Reply to: What do other nationalities call us?

[Alf W]

Is anyone actually offended by the French offering? As far as insulting jibes go, it's pretty lame.

Yes the cheese-eating surrender-monkeys need to do much better than that.

[wobbegong]

I witnessed a piste-rage argument between a brit and a yank, and the yank ended up saying "You don't give a sh!t because you're a brit, Brits never give a sh!t"

I thought that was a really wierd thing to say - is that a common perception of us??

So basically all the UK directed ethnic slurs are actually quite nice. Shows we are liked. Or maybe it's only us that does it?

. . . or maybe, as JoJoGabor quotes; we just don't give a sh!t about it?

[Zippy]

Well those jokey English people call me a sheep sh***er.

HTH

[TimberWolf]

So basically all the UK directed ethnic slurs are actually quite nice. Shows we are liked. Or maybe it's only us that does it?

[Doggy Styles]

Australians call us Poms, which is supposed to be derogatory these days but I quite like it. And Limeys. I've even been called a ghost, which I thought was pretty cool.

[Scary]

I've also heard Teebeutel (tea bags).

Because we drink a lot of tea, or after the, ummm, hobby?

[Sysman]

Germans - (sp) Insel-affe (Island Apes) Ja ja sehr gut hahahahaha!

I've also heard Teebeutel (tea bags).

[thunderlizard]

The French used to (maybe still do) call the English "Les ****offs"* - not all of them, mainly the foul-mouthed ones in tracksuits on booze-cruises.



*there is no way that's getting past the swear-changer.

[Scary]

When I fertilised my wife, some of the older generation of my family were heard conjecturing whether the kids would have slitty eyes. For the record, 2 have, 1 hasn't.

You're not related to Prince Philip by any chance?

[sasguru]

When I fertilised my wife, some of the older generation of my family were heard conjecturing whether the kids would have slitty eyes. For the record, 2 have, 1 hasn't.

Are you a chinky slit eye then?

[sasguru]

When I fertilised my wife.

You old romantic, you!

[dang65]

I witnessed a piste-rage argument between a brit and a yank, and the yank ended up saying "You don't give a sh!t because you're a brit, Brits never give a sh!t"

I thought that was a really wierd thing to say - is that a common perception of us??

I couldn't give a sh!t if it is.

[NotAllThere]

PS I may be behind the times here but why is "chink" not yet racist? Have heard perfectly pc sorts say they are popping down the chinkie for a takeaway. Nobody seems to have anything against the Chinese (yet)

On one of the bridges across the tyne, in the early nineties, there was written "Geordies support the Chinese people", probably in response to Tianneman Square. Someone moron had added - "by giving them all their jobs". You could still see where he'd dribbled.

Anyway, I recall a Chinese friend who spent a year in San Fransisco. First day at the university, he overheard these big (6 foot +) black guys discuss how they were "gonna shoot some chinky". He was terrified. Turns out that chinky is just slang for "Basketball hoops". It's the chains you see - they go chink.

When I fertilised my wife, some of the older generation of my family were heard conjecturing whether the kids would have slitty eyes. For the record, 2 have, 1 hasn't.

[DaveB]

Theres a big ol' list right here

[Mehmeh]

I was in a code review with a young gentleman of Chinese decent, and said "Looks like a bunch of gobbledygook", was then worried that maybe it came from the nasty chinese word at the end.... turns out it doesn't. :-)