What's in a name

[grizzbass]

About "yankee"

To foreigners, a Yankee is an American.
To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner.
To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner.
To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander.
To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter.
And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.

While in the US "south" it means somebody from the "north" (as per the ACW) in the north it means somebody from New England (Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island).

Within New England, Yankee appears to mean the people and the dialect from eastern New England and in particular the descendants of the original English Puritan settlers.

It's also a great baseball team (formerly the highlanders)

[Dale-of-Cedars]

Best all in one answer is this.

https://www.quora.com/Why-are-the-En...y-the-Scottish

Frank

That link is very much appreciated, and helps me to sort where my Lowland/Glaswegian and Irish ancestors fit into the mileau.