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

In article <MPG.2249bff6f8b197bb98984b@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Amethyst
Deceiver <spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <frntj6$mjl$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, jas@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
> > Lewis wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 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'.

I think the point we're making is that usage does differ - and, of
course, "Yanks" does trip off the tongue more easily and much more
forcefully than "Yankees" and so is much more suitable for the probable
occasions of its use by the good folk of Britain.

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