PM Re: gringo/yankee juanmaria 06/04/00 11:30 AM Re: gringo/yankee AnnaStrophic 06/04/00 01:12 PM Re: gringo/yankee juanmaria 06/04/00 03:55 PM Re: gringo/yankee tsuwm 06/04/00 04:28 PM Re:Non cartoon juanmaria 06/04/00 07:09 PM Re: gringo/yankee Rubrick 06/06/00 09:41 AM Re: gringo/yankee Meta4 06/05/00 05:12 AM Re: gringo/yankee Jackie 06/05/00 06:33 PM Re: gringo/yankee Rubrick 06/06/00 09:44 AM Re: gringo/yankee Jackie 06/09/00 10:52 AM Syrup Meta4 06/06/00 10:33 PM Re: gringo/yankee Rubrick 06/06/00 09:38 AM Re: gringo/yankee Lucy 06/07/00 02:08 AM Re: gringo/yankee Jackie 06/09/00 12:46 AM Re: gringo/yankee Lucy 06/09/00 06:08 AM Re: gringo/yankee Jackie 06/09/00 11:05 AM Re: gringo/yankee Lucy 06/14/00 01:41 AM Re: gringo/yankee tsuwm 06/09/00 02:23 PM Re: spickets and figs AnnaStrophic 06/09/00 02:26 PM Re: spickets and figs jmh 06/09/00 05:29 PM Re: spickets and figs Jackie 06/10/00 11:07 AM Re: spickets and figs David108 06/10/00 06:44 PM Re: gringo/yankee Rubrick 06/12/00 07:31 AM Re: gringo tsuwm 06/03/00 08:11 PM Re: American terms carita 06/15/00 08:58 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,347 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 769 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,548 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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