[JenB]

I don't think yankeegirl is an insult, do you, Rosie? It's descriptive. Just because some yankees are liberal snobs doesn't mean we all are...

[RosieCotton]

Well...I admit it still gets my hackles up, mostly because I've known southerners who are just as incorrect in their stereotypes as any northerner could ever be, and who think of us as preppies who all live in big comfy cities and are more worried about society and clothes than anything else. My protesting and explaining what it's like in this area means nothing to 'em.

But yankee in the older sense of the word - meaning a hard-working, tough New Englander...now that definition I don't mind.