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Re: OT: To you people in the UK
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Brice Yokem <[log in to unmask]>
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Brice Yokem <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:35:04 -0400
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I have never regarded 'Yank' as a pejorative term, just a 
short way of saying 'Yankee'.  A Southerner might not 
agree with me, though.  I think there is kind of an 
undertone of 'commoner' to it.

Of course about anything can be phrased as an insult.

Just FYI -

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/briton

briton - 3 dictionary results 
Brit&#8901;on&#8194;&#8194;/&#712;br&#618;tn/  Show Spelled Pronunciation [brit-n]  Show IPA 
Use briton in a Sentence
–noun 1. a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp. of England. 
2. one of the Celtic people formerly occupying the southern part of the island 
of Britain. 


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Origin: 
1250–1300; < ML Brit&#333;n- (s. of Brit&#333;); r. ME Breton < OF < LL Britt&#333;n&#275;s Britons



On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:53:59 +0100, Tony Tibbenham 
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I'm British and have no problem with being called a 'Brit'.  
>
>Meaning however, is mostly contained in the manner of delivery: You can
>say the sweetest words and cause grave offence depending on how it is
>said and who it is said to ... imagine the problem if you called your
>President 'darling'. It is entirely possible for someone to call me a
>Brit in a tone or manner which means it as an insult.
>
>FYI: it's Great Britain, not Briton [ which is a brand of ironmongery ]
>or Breton [ a language spoken in spoken in Brittany, an area in the
>northwest of France ]. 
>
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