That's correct, the vast majority of Americans don't use the word except in jokes. Why is this so hard to understand?
That's right, noobie. (you haven't been playing on the internet long, have you...)
I'm quite the rookie; I only started back in the '80s on the Usenet. Even then, people were making the farcical assertion that if they had been posting in a particular group longer than someone else that they somehow were more credible on any subject. Things haven't changed, as you can see.
real - actual: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
So not using the word "damnyankee" outside a humorous context disqualifies one from being a genuine Southerner?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!?
Watch and learn, especially starting at 0:25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8D93Awa434
Granted, he says "dangyankee"...but it is a cartoon, after all. Similarly, anyone who uses words like "damnyankee" or "yankee" as epithets is a bit cartoonish themselves.
You just tell us how you want us to act, noobie, and I'm sure that we'll all fall in line. /sarc
I only started back in the '80s on the Usenet.
Wow! Did you and AlGore invent the internet together?!?
BTW, I checked your brief posting history here on FR. It would appear that you are a proud atheist. Is that correct? If so, how do you reconcile our God given rights with your belief that there is no God?