Re: The "prison IS university" metaphor - a review

In article <frntj6$mjl$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, jas@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
> Lewis wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Yank is a generic term that any foreigner could use to describe any 
> > American 
> 
> Not here (UK) it isn't. It can only apply to (any) citizen of the USA.
> 
> > 
> > Yankee is a specific term, used by Americans in the south-eastern part

> > of the US 
> 
> It's also used here (UK) as a synonym for 'Yank', and has been at least 
> since the 1940s and probably before.

By some people. My father is in his 70s and has used 'Yank' for many 
years. I've never heard him say 'Yankee' except when referring to 
'Doodle Dandy'.
-- 
Linz
Wet Yorks via Cambridge, York, London and Watford
My accent may vary