Birmingham.
_Yankee._--The following lines from a poem, written in England by the
Rev. James Cook Richmond, of Providence, Rhode Island, and dated Sept.
7, 1848, gives the derivation of this word:--
"At Yankees, John, beware a laugh,
Against yourself you joke:
For _Yenghees_ 'English' is, but half
By Indian natives spoke."
M. Philarète Charles then has too hastily concluded that this etymology
is not given in "aucun ouvrage américain ou anglais," and has supplied
us with a surprising coincidence, since he appears to have fairly
translated the first two lines, viz.: "Les Anglais, quand ils se moquent
des _Yankies_, se moquent d'eux-mêmes."