Why Yankee Doodle called it "macaroni"

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What's the deal with Yankee Doodle Dandy and macaroni? Vox's Phil Edwards explains.
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We've all heard the Yankee Doodle Dandy lyrics and wondered what they meant. But the Yankee Doodle song turns out to have a surprisingly logical explanation.
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@demonspecialist67 8 лет назад

Yankee Doodle went to town, riding on a pony. Got 360 noscoped and rest in pepperoni.

@demonspecialist67 8 лет назад

._.

@Chieftess_Astrid_Hofferson 7 лет назад

Shadowfeather Frowncrest Haha good one.

@RonaldPrescott1 7 лет назад

rip in pepperoni*

@tsrenis 4 года назад

@@vietshiro7923 no it stands for rip

@razz9323 3 года назад

@@RonaldPrescott1 thats wrong

@ramenm_ 8 лет назад

Vox asking the real questions

@rollinthunder1000 8 лет назад

+starrychloe we kinda don't....

@pieman8200 8 лет назад

That's actually terrifyingly inhuman.

@aidanwansbrough7495 6 лет назад

ramenm very true...

@akramh9982 8 лет назад

Anyone else realized you haven't had macaroni and cheese for awhile?

@jacobdalland1390 8 лет назад

+Ash R It's been YEARS.

@giuliadivirgilio3755 8 лет назад

I eat pasta everyday of course i eat maccheroni

@cranci 8 лет назад

Never actually

@isakfredriksson5782 7 лет назад

cheeno same...

@goldenkeegan2891 5 лет назад

How did you know?

@wooderdsaunders4640 Год назад

Imagine if Yankee doodle was the American national anthem.

@crixxxxxxxxx Год назад

It’s Connecticut’s State Song.

@OfficialLify Год назад

@@crixxxxxxxxx Yes your right.

@maxkiler99 Год назад

truly based anthem then

@ianswift3521 3 месяца назад

@@maxkiler99 BASED COMMENT FAM 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@willparkinson 8 лет назад

I always thought it was the horse he called Macaroni.

@Blarmoshlashkin 8 лет назад

+Will Parkinson Dang dangling participles!

@starrychloe 8 лет назад

+Will Parkinson - That's a great name for a race horse. They always have crazy names.

@princereechaos133 8 лет назад

"Macaroni secured the victory for us!"

@chistinelane 8 лет назад

same here...

@Fabrosi54 8 лет назад

The horse's name was Friday

@monicabao8835 7 лет назад

Omg Lafayette you absolute savage.

@CloudySkies17695 7 лет назад

I know why he called it "macaroni". It rhymed with "pony".

@emsontop 4 года назад

@Ahmed G. Phony

@reddeadman6707 3 года назад

😂

@theleanmonster3735 3 года назад

Yes

@stalino7 2 года назад

LOL

@maxpeck7382 2 года назад

He could have called it Baloney.

@mandylou4 8 лет назад

LAFAYETTE!

@Vox 8 лет назад

Everyone give it up for America's favorite fightin' Frenchman!

@gravitybringsmedown5236 8 лет назад

the lancelot of the revolutionary set.

@tyrannosaurus62 8 лет назад

+poolerboy0077 no it was probably American fries

@natrone23 8 лет назад

+mandylou4 Long Live the Marquis!!!

@alexiacuzzo3600 8 лет назад

+mandylou4 im taking this horse by the reigns making red coats redder with bloodstains

@jackiechau6562 8 лет назад

lol the hipster checklist xD

@55giantsfan22 8 лет назад

I don't want fop damn it, I'm a Dapper Dan man

@apollofell3925 8 лет назад

Watch your language son, this here's a public market. Now if you want Dapper Dan I can order it for ya, have it in a couple of weeks.

@CitrusFruitMuffin 8 лет назад

+Apollo Fell Well ain't this place a geographical oddity. Two weeks from everywhere!

@justdonnaplease 8 лет назад

i just shed a tear in pride

@bigmike9128 7 лет назад

55giantsfan22 it will be two weeks.

@apollofell3925 7 лет назад

big mike you didn't even try

@quaes2878 7 лет назад

I got so excited when they mention Lafayette and The Battle of Yorktown.

@iilikecereal 8 лет назад

Holy shit I needed this video

@vangard0 8 лет назад

+iilikecereal Didn't know I needed it till I saw it

@Redorgreenful 7 лет назад

So they sang the song back to the British IRONICALLY like the hipsters they are

@alwaysoneperson768 2 года назад

@Santino EGL NA nope there still hipsters but also winners

@gregbard 7 лет назад

My hometown, Norwalk, Connecticut has the claim that the soldier, Colonel Thomas Fitch, V is the person that inspired this song. His sister put the feathers in the soldiers' caps so as to create a uniform look from a group without any uniform. His grave marker has an account of the story in the East Norwalk Historical Cemetery. Norwalk has a bridge named the "Yankee Doodle Bridge." and Yankee Doodle is the state song of Connecticut. Unfortunately, the song was around about 12 years before the events described in the legend occurred. So the legend could not be true.

@jacksonchontos2910 Год назад

No way I went to school in Madison and they taught us the same thing

@gregbard Год назад

@@jacksonchontos2910 What did they teach you? That Madison is the home of Yankee Doodle, or that Norwalk is. I am pretty sure the song is at least 14 years older than the French and Indian War.

@jacksonchontos2910 Год назад

@@gregbard yea about Norwalk

@newecreator 8 лет назад

Macaroni and Cheese. Meal of Champions.

@memicoot 7 лет назад

That's so much like my bro Lafayette - what a jokester!

@Un039 2 месяца назад

Ikr

@crystallin6776 7 лет назад

I personally thought that it was: "Yankee Doodle Drew His Gun And Fought His Macaroni" I didn't know how it made sense but I followed it anyway. #IMSTUPID

@JonathanCox2000 6 лет назад

Paitience Diamonds threw it at a nearby girl that was riding on a pony. XD

@brianathomas3730 6 лет назад

Was online a good twenty minutes before getting any of this titillating and concise information. I am absolutely impressed. Keep more content like this coming and I will be sure to let friends and colleagues know of your awesome brand of knowledge sharing.

@Khalidazizphoto 8 лет назад

This so called italians dish "Mac&Chees" sounds more like the german dish wich ist called Kässpätzle (Käs(e) = Cheese, Spätzle tiny noodle wich got their name from the romian (former italian) which called that noodles spezzate what means broken/cut (noodles). Kässpätzle is served with a lot of onions, cheese and bacon

@spiff2268 5 лет назад

Yeah, but that doesn't rhyme with pony.

@JesusHComedy 7 лет назад

I thought it was a phrase that meant oh he has gone crazy

@teethgrinder83 7 лет назад

Jesus Herrera Comedy exactly what I thought too-but I much much prefer the real truth behind it lol well up until vox told me the song ended up being thrown back at us Brits when we surrendered 😆 swings and roundabouts I guess! Haha

@eloiseannicle 7 лет назад

I'm British and I used to sing this as a child, as did other children I knew. I had no idea at the time it had anything to do with America (not being familiar with the term Yankee yet) it was just a fun silly nonsense to me.

@awakenow7147 7 лет назад

I'm an American, so I grew up knowing that the song was patriotic in nature. But when traveling, I too noticed that people in other places tend to play it..

@COLMECTIGAMINGANDMORE 3 года назад

@@awakenow7147 it was first used by the british to mock the us but then the us turned it into a patriotic song and now it’s everywhere

@harryzhang4660 8 лет назад

Now I understand clearly... I always like this song and like to sing it when marching from class to class :) and now I understand finally the macaroni

@courtneymerritt777 7 лет назад

Lafayette being cool as always

@palmaandrew68 7 лет назад

Large baguette

@calliereynoldz9767 8 лет назад

I so appreciate history.......loved it. If I was home schooling you would be on a must see list of videos.

@sewinmusewynn6957 7 лет назад

I've seen this and your snail video. I now love your channel.

@suunkarra5763 8 лет назад

The argument they say at 0:49 could be one explanation. However, another could be since these young aristocrats where taking the Grand Tour of Europe they would also be well educated, therefore they could be able to use Macaronic language. This is when two or more languages are mixed together, in this context it would often be for comedic effect. The best example I can think of is "Do you have to go the bathroom?, Oui Oui!". So the macaronis could be named after their usage of the Macaronic language at the time as well.

@natrone23 8 лет назад

LONG LIVE THE MARQUIS!!!

@estherharms5756 7 лет назад

This song just got a million times better.

@stixtheminer 8 лет назад

Well, I'm off to eat some macaroni.

@NoVaOnYT01 6 лет назад

the definition of macaroni is "A person that over dresses in fancy clothing"

@sinbadk.7667 7 лет назад

The little specks in the backround were making me 😜

@joepuhel2428 7 лет назад

way better than today I found out!!

@lemontigers4188 7 лет назад

I was actually just thinking about this when this popped up on youtube

@ConswaMcGaga 8 лет назад

I already knew this. 2 smart 4 you vox! does that make me a hipster? and does that make me a macaroni? i wish you guys had mentioned how dandy fashion was a response to how flamboyant and opulent macaroni was, and so it favored masculine, simple materials and styles. which is really interesting because when the word dandy is used today, it's to describe someone who is vain and overly interested in fashion.

@richardturner6981 4 года назад

Now i know where the macaroni part of Yankee Doodle comes from. Macaroni actually goes way back to the 15th century, something else i didn't know.

@Danielevans2 8 лет назад

this is brilliant

@Senpai_Luigi 3 года назад

American president face:😏 Macaroni:🍔 burger. Me:🌭 hot 🥵 dog 🐕

@ssgtrom9739 7 месяцев назад

Love it

@n0denz 2 года назад

1:41 "Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"

@itoldjaso 6 лет назад

Yankee Doodle: You have the advantage over me; You see, you know my name, but I don't know yours. Macaroni: Well, what name do you like? YD: Well, I've always been fond of the name, "Macaroni." M: Well, that's a coincidence, because my name happens to BE Macaroni."

@maxdukefox 2 года назад

Love it..

@HEILIGERRomer Год назад

Mac and cheese be bussin.

@Falkriim Год назад

Very interesting

@jamiengo2343 7 лет назад

What's more surprising is why Yankee decided to put a feather in his hat or cap or whatever. And who is Yankee?

@gamingelke6968 7 лет назад

Great Jamie yankee is an American, why we are called that, don't know, but then again why do leaves fall from trees

@charliebrown3607 6 лет назад

Great scott! its Doc Brown! 1:46

@panzerfan 3 года назад

Americans: Maybe the true macaroni are the friends we made along the way.

@apollofell3925 8 лет назад

Hahaha! Perfect.

@fig1 8 лет назад

Interesting!

@reylouiselumbang1237 7 лет назад

"fop" 😂😂

@BeachyBird001 4 года назад

K😕🤬

@officerdonut7066 6 лет назад

*See i already knew this i only clickeld On the video because it was a thorn in the recommended bar each time i Listened to Yankee doodle on youtube.*

@aidanwansbrough7495 6 лет назад

Cool!!!

@noahrobinson5954 5 лет назад

the Patriots where all like "no you."

@mythicaltoaster931 2 года назад

bruh im not even watching this for school😂

@SuperBonobob 8 лет назад

I always thought he was naming his pony macaroni.

@beatstar2 7 лет назад

never wanted to punch my monitor so much

@PrincessMuk 7 лет назад

LAFAYETTE!!!!!

@whostolehonno 8 лет назад

Nice singing Phil

@NoVaOnYT01 6 лет назад

0:10 hat NOT CAP and also lafayette

@evilherojain4412 6 лет назад

Did someone say CIVILIZATION?

@TheActiveAssault 8 лет назад

I had Jumpstart 3rd grade as a child

@wagneracevedo3796 6 лет назад

i learned about this today in ap us history today lol

@SwampNymph522 10 дней назад

Those lyrics confused me as a child. But it makes more sense now that i know macaroni was a fashion craze in the 16 and 1700s. The first thing that came to mind was the foodstuff.

@markt857 8 лет назад

I knew this when I was 5, and that was way back in 1969.

@DSAhmed 7 лет назад

"Yankee doodle went to town, riding on a chicken. Stuck his finger up his b*** and called it finger-lickin'." Alternate version we sang in Jr. High.

@ed7246 4 года назад

Oh snap

@TheChowster 3 года назад

My 2nd grade teacher said it was macaroni because of the penguins. Idk why she told us that

@realblackbetty2204 6 лет назад

Libtits nowadays would side with with the British. The British got their asses kicked my a bunch of Yankee farmers and we made the greatest country in the world.

@alvarefdoggy04 Год назад

Rock lore: 🥱 Rap lore: 🥱 Nursery Rhyme lore: 😎

@thevigilant6884 11 дней назад

Who else is watching this on 4th of July eating macaroni and cheese?

@dagobertohernandez8043 9 месяцев назад

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@Channy132 7 лет назад

So I learned something today

@Dawnpool93 8 лет назад

Really want some pasta now...

@jorge6207 7 лет назад

The guy you have at 0:35 as XVII century is actually a XVIII century guy dressed normally. RIP History.

@howardhurtt6612 8 лет назад

Brilliant history lesson but it needs a squirt of sriracha.

@parrisnia72 6 лет назад

Mac & cheese is my favorite food ever

@dagobertohernandez8043 9 месяцев назад

❤❤❤❤❤❤ Yankee

@jamiesilva3575 5 лет назад

1:52 Nightmares i will have NIGHTMARES

@rye-the-man9734 5 лет назад

My nightmares will have nightmares.

@TheVideo878 8 лет назад

The Hamilton jokes are giving me all of the life IM SCREAMING

@patriot1525 4 года назад

filth

@AlenaManoonpol 7 лет назад

wonder what alexander hamilton said at york town when lafayette started singing ¿¿

@lizm2991 5 лет назад

alena jade I bet he joined in😂

@Skinnymarks 8 лет назад

Oh my god. one day the references to things being hip will confused the heck out of people.

@RamblinRick_ 7 лет назад

At the time, there were hundreds of versions of this song. The tune goes back to the 1400s

@daveotuwa5596 5 лет назад

BARNEY & FRIENDS' theme song has the same, exact melody as "Yankee Doodle". The song is on my obsolete keyboard on the majour side of the song bank.

@maryzaire7573 3 года назад

I noticed that

@Dossell 8 лет назад

ahhhhh

@rinkiyadav1950 2 года назад

👍👍

@Leonardofelipe123 4 года назад

🇧🇷👍🇧🇷👍

@knightman4574 3 года назад

Hahaha something I’ve now learned..

@andreajaderegala6535 4 года назад

mentions marquis de lafayette my brain: do it me: NO my brain: *LAFAYETTE!*

@maryamalharbi366 8 лет назад

😍😍😍😍😍

@ashaa1540 3 года назад

Next video: why old mcdonald had a farm

@tanayabray4292 7 лет назад

we all no it means fancy

@Thecognoscenti_1 7 лет назад

Rule Britannia!

@patchythepirate541 3 года назад

i know why he called it "macaroni" when Yankee Doodle get out of his car there is somebody who try to steal it, then Yankee Doodle shout out to his body guard named Ronnie: "MY CAR RONNIE!!!"