Is canuck an offensive term for Canadians?

Answer 1

no but 'can knuckle heads' is ! ahahhah!

Answer 2

I call my Canadian mates Canucks all the time and have yet to get any indication that I've insulted them.

Of course, getting a Canadian angry is no easy task (they're lovely people).

There is a hockey team in Canada called the Canucks, so I doubt that they would take an offensive name.

Answer 3

My boyfriend is Canadian and it's often funny because he refers to himself and other Canadians as Canucks, but many other Canadians find it quite offensive. I think it just depends on the Canadian, just as other racial terms offend some parts of a race and don't offend others.

Answer 4

Canuck:
A derisive term for Canadians

Canuck" is a slang term for "Canadian" in Canadian English and in American English.

The use of "Canuck" by Canadians themselves is usually affectionate or patriotic.

The history and use of the term include:

The Vancouver Canucks hockey team
The Canada national rugby union team Canucks
The Crazy Canucks, a group of Canadian alpine ski racers who dominated the World Cup circuit in the '70s.
Johnny Canuck, a personification of Canada who appeared in early political cartoons of the 1860s resisting Uncle Sam's bullying. Johnny Canuck was revived in 1942 by Leo Bachle to defend Canada against the Nazis.
In 1975 in comics by Richard Comely, Captain Canuck is a super-agent for Canadians' security, with Redcoat and Kebec being his sidekicks. (Kebec is claimed to be unrelated to Capitaine Kébec of a French-Canadian comic published two years earlier.) Captain Canuck had enhanced strength and endurance thanks to being bathed in alien rays during a camping trip. The captain was reintroduced in the mid-1990s, and again in 2004.
Operation Canuck was the designated name of a British SAS raid led by a Canadian captain, Buck McDonald in January 1945.
"The Dark Canuck" is a song on The Tragically Hip's album In Violet Light.
In 1995, Canada Post released 45-cent postage stamps depicting Johnny Canuck and Captain Canuck.
"Canuck" is a nickname for the Curtiss JN4 and Avro CF-100 aircraft.
One of the first uses of "Canuck" — in the form of "Kanuk" — specifically referred to Dutch Canadians as well as the French.[citation needed]
"Canuck" also has the derived meanings of a Canadian pony (rare) and a French-Canadian patois2 (very rare).
Team Canuck is a small-sized team at RoboCup.
North Plainfield High School Canucks, is the mascot of this High School in New Jersey.
The use of "Canuck" parallels that of some other potentially offensive nicknames, that is, when used by the people it names — Canadians in this case — it is usually acceptable. But when used by an outsider — in this case particularly American strangers — it can be misinterpreted and deemed as insulting one's heritage (though rarely credibly so for Canuck). Although it is not as severe as most ethnic slurs, some consider it one - just as Yankee can be.[citation needed]

Answer 5

The term is Canut. I doubt it. John Wayne's steady stunt partner before he really hit big stardom was Yakima Canut. You can see it in the credits. I guess it's been upgraded to Canuck, offensive, and applies to French Canadians.

Answer 6

I'm not sure what "vanamont7" is talking about but it sure is not a Canadian!!! We Canadians enjoy being called Canucks because we are!!

Answer 7

I am not Canadian, but I wouldn't think so, since there is a NHL team call Vancouver Canucks.

Answer 8

I have been a part of a listserv for many years with a member who chose canuck as his member name, he is canadian.

In my experience it would be more of an affectionate name, much like 'little tom' or 'b dog', its up to the individuals personality to determine how the name is interpreted.

Answer 9

to some people

Answer 10

Like "Yankee" for Americans.
It really depends on your tone of voice and the way you use it in a sentence.

Answer 11

Nope, doesn't bother us a bit.