The hypocrisy of this board

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But no the word yanks isn't offensive, I just noticed the way that term is thrown around on here is condescending and derogatory (describing a lower culture as bilbo would probably put it ).

I often use 'yanks' but don't mean it in a derogatory way - I use it like 'Brit' or 'Aussie'. When I lived in the States, it wasn't derogatory.

I know things do move on - do americans view it as derogatory these days?