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    Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Mike Stanley
   (...) Of course it is. I would assume anyone from your side of the pond would know that already, considering it's your word. Not that I really care, but I don't see how you could NOT know that. (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Christopher Lannan
   (...) I'm over here in the states and I din NOT know that. I don't feel insulted. By "of course" I assume that there is a history in the etymology of the word that makes it an insult. I think that it's in the eye of the beholder. There are the NY (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Frank Filz
   (...) Well, as someone who has moved from Massachusetts to North Carolina, I can definitely say that Yankee is used down here in a derrogatory (or at least not complimentary) fashion. Not only do we get accused of intefering with their state rights (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: Technic Shuttle for £4!! —Rob Doucette
   Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:38440E66.7D35@m...ing.com... (...) A Yankee visits, a damn Yankee stays ;-) -Rob Doucette. Massachusetts->South Carolina->Pennsylvania (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 

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