soleil Posted October 11, 2003 Author Share Posted October 11, 2003 Hmmm... we get Labor Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving (2 days), Christmas Day, Memorial Day, and I think that's about it. Whoopee! A whole six days off!! Back in the high school days we would get Pulaski Day and President's day and what else... maybe I should move to somewhere in Europe :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvargas Posted October 21, 2003 Share Posted October 21, 2003 Good old Thanksgiving is coming...turkey,mashed potatoes, gravy, apple pie...yummm. The one day I really enjoy american food. So, I was talking to my parents recently and didn't even bring up the term yanks in the conversation and my mom asked me what the new york "yankees" were name after. (Given that they are in the world series and we were on top of it all because the Cubs were in the finals) That gave me the opportunity to ask what they thought of the term yankees meant in other countries. My mom said that they reffered to americans that way, it wasn't ever in a good way...I asked my dad the same and he only agreed more. So, I don't know, but I just got that feeling. Weren't the yankees referred to the Americans trying to gain their independence? I don't know... that's what I got from all of it. :/ *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rf_ucsd Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 I never got the impression people in other countries used the term in a derogatory manner ... not unless you consider Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama, etc. other countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogieJ Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Yanks is just a slang term for the collective USA...officially it should mean the north US states who fought in the civil war against the south...(werent the south the Dixies?) but in time it was used to represent the whole US... It's never said by myself in a derogatory way except to the strength of "Oh them yanks" etc..when americans do silly stuff, like kids divorcing parents, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvargas Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 It must just be in South America then I guess... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
About A Girl Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 I was freakin 16 when i realized england didnt have a thanksgiving!!!! omg my parents mocked me, but thats ok!! lol ::insert shrug smiley here:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityandColour Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Thats one thing that pisses me off, Southerner's are also Yanks, Yankees, whatever. They continue to act like there not. (Im from michigan, one northern most state) one time, my history teacher went to Florida and someone actually said, "hey yankee!" Yeah, he is too though.... During the civil war though, the Confederates (southerners) nicknamed us the "Billy Yanks" and us Union people nicknamed them rebs or "Johnny Rebs". Actually, there was one state that was with the union that isnt technically a northerner in geographical terms, california was a union state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvargas Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Here is a celebrity quiz... you know I love my quizzes. I put this here since a lot of celebritites here are american. It's funny to see what they majored in before they became famous. http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/quiz/Quiz.aspx?QuizID=84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soleil Posted October 22, 2003 Author Share Posted October 22, 2003 6/14!!:confused: Darn! I should've gotten the hefner q right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycdplayerisbroke Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Quote: It would be nice to look forward to do some kind of physical activity after work, other than just going to Bally's. Ugh. Gyms stink. i just can't do them. yeah i went to a gym like twice and it sucked i have this thing i work out with on a dvd and its only a half hour i see alot of improvement and people are starting to comment good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soleil Posted October 22, 2003 Author Share Posted October 22, 2003 Which DVD? Buns of steel?? :lol: :lol: :lol: Sorry, couldn't resist! The bad thing about gyms is that they are sooo boring. It sucks to have to go on a treadmill like some kind of hamster running on its wheel. And every time I want to use the weights, there's always someone on them hogging it all up. When it's finally your turn, most likely some dude will just hover around waiting until you finish! I hate that! It makes you feel like you can't work out at your own pace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvargas Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 Yah what DVD is it? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvargas Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 Okay I don't know where this guy or girl is from...but I was checking the coldplay site today and saw this thread....:o What's up with that? http://coldplay.artscience.net/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61837 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycdplayerisbroke Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 the DVD is called BeachBody good stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycdplayerisbroke Posted October 24, 2003 Share Posted October 24, 2003 so many words man can you paraphraze it for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soleil Posted October 24, 2003 Author Share Posted October 24, 2003 wow! that one was a heated debate! :stunned: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvargas Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 so many words man can you paraphraze it for us it's about halloween...Why american get into it...etc.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycdplayerisbroke Posted October 25, 2003 Share Posted October 25, 2003 ah im not much of a halloween fan myself thanksgiving is where its at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soleil Posted October 26, 2003 Author Share Posted October 26, 2003 hmm... so i was trying to bite my tongue on this one, but it was too hard for me to do that... anyways, so i was just browsing through the threads and read this post ... "well i kinda got the feeling since theres a lot of christians in the UK, well more people youll consider true christians compare to the US (no offense)" this is yet another generalization. the thing that i find interesting is that the topic of the thread had nothing to do with americans whatsoever, and yet this comment was made. it is also interesting that instead of comparing the uk to the rest of the world or to another country, they picked the good 'ol us of a. (and i realize that this subject will go nowhere because the topic is about religion and these kinds of discussions tend to go nowhere and people always end up disagreeing on faith, but i just had to mention it b/c it seemed to fall under this thread's category) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 All people generalize hehe :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soleil Posted October 26, 2003 Author Share Posted October 26, 2003 so does that mean that you agree with this comment, Rain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycdplayerisbroke Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 my stereotype is that the british dont brush their teeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soleil Posted October 26, 2003 Author Share Posted October 26, 2003 no comment :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvargas Posted October 26, 2003 Share Posted October 26, 2003 Yah, I hate generalizations. Yah the other link I put up was someone going off on americans. And they used the word yank in it too. Maybe they just like to rile us up. *shrug* (I wish there was a shrug smiley!!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rf_ucsd Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 I hate generalizations is a generalization unless what you just said isn't a generalization because it's a lie. Either way, saying you don't like generalizations is like saying "I'm lying right now." I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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