Post #2298395
2026-05-09 18:31 UTC
Same. The word Yankee means the following to me, in order of most to least relevant:
A member of the New York Yankees.
A derogatory term that people from the Bible Belt who still haven’t accepted the result of the American Civil War use for people who live north of the Mason-Dixon Line.
A more neutral (maybe slightly derogatory?) term that people from the UK use for all Americans, regardless of where they live in the US.
I have never heard someone refer to a New Englander as a Yankee.
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@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-09 18:39
North Carolinian here: The asshats from New England especially New York who move down here to escape their native climate and/or manmade hellscape and then scream at retail cashiers for not saying thank you are yankees. We don’t care how you do things up north. If you liked how things are done up north, go up north.