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Message:: [QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 162948, member: 44"]Thank you, komo! I was hoping for a collective name for one living in GB. As for being called a Yank, it doesn't bother me because I'm originally from New England; however, it can really upset a die hard Southerner to be called a Yank. Back in the late 1970s, my parents lived in Ontario for a few years. While there a good friend of my mother's from Mississippi visited. My mother took her to club and church gatherings. Several times the friend was called "another Yank..." Boy, this "bent her out of shape" because Southerns called northerners "Yankees," a throw back to the Civil War. I suspect Mexicans call us "Yanks," but no doubt some still say "Gringos." Yankee comes from the song Yankee Doodle thats dates before the American Revolution. I think??? during the French and Indian wars British military officers sang it to make fun of disheveled simpleton American/colonial militia they were trying to lead?? --- Susan[/QUOTE]