Poking fun at country names?

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   WryLiltposted 13 years ago

   I'm currently working on a hub, but since it's me, I don't want to offend anyone.
   
   It's basically about how silly some national names are and giving new names instead. (For instance, why is someone from holland called dutch?)
   
   Would you consider it offensive as long as the made up names weren't referring to anything racist about the group themselves?
   
   Or am I being an old fuddy duddy?

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      pisean282311posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      you are being aussie ...oops ...

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         WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         An example would be people from Hong Kong - I've just always itched to call them Honkanese!

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            vicki simmsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Ha ha ha I love this, I am going to have to say honkanese now!!!!

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      Whimsical Chairposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Right away Turkey and Hungary comes to my mind.

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         WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         

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         Hauntyposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         lol Thanks so much!

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      couturepopcafeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Because Holland is Deutchland.

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      onegoodwomanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Go for it.........my homestate, has a town called Palestine, NEEDMORE, and I have been through: Eupora, Acupa, Coffee,  Wine, Lackawata, Showlow, Globe, Wrong Turn, Umista,.................and..........notonthemappa
      
      if you can put it together, you have talent.

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      thirdmilleniumposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      If a man from Poland is a Pole, why isn't a man from Holland a hole?
      
      (Hey ye Dutch yonder, I love everything Dutch)

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   thooghunposted 13 years ago

   After a few years browsing forum posts on here it would be a cold day in hell before anything offended me ever again
   
   I jest!
   
   Sounds like a great idea WryLit.

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   WryLiltposted 13 years ago

   Alright thanks guys.
   
   Just downloaded a list of country names.
   
   Dayum didn't know there were THAT many!
   
   This might take a few days!

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      pisean282311posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      days...well i guess it would take more than a month..provided you take eight countries per day then creatives and all...wow ..this is going to be project wrylit...but m sure you would be doing great job...i am looking forward to your hub ...

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   darksideposted 13 years ago

   Are Austrians also called Aussies?

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      WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      No, only Australians are called Aussies.

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         Gordon Hamiltonposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Osterreich is the Deutsche (German) name for Austria - perhaps this makes the people Ostriches??

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            WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Interesting! Can I steal this tidbit for my hub?

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               Gordon Hamiltonposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               By all means - I look forward to seeing your completed work. It already sounds as though it's going to be pretty interestting.

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                  WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

                  Haha if I don't lose the plot halfway through!

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   Spacey Graceyposted 13 years ago

   But why do Australians get first dibs on being called Aussies. What is the Austrians also wanted to be called Aussies - who gets to decide?

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      WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Me!

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   WryLiltposted 13 years ago

   Alright - anyone know any way to find out what the people of each country are actually called? (For instance, Australia - Australians, England - English etc.)

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      Zack 14posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I think this may help:
      
      http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa030900a.htm

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         WryLiltposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks, exactly what I needed!

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      couturepopcafeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Uhh...dictionary?  Trivia ; austral is anything pertaining to the south.

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   ralwusposted 13 years ago

   The British; limies,  Americans; Yanks,  French; Frogs
   Oh the possibilities are endless

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      nasus loopsposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Also known as the Whities when in Africa.

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   SomewayOuttaHereposted 13 years ago

   Canadians....'Canucks'

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      Whimsical Chairposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      what is a canuck

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   iantoPFposted 13 years ago

   I love this subject; I'm sure you can have a lot of fun with it and it sounds like an article to be bookmarked a lot.
   I'm sure you would know that Aussies call the English; Prisoners Of Mother England or "Pommies" but did you know that within the UK Scots are called "Jocks" A Welshman is called "Taffy" one of the first things I did when I came to America was send home a packet of "Laffy Taffy" Oh! and if you are from China you don't have bulls in your shop.

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    couturepopcafeposted 13 years ago

    And if you really want to go crazy, you could break countries down into segments - Americans north of the Mason-Dixon line = yankees, south of the line = rebels
    
    Looks like iantoPF beat me to this one!

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    mega1posted 13 years ago

    what's really funny to me is when people from other countries who have very thick accents are trying to communicate with each other using English - its hysterical! although I'm sure for them it is rather frustrating.  The other day I listened to an East Indian woman talking to Mexican woman in English and they were having to repeat everything several times to be understood - I thought it would make an awesome comedy sketch!  I'm sure they would think it was funny too!
    
    It would be even funnier if they were trying to correct each other's English pronunciation.

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       ralwusposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       That's classic. LOL Wish I'd have been there.

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       Rochelle Frankposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       This reminds me of the time when I has to take a German lady to my Japanese dentist for an emergency denture repair. I was the translator who could barely understand either of them. Sign language goes a long way.

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       iantoPFposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       
       That is hilarious, it reminds me of when I was applying for American citizenship. I was interviewed on my knowledge of English by a Korean. We were both having a good chuckle over it.

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    Rochelle Frankposted 13 years ago

    When I read the topic I thought you meant country names like Bobby Joe, Betty Sue and Billy Jim Bob.

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       Whimsical Chairposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       lol

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       FrankiesGirl6Yrposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       Me to

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    mtsi1098posted 13 years ago

    Not to confuse a town with a country but there is a place called Intercourse Pennsylvania...Not sure how to get there but I hear there is many ups and  downs on the way

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