[taxed2death]

.....consequently (myself being a "Yankee" conservative in the rural north)....if a southerner calls me a Yank, or Yankee, it is probably meant as a derogarory remark, so I might oblige him and lossen a few of his teeth.

To be called a Yankee by another northern conservitive is a compliment of the highest regards. I guess it just depends on who's calling me Yankee....and the tone of voice used.

[taxed2death]

lossen=loosen

[tophat9000]

To be called a Yankee by another northern conservitive is a compliment of the highest regards. I guess it just depends on who's calling me Yankee....and the tone of voice used.

I would agree with that... While I was born and raised in So. Cal I consider myself a true Yankee as my father family is 10 generation New England farmers (1635 to 1914) I surely have the temperament