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2007-03-19 23:09:11 · 19 answers · asked by MynameisShirl 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
was it sitting on his nooodle?
2007-03-19 23:11:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
During Pre-Revolutionary America when the song "Yankee Doodle" first became popular, the word macaroni in the line that reads "stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni" didn't refer to the pasta. Instead, "Macaroni" was a fancy and overdressed ("dandy") style of Italian clothing widely imitated in England at the time. So by just sticking a feather in his cap and calling himself a "Macaroni", Yankee Doodle was proudly proclaiming himself to be a country bumpkin (an awkward and unsophisticated person), because that was how the English regarded most colonials at that time.
2007-03-20 06:14:23 · answer #2 · answered by Basement Bob 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A guy called Yankee Doodle doesn't need a reason to christen his feather-in-his-hat Macaroni
2007-03-20 06:14:47 · answer #3 · answered by Jeanne Lee 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Didn't you know that Yankee Doodle later, after "releasing"
the name of his feather to the world quickly became chief CEO of Kraft Co. the word had never been spoken prior to this occassion and believe me an uproar was in the making
as well as a pot of KD!!!
Surprised not everyone knew this bit of trivia I thought it was
part of American History 101.
2007-03-20 06:15:16 · answer #4 · answered by Maggie B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol..that brought up a primary school memory..
people at school used to sing "yaaankkee doodle went to town riding on his ponny stuck a feather in his fanny and called it macaroni"
ewwwww
perhaps he was hungry when he named it..
2007-03-20 06:19:27 · answer #5 · answered by LostMyMind 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Firstly..........EricS!!! The inventor was called MARCONI!! And why not call your pony, feather or hat Macaroni!! Some celeb called her kid Apple didn't she?
2007-03-20 06:24:49 · answer #6 · answered by wise old owl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A macaroni, at that time, was a british person who was very fashiionable, a fop.
It was a backhanded insult to the british, calling them ineffectual fashion plates.
Addition: To check this and for more information go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroni_%28fashion%29
2007-03-20 06:14:26 · answer #7 · answered by Walking Man 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
because it curves like a piece of elbow macaroni!
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2007-03-20 06:17:38 · answer #8 · answered by >> fleur << 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was named after the macaroni penguins that have yellow feathers on top of they head.
I just find out the penguins where named after young man who wore feathers where called macaroni
http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/wildlife/penguins/macaroni.shtml
2007-03-20 06:13:26 · answer #9 · answered by jobees 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
He called the pony macaroni...not the feather
2007-03-20 06:12:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
He called the pony macaroni...not the feather....the feather was just a filler sentence.
2007-03-20 06:11:40 · answer #11 · answered by missellie 7 · 1⤊ 5⤋