Hey, you asked: Can anyone explain the origin of the term "Yankee"?
This isn't the origin, but..........
You Know You're A Yankee, If......
* You think barbecue is a verb meaning "to cook outside."
* You don't have any problems pronouncing "Worcestershire sauce"
correctly.
* For breakfast, you would prefer potatoes au gratin to grits.
* You don't know what a moon pie is.
* You've never, ever, eaten Okra.
* You eat fried chicken with a knife and fork.
* You've never seen a live chicken, and the only cows you've seen
are on road trips
* You have no idea what a polecat is.
* You don't see anything wrong with putting a sweater on a poodle.
* You don't have bangs.
* You would rather vacation at Martha's Vineyard
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than Six Flags.
* More than two generations of your family have been kicked out of
the same prep school in Connecticut.
* You would rather have your son become a lawyer than grow up to get
his own TV fishing show.
* Instead of referring to two or more people as "y'all," you call
them "you guys," even if both of them are women.
* You don't think Howard Stern
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has an accent.
* You have never planned your summer vacation around a gun-and-knife
show.
* You think more money should go to important scientific research at
your university than to pay the salary of the head football coach.
* You don't have at least one can of WD-40 somewhere around the house.
* The last time you smiled was when you prevented someone from
getting on an on-ramp on the highway.
* You don't have any hats in your closet that advertise feed stores.
* The farthest south you've ever been is the perfume counter at
Neiman Marcus
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* You call binoculars opera glasses.
* You can't spit out the car window without pulling over to the side
of the road and stopping.
* You would never wear pink or an applique sweatshirt.
* You don't know anyone with two first names (i.e. Joe Bob, Billy
Bob
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Kay Bob, Bob Bob)
* You can do your laundry without quarters.
* None of your fur coats are homemade.
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