# Lord knows I love Krauts! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2001, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314 "2001-10-24T14:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/1 "2001-10-24T14:25:31Z")
So, London officially let us know today, it’s [OKAY](http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/kraut011023.html) to call Germans Krauts. No prob. Never mind that the GERMANS in England don’t like it. The British think it’s ok. “It is offensive. If you were called cabbage, you would not like it. It is the same for us,” a German Embassy spokesman told the Daily Mail newspaper. I think I may have found my new sig. jar ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/2 "2001-10-24T14:46:16Z")
Huh. [irony](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=88444&pagenumber=1) can be a bitch sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![sirjamesp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sirjamesp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirjamesp)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/3 "2001-10-24T15:05:58Z")
Wasn’t the term used by a German firm, though? ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/4 "2001-10-24T15:10:40Z")
It was, but obviously, not all Germans think it’s an acceptable term, specifically Germans in England. I just think it’s funny that ENGLAND gets to decide what’s acceptable, rather that GERMANY ---
**Author:** ![sirjamesp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sirjamesp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirjamesp)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/5 "2001-10-24T15:12:19Z")
Just read what I’ve written - it looks random and harsh. What I mean is that the term was used by a German firm to advertise it’s own product. Why should the British ASA decide what Germans can call themselves? [sub]Note: not a rant, just a fact. I live in Germany, love it here, worship Kümmerling.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![sirjamesp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sirjamesp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirjamesp)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/6 "2001-10-24T15:13:38Z")
Crap - **jarbabyj** posted before I got my extra bit in. Now I’ve got an enemy for life. ::Looking over my shoulder:: ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/7 "2001-10-24T15:18:50Z")
let me come visit you in Germany and we’ll call it even ---
**Author:** ![sirjamesp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sirjamesp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirjamesp)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/8 "2001-10-24T15:26:01Z")
Du Schätzchen, deine Anmache ist ja gerade sehr subtil. Aber ich muß zugeben, angetörnt hat mich das schon… ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/9 "2001-10-24T15:29:05Z")
orange! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/10 "2001-10-24T15:56:16Z")
No no, **jarbabyj**! It can’t be orange, it has to be blue. Them ‘krauts’ don’t say the soft ‘g’ sound. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/11 "2001-10-24T16:00:24Z")
friggin’ krauts ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/12 "2001-10-24T16:07:08Z")
As long as you don’t mention the war you’ll be OK, I think. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/13 "2001-10-24T16:32:27Z")
Aparently the Germans call us Brits what translates as ‘Island Monkeys’. Sounds fair enough. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/14 "2001-10-24T16:37:48Z")
46,000 wrongs don’t make a right. What say we call them Germans and they call you British? ---
**Author:** ![jmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmonster)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/15 "2001-10-24T19:06:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > 46,000 wrongs don’t make a right. > > What say we call them Germans and they call you British? I don’t know, “Island Monkeys” sounds really funny. Any Krauts wanna tell me the actual German word? ---
**Author:** ![ModernRonin2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@ModernRonin2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ModernRonin2)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/16 "2001-10-24T20:31:48Z")
I feel compelled to ask… “What would Till do?” (Aside from wearing black leather boots and grabbing a smoke, I mean. 😉 ) I think at this point, someone in the German government should officially declare it OK to call Englishmen living in Germany “limeys.” 😃 -Ben ---
**Author:** ![saudade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@saudade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saudade)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/17 "2001-10-24T20:35:18Z")
I love any nationality that appreciates a good walk in the forest without clothing! Seriously, do people in the UK still hold WWII against the Germans? The war ended a long time ago, and I’d say Coventry and Liverpool have been at least halfway rebuilt since 1945. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/18 "2001-10-24T21:36:04Z")
Just ignore the Brits, Germany. They’re just picking on you because you have nice people, good beer, a bigger industrial base, a nifty culture, speed-limitless highways and decent music. They’re just jealous because they only have decent music. Besides, you have more people. More people means that more insults can be directed at the ‘Island Monkeys’ with less effort. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/19 "2001-10-25T13:59:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ModernRonin2 \* > I feel compelled to ask… “What would Till do?” (Aside from wearing black leather boots and grabbing a smoke, I mean. 😉 ) Of course. Why didn’t we consider this before? The answer is, Tie Up Britain and Set Them On Fire. jar ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314/20 "2001-10-25T14:19:02Z")
The hatred of Germans is overstated, nobody who meets a German hates him/her (well, I’m sure there’s a few idiots). I guess in the years immediately after the war there was hatred (understandable considering all the anti-German propoganda, destruction of British cities, the attempt to invade, and the subsequent realisation of the horrors that occured in Nazi Germany), that hatred turned to sporting rivalry. In recent times, the German national football (bloody ‘soccer’ then) team has beaten England on a few occassions and always when we are on the verge of success and always, somehow, in the most lucky, jammy way. The insistence on one of our comic’s (okay, tabloid newspaper) to draw comparisons with the war everytime there’s an England v Germany match hasn’t helped matters. Footie’s our national sport, and it’s also Germany’s (and pretty much everyone else’s except in North America) so when the two national teams meet it’s a pretty big occassion. Front page news and all that. For most of us Brits it’s an overstated thing - a few mindless idiots think the Germans are still our main foe and try and pick fights when travelling with the team - but 99% realise that’s it’s all a bit silly. Although I do admit to being more eager to win when we play the sausage-eating laderhose-wearing krauts. Er…sorry. Just slipped out there. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-knows-i-love-krauts/89314.md?page=2)