Yankism

I had thought that 'coon' was a Yankism for raccoon, having learned that it isn't, I am pleased that I didn't use the word inadvertently to insult people that I met in Yankland.

The word is 'lose' not 'loose' - please, no yankisms in here.

> While there may be SOME native born Americans who speak spanish or polish as their primary language, I can't believe there are very many. By hell that Yankism grates BADLY on the ear. It is one that display GROSS stupidity, as it is apparently a NEED for you to define the fact that people are indeed "born" as opposed to assembled from cadavers to some kind of a bitsa or whatever else might lurk in those dark corners of your mind!

I think "rosebud" may be a Yankism. To me it means a torch with a head on it about as big as your fist, which throws a gigantic amount of heat.