This section is from the book "The Corner Cupboard; Or, Facts For Everybody", by Robert Kemp Philp. Also available from Amazon: The Corner Cupboard; or Facts for Everybody.
Yankees. The term Yankee, applied to Americans, is said to have originated in the manner in which the native Indians of America pronounced the word English - they called the early settlers from Great Britain " Yengeese," which corruption led to their being termed Yankees.
 
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