<p>As things stand thus far in my life, the only time I have ever heard the word Yankee(s) has solely been with regards to the baseball team.</p>
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<p>As a North Carolinian, Duke is a yankee school.</p>
<p>And people down here don’t hate Northerners. You’ll have trouble fitting in at some fraternities and sororities, but that’s it. I think the level of contempt that many in the north have for southerners is a much bigger problem.</p>
<p>America vs Canada LOL. </p>
<p>But seriously, I haven’t heard of this.</p>
<p>I have no problem with Northerners…unless they’re snowbirds! They crowd Florida in the winter time and they all drive so slow! Haha but I guess that’s not really related to college</p>
<p>I think this may be primarily a problem for people who are oversensitive or lack a sense of humor. If you are a southerner who goes to college in the north, some of your friends will call you a hillbilly, make fun of your accent, etc. The reverse will happen if you are a northerner who goes to school in the south–they will call you a Yankee (or even a dam’ Yankee), make fun of your accent, etc. The vast majority of such comments don’t represent any real dislike–it’s more like the teasing of somebody who favors a rival sports team. My advice is to go along with it and not take it too seriously.</p>
<p>And by the way, in the South a Canadian isn’t a northerner–a Canadian is a foreigner–or “furrner.”</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it. You can always disguise this if it is true.</p>
<p>I mean, it’s not like it’s your skin color.</p>
<p>Hah well it’s true the Southern accent has become associated with the dumb redneck/hillbilly in our culture, but that’s because of TV/movies making stereotypes. Similarly, a New England accent is often associated with being a rich and snobby. But yeah, unless you fit that stereotype no one’s gonna judge you…maybe joke about your accent a little. 
I personally think some Southern accents sound nice. My boyfriend’s from South Carolina and I love the way his whole family talks.
Yeah but “hillbilly” is offensive, Yankee is a historic name that dates back for centuries for New Yorkers which spread to most of the Northeast, and foreigners refer to Americans as “Yankees” or “yanks”. The term Yankee makes me feel proud of my American heritage, the term hillbilly is just rude.</p>
<p>Here in NY, “Northerners” are Canadians…they’re ok I guess. Friendly neighbors, quiet, Blue Moon is good.</p>
<p>I know someone that completely despises NYers/NY life from the south but I think it just really depends on the person. </p>
<p>It’s like saying. I don’t like chocolate, it’s just me but some people do.</p>
<p>I have never heard anyone call someone from the north a ‘Yankee’ and if you don’t have a backwoods accent and don’t wear cowboy boots no one is going to know you are from the south in the first place. </p>
<p>When I lived overseas no one called me a Yank. They called me American. XD</p>
<p>Just be polite and respectful. Courtesy and good manners go along way. Everywhere.</p>
<p>Off topic: (I have a question, where does NOVA become …just VA?</p>
<p>I mean, because of urban sprawl, the DC suburbs have just about “hit” the Richmond suburbs. Where’s the line, people?)</p>
<p>Also, as a Marylander, I consider myself neither northern nor southern. We have traits of both, especially as you move away from DC and towards Baltimore or Southern Maryland.</p>
<p>Also, in DC it’s not “those creepy northerners” or “those dumb southerners” it’s “those people from the Midwest, ugh”. Or “those crazy Californians”. So I guess we have more East-West prejudice than the North-South type?</p>
<p>On topic: I agree with Batllo. Just be nice, and people’ll be nice back. Also don’t talk about how way better “back home” is. No one wants to hear it. Ever.</p>