koch@grofe.DEC (Kevin Koch LTN1-2/B17 DTN229-6274) (03/22/85)
> We were discussing the origin of the word "Yankee", which originally > referred to New Englanders. Webster's Third states that it is unknown. > ("Yankee Doodle" is referred back to "Yankee".) Does anyone know better > or having any good speculation? 'Yankee' ('yonqui', etc.) was the Indians' first attempt at pronouncing the word 'English' when they introduced themselves to each other. Kevin Koch ...decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-handel!koch Posted: Fri 22-Mar-1985 09:11 Littleton Time To: RHEA::DECWRL::"net.nlang"