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Now, Gene, remember what you said about taking offense...

Gene GeRue wrote:
> 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.
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