I really thought Yankee referred to the Revolutionary War as in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" British and the American versions, and trading, and in the Civil War as opposite of the Confederacy. But I guess that's not quite correct, or more to the point it has so many different meanings, now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee
On 01/12/2006 14:10, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused David McRitchie to generate the following:? : > I really thought Yankee referred to the Revolutionary War > as in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" British and the American versions, > and trading, and in the Civil War as opposite of the > Confederacy. But I guess that's not quite correct, or more > to the point it has so many different meanings, now. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee > > > yepp - as I said.... *everyone* west of the Irish Channel (and that is EAST of Ireland) - probably also NORTH of the Panama Canal... (includes New Orleans and all Lands west of the Mississipi)reg
squaredancer wrote: > On 01/12/2006 14:10, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused David > McRitchie to generate the following:? : >> I really thought Yankee referred to the Revolutionary War >> as in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" British and the American versions, >> and trading, and in the Civil War as opposite of the >> Confederacy. But I guess that's not quite correct, or more >> to the point it has so many different meanings, now. >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee >> >> >> > yepp - as I said.... *everyone* west of the Irish Channel (and that is > EAST of Ireland) - probably also NORTH of the Panama Canal... (includes > New Orleans and all Lands west of the Mississipi)
On 01/12/2006 23:02, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Bill to generate the following:? : > squaredancer wrote: > >> On 01/12/2006 14:10, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused David >> McRitchie to generate the following:? : >> >>> I really thought Yankee referred to the Revolutionary War >>> as in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" British and the American versions, >>> and trading, and in the Civil War as opposite of the >>> Confederacy. But I guess that's not quite correct, or more >>> to the point it has so many different meanings, now. >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee >>> >>> >>> >>> >> yepp - as I said.... *everyone* west of the Irish Channel (and that is >> EAST of Ireland) - probably also NORTH of the Panama Canal... (includes >> New Orleans and all Lands west of the Mississipi)(Continue reading)I was thinking they would have a Channel, such as the English do to keep the french at bay! Anyway - I mean "that stretch of water" to the LEFT of Wales-England and
squaredancer wrote: [...] > sorry - didn't realise that the Irish had their *very own* ocean
Tony Mechelynck wrote: > squaredancer wrote: > [...] >> sorry - didn't realise that the Irish had their *very own* ocean(Continue reading)
Bill wrote: > Tony Mechelynck wrote: >> squaredancer wrote: >> [...] >>> sorry - didn't realise that the Irish had their *very own* ocean(Continue reading)
On 03/12/2006 17:58, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Ed Mullen to generate the following:? : > Bill wrote: > >> Tony Mechelynck wrote: >> >>> squaredancer wrote: >>> [...] >>> >>>> sorry - didn't realise that the Irish had their *very own* ocean(Continue reading)
squaredancer wrote: > On 03/12/2006 17:58, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Ed Mullen to > generate the following:? : >> Bill wrote: >> >>> Tony Mechelynck wrote: >>> >>>> squaredancer wrote: >>>> [...] >>>> >>>>> sorry - didn't realise that the Irish had their *very own* ocean >>>>>(Continue reading)
Ed Mullen wrote: > Bill wrote: >> Tony Mechelynck wrote: >>> squaredancer wrote: >>> [...] >>>> sorry - didn't realise that the Irish had their *very own* ocean >>>>(Continue reading)
Bill wrote: > Ed Mullen wrote: >> Bill wrote: >>> Tony Mechelynck wrote: >>>> squaredancer wrote: >>>> [...] >>>>> sorry - didn't realise that the Irish had their *very own* ocean >>>>>(Continue reading)
On 2006-12-03 20:47 (-0700 UTC), Ed Mullen wrote: <snip /> > And, perhaps, have a bit of John Jameson's. Mmm . . . J.J.&S. Makes me wonder what Murray McDavid would do if ever they decided to experiment with a cask or so of that.
Brian Heinrich wrote: > On 2006-12-03 20:47 (-0700 UTC), Ed Mullen wrote: > > <snip /> > >> And, perhaps, have a bit of John Jameson's. > > Mmm . . . J.J.&S. > > Makes me wonder what Murray McDavid would do if ever they decided to > experiment with a cask or so of that.
On 04/12/2006 06:06, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Ed Mullen to generate the following:? : > Brian Heinrich wrote: > >> On 2006-12-03 20:47 (-0700 UTC), Ed Mullen wrote: >> >> <snip /> >> >> >>> And, perhaps, have a bit of John Jameson's. >>> >> Mmm . . . J.J.&S. >> >> Makes me wonder what Murray McDavid would do if ever they decided to >> experiment with a cask or so of that.(Continue reading)
Bill wrote: > squaredancer wrote: >> On 01/12/2006 14:10, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused David >> McRitchie to generate the following:? : >>> I really thought Yankee referred to the Revolutionary War >>> as in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" British and the American versions, >>> and trading, and in the Civil War as opposite of the >>> Confederacy. But I guess that's not quite correct, or more >>> to the point it has so many different meanings, now. >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee >>> >>> >>> >> yepp - as I said.... *everyone* west of the Irish Channel (and that is >> EAST of Ireland) - probably also NORTH of the Panama Canal... >> (includes New Orleans and all Lands west of the Mississipi)(Continue reading)
Heavens to Murgatroid wrote: > Bill wrote: >> squaredancer wrote: >>> On 01/12/2006 14:10, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused David >>> McRitchie to generate the following:? : >>>> I really thought Yankee referred to the Revolutionary War >>>> as in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" British and the American versions, >>>> and trading, and in the Civil War as opposite of the >>>> Confederacy. But I guess that's not quite correct, or more >>>> to the point it has so many different meanings, now. >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> yepp - as I said.... *everyone* west of the Irish Channel (and that >>> is EAST of Ireland) - probably also NORTH of the Panama Canal... >>> (includes New Orleans and all Lands west of the Mississipi)(Continue reading)
squaredancer wrote: > On 01/12/2006 14:10, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused David > McRitchie to generate the following:? : >> I really thought Yankee referred to the Revolutionary War >> as in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" British and the American versions, >> and trading, and in the Civil War as opposite of the >> Confederacy. But I guess that's not quite correct, or more >> to the point it has so many different meanings, now. >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee >> >> >> > yepp - as I said.... *everyone* west of the Irish Channel (and that is > EAST of Ireland) - probably also NORTH of the Panama Canal... (includes > New Orleans and all Lands west of the Mississipi)
Gordon Weast wrote: > Hey now, don't go lumping us in with those d**n Yankees. Up here > in Mass we're Red Sox... Or as we like to call them down in N'York, "Dead Sox"...
On 01/12/2006 20:51, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Gordon Weast to generate the following:? : > squaredancer wrote: > >> On 01/12/2006 14:10, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused David >> McRitchie to generate the following:? : >> >>> I really thought Yankee referred to the Revolutionary War >>> as in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" British and the American versions, >>> and trading, and in the Civil War as opposite of the >>> Confederacy. But I guess that's not quite correct, or more >>> to the point it has so many different meanings, now. >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee >>> >>> >>> >>> >> yepp - as I said.... *everyone* west of the Irish Channel (and that is >> EAST of Ireland) - probably also NORTH of the Panama Canal... (includes >> New Orleans and all Lands west of the Mississipi)(Continue reading)
RSS Feed