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and not usually a subject of conversation at dinner or at a party.
It is not polite to ask anyone other than a child how old they
are.

YANKEES

Outside of the United States, all Americans get called Yankees.
Inside the United States, however, it's a different story. A Yankee
is someone who comes from one of the northern states that fought
for the Union against the southern Confederates, in the war that
northerners call the Civil War and that southerners call the War
Between the States. In the South, a Yankee can also be anyone
who isn't from the South, although westerners argue that they can't
be called Yankees since most of their states didn't even exist in the
1860s when the war took place. And in the Northeast, only
someone from New England is a Yankee.
Feelings about that war are still very strong in the South, so it's
best never to bring up the subject.

GLOSSARY OF AMERICAN TERMS
Asian
In the United States, the term "Asian" is used to refer to someone
or something from China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, or
Southeast Asia. While India is part of Asia, its people tend to be
called "people from India" or "Indian Indians" (as opposed to
American Indians).
blue-collar
the class of workers whose jobs involve manual work and usually
require uniforms or less formal clothing.
CEO
chief executive officer; the person with the most authority in a
company; managing director.
day care
a building or home where very young children are taken care of
while their parents are at work.
hyphenated American
someone whose family did not come from northern Europe and is
called by their ethnic background, such as Asian-American,