Meet and Eat and Drive in Florence, SC
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01-24-2007 | 11:09 AM
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From: Columbia, SC
Originally Posted by Rex Leo,Jan 24 2007, 01:29 PM
I believe the term you were looking for was "yankee." 
One thing I learned when I moved to SC was that you are not considered a 'Yankee' if you are from the 'north' as in the Union states. Quite surprising, considering the number of folks around here that don't realize the war is over.
Rather, you are a 'Yankee' if you are from any amount further north than the person you're speaking to.
I can understand that people from northern (Union) states are considered 'Yankees.'
I'm from Maryland, a 'boarder' state. I can kinda see being called a 'Yankee.'
When I moved here, people would ask where I moved from. I'd reply from Virginia (a confederate state), to which I'd be called a 'Yankee.'
But, then I learned that people in Rock Hill are considered 'Yankees' to anyone living in Columbia.
If you live on the north side of the street, and I live on the south, you're the 'Yankee.'
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Please don't confuse this with the NY Yankees.
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