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Yankee
The origin is unknow but one theory holds that General James Wolfe (the
battle hero of Quebec) used the word in a letter as a pejorative term
for Americans. Another theory is that it comes from the Dutch "janke"
which is a diminutive of the name Jan.
This
is from a website visitor:
I've
read that he North American natives allied with the French during French
& Indian Wars incorrectly pronounced the French word "Anglais"
as "Yankeez". Thus, the word "Yankee" is a corruption
of the French word for English.
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