2006-08-29 03:23:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
[Origin: 1750–60, American; perh. back formation from D Jan Kees John Cheese, nickname (mistaken for plural) applied by the Dutch of colonial New York to English settlers in Connecticut]
2006-08-29 03:36:48 · answer #1 · answered by Azrael 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yankee Doodle came to town, riding on a pony..maybe it stems from the song.
I think Peter G gave a good explanation, by the way
2006-08-29 03:29:50 · answer #2 · answered by Avatar13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they dont like Americans. and in the civil war the southern ppl called northerners Yankees and so they call us Yankees.
2006-08-29 07:36:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The English who initially coined the term soccer, a slang for association soccer. Canadians, Australians, New Zealand and South Africans additionally call it that. there's a sport already stated as soccer so why confuse human beings. that's the comparable sport does it rather count variety. finally i think of i could make experience to no longer use stereotypes while speaking approximately human beings. that's the alluring sport, do no longer argue regarding the call.
2016-12-11 17:14:29 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because we Americans go around in Colonial uniforms singing in the streets,"I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy, Yankee Doodle Dandy Me"....
2006-08-29 04:45:38 · answer #5 · answered by JJohn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a name that was given to them by the native americans because of the stripes on the trousers of their military uniforms.
I'm not gonna remove but correct myself
I mixed up yankee and Gringo
2006-08-29 03:27:06 · answer #6 · answered by peter gunn 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's an old Dutch term for "Little John".
2006-08-29 03:30:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia gives these origins of the word.
Take your pick.
2006-08-29 03:36:14 · answer #8 · answered by SPLATT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never heard of that!
2006-08-29 03:29:55 · answer #9 · answered by Jessica 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋