Re: REF-> the term "yankee"

[William Russell Smith <rssmith@TENET.EDU>]

> We all know what "yankee" means, but where does the term itself come from?
> Did it have something to do with the sound of a northerner's accent?  Thanks.

     Well, Mike you shouldn't have asked a Scottish-American! :-)

     Many feel the term comes from the Scottish word "yankie" which means a
sharp and clever woman. Considering the way Yankee has been used over the
past 300 years, that explanation makes more sense to me than some of the
other ones etymologists have proposed.

Russell Smith
rssmith@tenet.edu
Sweetwater, Texas