Mysteries of vernacular: Yankee - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel
- Title:
- Ang Misteryo patungkol sa katutubong wika: Ang Yankee - Jessica Oreck at Rachael Teel
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Is it a doodle dandy? A baseball team? The origins of the word yankee are unclear, though its usage in America as a pejorative is well-documented. Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel track the varying levels of contempt that the word yankee has elicited from the pre-Revolution era to today.
Lesson by Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel, animation by Jessica Oreck.
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- closed TED
- Project:
- TED-Ed
- Duration:
- 01:55