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Postby Coleman on Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:09 am

I don't hate southerners. They are an excellent source of amusement. Why are you hicks responding anyway? He asked yanks.

I don't hate GMT either or metric if you care about that.
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Postby muy_thaiguy on Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:16 am

Coleman wrote:I don't hate southerners. They are an excellent source of amusement. Why are you hicks responding anyway? He asked yanks.

I don't hate GMT either or metric if you care about that.
The term you are looking for (if it was Mid West) would be Redneck or Cowboy, depending on the state of course.
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Postby RiskTycoon on Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:20 am

I always wondered what the Doodle in Yankee Doodle meant :lol: thanks Robinette ! .... I'm a doodle lol
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Re: Do Yanks get annoyed that the times are GMT?

Postby tzor on Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:43 am

The Fuzzy Pengui wrote:
Minister Masket wrote:I put Yanks because the majority of players here are American, but this applies to any country outside the "+0" time-zone.

Does it annoy you?

No, it doesn't annoy me for the same reason as moz....but wasn't the Civil War over a few years ago ;) :lol:


Tell that to Mr. Cohan. The Civil War was well over in WWI when he wrote "Over There."

George M. Cohan wrote:Over there, over there,
Send the word, send the word over there
That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming
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Postby Nephilim on Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:49 am

muy_thaiguy wrote:
Coleman wrote:I don't hate southerners. They are an excellent source of amusement. Why are you hicks responding anyway? He asked yanks.

I don't hate GMT either or metric if you care about that.
The term you are looking for (if it was Mid West) would be Redneck or Cowboy, depending on the state of course.


allow me to take this flame-worthy: is the cowboy state you refer to Oklahoma? then you're not in the midwest as you previously stated. and if you're from colorado as i seem to remember, that's still not midwest. it's quite obvious that you're a complete fucking moron, not just from this thread, but from everything else you've ever written in CC forums, so to summarize, it doesn't matter where you're from, i hate you, and only a total fool would dare to compare the midwest to the south in terms of long-standing angst toward yankees/the rest of the world

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Postby Nephilim on Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:50 am

p.s., coleman not too bright either
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Postby reverend_kyle on Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:00 pm

Anarkistsdream wrote:
Nephilim wrote:it bothers me infinitely more to be called a yank


Only because you are upset that the South lost the war, bro... :wink: :wink:


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Postby jimboston on Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:04 pm

muy_thaiguy wrote:We hate you Southerners MUCH more. :wink:


Very strong words. ;)

I disagree though.
I don't hate Southerners.

I do think some have "Napoleon Disease" otherwise known as "Short Man Syndrome" for us "Yanks".

Ya'll know that there War of Northern Aggression ended awhile back.... right????

I also think it's funny how this thread... which started as a Europe-US thingy... has morphed into a North-South thingy.
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Postby muy_thaiguy on Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:22 pm

jimboston wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:We hate you Southerners MUCH more. :wink:


Very strong words. ;)

I disagree though.
I don't hate Southerners.

I do think some have "Napoleon Disease" otherwise known as "Short Man Syndrome" for us "Yanks".

Ya'll know that there War of Northern Aggression ended awhile back.... right????

I also think it's funny how this thread... which started as a Europe-US thingy... has morphed into a North-South thingy.
I meant it as a joke from a Mid-Westerner.

Also, Nephilim, I was talking about Wyoming, thank you very much. And I have never been a greenie, and why are you flaming in General Disscussion? Take it to Flame Wars if you want to be a prick about it.
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Postby jimboston on Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:38 pm

muy_thaiguy wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:We hate you Southerners MUCH more. :wink:


I meant it as a joke from a Mid-Westerner.

Also, Nephilim, I was talking about Wyoming, thank you very much. And I have never been a greenie, and why are you flaming in General Disscussion? Take it to Flame Wars if you want to be a prick about it.


Um... I noticed the ;)

I just wanted to use your comment as a jumping off point for my own.
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Postby Nephilim on Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:47 pm

i definitely wanna be a prick about it
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Postby Coleman on Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:15 pm

Nephilim wrote:
muy_thaiguy wrote:
Coleman wrote:I don't hate southerners. They are an excellent source of amusement. Why are you hicks responding anyway? He asked yanks.

I don't hate GMT either or metric if you care about that.
The term you are looking for (if it was Mid West) would be Redneck or Cowboy, depending on the state of course.


allow me to take this flame-worthy: is the cowboy state you refer to Oklahoma? then you're not in the midwest as you previously stated. and if you're from colorado as i seem to remember, that's still not midwest. it's quite obvious that you're a complete fucking moron, not just from this thread, but from everything else you've ever written in CC forums, so to summarize, it doesn't matter where you're from, i hate you, and only a total fool would dare to compare the midwest to the south in terms of long-standing angst toward yankees/the rest of the world

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Postby Coleman on Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:16 pm

Nephilim wrote:p.s., coleman not too bright either
Your thinking I'm not bright will just further aid in your destruction should we meet in a future game. :)
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Postby Minister Masket on Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:21 pm

Ok, I'm gone for the best part of 24 hours, and look what happens.
A bunch of fools have a debate on whether the term "Yank" is offensive or not. Even if it is, I did not mean it like that, simply a slang term for "American". It's used over here in Blighty quite often I'll have you know!
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Re: Do Yanks get annoyed that the times are GMT?

Postby Robinette on Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:12 pm

tzor wrote:
The Fuzzy Pengui wrote:
Minister Masket wrote:I put Yanks because the majority of players here are American, but this applies to any country outside the "+0" time-zone.

Does it annoy you?

No, it doesn't annoy me for the same reason as moz....but wasn't the Civil War over a few years ago ;) :lol:


Tell that to Mr. Cohan. The Civil War was well over in WWI when he wrote "Over There."

George M. Cohan wrote:Over there, over there,
Send the word, send the word over there
That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming
The drum's rum-tumming everywhere

And we won't come back till it's over
Over there.

Hoist the flag and let her fly,
Yankee Doodle do or die.
Pack your little kit,
Show your grit, do your bit.
Yankee to the ranks,
From the towns and the tanks.
Make your mother proud of you,
And the old Red, White and Blue.

Actually what Mr. Cohan did was to overlook the bitter wounds of the war of succession and focus instead on the enthusiasm of an America eager to go to fight a war in Europe.
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Postby Robinette on Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:01 pm

Visaoni wrote:
Nephilim wrote:we are a proud folk

Without any navy. You also lost. :wink:


You can bet your noodle the South had a Navy, oh sure they were outnumbered; they started the war with ten ships carrying fifteen guns while the North had roughly 90 ships. But the CSN grew and did cause a lot of hardship for the North. In particular, the South issued letters of marque (if you want to learn more about this go here--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_of_marque ). Anyway, these Confederate privateers were successful in harassing Union merchant ships and delivered a significant blow to the Northern economy.

So take a peek here to see the Department of Navy photos of the SHIPS of the CONFEDERATE STATES... there are over 100 different ships listed here http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-u ... a-name.htm

And for fun I'll point out that many folks (mostly Northerners) aren't familiar at all with any of the Confederate National Flags... have a look see:
http://www.confederateflags.org/national/FOTCs_b.htm
http://www.confederateflags.org/national/FOTCsbr.htm
http://www.confederateflags.org/national/FOTC3dnat.htm

Now have a look at the Confederate States Navy Jack: (scroll down to see the Jack)
http://www.confederateflags.org/navy/FOTCnavy63.htm

Damn interesting stuff...
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Postby Nephilim on Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:21 pm

thank you for enlightening the foolish, robinette, you're a doll....

and i find it funny that several yankees have mentioned the war while no southerners have.....you know there is a lot more to our regional identity than just that conflict......
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Postby Heimdall on Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:53 pm

Robinette 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



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Re: Do Yanks get annoyed that the times are GMT?

Postby jimboston on Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:02 am

Robinette wrote:
Actually what Mr. Cohan did was to overlook the bitter wounds of the war of succession and focus instead on the enthusiasm of an America eager to go to fight a war in Europe.


I don't know if he overlooked the wounds... or instead decided to look forward instead of backward.... focus on what binds us and not what seperates us.

My understanding though... the Spanish-American War did more to unite he country and heal wounds than WWI. I coould be wrong... but the Spanish American War was our first major victory of an "Old European Power"... our initial steps in non-continental Empire Building.

Granted... by that time Spain wasn't much of a European Power anymore... but there was a lot of history to their colonialism.

Also... you Southerners will note I said "non-continental" Empire Building... specifically referring to our territorial claims in the Carribean and Pacific post-war. Killing all those "injuns" was certainly Empire Building.... and Southerners might say our "War of Aggression" was Empire Building/Maintaining too. ;)

Those though were on the North American continent. ;)

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As an aside... I would guess most Yanks love out Limey brothers... and have no problems being called Yanks in a good-natured way. :D
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Postby Herakilla on Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:04 am

i myself consider a yank to be any1 who roots for the NY yankees and i hate them all vehemently
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Postby Shooter_Jay on Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:07 pm

Hey I'm from Massachusetts, so the yanks are the enemy overpaid losing baseball team.
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Postby Herakilla on Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:10 pm

Shooter_Jay wrote:Hey I'm from Massachusetts, so the yanks are the enemy overpaid losing baseball team.


great minds think alike

i rooted for boston when they were up against the yankees but now i hate them as well lol

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Postby Shooter_Jay on Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:13 pm

lcb11 wrote:Actually, I think it's only Eastern Europeans who do this. In England, we do day/month/year which - by your own explanation - makes much more sense.


Actually, the way that "makes sense" is year/month/day so it can sort properly without special format rules. I decided this with my "my pictures" folder in my computer, made a folder for each date, and the only way the folders will sort in the right order is year-month-day. So there it's settled. Of course though, I always write it month/day/year, so what do I know :wink:
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Postby Genghis Khan CA on Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:13 am

If Americans don't like "Yank" I wonder what they think of "Seppo"... :twisted:
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Postby alex_white101 on Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:15 am

yanks.
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