What / Who is a 'Yankee'?
 

In seeing the term 'Yankee' used on this forum I'm wondering what the definition of a Yankee would be. Is there a definitive line that defines where the Yankees are? If you are born in a Yankee location are you a Yankee for life? How many months per year do you have to live in a Yankee location to be considered a Yankee? Is there any connection of Yankees to SnowBirds?
Thanks for your help.

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It’s yankmes!

birth, last place of residence, gawd awful ahksent, tagged for life in the database of life

I have a New Yorker friend that has been transplanted for years in Virginia. I asked him what's the difference between a "Yankee" and a "Damn Yankee". He told me a Yankee goes home. He does, however, feel very welcome among his Virginia friends

Yep. As a Virginian we were the dividing line, but not anymore.

We felt the same way coming from NY and moving to Va.

However our closest friends were former NYers. Guess we had more in common

Yep, this should be "YANKED"

In Europe a “yankee” refers to any American. Mostly with admiration.

I lived in Houston, TX for a couple of years and the morning DJ or shock jock described a Yankee as someone from up north that thinks the only people that drive pickup trucks are plumbers and electricians and wonders why there are so many plumbers and electricians here....

Anyone born north of the mason dixon line. Oh wait...you need to know what sarcasam is (unrelatable to rebels) you know what good pizza is ( and it's not dominaos)

If you need to ask you probably are one.

Yankee - A baseball player who plays for The Evil Empire

A candle.

Dunno. What is a _____ (fill in the blank).

"Yankee" is probably the ONLY semi-derogatory term here that WON'T get you gigged by the Thought Police. But there are hundreds, probably, if not more. Labels that one group slaps on another group. Some are in jest. Others, not so much. Back home as a young man I was a "Ranger"; born and raised on the Mesabi Iron Range in Minnesota. Rangers have an accent and a manner of speaking that is recognizable just about everywhere in Minnesota, or at least was, about 50 years or so ago. I was also a Bohunk (southern Slav heritage). Neither label was seen as particularly derogatory; people were able to laugh at themselves back then. A standing joke among Rangers was that those of us who went to college went on the "Ranger Five-Year Plan", so named because no Ranger was ever bright enough to get a Bachelor's Degree in four years. Another joke that got a lot of laughs was "how do you tell an Italian from a Bohunk? Simple. The Bohunks are the guys in the bottom of the pit with the shovels. The Italians are the guys in the suits standing at the top of the pit looking DOWN at the guys with the shovels." Like a lot of similar jokes it had just enough truth to make it funny. But nobody ever got bent out of shape over it, and similar jokes.

There's a lot to be said about not taking yourself too seriously.

Merriam-Webster dictionary clarifies the topic:
Yan·​kee ˈyaŋ-kē

1a: a native or inhabitant of New England
b: a native or inhabitant of the northern U.S.

2: a native or inhabitant of the U.S.

Any questions??

Not originally with admiration. Here's some interesting info from Wikipedia. The song was a pre-Revolutionary War song originally sung by British military officers to mock the disheveled, disorganized colonial "Yankees" with whom they served in the French and Indian War. It was written at Fort Crailo around 1755 by British Army surgeon Richard Shuckburgh while campaigning in Rensselaer, New York.[15] The British troops sang it to make fun of their stereotype of the American soldier as a Yankee simpleton who thought that he was stylish if he simply stuck a feather in his cap.[1] It was also popular among the Americans as a song of defiance,[1] and they added verses to it that mocked the British troops and hailed George Washington as the Commander of the Continental army. By 1781, "Yankee Doodle" had turned from being an insult to being a song of national pride.[16][17]

The crying game
 

who has 27 world series championships that others do not

Actually a good observation. What a northerner might consider a good natured jab a southerner might consider an insult. “Bless your heart” has an entirely different meaning to a northerner. Depends on how and where you were raised. Just need to cut some slack when communicating with each other. Am I really hearing what I think I am hearing? Is he hearing what I am really saying?

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Figuring this should run it’s course and poop out after Easter!

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There is the global term 'Yankee' used by other countries to refer to Americans in general. WWII soldiers were often referred to as Yanks by allies. In the domestic terminology, Yankees were generally those who were from the states that did not join the Confederacy in 1861, however those that lived North of the Mason-Dixon line were traditionally called Yankees. The Mason-Dixon Line, named for Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, the men who surveyed boundaries between Maryland and Pennsylvania, was known as the dividing line between the North and the South. It's a pretty nebulous term today. Also, we have snow birds from Canada and other states not traditionally called Yankee states.

LOL…love your posts. Actually, the term’s earliest use dates to the Revolutionary War and refers ONLY to those of y’all from Connecticut. Possible slur on Dutch colonists? “Yankee Doodle” is still the state song of Connecticut. Now, if you’re in Europe, it’s anyone from the States. Really sort of relative. The Yanks are coming!

Oversimplified…look a little further. Actually, after living in and embracing the South for 20+ years, my wife defines a Yankee thusly:

ANYONE who moves here and wants to change and fix things that don’t need changing of fixing. If you don’t like it, go back. Nobody asked you move here.

A Yankee is someone who has won the World ..Series 27 times, many more than anyone else

Anyone born north of The Mason Dixon line.

Silly question, a Yankee is a member of the world's greatest baseball team.

Why do they call it the World Series, when it's almost always played in the Bronx? <g>

Fun Facts
 

How many of you realize that there is a town named Yankeetown northwest of here? BTW - you have to go through Crackertown to get there :)

All true.

Ever hear of the "Mason-Dixon Line"? Having said that, I was born in Iowa but I have spent over half of my 74 years in Georgia, Louisiana, Texas and now Florida and consider myself a Southerner by choice, which I think is the best kind!

When my husband and I went to Normandy there was an old man in a resturant sitting next to us at the other table. He asked if we were Americans we said yes. He told us that he was a boy when and remembers the invasion in France when we liberated them. He3 thanked us.

We are all Yankees.
Proud of it

The "Yankee's" won the Civil War. (unless that not allowed to be taught in Florida anymore):shrug::crap2::1rotfl:

To me, a Yankee would be anybody from the north. An endearing term without malice or prejudice.

Yankee reason:
Because there is NYC, and then there is the rest of the world.

In Miami the correct term is Jankee.

In New England, "Yankee" has an almost entirely different meaning than anything I see expressed on this thread. A true Yankee would be a frugal individual that wastes nothing, and wants for nothing. An extremely capable individual, that is dependent on no one but himself and is all but self sufficient. There are very few "Yankee's" left anywhere, and if you know one, there is no more loyal friend that you could find.

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Spot on

I think when native Floridians refer to “up-northers” or “Yankees,” they sometimes mean anyone north of the Florida line. Terra incognita to those who use that term. But I have friends here who are real Yankees and refuse to say the letter R in words, except for the one in the word “idear.” I think more commonly, though, they mean people from states that were not confederate states during the Civil War and don’t realize that for some people, the war continues.
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Yankee
 

I lived in Connecticut for 65 years and along with New York we were considered Yankees. Took offence to that as I hate The Yankees, prefer my LA teams, the Dodgers and Angels. So a "Yankee" is someone from the upper northeast, but not north of Connecticut (Red Sox country).