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In short according to Wiki they were from Maryland first known as the Oriole`s then moved to Manhattan called The New York Highlanders only to be dubbed `Yankee`s and/orYank`s` by the press:shrug:

Well `Yank` or `Yankee` is definitely a derisive term,as i`m sure you know the South called all the Northern states `Damn Yankee`s`during the civil war and even up to today. I once made the mistake of calling an American a `Yank` and he told me they consider it highly offensive .

I don`t go around waving a flag but if the subject comes up i will take pride in my heritage . Thanks for that made me laugh out loud:lolol:

As you say it depends how it is used,at worst i see it as just annoying and unoriginal.What does offend me immensely is being called a plastic paddy because i have lived in England the vast majority of my life and don`t have an Irish accent regardless of the fact both my parents were Irish and i...

It was normally `No Irish` that was written in windows of `B&Bs` and that is most definitely racist .I`m not sure about being about power and control,i`m sure you`re right to some extent it probably is,but i think it is more insidious than that.

Watching the cricket recently and saw a piece about the Great Shane Warne talking about beating the `Poms` is that racist ? . And i am an Irishman and don`t consider `Paddy` as racist , and i would be surprised if `Taffy` or `Jock` was considered racist by the Welsh and Scottish . We are getting...