[TR] Engine noise B-25: now Yankee

[Joe Curry]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee

This link has originsof the word towards the bottom of the page.

Joe
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Spence" <dkspence at telus.net>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] Engine noise B-25: now Yankee


> This subject is so off topic I hope you don't mind another tangent...  
> Can anyone explain the origin of the term "Yankee"?  Obviously during  
> WW2 and since, all Americans have been referred to as Yanks or  
> Yankees. I do understand that during and before the Civil War this  
> was not the case.  Where did it originate?
>   Curious Canadian wants to know.
>   Thanks
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