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From what iv'e herd, the Germans called Americans "Yanke Bastards" They called them "amis"... when I was a little child I was always wondering, because I thought that was familiar with the french amis for friends, what would have been unlogical though. "Amis" was the simple abbreviation for "Amerikaner".

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