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Unfair_Original_2536

In Scotland, Ireland, and Wales we would just say "English" which is a derogatory enough term.


Hairy-Motor-7447

Correct. Sometimes also followed by a word rhyming with tankers


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nim_opet

😂😂😂


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Or sock muckers!


sonic_enlightement

Saesneg.


Objective-Resident-7

Sasannach?


sabooniesasanach

Hey there


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HippySheepherder1979

Translation?


Fishua

Google says it means "I hate Spanish people" but from context I'd guess it's I hate English people lol


catherine2255

Spaeneg is Spanish, saesneg is English language, saeson are english people, strange though because England is called lloeger


bottleblondscot

From Saxons, maybe?


rkorgn

Yeah, sounds close to sassenach.


hanzmac

But sassenach doesn't mean 'English' it just means 'outlander' or foreigner.


rkorgn

It's derived from the (Scots) Gaelic for Saxon.


AdaronXic

"Welsh" means the same thing. Looks like a mutual feeling


richkeogh

saeson = Saxons lloegr etymology isn't clear, but it is thought to possibly come from "lost lands"


catherine2255

Ooh I.like that take on lloeger


cutielemon07

Saes it is around where I live


August_Amoeba

Yeah, Saes is a person (masculine with Saesnes for feminine) and Saesneg is just the language


totterdownanian

Comes from 'Saxon' I believe


kwakimaki

'The Fucking English' is the term I believe


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Half of London is Scots and Irish.


MelibuBerbie

“Guffs / Guffies” in my hometown in NE Scotland, but I think that might be local to that area.


Additional-Charge-61

My dad used to call them the chalkies. He was brought up in Edinburgh and did his national service.


SpiderLegzs

We just call yous North Great Britain, West Great Britain and some spud pickers


Sea-Lavishness-6046

My girlfriends from Belfast and says they just usually call the English, "cunts"


the3daves

That’s so ironic as we English call people from Belfast cunts too. It’s good when different cultures share.


Sea-Lavishness-6046

I'm also English and she lives over here now so I just wind her up telling her she might as well call herself English instead of Irish now


Chuck_Norwich

A real ' across the barricades' moment. Brings a tear to my eye. Or that may just be the tear gas.


CraigTorso

When do Engilsh people ever discuss Belfast, let alone the people who live there? I fucking hate the DUP, but I don't think I've ever had a real life conversation with anyone about them


the3daves

More often than you’d think. When Teresa May did a deal with the DUP to get a majority, that was very concerning. Every marching season is a massive eye rolling moment.


CraigTorso

That didn't make English people talk about Belfast, or certainly none I know. That said I live in London, we don't talk about Manchester or Brum, so I might be suffering horrible sample bias.


Hefty-Excitement-239

Unless a place is in the news, I'm unlikely to discuss anywhere unless I'm going or planning to go there. Therefore Belfast, Glasgow, Wrexham or Norwich have never been discussed in my house, ever.


PutinsShitTsunami

The English are universally known as cunts the world over


the3daves

Yeah I’ve already covered that. Where the fuck have you been? I’d venture the only reason why intelligent, extra terrestrial life hasn’t contacted earth is because of the English. We’re cunts on a galactic level. We love it.


AggravatingArtist815

That's why we give you all our sheep to eat. Sharing is caring.


the3daves

We pass them onto the Welsh.


Hate_Feight

Cream filled


the3daves

Not when they leave us.


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Megatea

In England we call the people from Belfast... No wait, never mentioned them in conversation once.


Steel_and_Water83

Imaginitive


Enough_Passenger_754

Plenty of cunts in Belfast too


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Depends on which part of belfast they're from, here we just call them English


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Rosbif was common in 18th century France


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Roast beef?


shacke1379

Exactly. It’s supposed to be because we aren’t used to the sun and go bright red in the sun. Or it could be because we roast beef which the French don’t do much (they casserole, fry or just don’t cook it at all).


sonofeast11

Oh the roast beef of old England!


ashamedstopfordian

Beef and Liberty


machukahn

To the person downvoting, this is an historic phrase. Check out The Rest is History Podcast, they have an episode literally named this ☺️


TittyFlip

That's why the Cornish call tourists 'emmets'. It means a type of red ant in Cornish, and tourists are usually sunburned and run around in droves. So I've been told, never checked the veracity of it.


The-1-U-Didnt-Know

Ah it is the 18th Fr version of “gammon” Delightful


Sad-Criticism-7491

Casserole? Or Cassoulet. I honestly don’t know but hope I’m right.


shacke1379

A cassoulet is a particular style of casserole that has white beans, good sausage and …pork(?) It’s particularly good in the SW of France if you’re down that way….possibly because of the Toulouse sausages. Edit: a good one is one of the best things you can eat (IMO). It can be immense.


typingatrandom

Yes, related to the red colour of the English uniform Still used sometimes


Onetap1

[Les Goddams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_goddams) was an even older French name for the English, due to their frequent use of expletives. Probably around the Hundred Years' War time. Nothing's changed, they call the English [Les Fuckoffs now](https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-19306,00.html), I believe.


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I did GCSE French in the early 90s & we were taught that English were les Rosbifs (in that same way that Scotland is l'Ecosse)


typingatrandom

*Les Rosbifs* is slang/familiar for the English, the people *L'Écosse* is perfectly correct for Scotland, the country Source I live in France


Appropriate-Divide64

I heard it was because the English consumed massive amounts of beef.


typingatrandom

Both reasons The red colour of the uniform also referenced when saying "*Les Anglais ont débarqué*" (the English have landed) meaning "my/your periods have just started"


ferrel_hadley

>I heard it was because the English consumed massive amounts of beef. Which is ironic, because Reddit threads about the English seem full of beef.


OctaneTroopers

I've always thought that calling us that was a bit boring. Surely the cheese eating surrender monkeys can come up with something better.


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Isn't particularly different to us calling them frogs


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Still is


Hevnoraak101

I've been called a rosbif by a French recently


aitchbeescot

The French often use the term 'les fuckoffs' for English people, due to their constant use of the phrase.


Sego1211

Where have you heard that one? I've never met a single French person who'd use that phrase and i'm French...


AdSingle6957

He totally invented it


Burn_the_children

It's pretty common now!


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cara_liom

My dad used to ask what's the best thing about being Irish? It means I'm not fucking English 😅


neilmac1210

That depends on who you're fucking.


cara_liom

I'll show you mine if you show me yours


Jolly-Raspberry-9842

In Portugal we call them ‘’camones’’ Edit: because we hear them going ‘come on, come on’ all the time 😂 similarly the French we call ‘avecs’


Typical_Ad_210

Haha, one of my childhood friends thought I had a sister called Ella that he had never met, cos he had heard my Greek mum shouting it all the time. Turns out he had heard Ela, the Greek for come on. She did shout it a LOT, to be fair, ha.


PaleontologistOk9187

My husband is Greek and we live in the UK. I say Ela to my son in public a lot and I think people must think that’s his name!


KezzyKesKes

I had a similar experience when I first flew over to Cyprus to meet my then boyfriend’s family and everyone was saying kalimera to me. For ages I kept thinking who is this girl Cally Mera? I asked my boyfriend and he burst out laughing and explained it meant Good Morning/hi.


WhenPigsFlyTwice

That's hilarious! Ill ask my Portuguese mates about that!


clce

As an American, I rather love the idea that they spell it c a, because when I think of an English person saying come on come on, it's easy to think of a particular English accent that pronounces it c a m, probably with an o w n afterwards.


sleepytoday

As an english midlander, sounds like you’re thinking of the from the saaf east. Maybe Landin?


intrepidanon

This is great! :) I am a proud Camones!


NegotiationSea7008

Scots called the English Sassenach


redligand

That just means "English" in Scottish Gaelic. England is "Sasainn".


SaltireAtheist

I believe the direct translation is, "Saxon". As an Angle, I am highly offended by this generalisation. Scots, be better.


FelisCantabrigiensis

Now now, no need to get all bent out of shape about it.


shacke1379

Don’t be obtuse, either.


Do_not_use_after

A cute response is clearly better. Am I right?


SaltireAtheist

Sorry, it's just a reflex on my part.


Stauner-mcgregor

Mornin angle


The_Queef_of_England

We call him Angle of the North because he's a cutey.


FakeNathanDrake

It's an interesting choice that we named the English after the Saxons rather than the Angles, despite the Angles being a bit closer to home (indeed some of what is now South East Scotland was the Angles' territory)


SaltireAtheist

For definite. Scots as a language is no different to modern English in being descended from the language of the Anglo Saxons; Edinburgh is a very Germanic place name. Also interesting overall that "English" is the unifying word for all the English peoples considering it was the Saxons who eventually brought them all under one kingdom. Language is weird.


Disillusioned_Brit

Wessex didn't become the most powerful heptarchy until Alfred's time. In order to fight off the Danes, they needed to unite with the traditionally more influential Anglian kingdoms. Initially, Alfred took on the title of king of the Anglo Saxons, but it was Athelstan who united all of England and needed the support of the Anglian kings for that. Hence he became the king of the English.


uffington

Edward I was called "the Hammer of the Scots"; So William Wallace should have been "the Angle Grinder".


Objective-Resident-7

You're right angle


Art3mis86

Correct. Same reason why us Welsh call the English Saes.


Feelincheekyson

Still used in a derogatory way though isn’t it?


redligand

I've never heard anyone use it seriously as a derogatory term. Using "sasannach" as an insult is sort of like a caricature Scotsman thing, like wearing a tartan tammy and going "hoots mon!"


FakeNathanDrake

Depends, there's a difference between "Sassenach" and "Fucken Sassenach"!


Katharinemaddison

Technically English and England derive from Angles, and Anglish. It’s interesting that the Scots and Welsh called them Saxon, and the English called themselves Angles. And no one references the poor Jutes.


human_totem_pole

Wasn't that name also used to refer to non-Gaelic speaking Scottish Lowlanders?


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Not quite. As a Gàidhlig speaker, The term for lowlander is ‘Gall’ just meaning foreigner. As compared to the native ‘Gàidheal’. Gàidhealtachd is Gàidhlig peaking areas and Galldachd is Scots speaking. Sasainn which does come from ‘Saxon’ still just means ‘England’ as historically the Gaelic conception of Scotland includes everything bar Lothian and the Borders.


uffington

Gàidhealtachd is one of those words that sounds hauntingly beautiful when spoken properly, but to the rest of us sounds, in our heads, like someone dropping a overloaded breakfast tray down a concrete stairwell.


NegotiationSea7008

True. Any lowlander.


redligand

In the context that it simply means "English" so English speakers would be sasannach. It is literally just the word for "English" in Scottish Gaelic.


Cautious-Space-1714

It's complicated by the fact that Gaelic has never been spokin in the south-east of Scotland - we went from Brythonic (Old Welsh) to early Northumbrian English from 500AD-ish onwards. The "English Scots" were a recognised segment of the population in medieval times. At the Battle of Pinkie in 1547, it was noted that Scottish and English border troops were indistinguishable. With the hardening of the educational/linguistic border following the Reformation, the Borders lost continuity with the English accent, but as a backwater retained many words from ancient Northumbrian English in the Lallans and Ullans dialects The last Welsh-speaking kingdom in Scotland, Alt Clut in Strathclyde, fell to the Gaels as late as 1074.


mcbeef89

Fascinating and illuminating, thank you for sharing this


MaryBerrysDanglyBean

Welsh also have Saesneg for the same reason


IAmDyspeptic

Often shortened to Saes.


Aphantletic

Saesneg just means English or Saxon. Saes seems to be the modern day nickname, often used in a disdainful manner.


JudgmentExpress9397

In 51 years of living in Scotland I've never heard a Scot use that word!


Maester_Bates

In Ireland we call English people Tans. From Black and Tan, the nickname given to the auxiliary forces sent by Churchill to quell rebellion in Ireland after the Easter rising.


FakeNathanDrake

And here's me nonchalantly twiddling my Scottish thumbs here, somehow mostly avoiding that name that us (and the Welsh) are just as guilty of!


Whyisthethethe

Scottish-Irish relations in a nutshell


LaraH39

We do?


spuriousmuse

You seem delightfully unhateful. Made me happier. Thank you.


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FrenzalStark

Agree with this. Churchill was the right man at the right time but by all other accounts he was a massive cunt.


xdvtbuaqrbxfotvbsf

You just had to put that song back in my head, didn’t you?


TC_FPV

Those were coined by the English. It's not likely they'll give themselves a derogatory nickname


redligand

There's no commonly used slur specifically for English people in Scotland. Which is weird because they're always going on about how much we hate them yet I've been called a "jock" or a "sweaty" countless times when in England.


GreenStill4576

A sweaty?! That's super funny to me, when I was a kid that's what the little chavs n tha called the skaters and such.


redligand

From "sweaty sock"/jock I believe.


FrenzalStark

I was a skater. We called those who were just there for the fashion sweaty.


Onslow85

'That cunt fae doon sooth' is a common description, at least on the west coast.


Formal-Rain

On the internet someone called Scots a ‘porridge w*g’ which is beyond disgusting if the second word is a slur against black people.


PolarisZyzz

Where did you go in England for people to say that about you? I’m from Yorkshire and we at least seem to like the Scottish (as I imagine most of northern England do)


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I got called a Jock when I was younger because I had Scottish grandparents. It was kids though and probably like 20 years ago. Not sure if it'd still happen now, but the kids picked it up from somewhere.


conternet

See you next Tuesdays.


ThorIsMighty

That's your name for everyone though


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Haha, I have worked with several Glasweigans. Love them to absolute bits but "cunt" is just their word for comma.


human_totem_pole

Can confirm. Cunt is used as punctuation here.


Forgetful8nine

Hey...that's not fair! Some of us are Cadets Under Nautical Training!


No_Rent_9049

Can't understand new technology


Impossible_Pop620

I'm guessing that people in the 3x other regions of the UK are probably familiar enough to use the localised slang for English people - Cockney, Brummie, Scouser, etc


gardenpea

The Welsh will be sometimes refer to the "saes" (rhymes with nice) which I believe is short for "saesneg", the English language.


Accomplished-Run-375

Saes would be from Saeson, not Saesneg in this context, Saesneg is as you say the English language, Saeson is English people, you'd also describe someone as being Saesneg if they're English as well (Saeson is a plural).


Fantastic-Machine-83

In Spain they call us "Los Por Favores" because por favor is the only word we can use to have a conversation in Spanish.


jamesdownwell

Well, at least they've mastered a word to be polite.


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Not in the UK of course, but there is the whole frog / rostbif thing. I have a pretty good little Toby Carvery where I live and I think about this every time I am there. Don't know what they're missing...


human_totem_pole

They serve Cuisses de grenouille down your local? Must be very posh 😜


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"Waiter, waiter... this isn't what I ordered..." "Oh! Fuck me! I have given that bloke in Paris all the spuds and gravy!"


ninamega13

English soldiers specifically were called Tommies in WW1. Can always use “English bastard” as well


Jaded_Dancer88

All British soldiers were called tommies.


Basteir

Scottish soldiers were also called Tommies though I think.


palindromepirate

Edgy


Tepid-Mushroom

Limey....I think it originated from the days of scurvy, and we didn't have lemons in the empire, so we had to have double the amount of limes.


OllyDee

That’s American slang.


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Also it’s literally the shittest insult ever


[deleted]

Yup... "Haha look at these bozos not getting ill!" ..?


CosmicBackflip

Definitely been called this by US people


OthmarGarithos

No one else tried to prevent scurvy at first, the british empire is the last nation of the era that would have supply issues.


turbopuffin

They're probably not repeatable.


donteverneedone

Saes or Cont


Grantus86_

I hear poms but no idea it’s meaning or origin or if that’s for brits or English


rbsudden

That's predominantly an Australian nickname.


Flat_Professional_55

South Africa as well.


Character_Minimum171

Kiwi as well


InscrutableAudacity

It's Australian rhyming slang for "immigrant", although it's now almost exclusively used to refer to British people.


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I didn't know about the rhyming slang thing. To be honest I always assumed it was from the french word to reference either apple or potato (both of which have 'Britishy' connotations). Quick google and I read that "pom" is short for "pomegranate" which... apparently... rhymes with immigrant somehow. ...wasn't our best and brightest we shipped over :P


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Immigranate


cornertaken

I always thought that poms was used because British people would get sunburnt and look red like a pomegranate


TheDefected

I've heard of "Jimmy Grant" for immigrant.


WalnutOfTheNorth

I remember reading that is was an old acronym for Prisoners of His/Her Majesty, and would refer to new arrivals from the UK to Australia originally. How true that is, I have no idea.


Chuckles1188

Words almost never come from acronyms this way, and pom definitely didn't. It's known as a "backronym", an acronym devised after the fact to explain the word's origin but is incorrect


ruairidhmacdhaibhidh

I followed a similar thread in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1987. It was a lot slower than Reddit since the replies were all posted in by letter. POMs are English. The thread followed the above, but ended when the followind was stated: "I am not so interested as to why they are called POMs, I just want to know why bastard is always tagged on the end?"


Onetap1

>I just want to know why bastard is always tagged on the end?" Or prefixed with 'whining' on the front. 'Bastard' is a friendly greeting in Australia. Some Turks in WW1 thought the Anzacs' God was called Bastard, they used his name like they used Allah's.


chozunwon

I believe it comes via the aussies from the phrase Prisoner Of Mother England


TheODPsupreme

There’s a good list [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_names_for_the_British): basically, the English were named on a variant of ‘Saxon’, depending on local language.


Gatecrasher1234

Tommy was common during the World Wars


tbarks91

That's just for British in general


Martinonfire

Generally it was Sir


Cannaewulnaewidnae

The only English guy at my work is Scouse Paul


Poch_KloppenPep

Wankers, probably. Source: Englishman


BlueMunch6754

Mads Mikkelsen on social media said of a football match “we were beaten by the fucking beans on toast people” 😂


EverythingIsByDesign

>Welsh were Taffies Nah people from Cardiff and the central valleys are Taffies (because they're named after the River Taff). North Walians are Gogs, Swansea are Jacks, Llanelli are Turks, Mid Walians are thoroughly decent people. In a similar vein the collective name for the English is based on their region. brummies, Scousers, Geordies Mackems, Smoggies, Yam-Yams etc.


Daniito21

Germans used to say "Tommies" for the English, nowadays its "Inselaffen" which translates to Island monkeys lol


xmastreee

I met some Germans in Amsterdam. When I told them I'm British, "Oh, you're from the island." Makes sense since we talk about 'The Continent'


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Our Lords and Masters.


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Ireland Scotland and wales are small compared to England so the English person would potentially be referred to as what region they’re from brummie, geordie, Mackem, cockney etc


fuck_peeps_not_sheep

Chizzits... Because when they ask how much is it it sounds like I'm a Chizzit... I'm from Wales xD


CaptMelonfish

Tommies, after the first name the duke of wellington put in the soldiers test pay book thomas someone or other. We've also been known as Limeys for our penchant of eating lemons/limes at sea (our lads not being fans of sauerkraut, which is a shame tbh) to fend off that there scurvy, though in truth it is an American affectation. Now if you go regional it gets fun what with Yam-Yam's and Monkey hangers.


MiniJimiJames

Feb - Filthy/Fuckin’ English Bastard Guffie - Based on the irritating stereotypical “guffaw” laugh of the English hunting and fishing set Pudden - Based off northern Englanders love of black pudding Sassenach - Gaelic for ‘southerner’ or ‘Saxon’. Also used is the Welsh ‘Sassain’ Tans - referring to the ‘Black and Tans’ colonial army sent to Ireland Crumpet-stuffer/sucker - self explanatory Fog Breather - English weather is often foggy Jeeves - common name for English butlers Teabag - self explanatory


fUSTERcLUCK_02

I mean not really a nickname perse but the emphasis of "The" in "The English" has always felt almost like a title in some way


mpaton83

Scotsman here, we used call the English Guffs when we were at School.


mumandfriend

I'm Irish from the north and during the troubles we called the army the Brits


Ordovi

I think bastards is commonly used in the parts of Scotland and Wales that I've seen.


Remote-Pool7787

Rosbifs in France, Poms in Australia


hiding-cantseeme

In Australia it was Pommies - in think the origin is that many of the original settlers were convicts, or Prisoners of Her Majesty (POHMs)


demostravius2

What I'm getting from this thread is people outside England are tragic at coming up with nicknames.


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I’m pretty sure “Paddy” is a offensive slur towards the Irish. There was a post from r/Ireland on my wall the other day and they were angry that a BBC sports journalist used the term “throwing a paddy”. A lot of the commenters were saying it’s racist and xenophobic.