The British will often refer jokingly to the French as the frogs and the French in return often refer to their northernly neighbors as les rosbifs.
So do other nations have nicknames for other countries and if so are any food themed as the French-British versions ?
French: cheeseheads
Germans: sausage-eaters, krauts
Americans (to Germans): peanut butter eaters
Mexicans: beaners
Irish: spuds
Ever since the Hundred Years’ War, the French have nicknamed British soldiers <<les goddams>>.
I was just trying to recall the nickname for Québecois in France, which was meant to evoke their notorious sweet tooth.
It’s les pepsis.
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French: cheeseheads
Germans: sausage-eaters, krauts
Americans (to Germans): peanut butter eaters
Mexicans: beaners
Irish: spuds
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Krauts is the only one I know.
Who calls the French “cheeseheads”? And as for “spuds” I can see the link but I’ve never heard of anyone calling an Irish person a “spud”.
Yanks
Limeys
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Krauts is the only one I know.
Who calls the French “cheeseheads”? And as for “spuds” I can see the link but I’ve never heard of anyone calling an Irish person a “spud”.
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Nor have I. Spud is certainly a nickname for those with the surname Murphy, and that would include many Irishmen, but that’s the only context I’ve heard it in.
One foodie one I know of: Bermudians - Onions
Kiwiland
indos for Indonesian
merkins for Americans
Brits, poms or whingeing poms for the UK
sheepfuckers for our esteemed cousins in New Zealand
Swedes: Herringchokers
Germans call Americans “Amis.” It’s slightly offensive.
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whingeing
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I keep seeing this term online lately. How is it pronounced? I heard it means the same as “whining”. But it looks like it’s pronounced like it rhymes with “binging”. :eek:
Aren’t French-Canadians jokingly referred to as “pea-soup eaters?”
I thought Cheeseheads was a term for people from Wisconsin?
Never heard of Spuds-as-Irishmen. I’m familiar with most of the others listed. Although, not the “peanut-butter eaters” or “Amis.”
Canada: Canucks
Seppos = Americans
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I keep seeing this term online lately. How is it pronounced? I heard it means the same as “whining”. But it looks like it’s pronounced like it rhymes with “binging”. :eek:
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You’d be correct. It rhymes with binge and singe.
I think there’s a subtle difference between “whinge” and “whine”. To me, whining hints more at the actual irritating sound of the action (like a tired kid in a supermarket), but whingeing is more the content (like an angry letter to the editor).
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Germans call Americans “Amis.” It’s slightly offensive.
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Interesting, because “amis” in French means “friends”. I guess I could call Americans that.
I believe the French call Americans “Amerloques”, but I’m not sure how common it is.
In Canada, francophones call anglophones “têtes carrées” or “squareheads”. In return, anglophones call francophones “frogs”. (Yes, as the OP mentions it also refers to the French, and they were probably the original recipients.)
Israelis often refer to Arabs as “Cousins.”
Scots=Jocks
Irish=Micks
Welsh=Taffs
English=Godzone
Aussies= :dubious: :dubious: