That which is written can be bequeathed; that which is only heard can be forgotten.  – Ethiopian proverb

Are you a Yankee?

To foreigners, a Yankee is an American.

To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner.

To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner.

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.

— attributed to  E. B. White