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minus-squareAkasazh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoDo people in Washington, Montana and North Dakota think of Canadians as Yankees, it is the concept of ‘north’ weird there?
minus-squareHildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoCanadians are not yankees. Yankees are from the southeast. The entire east coast of the US is far further south than most people realize.
minus-squareAkasazh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoI was trying to comprehend why a citizen of Montana would designate ‘a northerner’ a Yankee. I was being obtuse and ignoring the point that it was probably self-referential.
Do people in Washington, Montana and North Dakota think of Canadians as Yankees, it is the concept of ‘north’ weird there?
Canadians are not yankees. Yankees are from the southeast. The entire east coast of the US is far further south than most people realize.
I was trying to comprehend why a citizen of Montana would designate ‘a northerner’ a Yankee.
I was being obtuse and ignoring the point that it was probably self-referential.