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Re: This week's S@H specials?
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Date: 
Thu, 20 Jan 2000 23:25:54 GMT
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Paul Davidson wrote:

Could've been worse -- I was tempted to shorten it to "Yank". :)

Yank's probably better than Yankee. Sutheners don't usually use it, so
it's a tip off that you limeys are talking about all of us instead of
just Northerners.

Helps?

And if you don't like being called a limey, don't call us Yanks. :-)

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Larry Pieniazek wrote: ps? (...) Erm, never mind. silly me, insulting someone with an appelation for a country he doesn't live in. Limey is a derogatory for someone from the UK not Canada. (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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Could've been worse -- I was tempted to shorten it to "Yank". :) -- Paul Davidson Franklin W. Cain <fwcain@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:FoJB8H.2LH@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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