{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Gherkin \u2611\ufe0f (thelastgherkin)'s status on Wednesday, 02-May-12 14:46:55 UTC","author_name":"Gherkin \u2611\ufe0f (thelastgherkin)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/thelastgherkin","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/1316648","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/5743\" class=\"url\" title=\"Micheal McPony\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">thatonepony<\/span><\/a><\/span> &quot;Outside the US it is used to refer to people from the US in general, whereas within the US it refers to people originating in the northeastern US, or still more narrowly New England, where application of the term is largely restricted to descendants of the English settlers of the region.&quot; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yankee\" title=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yankee\" rel=\"nofollow external\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yankee<\/a>"}