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mknod  ·  3577 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Yankee Doodle is a girl.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned that Yankee Doodle was actually supposed to be a derisive term for the American's and the fact that he was a "Dandy" was supposed to imply that he was "girly".





mk  ·  3577 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks. That's interesting. The picture book we have suggests that he is a young boy, and that's why he eventually gets scared and runs home to his mother.

The Wikipedia article is full of a number of variations.