Getting To Grips With Southern Hospitality – The True Meaning Of Southern Phrases

Yankee

While this is a relatively harmless term that Southerners use to call northerners today, the term “Yankee” was a bitter and even hateful one that originated during the American Civil War that lasted between 1861 to 1865 that was used for Union members of the northern states. This was a ferociously brutal and bloody civil war where the Northern and Southern states battled over the future of slavery within the United States. Thankfully, relations between “Yankees” and Southerners have improved.

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