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Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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Mon, 30 Aug 1999 16:23:47 GMT
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Adam Howard wrote:
I wonder why we got labeled as Yanks?  Was it the Civil War?

Goes back to the revolutionary war at least. A quick Altavista search
turned up a couple possibilities:

http://www.mi5th.org/Songs/YankDood.htm
http://www.dixienet.org/spatriot/vol4no1/treasury.htm

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  Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
 
Richard Dee <richard.dee@virgin.net> wrote in message news:MPG.1231ab1ddc6...net.com... (...) New (...) I know :( I wish we could change that, but it would take one heck of a lot of re-education. But the insult remains the same. I don't think (...) (25 years ago, 29-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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