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To: Ransomed

‘“They are urban Yankees.’

I’ve lived in New England all of my life.

I am not a Yankee-—Jews aren’t Yankees.

A Yankee is a WASP-——going back to the original settlers-—the Cabot and Lodge crowd.

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51 posted on 02/02/2015 9:57:39 AM PST by Mears (there wasn't much conversation about it.)
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To: Mears

I wouldn’t have used that term, perhaps. But I knew what was meant by it.

Freegards


52 posted on 02/02/2015 10:00:19 AM PST by Ransomed
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To: Mears

Hate to break it to you, but everyone up there is a Yankee to everyone else.


59 posted on 02/02/2015 11:15:19 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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