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Da Boss wrote:Man, you yanks sure are tetchy about this whole yank thing. Guess we better stop yanking your chains about it.
Yes indeed we are. For example, the other day I heard too people talking. One asked, "How was your weekend in Dingle?" The person responded, "It was s.hite. The hotel was full of yanks."
Well if it was Damnyankees (the correct term used in the South) then that might be accurate.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Glorioski wrote:I'm going to say the word yank is indeed the correct term for referring to everyone from the US, as it still seems to do a good job of winding them up.
We could just go back to calling them colonials, or just that lovely catch all term of "johnny foreigner". Yup, you yankee doodles can get lumped in with all the names we have for non-English speakers.
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Glorioski wrote:I'm going to say the word yank is indeed the correct term for referring to everyone from the US, as it still seems to do a good job of winding them up.
We could just go back to calling them colonials, or just that lovely catch all term of "johnny foreigner". Yup, you yankee doodles can get lumped in with all the names we have for non-English speakers.
We prefer the term "rebel scum," thank you very much.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
Glorioski wrote:I'm going to say the word yank is indeed the correct term for referring to everyone from the US, as it still seems to do a good job of winding them up.
We could just go back to calling them colonials, or just that lovely catch all term of "johnny foreigner". Yup, you yankee doodles can get lumped in with all the names we have for non-English speakers.
We prefer the term "rebel scum," thank you very much.
What I wanted to say but did not dare. Did not want the Weiner Dogs unleashed on me.
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Glorioski wrote:I'm going to say the word yank is indeed the correct term for referring to everyone from the US, as it still seems to do a good job of winding them up.
We could just go back to calling them colonials, or just that lovely catch all term of "johnny foreigner". Yup, you yankee doodles can get lumped in with all the names we have for non-English speakers.
We prefer the term "rebel scum," thank you very much.
Its like in South Korea...One of my guys ask a KATUSA why do they always smell like Kimchi. Jong replied back why do we always smell like Whoppers. I laughed so hard
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Glorioski wrote:I'm going to say the word yank is indeed the correct term for referring to everyone from the US, as it still seems to do a good job of winding them up.
We could just go back to calling them colonials, or just that lovely catch all term of "johnny foreigner". Yup, you yankee doodles can get lumped in with all the names we have for non-English speakers.
We prefer the term "rebel scum," thank you very much.
We do have a soft spot for rebels.
Something romantic about overthrowing an illegitimate government.
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Glorioski wrote:I'm going to say the word yank is indeed the correct term for referring to everyone from the US, as it still seems to do a good job of winding them up.
We could just go back to calling them colonials, or just that lovely catch all term of "johnny foreigner". Yup, you yankee doodles can get lumped in with all the names we have for non-English speakers.
We prefer the term "rebel scum," thank you very much.
We do have a soft spot for rebels.
Something romantic about overthrowing an illegitimate government.
I always play the bad guys in games. This is why I roll with the Union.
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Warning: Stupid Allergy
Once you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend
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Harlequin 2500
RIP Muhammad Ali.
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buddha wrote: I've decided that these GW is dead/dying threads that pop up every-week must be followers and cultists of nurgle perpetuating the need for decay. I therefore declare that that such threads are heresy and subject to exterminatus. So says the Inquisition!
Good job I wasn't drinking tea! 
