Neoculture wrote:

On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Erik L. Schweitzer wrote:

Careful which Yanks your talking to when you call them that, though.  I
wouldn't be insulted if you called me that, but someone from the South
might.  

Would you prefer we call you by the Rhyming Slang equivalent?  ^_^  
That'd make you a Septic.

For some people, particularly some people in the South (the former
Confederate States - yes, after 130 years, the US Civil War is *still* being
fought), being called a Septic would be preferable to being called a Yank.



Jeanne Hedge

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