No offense meant in this thread. This is a serious question
If you know them of course.
I assume esch war has had a name for the enemy. This makes it easier to dispatch of a human life when you think of them in a derogatory manner.
When i look at WWII, each major enemy combatant had a number of “nicknames”.
For Germans, Americans (and i assume Brits and Canadians) called them
- Krauts
- Jerrys
Etc.
The Japanese were called
- japs
- Nips
Etc.
What were Americans called?
I know “Yank” and “Joe” were used, but they aren’t exactly insulting. And actually, the WWII names were pretty tame considering their origins.
If we can capture the names for Americans from the enemy in the following, that would be great (no, this isn’t an assignment. i’m old and curious, that’s all).
1). WWI
2). WWII
3). korea
4). Vietnam
5). Desert Shield/Storm
6) Iraq
7) Afghanistan
Any others you can think of, including
If they are available,
- American Revolution
- War of 1812
- US civil War
- Spanish American war
Whatever else ypu have/I missed
I’d also like to capture all the names Americans called their empnemies, but this seems to be an easier list since many of the terms have entered the vocabulary to describe ethnic groups, and popular culture has delivered a numer of movies and TV shows that have used these terms liberally, so I’m not sure if there are any out there I haven’t heard of. But for the sake of completeness, maybe we can list those too.
If this isn’t a GQ, mods feel free to relocate it as you seem fit. I really wasn’t sure where this should go.
As I said, I am not interest in offending anyone, and since I am asking for the names Americans were called primarily, and I am american, I figured that was obvious.
But I know some people get offended at things like this, so my discalimer stands.
Also, if you know of tphow the word csme about, that would be great if you could share that too.
For example, “Nip” was short for Nippon, which literally translates to “Japan”.
Thanks.