TED-Ed

Mysteries of vernacular: Yankee - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel (2013x607)

Air date: Nov 26, 2013

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.