[Caipirabob]

OK, please excuse a non USA freeper's ignorance. But this cartoon made me think. So is the"macaroni" in Yankee doodle a reference to something historic and not just a convenient rhyme? Feather in his hat? tar and feathering. what's with the "macarony" spelling?

This is just an excellent question for today, so I did some research. Enjoy!

1) The word macaroni also meant "dandy", or "fop", or "dude" at the time.

Here is an in-depth explanation of "Yankee Doodle" and it's history, better explained than I can sum up in this thread.

The meaning of "Yankee Doodle".

[freedom moose]

Thanks Caipirabob