Really? Are you a Yank? Ever been to England? When you go over there and have the very Waspy English call you a Yank all day without even an inkling of a sense of common decency, then you'll see that your statement is only wishful-thinking, you poofter.
Every time I go through Yass , I look for this sign. I've never found it! Even went to the lengths of eating at McDonalds in Yass to see if it was near their store.
Nope. Can someone in Yass actually confirm this sign exists, now, or ever?
I kind of laugh at being called a Yank too. Most people that try to use it in an insulting way don't realize that inside the USA its borderline patriotic to call yourself a Yankee (more in colonial times than now). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee Yankee soldiers did some awesome stuff for this country. They were pretty badass.
Maybe we should start calling English peps "Redcoats" and Australian people "criminals". lol.
This sign is (or was a couple of months ago) real. It is located on the Hume Highway, running between Sydney and Melbourne. It is located south of Goulburn, and is visible when driving south (from Sydney to Melbourne, for those of you who are directionally challenged) and is on the right hand side of the road (above directions applied). Click the link above for a different picture of that sign, taken in November, 2006
So Yankee comes from the dutch settlers name of Jancke.
No idea why you find that insulting.
Amstedam, Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten, Great Kills, stoop, knicker bocker, Roosevelt, Hells Kitchen, Harlem, and a shed load more names places and people all are Dutch.
I fail to see the slander.
And yes Aussies do speak English, very good clear and comparatively unaccented English.
Particularly compared to Britain, which as nice a bunch of people as you could meet, have a HUGE varied and sometimes incomprehensible take of their shared tongue.
If you aren't British that is.
Never been to Yass, but if it's claim to fame is that it has a Macca's it dosn't sound too appealling.
I'll give you one better. I have been to YASS many times to run P.A. for the annual Yass River Festival. It's a great little town. Each visit, I've pulled into town at night. The sign that welcomes you to Yass has only the last three letters painted with reflective paint. So at night it reads... "Welcome to ASS" It's a quirky little town, and I think this was an intentional little joke by the local council boys.
If you ever visit Australia, I suggest pulling through. I have always felt welcome in yASS
The derogotry part of Tank when refering to Yanks hasn't been used by any of U it's a term i don't use as why throw insults at a person u know nothing about the full insulting title is Septic tank quite a common site in Aus where towns don't have a piped water supply it comes from the Aussie habit of using rhyming slang. Septic tank became common as an insulting name during the 60's when Yank servicemen came to Aus on R&R leave
Here, as in England, "ass" means nothing more than donkey, and the equivalent word meaning bottom is "arse".
So, I don't think they raised too many eyebrows by putting up a sign that can be misread as "my donkey".
American English rules, yeaaaah!
:p
in English English, we spell that as yeah, or yes
Nope. Can someone in Yass actually confirm this sign exists, now, or ever?
http://www.omundodemarlon.blogger.com.br/mc2.jpg
Maybe we should start calling English peps "Redcoats" and Australian people "criminals". lol.
(oh what... don't like that? ;) )
No idea why you find that insulting.
Amstedam, Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten, Great Kills, stoop, knicker bocker, Roosevelt, Hells Kitchen, Harlem, and a shed load more names places and people all are Dutch.
I fail to see the slander.
And yes Aussies do speak English, very good clear and comparatively unaccented English.
Particularly compared to Britain, which as nice a bunch of people as you could meet, have a HUGE varied and sometimes incomprehensible take of their shared tongue.
If you aren't British that is.
Never been to Yass, but if it's claim to fame is that it has a Macca's it dosn't sound too appealling.
I'd sooner be in Saint Fuckin' Kilda.
Each visit, I've pulled into town at night. The sign that welcomes you to Yass has only the last three letters painted with reflective paint. So at night it reads...
"Welcome to ASS"
It's a quirky little town, and I think this was an intentional little joke by the local council boys.
If you ever visit Australia, I suggest pulling through. I have always felt welcome in yASS