A question for you southerners

me | 12/30/01 | Justin

[Husker24]

Often on threads dealing with something to do with the South the term "yankee" is used to describe someone that isnt from the south. Ive always associated it with northeastern liberals in my mind, however I am from Nebraska and I dont consider myself a "yankee" but im not a southerner either. Every single county went for Bush in the election in Nebraska. I just threw this out there to see what you southerners think. I know some of you will think this is a waste of a thread, but hey this is a slow night.

[america-rules]

You're a Yankee so live with it!

If you can correctly anwser what BBQ is you may be a southern redneck !

[JD86]

Question: When did Nebraska become a state? If I remember correctly, it was after the "war"......so most Southerners would classify the territories as "West".....

I have always considered the Union states the North....the Confederate states the South....and everything else...the West. (Of course, there were a couple of notable exceptions, like the states that were added during the war.)

[Husker24]

BBQ is slowly cooking a piece of meat for hours, not throwing someting on the grill for 10 minutes.........so HA!

[JD86]

I wouldn't call Husker24 a Yankee.....but since you live farther north than he does....I guess that makes you one??

[holman]

I wouldn't know. I'm from Texas.

but I don't think I would like to be refered to as a . . . yankee doodle dandee

of course, there's nothing wrong with that.

[breakem]

re: 4 you're already in trouble. Don't answer anymore questions without a repsentative present.

[Captain Shady]

Well ,not every Southerner is conservative .There are even Rebel-flag loving liberals out there as strange as that might sound.I am somewhat moderate-conservative libertarian in my views ,but I don't even own a rebel flag and hardly say the word "Yankee".

My wife on the other hand once thought that North Carolinians were "Godless Yankees", until I pulled the history book out on her.Also ,overseas we're all called "Yankees".

[CobraJet]

All I know is, as a Tennessean, I am proud that we kept Al Gore out of the White House!

[Ajnin]

Some of us are yankees by birth and southern by choice. :)

[JD86]

Congratulations to the Volunteer State. You done us proud!!

[Hotline]

I used to shudder when describing myself as born a "Yankee" even though I've been in the South (by the grace of God) for the past 30 years. Then I was told that being from the Dakotas made me a Westerner.

WHOO! That was a close one.

[Husker24]

Im not sure, I think around 1856.

[GussiedUp]

I am a lifetime Southerner and you are a "midwesterner" to me :)

A Yankee is a northerner....a "damn yankee" is a Northerner who moves down south.....LOL

[The Shootist]

Well, where I come from anyone born north of Interstate 10 is a Yankee.

[constitution]

If you believe the War Between The States made this a better country, then you are a DAMNYANKEE

[Hotline]

Oh, and by the way you need to capitalize that.

Southerner.

[JD86]

Well, you sound nice and you are polite....so we won't put you in that "other category".....How do you think of yourself? Midwesst? West?

[GussiedUp]

I just flew back to NC from visiting Dallas. I met a lovely Texas couple there and the man asked me "Where ya from?" I replied "North Carolina". He said "That's in East Texas, ain't it?" LOL

[SeeRushToldU_So]

Yankees are people that can't say ya'll correctly. And around where I live we have D*mn Yankees. You do know the difference between a Yankee and a D*mn Yankee?

Before anyone thinks I am bashing geographically challanged people, my best friend is a D*mn Yankee :)

[Arkinsaw]

To anyone in South Carolina, anyone out of it is a Yankee.

To anyone South of the Potomac, anyone north of it is a Yankee.

To anyone outside of New England, New Englanders are Yankees.

To those inside New England, those in Vermont and New Hampshire are Yankees.

To those in New Hampshire, those in Vermont are Yankees.

To those in Vermont, a Yankee is anyone north of Montpelier.

So as you can see, what a Yankee is is relative. But one thing is clear. Nobody seems to want to be one.

[Eternal_Bear]

Be Proud that you are a Yankee! Look up the exploits of the First Nebraska which helped put down the rebs. You are on the right side.

[Husker24]

1867, sorry

[The Shootist]

Some of us are yankees by birth and southern by choice. :)

Yes, and some of us are American by birth and Southern by the grace of God.

[mdittmar]

Based on my year of living in S.C.,I was a "Yankee" after my fellow bar patrons had 1 beer and a "G^d damned Yankee" after about their third.(LOL)

Being from Washington State I considered myself a Northwesterner.

[Bogey78O]

I live near New Orleans yet I am above I-10. Actually I'm above I-12. I must be a big time Yankee.

But seriously, I admire Nebraska. They gave us Dole and refused to let Clinton in for 7.5 years. You gotta respect that.

[damnlimey]

You Might be a Yankee if…

you think barbecue is a verb meaning "to cook outside."

you think Heinz Ketchup is SPICY!

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 had grain alcohol.

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.

whenever someone tells an off-color joke about farm animals, it goes over your head.

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 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 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.

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 appliqued sweatshirt.

you don't know what appliqued is.

most of your formative high school sexual experiences took place within the context of a football game.

you don't know anyone with two first names (i.e. Joe Bob, Billy Bob, Bubba Kay Bob, Bob Bob)

you don't have doilies, and you certainly don't know how to make one.

you've never been to a craft show.

you get freaked out when people on the subway talk to you.

you can't do your laundry without quarters.

none of your fur coats are homemade.

[GussiedUp]

All I know is, as a Tennessean, I am proud that we kept Al Gore out of the White House!

I am so proud that I was part of the East Tennessee voting contingent that helped do that....lived up there during that time...

[al-andalus]

Worse than a Yankee, you're a Husker.

[JD86]

Nobody seems to want to be one.

ROFLOL, quote of the day!!!

[The Shootist]

You do know the difference between a Yankee and a D*mn Yankee?

A yankee is someone who comes South to visit.

A damn yankee is someone who comes South and stays.

[Husker24]

I consider myself a Midwesterner

[roachie]

But some of us are born in one part of the South yet are kindred to the other parts, and consider ourselves Southern by the grace of God.

[What Is Ain't]

Anyone from a state with as many red counties as Nebraska had in the presidential election is entitled to label themselves anyway they please.

[JD86]

You're on the wrong thread....this is addressed to Southerners....:)

[JD86]

Thanks, I thought it was after the war.....you are safe...:) So you get your choice, Mid-westerner or Westerner...

[roachie]

oopps! Didn't see your post when I replied! But I agree whole heartedly. :)

[Husker24]

Well I hate to say this but Dole is from Kansas.

[Tennessee_Bob]

I am proud that we kept Al Gore out of the White House!

Amen to that, brother (or sister, as the case may be)

[SeeRushToldU_So]

Yep...

[xm177e2]

Texas was part of the Confederacy, wasn't it?

[mdittmar]

Dead on,see post 25.

[John H K]

To foreigners, all Americans are Yankees. To Southerners, all Northerners are Yankees. To Northerners, only people from New England are Yankees. To New Englanders, only people from New Hampshire are Yankees.

[Arkinsaw]

Since you are from Nebraska, I would say you are a category all your own. I would call you "North Platterites" from the land of the million North Platte River road signs.

[JD86]

I would also consider you a Northwesterner. I was in Washington this fall and had the same discussion. Ya'll do seem to have alot of former Michigan people out there though.

[Alkhin]

I am Texan too...I believe Texans give the term 'yankee' extra 'whollop' because Texas was an actual country for ten years before entering the Union. But as far as I know, Yankee refers to anyone who is from those states north of the Mason-Dixon line that fought in the Civil War. Those from Kansas and west are mid-westerners or westerners...or even more politely by their respective colloquial terms ie '49ers', 'Hoosiers' etc. So many 'Yankees' have moved down here to Texas however, it has become a rather dangerous term to sling into casual conversation with people you dont know very well. Someone almost ALWAYS takes exception to it. As a Texan, anyone who does not come from the Deep South and is from outside the borders of Texas is lumped into the generic group of Yankees. You just don't understand Texas until you get here...and then you either love it or hate it. If you love it, we welcome you into the fold. If you hate, then you become a true "yankee." IMHO

[Eternal_Bear]

I live in the Republic of Texas:^)

[roachie]

at least you aren't south of I-10, could be worse. ya know, every 10 miles south of I-10 is 10 years back in time... ;)

[Bogey78O]

Ohhhhh....I blame the meds I took earlier. They got me all jittered up.

[Kowdawg]

We never bothered much with geography. You see, there are only two places in the world. There's Texas, and then there's everwhere else. Keeps it simple, you see.