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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Apr 29, 2008, at 5:51 PM, Steve Oliphant wrote:

>  Everyone outside the line (on the side of the line
> drawers) is a damn yankee!

Side note: one of the proposed derivations of the term Yankee is that  
it comes from the Dutch name Janke, pronounced Yanke. My father's  
mother was German and her maiden name was Jaunke, pronounced Yaunke.  
This was in Northern Michigan. So I guess I am pretty well qualified  
to be a Yankee. Now, if you were inclined to call me a damn yankee,  
damned yankee, damn Yankee, or damned Yankee, for your personal safety  
you had best do it with a smile.