TED-Ed
Mysteries of vernacular: Yankee - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel
2013 • E607 Nov 26, 2013 2m
Is it a doodle dandy? A baseball team? The origins of the word yankee are unclear, though its usage in America as a pejorative is well-documented. Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel track the varying levels of contempt that the word yankee has elicited from the pre-Revolution era to today.
Lesson by Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel, animation by Jessica Oreck.
Lesson by Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel, animation by Jessica Oreck.