Talk:E. B. White

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A quote to verify[edit]

E.B. White: "Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts." (Besides, I suspect that haters don't want to take their time to look over what they've thought and done.) --Lo Ximiendo (talk) 04:23, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Yankee[edit]

I can find this all over the web, but never with a citation other than naming E.B. White. —MJBurrage (talk) 15:03, 13 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

To foreigners, a Yankee is an American.
To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner.
To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner.
To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander.
To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter.
And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.