Michel Sardou -- the Yankees

[SigniferOne]

Courtesy of Google Translate, and feeble translation attempts.

See this powerful Frenchman tribute to America.

This thread is aimed at patriots (on both sides of the continent OCEAN (typo)). Miscreants please don't apply...

Watch it, then read the lyrics.


Michel Sardou -- Les Ricains (The Americans)

Si les Ricains n'etaient pas la		If Yanks I sing of had not come
Vous seriez tous en Germany		You all would be in Germany
A parler de je ne sais quoi		Speaking of something, don't know what
A saluer je ne sais qui			Saluting someone, don't know whom

Bien sur les annees ont passe		Of course the years by now have passed
Les fusils ont change de mains		The guns of course have changed their hands 
Est-ce une raison pour oublier dis?	Is this a reason to forget it?
Qu'un jour on a eu besoin		That one day we had needed them

Un gars venu de Georgie			A youth had come from Georgia
Qui se foutait pas mal de toi		Who didn't give a damn for you
Est venu mourrir en Normandie		And left his life at Normandy!
Un matin ou tu n'y etais pas		One morning when you didn't show


Bien sur les annees ont passe		Of course the years by now have passed
On est devenu des copains		And we have all become fast friends
A l'Amicale du fusille			But at the shots association
On dit qu'ils sont tombes pour rien	They said their graves have been for nothing

Si les Ricains n'etaient pas la		If Yanks I sing of had not come
Vous seriez tous en Germany		You all would be in Germany
A parler de je ne sais quoi		Speaking of something, don't know what
A saluer je ne sais qui			Saluting someone, don't know whom

I put this here because, unfortunate as that is, the topic of this thread is politically very uncomfortable for some people.

[christof139]

Great post. Some people can't deal with reality though. Chris

[Kanaric]

More like they would all be in Russia.

[Siblesz]

More like they would all be in Russia.

Indeed.

[removeduser_487563287433]

THIS THREAD IS FOR PATRIOTS

[SigniferOne]

What does it matter, one slavery or another.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

One question: How can they be a Yankee if they come from Georgia? This is like mistakenly saying everyone in the UK is English.

[JP226]

they're not yankee. Calling a southerner a blue belly is an insult

[Ace_Combat_uk]

Yankee's Lol so american..

[removeduser_487563287433]

I am hanging around with a girl from Kentucky right now, is it an insult if I call her yank?

[NaptownKnight]

Yep, but since your British she might understand.

[Ace_Combat_uk]

Yep, but since your British she might understand.

I call american's ''yanks ''i remember on xbox live i called someone yank. they were annoyed and called me stupid brit. Good old days.

[removeduser_487563287433]

It's not that I am or anything, just interested.

[JP226]

kentucky? Yes that's fine, they were neutral. Although it depnds on the region, just like in Virginia.

[removeduser_487563287433]

What does yank even mean?

[NaptownKnight]

Yankee means someone from the north. Thats why calling a southerner a yank is an insult. It's something like that I think.

[removeduser_487563287433]

Yes, I know what it refers to, but why yank?

[King Edward III]

One question: How can they be a Yankee if they come from Georgia? This is like mistakenly saying everyone in the UK is English.

they're not yankee. Calling a southerner a blue belly is an insult

Yankee's Lol so american..

I am hanging around with a girl from Kentucky right now, is it an insult if I call her yank?

What does yank even mean?

I call american's ''yanks ''i remember on xbox live i called someone yank. they were annoyed and called me stupid brit. Good old days.

Yankee means someone from the north. Thats why calling a southerner a yank is an insult. It's something like that I think.

Yes, I know what it refers to, but why yank?

Americans = Yanks

[mrmouth]

Yank was certainly not created to be a term of endearment, its similar to limey I suppose. Both terms were born in each respective country, but have been used in a less than flattering light.

[JP226]

Yankees are anyone from north of the mason dixon line and those that we don't truly consider southerners. Anyone from states outside of the steller 11.

I think the roots take place in the fact that the south was closer to the brits then the north and we borrowed the term yank and transformed it to yankee. Yank means redneck technically and given the aristocratic society of the south it was easy to call poor white s and immigrants rednecks or yanks/ yankee.

Up until and past the civil war society in the south represented a form of british society. hell our whole notion of slavery came from you guys. The plantation has it's roots in the british involvement in ireland.