2006-08-07 06:08:13 · 14 answers · asked by TheEchoes 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Holy crap, I have to give big thanks to HBO for my ability to answer this one. And Robert Wuhl, or whatever his name is.
Apparently Macaroni was a club for "fops."
Oh shoot, I just reread your question, and realized you're not asking why, but what.
Damnit! But I'll finish my story anyway.
So there's this club in England called the Macaroni Club. It was for fops - you know, "fancy" men.
Some English dude wrote this song, in essence calling Americans "queer."
2006-08-07 06:19:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yankee Doodle went to town, riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his hat and called it Macaroni.
2006-08-07 07:50:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yankee Doodle went to town a riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his hat and called it Macaroni. Yankee Doodle keep it up, Yankee Doodle dandy, mind the music and your step, and with the girls be handy. In the olden days, groups of people would get together and sing and party. A person would make up a verse, then it would go to the next person to sing a verse. Songs didn't have to make since, it was all in having fun. To add a verse to this song one could say. Yankee Doodle was a man , he never drank no Brandy, he always ate Macarroni instead, and followed that with candy.
2006-08-07 07:18:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe he said that he stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni..so it is really a toss up between the feather and the hat.
2006-08-07 06:13:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was the hat and feather together, sort of.
the redcoats had been laughing at the country bumpkin colonists and they joked that they thought they were "sophisticated" by putting a feather in their hat. as if they were a "macaroni",(a member of the macaroni club, a very fancy club in england)
2006-08-07 06:18:53 · answer #5 · answered by willowprincess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stuck a feather in his hat and called IT macaroni
2006-08-07 06:54:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni..would insinuate the feather, since that is the action word..but it could refer to the hat also...what a conundrum...
2006-08-07 06:42:49 · answer #7 · answered by MyDreams2Be 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The feather in his cap and called it macaroni
2006-08-07 07:44:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was calling the style of dressing up his hat with a feather 'Macaroni' ... The song was making fun of the 'rustic' American's pretensions to high fashion, kind of like trying to be 'hip hop' with junk from the Goodwill store.
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2006-08-07 07:12:45 · answer #9 · answered by kill_yr_television 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the feather in his hat remember "QUOTE" "stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni"
2006-08-07 06:14:50 · answer #10 · answered by selenaqlover 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always thought it was the feather in his hat, but the pony makes more sense i guess....
2006-08-07 06:14:50 · answer #11 · answered by chocolatebunny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋