Date: Tue, 6 Jun 1995 15:52:27 GMT

From: Barnhart Lexik[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HIGHLANDS.COM

Subject: Yankee?



Last weekend my wife found the following boilerplate in a newspaper:



If you live outside the United States, a Yankee

is someone who comes from the United States.



If you live in the United States, a Yankee

is someone who lives north of the Mason-Dixon line.



If you live north of the Mason-Dixon line a Yankee

is someone who comes from New England.



If you live in New England, a Yankee

is someone who comes from Vermont.



If you live in Vermont, a Yankee

is someone who eats apple pie for breakfast.



The first three usages are well established in the dictionary record (See:

World Book Dictionary, American College Dictionary, and Merriam-Webster's

10th Collegiate for instance). However, I am looking for corroberation of

using Yankee to refer to a Vermonter or a Vermonter who eats apple pie for

breakfast. I have checked Dict. of Americanisms and Dict. of American

English without finding support. Similarly unsupportive are unabridged

Random House and Merriam-Webster, OED and OEDS (both versions). Does anyone

on ADS-L know of these usages?



Thanks for your help.

Barnhart[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]Highlands.Com