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slang terms
Posted by: Craig McLean ()
Date: May 10, 2001 04:36PM

<HTML>My impression has always been that \"Jerries\" (for Germans) was a harmless abbreviation started by the British for \"German\"...taking just the \"Ger\" and adding the \"ries\" to make it plural (more than one). In spelling, the G became a J...which is a common Anglo first name. So, Ger-ries...or Jerries.

I would never use the term Jerries myself, but I\'ve always felt it was very harmless and not intended as derrogatory...much like Brits for British or Yanks for Americans. I don\'t know how the British feel about Brits, but as an American, I don\'t mind the term Yanks. However, it\'s probably all depending on how the listener takes it him or herself---if they feel it\'s insulting, then it is.

Now terms like Hun, Kraut, Limey, Frog, Jap---those are clearly intended as derrogatory, I\'d have to say.</HTML>

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Jap subs off Red Sea and Mozambique Nonny 05/03/2001 03:32PM
RE: Jap subs off Red Sea and Mozambique Antonio Veiga 05/03/2001 06:20PM
RE: Jap subs off Red Sea and Mozambique Yuri IL\'IN 05/03/2001 09:27PM
RE: Jap subs off Red Sea and Mozambique Yuri IL\'IN 05/03/2001 09:40PM
please don\'t call them jap Dave McQueen 05/04/2001 01:23PM
Is \&quot;Nipponese\&quot; acceptable to you? Nip- . 05/04/2001 03:03PM
RE: please don\\\'t call them jap Capt. George W. Duffy 05/07/2001 02:10PM
RE: Capt Duffy! kurt 05/07/2001 04:15PM
RE: Capt Duffy! Steve Cooper 05/07/2001 04:58PM
RE: Capt Duffy! kurt 05/07/2001 05:58PM
RE: Capt Duffy! Takeo 05/08/2001 02:09PM
RE: Capt Duffy! Werner Frank 05/09/2001 03:05AM
RE: Capt Duffy! Yuri IL\'IN 05/08/2001 01:26PM
Thats a shame Capt Duffy Dave McQueen 05/08/2001 08:34AM
RE: please don\\\\\\\'t call them jap Takeo 05/08/2001 02:04PM
RE: please don\\\\\\\'t call them jap Pat 05/08/2001 02:53PM
RE: Avast! John Griffiths 05/08/2001 03:34PM
RE: Avast! pat 05/08/2001 09:16PM
RE: Avast! Raimer Bruns 05/09/2001 12:28AM
RE: Avast! Pat John Griffiths 05/09/2001 04:10PM
RE: Avast! Pat pat 05/11/2001 03:08PM
RE: please don\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t call them jap Rainer Bruns 05/08/2001 05:28PM
RE: please dont pik on the Capt Andreas 05/09/2001 04:30PM
RE: please dont pik on the Capt CHOPPER 05/09/2001 09:19PM
RE: please dont pik on the Capt Takeo 05/09/2001 10:05PM
slang terms Craig McLean 05/10/2001 04:36PM


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