It was a typo; I meant "those Yanks", of course.

Seriously, I am well aware that there are about 300,000,000 US Citizens in the world, (and that a significant number of them would be surprised and/or apalled to hear themselves described as "Yankees" <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> ). There does seem to be, from time to time, a handful of people on this forum who not only like to bash the French, but are surprised when everyone doesn't wholeheartedly agree with them. (Apparently randjack was being somewhat tongue-in-cheek and I may have over-reacted slightly; but if I did, then it's probably the response he was looking for anyway.)

My post was not in any way aimed at the majority of Americans, and certainly not at the majority of US posters on this forum. It was merely a response to what I (mistakenly?) perceived as another example of "French-baiting". <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />