The Term "Yank"

[Ashcan Bill]

Originally Posted by iRiSh

It is often used to describe a person from the United States of America in countries around the world.

Where does it originate from? Yankee?

Do you find it a Derogatory term?


Irish people are refered to as "paddies" by some people in nations such as britain. To me it entirely depends on who is saying it (friend or stranger) and what context its said in wether its offensive or not

I don't consider it derogatory, and if someone wants to call me a Yank, I'm fine with that. But I don't personally regard myself a Yankee. Yankees come from the Northeast section of the U.S. That's where the name originated, as in Yankee ingenuity.

I'm a Westerner. At least in the U.S. I am.