Answer to b) Texans tend to describe anything north of the most southernmost states as "Yankee." And some call any thing or place outside of Texas itself as "Yankee." ;)
My dad actually used "Yankee" as an insult. "Don't eat like that: that's how Yankees eat." I doubt he was being completely serious, but it stuck with me. Oh, and Texans (and probably other Southerners) will DEFINITELY look sideways at someone from over the pond who refers to them as "Yanks." ;)
I, of course, deplore the whole love-the-Confederacy mindset a lot of people have around here. Makes me sick. I'm hoping that my generation is the last to remember using "Yankee" as an insult.
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My dad actually used "Yankee" as an insult. "Don't eat like that: that's how Yankees eat." I doubt he was being completely serious, but it stuck with me. Oh, and Texans (and probably other Southerners) will DEFINITELY look sideways at someone from over the pond who refers to them as "Yanks." ;)
I, of course, deplore the whole love-the-Confederacy mindset a lot of people have around here. Makes me sick. I'm hoping that my generation is the last to remember using "Yankee" as an insult.