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I had to remove that embed Aja - it was popping out

I remember being really impressed with Cameroon in 1990 - didn't they play England at one point? I was on an 8hr busride to London that night.

Kezza wrote:

Colston wrote:England
Algeria
Slovenia
Yanks

{{Shudders at being called a "Yank", but appreciates the anagram - very clever }}

It was the Sun that done it!

You from the south then?

faceless wrote:I had to remove that embed Aja - it was popping out

I remember being really impressed with Cameroon in 1990 - didn't they play England at one point? I was on an 8hr busride to London that night.

I can't remember what year Face but was probably 1990....I really loved them .....My self and My ex hubby (whos Moroccan ) decided to go and watch the match in his local pub (The British Bulldog ) It was just like being in Glasgow really Of course we had to pretend we were supporting England .... and Found it hard not to jump up and down when they scored .....
Those were Funny days .....

Last World cup I was In the Irish Pub .....watching the England /Trinidad game Supporting Trinidad..wearing an English Shirt ...... Do U think there's something wrong with me

ps I just looked up that game ..... Now I remember ....It was effing Brill...shame they lost

https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/mat ... eport.html

have to say that was a very good game. Infact the only true talented squad england has had in recent years. well i mean who could play as a team anyway. Cameroon were a fantastic suprise. had me on my seat all the match.

You don't have to be from the Southern US to shudder at being called a Yank. I am from Chicago, and it always hits my ear a little funny. Never sure if it is derogatory or not.

SpursFan1902 wrote:You don't have to be from the Southern US to shudder at being called a Yank. I am from Chicago, and it always hits my ear a little funny. Never sure if it is derogatory or not.

I'm sure it is in some quarters... not from me. What do you prefer?

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.

Colston wrote: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.

HAHA! Well done, Colston - sums it up perfectly.

As an American who has lived abroad, I've been called a Yank plenty of times (as well as a "Colonist", which always cracks me up). And yes, sometimes I do wonder if it's meant to be derogatory, but world history also records it as a self-proclaimed term (e.g., The World War One song "Over There", written by American George M. Cohan, which contains the lyrics "The Yanks are coming"). Thus, from the beginning of US History, we've called ourselves "Yankees" and have been called "Yankees" - so, it's been for 200+ years and I don't expect non-Americans to stop using the term.

I was in Australia recently and an Aussie friend made the comment, "Oh, I just love those Yank biscuits called 'Oreos'." Didn't offend me a bit; just supports Colston's post that Yank = American.

Speaking for myself, it's an "internal-US" thing. And yes, I was raised in the South. For me, the only proper American "Yankee" is a baseball team from a little city named New York!!

And we now return to our World Cup Discussion.......

How timely that, thanks to my upbringing in (Southern) New Orleans, I predict the outcome of the USA v England match to be the same as that described in the lyrics of "The Battle of New Orleans": You can't escape this song in Loosyanna!

[align=center]In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip.
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.

We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin.
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin' on
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.[/align]

Battle of New Orleans - YouTube

Very good, Colston, that's funny. I want to be a Vermont defined Yankee! Mmmm, pie...Anyway, I don't mind Yank, American, or Colonist (Kez, you are spot on with this one - it always makes me chuckle!) as long as the intent doesn't change the words. Usually just plain old Daun or Spurs will do...

What about seppo?