[TR] Engine noise B-25: now Yankee

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In a message dated 11/8/2007 2:32:26 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
dkspence at telus.net writes:

Can  anyone explain the origin of the term "Yankee"?  


It is a shortened version of the old southern US term,  Danmyankee.
 
Robert B.  Houston
Texan in New Mexico

63 TR4

As he stared at her ample  bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg
carburetors in his vintage  Triumph, highly functional yet pleasingly formed, 
perched prominently on top of  the intake manifold, aching for experienced 
hands, the small knurled caps of the  oil dampeners begging to be inspected and 
adjusted as described in chapter seven  of the shop manual.



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