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To foreigners, a Yankee is an American. To Americans, a Yankee is an Easterner. To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander. To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter. And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast. -(an old definition [of Yankee]) Wikipedia article on Yankee |
Calling people south of the Mason-Dixon line "Yanks" will probably get the shit beat out of you.