>>>>But aren't you people the "United Kingdom" under one flag? If we did things that way, each US state flag would need to be different, too. Say, now there's an idea :)
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>>>Don't talk about state flags. Folks in South Carolina and Georgia can be real touchy about them.< g >
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>>Maybe we ought to come up with a "Yankee" flag to use for people from all states except those in the South? I know a couple of old guys here who call people from California Yankees.
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>I thought you had the Stars and Stripes (as opposed to Stars and Bars).

I believe you [UK and Europe in general] think of Yanks or Yankees as all of United States. In the US, southerners refer to Yankees as those living in the northeast part of the country. Some even consider any northern State as Yankees And Yankee is usually not a term of endearmentwhen used by a southerner. Most consider the term Damn Yankees as 1 word and inseperable.