We are the Denver chapter of Prime Timers World Wide, an active organization of mature men and admirers. It’s a play on the word “dandy,” referring to a fop or self-absorbed, overly stylish man. The song "Yankee Doodle" is a very good example. It was intended to be offensive, and it was. … /endsarcasm, No, I actually like Yank. No, girls tend to overreact to that kind of thing. So do you see it as offensive or was she just over reacting. I prefer redneck if its not too much trouble ", I found myself making a point to always say it because it's my only way to get back at all them for the obnoxious and stupid jokes you hear people make every time you say you are from Canada. The delicious irony is that, as the colonists began to win the war, they embraced “Yankee Doodle Dandy” as their own. The phrase “stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni” referred to a foppish English group called the Macaroni Club, whose members wore ludicrous “continental” fashions they mistakenly believed to be elegant. take the patriotic ditty “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” Most of us know it as a silly children’s song used to teach about the War of Independence. I prefer being called a yank actually "American" sounds derogatory. And a dandy was well, a dandy. :). I would suggest it's not a strong dividing line, some deviation there. But David Segal, in The New York Times, revealed its much more insidious origins. It is the lover’s spell, the nurse’s lullaby,” he wrote.
A “doodle,” now meaning a worthless drawing, referred to a fool or patsy. All rights reserved. Yankees are considered northerners. When I was in the Navy, this one guy from Arkansas called me a Yankee. *shrug*.
To be fair, "Yankee doodle" was a British song making fun of Americans.
So by singing “Yankee Doodle,” you!re not just celebrating the country’s birth. Southerners occasionally refer to northerners as yankees as kind of a slur, although this isn't as common as it used to be. .
I'm from NY and it wouldn't offend me. It's always the same handful of stupid jokes and the dumb asses always think they are being original and funny. . This is historically inaccurate, but tends to be how it is thought of now. “Yankee Doodle” is now their paean, a favorite of favorites, played in their army . Whether you’re a member, just moved to the area, or here for a short time, please join us at our scheduled activities. This topic is locked from further discussion. r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.
Hmm,while I'm not against it,the literal term is for someone from the northeastern area of the US.So,to make my answer brief,I'm not pulled in one direction or the other. ". He thinks that sticking a feather in his cap will suffice to join Britain’s most effete club. It is a myth that “Yankee Doodle” was originally a patriotic song. Despite my knowledge of the historical inaccuracy.
Colorado Prime Timers. So, would it bother you if I referred to you as a Yank? Just the south. As a US American, I find it quite funny when my 'cross the pond co-worker uses the term, jokes about drinking tea and wearing red on July 4th, uses other Brit-centric terms like "wanker" and "buggered", or jokes about our sport of hand-egg. ** Opinions expressed in various columns of this website are the sole opinions of the writer and are not necessarily of the Colorado Prime Timers organization, it’s Board or Editor. I think it's kind of funny. Not to me, but maybe to southerners (yankees are from the north). Am I right?!?! document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); Granted, the Yankees is the name of an American sports team, but not all of those are slurs. If you're south of the Mason-Dixon line a Yankee is everyone north of you. They lost the Civil War. After the Battle of Saratoga, an English officer reported hearing American troops singing the song in victory.
It wouldn't offend me. I've always considered yanks to be those who live in the New England area of the east coast. Then I began to think bout the context with which you would call one a Yak and proceeded to start laughing.
Yes, because it's one letter away from "wank.".
It was composed in England as an anti-American tune. . Unless it is said in a British accent, in which case I would probably explain that words have different implications depending on cultural context.
To be fair, "Yankee doodle" was a British song making fun of Americans. gamer_152. So, essentially, the colonists were stupid faggots. Gringo is the term I heard for us folk north of the border.
cinched waistcoats, tall white wigs, slippers, and colorful stockings. It's supposed to be an insult, but I would laugh it off. I'm pretty sure a "Yank" would describe someone who lives in New York. For reference see Chicago's nickname "The Windy City". I'm a Yank and it doesn't bother me.
"Yank" is something that, historically, Americans have taken pride in. Reappropriation is an American specialty . Some historical notes, though, are less inspiring . I ask because not so long ago I was talking to an american friend of mine and I jokingly said "you yanks are hilarious" which she took offence too. I don't find it offensive. To call someone a Yankee is to say that they come from a place where people aren't able to control their tempers and will violate laws when they get emotional. I grew up in a place where some people refer to the Civil War as "the war of northern aggression". Not sure if that's just him or not. The local chapter of Prime Timers World Wide! The origin of the word Yankee, the song "Yankee Doodle Dandy" explained, and George Washington likely did stand while crossing the Delaware River. I have never heard a Mexican use the word Yankee not in reference to the sports team. (Sometimes the LGBT community knows a little something about.).
. . Not to me, but I'm a white male, so, legally I don't think I get to be offended by anything. /sarcasm But come on though, most of them Yanks are probably too stupid, ignorant, lazy and busy eating fatty foods to even realize it if it was being used as an insult. Oi, you limey Brits! Thank you. It doesn't offend me personally, but, I'd feel as though I'm being offensive if referring to other nationalities using slang, so . Is it OK to call you a limey? (Some in the south consider the secession from the Union to be completely legal.). George M. Cohan popularized the tune with his adaptation, “The Yankee Doodle Boy,” from the 1904 musical Little Johnny Jones. . Only they couldn’t even do that right. Yankee is one of those terms that were originally used in a derogatory manner (see the song Yankee Doodle) but has since been reclaimed with pride. I wouldn't really be offended... but to be honest it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense. Just like calling a Puerto Rican a Chicano. In another time, they might have been drag queens. A “ yankee,” of course, is a derogatory term for an American. I think it was used derogatorily in the past. . So calling them Yanks is my little way to let off some steam without exploding and making myself look dumber then I usually do.
As a southerner, certainly while growing up, it would have offended me greatly. Most Americans wrongly assume that it was a song written by a Patriot as a symbol of colonial defiance of British authority. Colorado Prime Timers is a social club only. Oi, you limey Wankers! But, then again, I'm from a Southern state in the U.S. so I automatically assume you're talking about someone from up North. Beyond that, I don't know. After a time, however, Americans took the term, the same way that Homosexuals and African Americans in this country have repurposed some originally very offensive slang. The delicious irony is that, as the colonists began to win the war, they embraced “Yankee Doodle Dandy” as their own. It's how it is used in context. “It was not a little mortifying to hear them play this tune when their army marched down to our surrender.”, The point, says Segal, is not to stop singing “Yankee Doodle.” It’s to realize that reappropriating slurs is as American as apple pie.
I explained to him that I am from Washington State. I read this wrong at first, I read it as Yak. The British can call me Yank if I can call them Red Coats. " . I'm sure there are some that would take offense though. Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, who fled sodomy charges in Prussia, was an integral member of the Continental Army, training the troops and serving as General Washington!s chief of staff. I prefer redneck if its not too much trouble. I just like how it sounds :D. Not to me.
It's similar to how Yankee Doodle was co-opted by us Americans. You are belting out words used by the soldiers who made that birth possible, and with a taunt that boomeranged for the ages. To mentally stable Americans, "yank" is not offensive. Dammit, I LOVE being a Yankee. I have a Yankee friend who feels like being called a yank is like saying all amercians are fat, stupid, lazy, ignorant slobs like the typical American stereotype they get perceived as by the rest of the world all rolled up into one word.
We are the Denver chapter of Prime Timers World Wide, an active organization of mature men and admirers. It’s a play on the word “dandy,” referring to a fop or self-absorbed, overly stylish man. The song "Yankee Doodle" is a very good example. It was intended to be offensive, and it was. … /endsarcasm, No, I actually like Yank. No, girls tend to overreact to that kind of thing. So do you see it as offensive or was she just over reacting. I prefer redneck if its not too much trouble ", I found myself making a point to always say it because it's my only way to get back at all them for the obnoxious and stupid jokes you hear people make every time you say you are from Canada. The delicious irony is that, as the colonists began to win the war, they embraced “Yankee Doodle Dandy” as their own. The phrase “stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni” referred to a foppish English group called the Macaroni Club, whose members wore ludicrous “continental” fashions they mistakenly believed to be elegant. take the patriotic ditty “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” Most of us know it as a silly children’s song used to teach about the War of Independence. I prefer being called a yank actually "American" sounds derogatory. And a dandy was well, a dandy. :). I would suggest it's not a strong dividing line, some deviation there. But David Segal, in The New York Times, revealed its much more insidious origins. It is the lover’s spell, the nurse’s lullaby,” he wrote.
A “doodle,” now meaning a worthless drawing, referred to a fool or patsy. All rights reserved. Yankees are considered northerners. When I was in the Navy, this one guy from Arkansas called me a Yankee. *shrug*.
To be fair, "Yankee doodle" was a British song making fun of Americans.
So by singing “Yankee Doodle,” you!re not just celebrating the country’s birth. Southerners occasionally refer to northerners as yankees as kind of a slur, although this isn't as common as it used to be. .
I'm from NY and it wouldn't offend me. It's always the same handful of stupid jokes and the dumb asses always think they are being original and funny. . This is historically inaccurate, but tends to be how it is thought of now. “Yankee Doodle” is now their paean, a favorite of favorites, played in their army . Whether you’re a member, just moved to the area, or here for a short time, please join us at our scheduled activities. This topic is locked from further discussion. r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.
Hmm,while I'm not against it,the literal term is for someone from the northeastern area of the US.So,to make my answer brief,I'm not pulled in one direction or the other. ". He thinks that sticking a feather in his cap will suffice to join Britain’s most effete club. It is a myth that “Yankee Doodle” was originally a patriotic song. Despite my knowledge of the historical inaccuracy.
Colorado Prime Timers. So, would it bother you if I referred to you as a Yank? Just the south. As a US American, I find it quite funny when my 'cross the pond co-worker uses the term, jokes about drinking tea and wearing red on July 4th, uses other Brit-centric terms like "wanker" and "buggered", or jokes about our sport of hand-egg. ** Opinions expressed in various columns of this website are the sole opinions of the writer and are not necessarily of the Colorado Prime Timers organization, it’s Board or Editor. I think it's kind of funny. Not to me, but maybe to southerners (yankees are from the north). Am I right?!?! document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); Granted, the Yankees is the name of an American sports team, but not all of those are slurs. If you're south of the Mason-Dixon line a Yankee is everyone north of you. They lost the Civil War. After the Battle of Saratoga, an English officer reported hearing American troops singing the song in victory.
It wouldn't offend me. I've always considered yanks to be those who live in the New England area of the east coast. Then I began to think bout the context with which you would call one a Yak and proceeded to start laughing.
Yes, because it's one letter away from "wank.".
It was composed in England as an anti-American tune. . Unless it is said in a British accent, in which case I would probably explain that words have different implications depending on cultural context.
To be fair, "Yankee doodle" was a British song making fun of Americans. gamer_152. So, essentially, the colonists were stupid faggots. Gringo is the term I heard for us folk north of the border.
cinched waistcoats, tall white wigs, slippers, and colorful stockings. It's supposed to be an insult, but I would laugh it off. I'm pretty sure a "Yank" would describe someone who lives in New York. For reference see Chicago's nickname "The Windy City". I'm a Yank and it doesn't bother me.
"Yank" is something that, historically, Americans have taken pride in. Reappropriation is an American specialty . Some historical notes, though, are less inspiring . I ask because not so long ago I was talking to an american friend of mine and I jokingly said "you yanks are hilarious" which she took offence too. I don't find it offensive. To call someone a Yankee is to say that they come from a place where people aren't able to control their tempers and will violate laws when they get emotional. I grew up in a place where some people refer to the Civil War as "the war of northern aggression". Not sure if that's just him or not. The local chapter of Prime Timers World Wide! The origin of the word Yankee, the song "Yankee Doodle Dandy" explained, and George Washington likely did stand while crossing the Delaware River. I have never heard a Mexican use the word Yankee not in reference to the sports team. (Sometimes the LGBT community knows a little something about.).
. . Not to me, but I'm a white male, so, legally I don't think I get to be offended by anything. /sarcasm But come on though, most of them Yanks are probably too stupid, ignorant, lazy and busy eating fatty foods to even realize it if it was being used as an insult. Oi, you limey Brits! Thank you. It doesn't offend me personally, but, I'd feel as though I'm being offensive if referring to other nationalities using slang, so . Is it OK to call you a limey? (Some in the south consider the secession from the Union to be completely legal.). George M. Cohan popularized the tune with his adaptation, “The Yankee Doodle Boy,” from the 1904 musical Little Johnny Jones. . Only they couldn’t even do that right. Yankee is one of those terms that were originally used in a derogatory manner (see the song Yankee Doodle) but has since been reclaimed with pride. I wouldn't really be offended... but to be honest it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense. Just like calling a Puerto Rican a Chicano. In another time, they might have been drag queens. A “ yankee,” of course, is a derogatory term for an American. I think it was used derogatorily in the past. . So calling them Yanks is my little way to let off some steam without exploding and making myself look dumber then I usually do.
As a southerner, certainly while growing up, it would have offended me greatly. Most Americans wrongly assume that it was a song written by a Patriot as a symbol of colonial defiance of British authority. Colorado Prime Timers is a social club only. Oi, you limey Wankers! But, then again, I'm from a Southern state in the U.S. so I automatically assume you're talking about someone from up North. Beyond that, I don't know. After a time, however, Americans took the term, the same way that Homosexuals and African Americans in this country have repurposed some originally very offensive slang. The delicious irony is that, as the colonists began to win the war, they embraced “Yankee Doodle Dandy” as their own. It's how it is used in context. “It was not a little mortifying to hear them play this tune when their army marched down to our surrender.”, The point, says Segal, is not to stop singing “Yankee Doodle.” It’s to realize that reappropriating slurs is as American as apple pie.
I explained to him that I am from Washington State. I read this wrong at first, I read it as Yak. The British can call me Yank if I can call them Red Coats. " . I'm sure there are some that would take offense though. Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, who fled sodomy charges in Prussia, was an integral member of the Continental Army, training the troops and serving as General Washington!s chief of staff. I prefer redneck if its not too much trouble. I just like how it sounds :D. Not to me.
It's similar to how Yankee Doodle was co-opted by us Americans. You are belting out words used by the soldiers who made that birth possible, and with a taunt that boomeranged for the ages. To mentally stable Americans, "yank" is not offensive. Dammit, I LOVE being a Yankee. I have a Yankee friend who feels like being called a yank is like saying all amercians are fat, stupid, lazy, ignorant slobs like the typical American stereotype they get perceived as by the rest of the world all rolled up into one word.
In this case, however, there are still many, in certain parts of the country, that would be offended by the word to describe them.
Don't call us all rednecks though. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Yank is fine, she overreached, you win that round, you told me I win i like you have an upvote. It was originally used by New Yorkers to criticize the native Chicagoan pride, calling Chicago a town of windbags (which still continues to this day).
actually, it might just be the text . The “macaroni” mentioned in the chorus isn’t pasta, but rather 18th-century slang for the British dandies who eschewed English drabness in favor of European flair . Press J to jump to the feed. Click HERE for a photo gallery from previous events. We have a fucking song calling ourselves that.
Follow 14838. And since it's just "Yankee" shortened I don't see how it could be. Never seen how it could be offensive, just a term for where you're from. . Same goes for ‘Yank’ - both ARE equally offensive to me! Short for Yankee.
We are the Denver chapter of Prime Timers World Wide, an active organization of mature men and admirers. It’s a play on the word “dandy,” referring to a fop or self-absorbed, overly stylish man. The song "Yankee Doodle" is a very good example. It was intended to be offensive, and it was. … /endsarcasm, No, I actually like Yank. No, girls tend to overreact to that kind of thing. So do you see it as offensive or was she just over reacting. I prefer redneck if its not too much trouble ", I found myself making a point to always say it because it's my only way to get back at all them for the obnoxious and stupid jokes you hear people make every time you say you are from Canada. The delicious irony is that, as the colonists began to win the war, they embraced “Yankee Doodle Dandy” as their own. The phrase “stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni” referred to a foppish English group called the Macaroni Club, whose members wore ludicrous “continental” fashions they mistakenly believed to be elegant. take the patriotic ditty “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” Most of us know it as a silly children’s song used to teach about the War of Independence. I prefer being called a yank actually "American" sounds derogatory. And a dandy was well, a dandy. :). I would suggest it's not a strong dividing line, some deviation there. But David Segal, in The New York Times, revealed its much more insidious origins. It is the lover’s spell, the nurse’s lullaby,” he wrote.
A “doodle,” now meaning a worthless drawing, referred to a fool or patsy. All rights reserved. Yankees are considered northerners. When I was in the Navy, this one guy from Arkansas called me a Yankee. *shrug*.
To be fair, "Yankee doodle" was a British song making fun of Americans.
So by singing “Yankee Doodle,” you!re not just celebrating the country’s birth. Southerners occasionally refer to northerners as yankees as kind of a slur, although this isn't as common as it used to be. .
I'm from NY and it wouldn't offend me. It's always the same handful of stupid jokes and the dumb asses always think they are being original and funny. . This is historically inaccurate, but tends to be how it is thought of now. “Yankee Doodle” is now their paean, a favorite of favorites, played in their army . Whether you’re a member, just moved to the area, or here for a short time, please join us at our scheduled activities. This topic is locked from further discussion. r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions.
Hmm,while I'm not against it,the literal term is for someone from the northeastern area of the US.So,to make my answer brief,I'm not pulled in one direction or the other. ". He thinks that sticking a feather in his cap will suffice to join Britain’s most effete club. It is a myth that “Yankee Doodle” was originally a patriotic song. Despite my knowledge of the historical inaccuracy.
Colorado Prime Timers. So, would it bother you if I referred to you as a Yank? Just the south. As a US American, I find it quite funny when my 'cross the pond co-worker uses the term, jokes about drinking tea and wearing red on July 4th, uses other Brit-centric terms like "wanker" and "buggered", or jokes about our sport of hand-egg. ** Opinions expressed in various columns of this website are the sole opinions of the writer and are not necessarily of the Colorado Prime Timers organization, it’s Board or Editor. I think it's kind of funny. Not to me, but maybe to southerners (yankees are from the north). Am I right?!?! document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); Granted, the Yankees is the name of an American sports team, but not all of those are slurs. If you're south of the Mason-Dixon line a Yankee is everyone north of you. They lost the Civil War. After the Battle of Saratoga, an English officer reported hearing American troops singing the song in victory.
It wouldn't offend me. I've always considered yanks to be those who live in the New England area of the east coast. Then I began to think bout the context with which you would call one a Yak and proceeded to start laughing.
Yes, because it's one letter away from "wank.".
It was composed in England as an anti-American tune. . Unless it is said in a British accent, in which case I would probably explain that words have different implications depending on cultural context.
To be fair, "Yankee doodle" was a British song making fun of Americans. gamer_152. So, essentially, the colonists were stupid faggots. Gringo is the term I heard for us folk north of the border.
cinched waistcoats, tall white wigs, slippers, and colorful stockings. It's supposed to be an insult, but I would laugh it off. I'm pretty sure a "Yank" would describe someone who lives in New York. For reference see Chicago's nickname "The Windy City". I'm a Yank and it doesn't bother me.
"Yank" is something that, historically, Americans have taken pride in. Reappropriation is an American specialty . Some historical notes, though, are less inspiring . I ask because not so long ago I was talking to an american friend of mine and I jokingly said "you yanks are hilarious" which she took offence too. I don't find it offensive. To call someone a Yankee is to say that they come from a place where people aren't able to control their tempers and will violate laws when they get emotional. I grew up in a place where some people refer to the Civil War as "the war of northern aggression". Not sure if that's just him or not. The local chapter of Prime Timers World Wide! The origin of the word Yankee, the song "Yankee Doodle Dandy" explained, and George Washington likely did stand while crossing the Delaware River. I have never heard a Mexican use the word Yankee not in reference to the sports team. (Sometimes the LGBT community knows a little something about.).
. . Not to me, but I'm a white male, so, legally I don't think I get to be offended by anything. /sarcasm But come on though, most of them Yanks are probably too stupid, ignorant, lazy and busy eating fatty foods to even realize it if it was being used as an insult. Oi, you limey Brits! Thank you. It doesn't offend me personally, but, I'd feel as though I'm being offensive if referring to other nationalities using slang, so . Is it OK to call you a limey? (Some in the south consider the secession from the Union to be completely legal.). George M. Cohan popularized the tune with his adaptation, “The Yankee Doodle Boy,” from the 1904 musical Little Johnny Jones. . Only they couldn’t even do that right. Yankee is one of those terms that were originally used in a derogatory manner (see the song Yankee Doodle) but has since been reclaimed with pride. I wouldn't really be offended... but to be honest it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense. Just like calling a Puerto Rican a Chicano. In another time, they might have been drag queens. A “ yankee,” of course, is a derogatory term for an American. I think it was used derogatorily in the past. . So calling them Yanks is my little way to let off some steam without exploding and making myself look dumber then I usually do.
As a southerner, certainly while growing up, it would have offended me greatly. Most Americans wrongly assume that it was a song written by a Patriot as a symbol of colonial defiance of British authority. Colorado Prime Timers is a social club only. Oi, you limey Wankers! But, then again, I'm from a Southern state in the U.S. so I automatically assume you're talking about someone from up North. Beyond that, I don't know. After a time, however, Americans took the term, the same way that Homosexuals and African Americans in this country have repurposed some originally very offensive slang. The delicious irony is that, as the colonists began to win the war, they embraced “Yankee Doodle Dandy” as their own. It's how it is used in context. “It was not a little mortifying to hear them play this tune when their army marched down to our surrender.”, The point, says Segal, is not to stop singing “Yankee Doodle.” It’s to realize that reappropriating slurs is as American as apple pie.
I explained to him that I am from Washington State. I read this wrong at first, I read it as Yak. The British can call me Yank if I can call them Red Coats. " . I'm sure there are some that would take offense though. Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, who fled sodomy charges in Prussia, was an integral member of the Continental Army, training the troops and serving as General Washington!s chief of staff. I prefer redneck if its not too much trouble. I just like how it sounds :D. Not to me.
It's similar to how Yankee Doodle was co-opted by us Americans. You are belting out words used by the soldiers who made that birth possible, and with a taunt that boomeranged for the ages. To mentally stable Americans, "yank" is not offensive. Dammit, I LOVE being a Yankee. I have a Yankee friend who feels like being called a yank is like saying all amercians are fat, stupid, lazy, ignorant slobs like the typical American stereotype they get perceived as by the rest of the world all rolled up into one word.
