Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
I would use the term "Yank" to describe a person from the USA and hope and assume that I am not causing offence to anyone, not "Yankee" as I think , perhaps wrongly, that may have insulting historical connotations to parts of the USA.

As to the last word you suggest, I would never ever use it.

Yank is decidedly different then Yankee , yank refers to a nation and I consider it a term of respect from someone from the British isles/ empire.

Yankee on the other hand can mean a lot of differing things depending on where you are. When in New England it is a term of respect that you are wise and frugal to sustain for the long haul. when down south is can be quite derogatory, when west of the Mississippi it is more of a tease. When in Boston well it is just down right an insult and may land you in some trouble.



Celts, Druids and Gauls ( even the Romans and Greeks too)work kilts/ cilts long before modern recorded history. Those that server to argue that 1600's introduced the kilt/cilt are fools who have not studied history well at all.