some french people i met in cuba said they called us "beef" couse we are ment to be fat...... :S
2006-11-13 21:44:10 · 15 answers · asked by Bruza 17/uk 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
The french used to call us Rosbifs (as in roast beef) during the Napoleonic wars, due to what we ate, as against being fat. A lot of this comes from wars eg Krauts (sauerkraut - Germany)
2006-11-13 21:47:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
South Africans call the British "rooinekke" - red necks. Because the poor British get sunburnt even in the middle of winter!
2006-11-13 21:54:50 · answer #2 · answered by True Blue Brit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Limeys, from the limes used by the Royal Navy to combat scurvy.
2006-11-13 21:59:50 · answer #3 · answered by Minmi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought they called us "Roast Beef", as we're supposed to eat it all the time!
We are also called Pommes by the Aussies, and Limeys by the Yanks.
2006-11-13 21:50:03 · answer #4 · answered by rawberry99 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Limey from the war what the American's called us.
Poms Autrialian people call us.
2006-11-13 21:53:02 · answer #5 · answered by momof3 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kniggets, Son of a hamster! I fart in eur general direction
2006-11-13 23:12:54 · answer #6 · answered by bavwill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
during the peninsula war when we were calling them frogs they called us the god damns because of our general blaspheme
2006-11-14 08:18:26 · answer #7 · answered by supremecritic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when they read we compensate guys in jail £1m for cold turkeyi would say STUPID BRITS
2006-11-13 22:05:55 · answer #8 · answered by srracvuee 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Who the hell cares?
"Those who DON'T smell like 2 week-old sweat"?
2006-11-13 21:54:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Pigs, I think.
2006-11-13 21:51:12 · answer #10 · answered by Tamer A 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋