Etymology: L, nomen, name, clamare, to call. a consistent, systematic method of naming used in a scientific discipline to denote classifications and avoid ambiguities in names, such as binomial nomenclature in biology and chemical nomenclature in chemistry.
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.. This quote sums up pretty well how Yankees is really a contextual phrase.
Apr 23, 2006, 12:52 PM. My husband is adamant that you can get all you can eat hot buffet style breakfasts in new york, however, I have never seen advertised anywhere, i.e. something where you pay a fixed price and help yourself to as much or as little as you want - bacon, eggs, toast, sausages, hash browns etc.