tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post115514237145080385..comments2024-03-05T10:58:13.425-05:00Comments on New Around Town: 'Yankee': Slur or term of pride?Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10916922360940636719noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-26987154531057524712020-08-17T12:16:01.114-05:002020-08-17T12:16:01.114-05:00You know, outside the US, many people refer to Ame...You know, outside the US, many people refer to Americans as Yankees or Yanks. It doesn’t matter where in the US you are from. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-34953783973788324532020-06-07T05:31:21.285-05:002020-06-07T05:31:21.285-05:00Wow.... Some things never change,and I'm glad ...Wow.... Some things never change,and I'm glad I had the foresight to see that. I came to this site because a neighbor asked me yesterday if I thought "Yankee" was meant to be a slur. She and her husband have been called this ("rather uncomfortably") for 30 yrs, since they bought a winter home in NC. <br /><br />We both live in PA, but 20+ years ago-- due to the weather-- I seriously considered moving south permanently, along with my boatload of money, extraordinary talents, and overflowing generous spirit. After an extensive tour of 6 different metro areas (Raleigh/Durham, Savannah, Richmond, Tampa, New Orleans and San Antonio), over a period of 3 years, I concluded the only place in the South that I could possibly live was New Orleans. There, despite obvious social problems, life felt normal to me once I got out of the tourist areas. By "normal" I mean that I was treated like any other human being, the way people in the North regularly treat others, regardless of their origins: with respect and tolerance. I realize that this is a generalization, of course, since there are fools everywhere. ("Bless their hearts. . . .")<br /><br />Throughout the rest of the South, I felt like an Outsider, no matter how many times I visited. There was formal politeness in tourist centers, but the undercurrent was clear, and in suburban areas it was overt. I would never be "accepted" as an individual, and probably neither would my grandchildren. We would always be tagged as "Yankees," whether aloud or unspoken.<br /><br />For other reasons, I decided against New Orleans; and not wanting to struggle every day with having to justify my mere presence in "The South," I finally decided to stay where I am. So, now I struggle with snow and cold, and when I've had enough, I take my considerable assets to New Orleans, where they are genuinely appreciated. The intention behind the Southern use of the term "Yankee" was, and is, clear to me. Their loss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-37040574678810524802018-12-29T19:09:03.337-05:002018-12-29T19:09:03.337-05:00Although the term Yankee is largely used in a dero...Although the term Yankee is largely used in a derogatory fashion. I let it slide. It comes from the same backwards, outdated, ignorance that causes individuals of lesser intelligence to wear rebel flags and hate people based on the type of melanin found in their skin cells. That inferior cognitive reasoning ability is the reason "Yanks whooped em good" in the civil war, and why the south will never rise again. Anyone who lives in an area populated by grammatically challenged individuals, will tell you, the south will be lucky to actually do much of anything. The days of hardworking southerners have given way to the slowest, laziest, group of losers to ever take 5 hours to cook minute rice, then forget to use heat. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-37756535469659278712018-04-07T13:08:21.465-05:002018-04-07T13:08:21.465-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dad99https://www.blogger.com/profile/14084050264148855582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-51755340721291498562017-06-27T05:32:30.200-05:002017-06-27T05:32:30.200-05:00Kenny..love the post!! Shit I am a Yankee and a re...Kenny..love the post!! Shit I am a Yankee and a redneck.but above all I am an AMERICAN. .yall can call me what you want I don't care..i think the people in the South are rude!!! Agree as well with the n word...i hear it more now then I did back home from Yankee land Illinois..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10509287410480967209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-54716420833494856732016-05-03T10:48:16.170-05:002016-05-03T10:48:16.170-05:00I feel like this can be considered a petty topic b...I feel like this can be considered a petty topic but my curiosity has got me questioning the subject mainly because I'm from Indiana and have moved to Tennessee 7 yrs ago. Since living here Ive been called a Yankee a few times too many in my opinion. If it was just out of fun or figure of speech I wouldn't be so offended but in my case it has not. I hold a nursing position where Im in charge of other employees who are under me and have had to take actions that require going infront of my higher authority due to lack of respect and upon being in a conference or meeting have been told that even though I was right for disciplinary action toward employee I'm a Yankee and they just have to know how to take me.That I'm different on how I confront people and talk. This has occurred many times in different situations and places. My husband coaches softball and has had numerous people tell him or other parents tell other people we know that they wouldn't allow their child on our team because he's a loud and mean Yankee. I believe we are honest and good people who just want to be involved and living here has made me feel unwelcome and judged. Living up north I've never heard that many insults about southerns except accents.i love hearing other accents and meeting people from other cultures so I've never dealt with this but Im getting to the point where I feel like the whole southern hospitality that I've heard about all my life is not so hospitable. I thought it might have to do with the town in general I live in but I'm not so sure about that either. I believe that racism is racism. its not only about color but origin as well.We should feel welcome, free, and comfortable wherever we choose to live. just like slavery and the war...its over. history is history for a reason. The crazy thing is I'm Italian but know one judges me on that. My loudness and talking with my hands has nothing to do with being from the north. My willingness to speak my mind and stand up for myself has nothing to do with being from the north.It has everything to do with how I was raised to respect everyone and be my own person, not judge, and be honest. So many people down here dont want to tell you they have a problem with something because they were taught to keep quite but they sure as heck tell everyone else and the whole town knows how you upset Susie but you...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-1279904208946531392016-02-24T16:03:13.831-05:002016-02-24T16:03:13.831-05:00As a northerner my natural instincts are to lean t...As a northerner my natural instincts are to lean to the northern side of this argument but my heart tells me that taking sides is wrong. I go to an all southern church and nobody there has made fun of my accent or called me a 'Yankee'. I'll admit that sometimes they speak in such a deep southern accent I can't understand them sometimes but I don't really care. They are so nice and caring and some of the elderly folks there seem like my grandparents at this point. They give me hugs and squeeze my cheeks and they all make me happy, so as a northerner I encourage my northern brothers and sisters to embrace and welcome new cultures such as the southerners. Please put our differences aside and love one another.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17464207935889795753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-3794817185928157152016-02-06T23:36:55.785-05:002016-02-06T23:36:55.785-05:00Cut the grammar police crap and focus on what he s...Cut the grammar police crap and focus on what he said. I live in Wisconsin and Robert's right---it WAS a war of northern aggression!southwillriseagainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07184454753981532261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-20880538061286212362015-05-04T21:39:34.618-05:002015-05-04T21:39:34.618-05:00Excuse me, *your*Excuse me, *your*Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08633317570606001396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-90029385205389198122015-05-04T21:38:32.949-05:002015-05-04T21:38:32.949-05:00You're a wonderful people and by some derivati...You're a wonderful people and by some derivative, I'm proud of the South's tenacity in preserving its rich, and by far unjustly understated heritage. For a Southern man to have to suffer the humiliation of "swallowing the dog," during what the feds called "reconstruction," was completely uncalled for. I study history objectively. You're great, great, great, great grandmothers and grandfathers are to be honored, as well as your proud heritage. Molan Labe.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08633317570606001396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-83014229974597879872015-05-04T21:11:50.704-05:002015-05-04T21:11:50.704-05:00I want to weigh in here. I'm what you'd ca...I want to weigh in here. I'm what you'd call a yankee, by birth. My brain, however, has apparently been hardwired with the same sort of circuitry as the proud men and women of the South. I served the country, spending 2 1/2 years in Hinesville GA. I'm proud to have called the South my home for a short time. Truth be told, I hate it up here. I'm extremely ashamed of the north's capitulation to socialist dogma. I'm ashamed of the North's willingness to be pushed around by a demography that amounts to spoiled, dependent, adoptive children.I'm ashamed of the war of Northern Aggression and I'm ashamed of a Northern culture that wears the laurels of liberalism, yet has no true grasp of the concept. Should the South ever rise again, as it has promised, I would hope that it would welcome me as one of her bastard sons. I know what I feel is right and it is not, for goddamn sure, up here in the North.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08633317570606001396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-46706115656776024822015-01-04T23:06:53.146-05:002015-01-04T23:06:53.146-05:00Very well said!!!!Very well said!!!!anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14119876411210288228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-23022558430806218412014-12-24T01:10:47.019-05:002014-12-24T01:10:47.019-05:00My only issue with the "Southern Drawl" ...My only issue with the "Southern Drawl" is that I just cannot understand it. Whenever I speak to anyone from the South, when I visit, I have a hard time because they talk fast and I cannot catch up with it. It's not better or worse, it's just different from how I say things in my western mass accent that's all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-74342274848254174922013-01-04T07:27:23.583-05:002013-01-04T07:27:23.583-05:00When I moved to SC from the north all I heard was ...When I moved to SC from the north all I heard was that I'm a Yankee and it was "weird" for me to be down there. Guess this state is not interested in moving forward from the 1800's?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-13378624819307989892008-07-13T11:17:00.000-05:002008-07-13T11:17:00.000-05:00Cannot we all just get a long. The Yankees are a ...Cannot we all just get a long. <BR/>The Yankees are a professional sports <BR/>team.<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvte1qOgKVY&feature=relatedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-79434626841651134212008-06-10T09:02:00.000-05:002008-06-10T09:02:00.000-05:00Bank of America came from Ohio down to NC. Wachovi...<B>Bank of America came from Ohio down to NC. Wachovia merged with First Union which was previously headquartered up in Philadelphia. As you can see with the comments above, some southerners are still bitter about the Civil War. Just imagine the hatred we'll be causing for generations over in Iraq. Yankee can be rude or just a term to describe where someone was from. It's the venom that someone says it with.</B><BR/><BR/>It must hurt your Yankee pride to know that we took over your banks. Bank of America was acquired (officially they merged but ask yourself who got control and who was pushed out?) by NationsBank, which was formerly North Carolina National Bank. First Union was founded in Charlotte as Union National Bank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-34943748532503299022007-07-24T14:10:00.000-05:002007-07-24T14:10:00.000-05:00Bank of America came from Ohio down to NC. Wachov...Bank of America came from Ohio down to NC. Wachovia merged with First Union which was previously headquartered up in Philadelphia. As you can see with the comments above, some southerners are still bitter about the Civil War. Just imagine the hatred we'll be causing for generations over in Iraq. Yankee can be rude or just a term to describe where someone was from. It's the venom that someone says it with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-6644116006384991292007-07-24T11:59:00.000-05:002007-07-24T11:59:00.000-05:00To SC hater:You are ridiculous... you have no prid...To SC hater:<BR/>You are ridiculous... you have no pride in where you have come from. I am from Charleston SC, and you will discover that people from ALL over come to visit for the history and beauty of it all. (PS just got voted in the top 10... best places to live and for being the most polite.)<BR/><BR/>Charleston has a lot of transplants as well, and I we welcome them with open arms. BECAUSE IT IS A GROWING CITY... like Charlotte. We are not so stupid to think that diversity is a bad thing. So, now a note from Charlotte-transplant from Charleston... Come on transplants! True southerners know better than to speak like some "southerners" on this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-1163560498393609782006-11-14T22:14:00.000-05:002006-11-14T22:14:00.000-05:00heyy yall!^^ i didn't mind to read the commments (...heyy yall!^^ i didn't mind to read the commments ( and probably won't come bak here anyways *cough*) but i want you guys to know that im a person from the north side and we yankees as you call us really dont get offended by that. i mean we have a baseball team named after the Yankees.....im sure you've heard of them and they're probably even gonna make it to the leagues. but people here dont even mention the word yankee bcuz its so ancient i guess. but if u mention the word ever1'll probably think you were some mentally challenged person or some crazy fan of the baseball team, you know. (haha)!c ya guys hav a lot of fun chattin^^Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-1157129653337891932006-09-01T11:54:00.000-05:002006-09-01T11:54:00.000-05:00I moved to Charlotte about 5 years ago from NYC. S...I moved to Charlotte about 5 years ago from NYC. Several people here have called me Yankee in a derogative, nasty way.(ususally in a parking lot or standing in line). <BR/><BR/>Guess what? I ignore them and go on with life. What is the point of this blog???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-1156875846303973742006-08-29T13:24:00.000-05:002006-08-29T13:24:00.000-05:00To NCGOPGirl,every time I've ever heard the Civil ...To NCGOPGirl,<BR/><BR/>every time I've ever heard the Civil War referred to as the war of Northern Aggression, it's been a bigoted southerner who's said it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-1155708635582904212006-08-16T01:10:00.000-05:002006-08-16T01:10:00.000-05:00HOOTNANNYYS, you obviously don't live in SC, or yo...HOOTNANNYYS, you obviously don't live in SC, or you're not very knowledgeable about the state you live in at all. Blue laws are not statewide laws; they vary from county to county. By the way, if you live in York County, make sure you show up at the polls in November to make sure you vote for the allowance of alcohol sales on Sundays.<BR/><BR/>And the dumbest state in the Union is Arizona: http://www.morganquitno.com/edrank.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-1155665974808684372006-08-15T13:19:00.000-05:002006-08-15T13:19:00.000-05:00I disagree with anonymout about transplants, if it...I disagree with anonymout about transplants, if it wasn't for us the job growth would exist and different cultures wouldn't be introduced it would be pretty boring, but what ever you have to say. We always have transplants were I am from and it's nice to know that there are people from different places makes it more interesting, not BORING.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-1155665779567984152006-08-15T13:16:00.000-05:002006-08-15T13:16:00.000-05:00I agree with Emma that Katherine has backward thin...I agree with Emma that Katherine has backward thinking. If people have problems with people moving from the North to there town I think they are stuck in time. I really like North Carolina and would like for my children to grow up here and they are Yankees and we are proud of where we came from and no one is going to offend us with there immature backward thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29766289.post-1155592384581358022006-08-14T16:53:00.000-05:002006-08-14T16:53:00.000-05:00Hi. I live in SC and as someone who has lived in s...Hi. I live in SC and as someone who has lived in several different southern states I must say, South Carolina is by far the scariest place in this country (It's also the dumbest). Blue laws? Why don't they just make women wear burkas and chain them to the house? Jesus called, he really doesn't care about your stupid churches on Sundays! BAKOFJFOKLAJJL!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com