>Aye, I know. I've written this before: If that's the case, why did GIs sing "Over there - Over there ... Cos the Yanks are comin', the Yanks are comin'"? Presumably the US allies in WW II did include souterners. The song didn't have the addition "Cos the Yanks (and their southeren brethren) are comin' ..." :-) > >Besides, I thought the southerners called the northerners "yankies". > >In any case, "yanks" is our version of your "limeys" and applies to all of yez.
I thought during the war you called them the Three Os! {g}
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