No matter where we gringos go we are called yanks are yankees. This could possibly be due to the fact that forriegn countries often consider the winners of the civil war as the true reprasentatives of our country. They also realize that the word yankee is a positive symbol for the fight for freedom for it was us Yanks that ended slavery not only in the U.S. but in Britian, Spain, and Latin america as well.

Unfortunately, there are a few jellous antiamericans who like to use Yank in a derogatory manner. Notice how jbird calls us F.....king Yanks.