Guest guest Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 OH!! I almost forgot! I'm a " Damned Yankee " too > > and group > > Well good morning,,,,,You must have moved South.....When I moved to > South Carolina from Cleveland Ohio,,,,,The people called me a damn > yankee here.....Your a Yankee till you move here than your a Damn > Yankee haaaaaaaaaaaa... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 A yankee is some one who lives in Florida for a short period of time. A damned yankee is one who moves to my state of Florida and never leaves... ************************************* > > > > and group > > > > Well good morning,,,,,You must have moved South.....When I moved to > > South Carolina from Cleveland Ohio,,,,,The people called me a damn > > yankee here.....Your a Yankee till you move here than your a Damn > > Yankee haaaaaaaaaaaa... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Them's fighting words in our house. Rod was born in NYC. Seriously though, he gets really offended if people call him that unless it's obvious they're joking. -- Dodge " I make the living, my dog makes the living worthwhile. " Read my blog at: http://jumpthis.wordpress.com ---- pat040394 <ltpat228@...> wrote: ============= A yankee is some one who lives in Florida for a short period of time. A damned yankee is one who moves to my state of Florida and never leaves... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Dodge wrote: Them's fighting words in our house. Rod was born in NYC. *********************** Why would they be " fighting words " ? As long as NYers remain in NY, all is well in Florida. *********************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Hi Pat - yeah, I'm guilty as charged. I moved to Florida in 1973, left in 1982, came back in 1989 and haven't left since. So, I guess that makes me a Damned Yankee **LOL**........Doreen > > > A yankee is some one who lives in Florida for a short period of > time. > > A damned yankee is one who moves to my state of Florida and never > leaves... > > ************************************* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 **LOL** Dodge - I'm originally from Vermont, so I know what you mean. Although, having been a transplant here in Florida for so many years, I just let it roll off my shoulders now. I don't take anyone seriously if I don't have to..........Doreen > > Them's fighting words in our house. Rod was born in NYC. > > Seriously though, he gets really offended if people call him that > unless it's obvious they're joking. > > -- > Dodge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 GOSH!!!! I guess I really started something here...lol!!! Humor always helps me forget about the pain, Audrey http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 LOL...my good old Tennessee, Southern Baptist, no-cussin' grandmas did not consider that to be a swear word. Of course you're talking about one generation after the Civil war. and they said it in one word... " damyankees. " What's funny is, I doubt if either one of them ever met anyone from outside Tennessee or Mississippi at the farthest...until they met my Texan daddy! > > > > and group > > > > Well good morning,,,,,You must have moved South.....When I moved to > > South Carolina from Cleveland Ohio,,,,,The people called me a damn > > yankee here.....Your a Yankee till you move here than your a Damn > > Yankee haaaaaaaaaaaa... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 My mom is from the Pensacola area but married an Ohioan and moved back with him to there. But whenever we visited Florida, my mom's relatives would still refer to us as damyankees even though we never moved back there. When I was little I thought yankee was a bad term so would keep denying that I was one. Debbie L > > LOL...my good old Tennessee, Southern Baptist, no-cussin' grandmas did > not consider that to be a swear word. Of course you're talking about > one generation after the Civil war. and they said it in one > word... " damyankees. " What's funny is, I doubt if either one of them > ever met anyone from outside Tennessee or Mississippi at the > farthest...until they met my Texan daddy! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Debbie and group; Debbie I moved to Gaffney,,,South Carolina from Cleveland Ohio... You say you was in denial about being an yanakee.... I didn't even know I was a Yankee much less a damn yankee haaaaaaa. When I got to know the locals they kept call me a damn yankee.... I told the locals that was from the civil war and it don't count anymore....OMG not according to the locals haaaaaaaaaaa. I said yankess was actually Britts from the UK.. They wouldnt hear of that either... So I looked it up... Sure enough I am a damn yankee haaaaaaaaaa..... I wasnt going to comment on that but you guys got me laughing my head off haaaaaaaaa. gentle hugs Clora @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ .. > > My mom is from the Pensacola area but married an Ohioan and moved back > with him to there. But whenever we visited Florida, my mom's relatives > would still refer to us as damyankees even though we never moved back > there. When I was little I thought yankee was a bad term so would keep > denying that I was one. > Debbie L > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Clora, Just so that you know....I am southern born and bred. Until I was 43 I had never lived more that 7 miles from the hospital that I was born in. I now live a whole 56 miles from it. I am progressing. I have met and known many WONDERFUL people from the north. Of course they loved the south too. The only person that I have ever referred to as a damn yankee was my aunts husband. If he had not been from up yonder, I would have found some other negative sounding adjective to describe him. He could be a real pain! That was him and not where he was from. Shirley > > Debbie and group; > > Debbie I moved to Gaffney,,,South Carolina from Cleveland Ohio... > You say you was in denial about being an yanakee.... I didn't even > know I was a Yankee much less a damn yankee haaaaaaa. When I got to > know the locals they kept call me a damn yankee.... I told the > locals that was from the civil war and it don't count anymore....OMG > not according to the locals haaaaaaaaaaa. > > I said yankess was actually Britts from the UK.. They wouldnt hear > of that either... So I looked it up... Sure enough I am a damn > yankee haaaaaaaaaa..... I wasnt going to comment on that but you > guys got me laughing my head off haaaaaaaaa. > > gentle hugs > Clora > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Shirly and group; Just so you know,,, I am a true blue HILLBILLY born and bred in the mountains of Oak Hill West Virginia haaaaaaaaaaa. WE was the split between the north and the south. Actually I grew up in Cleveland OHio where my dad found work and was able to get out of the west virginny coal mines....I love lake erie and miss clevland so bad we may move back so my husband can find work. Have you heard the stock market had a great fall as much as 700 points or what ever it's called. My husband Cliff is filling out a job application for Security Gaurd... We live in a hick town close to the border of North Carolina. Nothing for work in the paper except for college graduates. Not even temp jobs. ONly problem my brother in the North says people are losing homes all over the plase....North or South damn yankees and rebels need to work it our so we can go to work haaaaaaaaaaaaa. God bless and take care hoping for pain free days for everyone. Just having fun with every one.... Laughter is the best medicine. Yes Shirley I have made some wonderful friends here in the South... I really didnt know there was yankees for real until I moved here from the north... My new friends would tease me about being a yankee. I tell them I am a hillbilly.. Yep I admit I am a Yankee now heehee... My grandfather was a moonshiner in the holler where my mom grew up... She said he didnt have moon shine runs like the tv said.. She told me they would come to their holler and get it... THe magestrate would come by too and buy his moonshine. So would very important people in the government would come also...That was during the proabition...Grandpa was never botherd about his steels...Hmmm I think that was in the 30s...I don't know how this came up but I get tickled when it comes up. Our family came from Ireland..They was pushed in the mountains to steel their brew haaaaaaaaa. gentle hugs Clora > Clora, > Just so that you know....I am southern born and bred. Until I was 43 > I had never lived more that 7 miles from the hospital that I was > born in. I now live a whole 56 miles from it. I am progressing. > > I have met and known many WONDERFUL people from the north. Of course > they loved the south too. The only person that I have ever referred > to as a damn yankee was my aunts husband. If he had not been from up > yonder, I would have found some other negative sounding adjective to > describe him. He could be a real pain! That was him and not where he > was from. > Shirley > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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