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"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscape net> wrote:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee
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> See "Rejected etymologies"
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Like JimT, I had some kind of half-formed idea that "Yankee" was based on
American/Canadian Indian lore (or language.) In the "Rejected etymologies", I
atually like this explanation:
"Another theory surmised that the word was borrowed from the Wyandot [Indian]
pronunciation of the French l'anglais, meaning "the Englishman" or "the English
language", which was sounded as Y'an-gee."
If that has any basis in fact, then I imagine that the Wyandot used it in a
perjorative sense from the get-go-- before anyone else! There were some complex
and ugly historical interactions between The Wyandot (or Hurons), the Iroquois,
the French, and the English, in the 17th century. The English *apparently* used
the term first, but I wonder...
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On 7/3/2018 2:53 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Following the hint by BaldEagle, I looked up the etymology of
> 'Yankee'. I am in doubt about the Dutch origin supposed by some sites,
> and prefer the explanation given by Merriam-Webster:
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> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Yankee
>
Please find out the meaning of "Hoosier" next. Thanks.
Mike
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Mike Horvath <mik### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Please find out the meaning of "Hoosier" next. Thanks.
>
>
> Mike
Sure thing, Mike.
"Hoosier Daddy?" :D
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On 7/19/2018 8:28 PM, Bald Eagle wrote:
> Mike Horvath <mik### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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>> Please find out the meaning of "Hoosier" next. Thanks.
>>
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>> Mike
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> Sure thing, Mike.
>
> "Hoosier Daddy?" :D
>
I challenge you to find a stupider name for a region's people.
Mike
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On 7/19/2018 9:14 PM, Mike Horvath wrote:
> On 7/19/2018 8:28 PM, Bald Eagle wrote:
>> Mike Horvath <mik### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
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>>> Please find out the meaning of "Hoosier" next. Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike
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>> Sure thing, Mike.
>>
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> I challenge you to find a stupider name for a region's people.
>
>
> Mike
I forgot that Indiana is part of the larger region of Redneckistan.
Mike
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