11-02-2012, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by TheBig3
Yankee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A humorous aphorism attributed to E. B. White[citation needed] summarizes these distinctions:
To foreigners, a Yankee is an American.
To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner.
To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner.
To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander.
To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter.
And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.
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