Many years ago the Hollanders who made cheese were called John Cheese by the German.
Then some of these Hollanders came to America in the Early 1600s.
They settled near the New England colonist.
The Hollanders were great farmers and they laughed at the colonist
in the north who tried to build farms in the mountain rock
And so the Hollanders gave their own nickname John Cheese to the New England colonist
In Dutch John Cheese was spelt J-A-N-J-E-E-S and pronounced Yankees .
During the American Civil War
that name Yankee took on a wider meaning.
The soldiers in the northern state
were called Yankees by the men of the southern army.
During World War I
the nickname Yankee spread to Europa.
The word yankee was shortened to Yank
and the words The Yanks are coming brought tears and job
to the people of the Allied Nation
Today,the word Yankee is known throughout the world as another name for an American.
17.What did the speaker tell us?
18.According to most experts, where did the word come from?
19.What did the word Yankees refer to during the American Civil War?
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