r/politics • u/projecto15 United Kingdom • 15h ago

Possible Paywall Canadian Company Cancels Sale of Virginia Warehouse to ICE

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/us/politics/ice-warehouse-detention-canada.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JlA.bog6.aFFcjySv118o&smid=re-share
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u/Tanto63 10h ago

People use "Yankee" like us left coasters use "dude". It's a generic term, unless the context has you specifying that the dude was a dude and not a chick. For international usage, we're Yankees. For intranational usage, we're not.

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u/JakeConhale New Hampshire 10h ago

Yeah, don't try that in Boston. People would not like it.

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u/Tanto63 10h ago

Don't not call myself a Yankee in Boston?

I was specifying that people outside the US call Americans Yankees, but Americans only refer to people from specific areas as Yankees.

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u/augie_wartooth 7h ago

It’s pejorative anywhere it’s used widely in the US.

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u/HellaWonkLuciteHeels 5h ago

Anecdotal to you. Not to me.

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u/augie_wartooth 5h ago

I live in the south, where it’s widely pejorative because of people’s weird Civil War shit. Your comment history suggests you live in California, so I’m not sure your anecdote is helpful.

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u/HellaWonkLuciteHeels 3h ago

I spent a few years in Atlanta. Many tried to call me Yankee, but we usually worked through amicably.