Does everyone know the story about the origin of the term Yankee Doodle? It was a derogatory term used by the British to designate the country bumpkin colonials.
Another common term of the time was 'macaroni' - which basically meant 'high class' - supposedly the average American was such a dolt he thought a feather in his cap was the height of fashion.
Of course, the Amercan militia turned it around and adopted it like a badge of honor!
That's why I called this blog the Hack Writers' Guild. A literary hack is generally assumed to be unskilled and cheap - a 'mediocre and disdained writer'. Not necessarily!
I got obliquely referred to as a hack a while back, and decided sure, what the heck. I don't mind being called a hack! It's my macaroni.
Touché Grace!
ReplyDeleteDidn't they call Edger Allen Poe a hack? Sticks and stones, I say.
ReplyDeleteI love it! I didn't know about the macaroni thing...hmmmmm
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