[Ditter]

********The Yankee accent is also being lost*********

Chile' that will be a blessin'. ;9}

[Chad Fairbanks]

Of course, my use of the word 'Yankee' has different connotations, based on our geographic location - Ya'll down south think of a Yankee as anyone from above the Mason-Dixon Line... At least I believe that's the best non-profane definition... ;0)

whereas myself, on the other hand, having grown up in the backwoods of Na Hampsha (Swamp Yankee), a yankee is someone from New England, and more specifically Maine and Na Hampsha (of course, our definitions become even further defined - in my neighborhood, the word 'Yankee' actually meant Earl Jones, the guy who lived uphill from us...) :0)