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From: sra@oddjob.UUCP (Scott R. Anderson)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Yankee Doodle
Message-ID: <660@oddjob.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 20-Mar-85 21:38:34 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 20 21:38:34 1985
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Reply-To: sra@oddjob.UUCP (Scott R. Anderson)
Organization: University of Chicago, Department of Physics
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We were discussing the origin of the word "Yankee", which originally
referred to New Englanders.  Webster's Third states that it is unknown.
("Yankee Doodle" is referred back to "Yankee".)  Does anyone know better
or having any good speculation?

				Scott Anderson
				ihnp4!oddjob!kaos