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Old 05-20-2013, 05:59 PM
 
Location: Marietta, GA
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Both yankee and rebel have negative connotations where I live.
Except that the word rebel is a noun with an objective definition. Calling someone a "rebel" when they're engaged in rebellion is merely pointing out the obvious.

I don't know anyone up north who calls modern day southerner's "rebels" but there are plenty of southerners who continue to call folks from the north "Yankees" (many times proceeded by the adjective "damn") with the intent of it being a pejorative.

From Webster's: Rebel - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

1a : opposing or taking arms against a government or ruler

b : of or relating to rebels <the rebel camp>

2: disobedient, rebellious
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Old 05-21-2013, 07:43 AM
 
Location: Roswell, GA
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52% Dixie. Barely in Dixie

Strange, since I was born and raised in NJ. Lived there 33 years.

And one point of contention with this quiz....no true Jerseyan would EVER call a sandwich a "hero". It is a SUB everywhere in Jersey except the far SouthWest near Philly, where it is a "grinder".
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Old 05-21-2013, 07:46 AM
 
Location: The South
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It's not a common way to refer to soft drinks anywhere. How can you ever have a Mountain Dew if you call it a Coke?

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How can you have a Crescent wrench or a Stillson wrench? Both are the generic names now for a wrench that originally was the mfg. brand. I expect there are many more examples.
All soft drinks have always been coke to me. I got rudely introduced to the word "pop" in NJ during service many years ago.
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Old 05-21-2013, 08:32 AM
 
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How can you have a Crescent wrench or a Stillson wrench? Both are the generic names now for a wrench that originally was the mfg. brand. I expect there are many more examples.
All soft drinks have always been coke to me. I got rudely introduced to the word "pop" in NJ during service many years ago.
Band-Aid and Dumpster are both brand names. Wrenches currently called Crescents are not unlike their predecessors are they? Same with Dumpsters and generic trash receptacles. Most people wouldn't know the difference. Anyone can tell the difference between Coke and Mountain Dew. That's what makes it silly to me.
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Old 05-21-2013, 11:39 PM
 
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38% yankee. Not originally southern so I'm not surprised, though I picked up a very few things like 'yall'.
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Old 05-22-2013, 05:40 PM
 
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Except that the word rebel is a noun with an objective definition. Calling someone a "rebel" when they're engaged in rebellion is merely pointing out the obvious.

I don't know anyone up north who calls modern day southerner's "rebels" but there are plenty of southerners who continue to call folks from the north "Yankees" (many times proceeded by the adjective "damn") with the intent of it being a pejorative.

From Webster's: Rebel - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

1a : opposing or taking arms against a government or ruler

b : of or relating to rebels <the rebel camp>

2: disobedient, rebellious
Yankee is not a word that I use, but I hear it now and then. The use of "yankee" in the South is undoubtedly related to the number of transplants from the Northeast - and that's the context in which I have normally heard it used. Normally it seems to be said in a light-hearted manner.
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Old 05-22-2013, 06:15 PM
 
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Except that the word rebel is a noun with an objective definition. Calling someone a "rebel" when they're engaged in rebellion is merely pointing out the obvious.
In the abstract "rebel" is just a noun but it is loaded with negative connotations when applied to southerners.

That's why I don't like it. I am an American through and through and have never advocated rebellion against the United State.

I also find "yankee" obnoxious when used in that context. That "damn yankees" crap also conjures up stereotypes that I totally reject.

I have lived with great pleasure in both the north and the south. We proudly have family members from all parts of the country. We're Americans. We do not use terms like yankee and rebel, and do not appreciate others applying them to us.
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Old 05-22-2013, 06:28 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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14% Dixie here...Duke of Yankeedom. I left the last question blank because I had no idea what they were talking about. I lived the first 33 years of my life in New England, and the last seven in Texas. Btw, the term yankee represents nothing more than an demonic baseball team. LOL
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Old 05-22-2013, 06:39 PM
 
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38% yankee. Not originally southern so I'm not surprised, though I picked up a very few things like 'yall'.
Just realized I made a mistake here. Meant to say 38% Dixie...for some reason I can't edit my post.
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Old 05-22-2013, 07:36 PM
 
Location: East Point
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14% Dixie here...Duke of Yankeedom. I left the last question blank because I had no idea what they were talking about. I lived the first 33 years of my life in New England, and the last seven in Texas. Btw, the term yankee represents nothing more than an demonic baseball team. LOL
people from new england (massachusetts, connecticut, maine, vermont, rhode island and new hampshire) are yankees, that's the term for them. i always found it weird that the new york yankees have that name since new yorkers aren't really 'yankees'.
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