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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky7" data-source="post: 2898016" data-attributes="member: 160476">We don&#039;t ordinarily refer to ourselves as &quot;Yanks&quot; unless we are northerners among a group of southerners (and the designation &quot;Yanks&quot; is often reserved for the baseball team, the New York Yankees&nbsp; ).&nbsp; We use &quot;Americans&quot; and whatever designation applies to our state, such as &quot;Texan&quot; or &quot;New Yorker&quot; (&quot;New Yorker&quot; can also refer to someone from New York City).&nbsp; In the case of my state, it&#039;s &quot;New Hampshireman&quot; (I kid you not).Ethnic designations such as &quot;Irish American&quot; or &quot;Italian American&quot; are usually only used in contexts where it would be important.By the way, the use of &quot;chink&quot; or &quot;chinky&quot; to refer to a Chinese person or a Chinese restaurant is considered derogatory here -- about at the same level as using the &quot;N&quot; word.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lucky7, post: 2898016, member: 160476"] We don't ordinarily refer to ourselves as "Yanks" unless we are northerners among a group of southerners (and the designation "Yanks" is often reserved for the baseball team, the New York Yankees ). We use "Americans" and whatever designation applies to our state, such as "Texan" or "New Yorker" ("New Yorker" can also refer to someone from New York City). In the case of my state, it's "New Hampshireman" (I kid you not). Ethnic designations such as "Irish American" or "Italian American" are usually only used in contexts where it would be important. By the way, the use of "chink" or "chinky" to refer to a Chinese person or a Chinese restaurant is considered derogatory here -- about at the same level as using the "N" word. [/QUOTE]

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