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Other meaning for USA people (lemmy.ml)

submitted 12 hours ago by NahMarcas@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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From Spain here, when we want to speak about USA people we use the term "yankee" or "gringo" rather than "american" cause our americans arent from USA, that terms are correct or mean other things?

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[–] temporal_spider@lemm.ee 4 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Texan here. Yankee is definitely not a neutral word to refer to everyone from the USA. Some people down here will fight you over it, but most would just give you a confused look.

I've always understood gringo to mean white person, especially one who can't speak Spanish. The term is sometimes used in Mexican restaurants to let the staff know that you can't deal with too many jalapeños.

[–] tiredturtle@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

I've heard gringo is about language, primarily English. Not about being a whitey

[–] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Do Southerners use Yankee pejoratively to refer to northerners?

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, since the civil war era.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Or as my husband's Southern-ass grandma called it, the "war of northern agression" 🙄

[–] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 hours ago

Reflexively I wanted to downvote that 😒

[–] temporal_spider@lemm.ee 3 points 3 hours ago

I'm afraid so. There are a lot of people still fighting our Civil War, the one that supposedly ended over 150 years ago. Even without those troglodytes, there is a distinct cultural difference between the North and South, as I think there is in many countries. We tend to rub each other the wrong way sometimes.

Old joke about the difference. Walk up to a Southerner's house, and they say, "can I help you?" Walk up to a Yankee's house, and it's, "whaddya want?"