Re: Rumours : Thu Nov 02, 2017 3:54 pm  

the flying biscuit wrote:

You can call Americans yanks
But can't do similar with Chinese. ...

Not really - Yankees are New Yorkers. Americans from other states use the term. This may have been OK internationally in earlier decades when we didn't know much about USA. Nowadays it would be like calling all Brits 'Cockneys'.

Re: Rumours : Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:45 pm  

Dezzies_right_hook wrote:

Didn't realise we had so many snowflakes on this board.

Do you think objecting to racism on a RL forum is being a "snowflake"?

Re: Rumours : Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:57 pm  

Asgardian13 wrote:

Not really - Yankees are New Yorkers. Americans from other states use the term. This may have been OK internationally in earlier decades when we didn't know much about USA. Nowadays it would be like calling all Brits 'Cockneys'.

I was in a meeting with a Deep South conservative recently and he was telling me about a time he was near the US Embassy in London. A large crowd was demonstrating and chanting “Yankees Out”. He said he felt like joining in. Lol.

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Rumours : Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:57 pm  

Sorry Folks but this isn't anything to do with rumours or rugby league