There are truly offensive terms for people from Quebec and Atlantic Canada, particularly French speakers. Terms that are said and used with malintent. This pa

There are truly offensive terms for people from Quebec and Atlantic Canada, particularly French speakers. Terms that are said and used with malintent. This particular "Canadian N Word" is not one of them. As a direct parallel, does anyone from the American North East in what is traditionally thought of as "New England" find the term "Yankee" offensive? That is essentially the same situation. As a Canadian (who is now a Yankee) with descendants from Quebec and Labrador (an historic "Canadian N Word"), I am stunned that people would take any offense at all with either of these terms. I'm not sure if this is an example of "any term being offensive" if used with malice or that some people will be offended by any "label" used by an outsider even if there is no ill will attached. Seems to me that it is the latter and I find that slightly depressing.