Why Yankee Doodle called it "macaroni"
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What's the deal with Yankee Doodle Dandy and macaroni? Vox's Phil Edwards explains.
We always sang "Yankee Doodle went to London..."
Maybe it was a Massachusetts thing.
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>Revolutionary War
>involves Lafayette
because of course it does
We've all heard the Yankee Doodle Dandy lyrics and wondered what they meant. But the Yankee Doodle song turns out to have a surprisingly logical explanation.
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The Marquis of Lafayette is my hero.
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Americans took something meant to be an insult, embraced it, and threw it back in the face of their enemy. I cant think of anything that is more American; this is why the stereotype exists. 😂😂
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well as far as i've had it explained to me, dandy's don't like mac n chz anyways. so the song makes no sense.
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The thing about history is one must take into account that the world was a very different place 300 odd years ago. It is unfair to the people of the time to mock them for not behaving according to our standards of today. Anymore than people 300 years from now mocking us for our values, lifestyles, etc. Perhaps Phil Edwards should keep this in mind in future.
@markblaze10Well of course a Frenchman would take every opportunity to taunt the British, especially Lafayette.
@niIIer1It must have been nice being a British aristocrat in the 18th century.
@PatricKlein86.... And called it hamburger helper 🙂...
@dannthemann95It was this, or the Battle Hymn of the Republic, or Star Spangled Banner
@youchoob8090🇺🇸Yankey doodle 🗣️🔥🇺🇸
@GabbyPotts-ih8ukWhat
@Jordan-gh4wmThose lyrics confused me as a child. But it makes more sense now that i know macaroni was a fashion craze in the 16 and 1700s. The first thing that came to mind was the foodstuff.
@SwampNymph522Who else is watching this on 4th of July eating macaroni and cheese?
@thevigilant6884And even today, we Americans are called Yanks, and we still dont care.
@phantasydragon696We don’t care about what any of y’all think of us. You just make sure you don’t tread on us.🇺🇸 macoroin may have come from Italy but southerners made the best mac and cheese in the world. It will slap the taste you thought you had put your mouth when made from scratch with the best ingredients.
@maryannproffittAre you going
@SriniD-nc8tzmac and cheese is so yummy
@SlavicUnionGamingLove it
@Trom25987Q errar Q bush
@kazakhstanenjoyer8487❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@dagobertohernandez8043❤❤❤❤❤❤ Yankee
@dagobertohernandez8043Blud had NO reason to call it macaroni😭
@Colts657So
Yankee simpleton put a feather is his cap and called it high-class
Perjorative stereotype Italian
@francamariano7930Classic meme magic.
@yourcommander3412Macaroni
@kakungcuSo they were spitting' bars?
@Brand.on18in a nutshell:
british: noo you cant just use our song about hating you and making a song about a pride!
america: haha yankee doodle go splankee doodle
Imagine if Yankee doodle was the American national anthem.
@wooderdsaunders4640The image resembles Jervis Tetch
@patrikbengtsson3883The macaronis would rent themselves out to parties to enliven conversations. They were the incrowd of the day.
@harvey1954Mac and cheese be bussin.
@HEILIGERRomerRock lore: 🥱
Rap lore: 🥱
Nursery Rhyme lore: 😎
_÷¥₩ yankee doodle macronkn£ british folah fop and dandy ,%¥₩ englate ocean macaroni nacona balisca of jang where thet howling river
@CarsAdventuresandOnePiecepony he stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni
@CarsAdventuresandOnePieceYankee doodle went to town feather macaroni of macaroni
@CarsAdventuresandOnePieceI mean let's be fair the British aren't allowed to mock us in song when one of the versus reads, "And every time they shoot it off, it takes a horn of powder, and makes a noise like father's gun, only a nation louder."
It's like they wanted to boost our morale for independence. Needless to say the British did to themselves. That's why we're the best country in the world.
Well Jeffy from SML sang that song yacklo doodle and called it macaroni
@georgesmith1778Love it..
@maxdukefoxbruh im not even watching this for school😂
@mythicaltoaster931I've been wondering who or what was called macaroni.
It could have been the town, the pony, the hat!... or the father.
I'm disappointed that it's the father
So there was no macaroni club in England?
@sergiomora7381Macaroni is GMO Toxic ! Infamy K, what was Carolines ponys name ? Family curse continues with blind fools.
@CherylWhitestonePatriotic gibberish!? Traitors!
@visassess8607I heard it was because of the thing
@carrieismyfiancehaveyoulos1013👍👍
@rinkiyadav19501:41 "Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"
@n0denzAt least Americans brush their teeth
@topramen5884