If you're from the US, west of the Mississippi, anyone east of the Mississippi is a "yankee."
If you're from east of the Mississippi, and south of the Mason-Dixon line, anyone east of the Mississippi and north of the M-D line is a "yankee."
If you're from east of the Mississippi, and north of the Mason-Dixon line, anyone from New England is a "yankee."
If you're from New England, you take offense at being called a "yankee," point to NYC, call -them- "yankees" (and a few other choice words), then angrily declare that New York is NOT part of New England!
