Can anyone tell me why french people are called frogs?

Answer 1

Because of the British stereotype that all French eat nothing but frog's legs, all the time. As a retaliation the French insult the Brits by calling them "les rosbifs'", "the roast-beef eaters".

"The principle that we are what we eat seems reasonable in this case, but in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it was not the French but the Dutch who were identified as frogs for just as commonsensical a reason: the Dutch and frogs were both at home in waterlogged terrain."

"How the French became frogs: English caricature and a national stereotype" : http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0PAL/is_498_158/ai_106652581

Answer 2

Well, I've always heard it's because French eat frogs (evn though that's not a common meal...).
But I found an interesting website about this subject, so have a look and you would find some interesting stories about that ^ ^.

Answer 3

They ate frog legs. The English thought this appalling.

Answer 4

Because they eat 'grenouilles', or frogs

Answer 5

cause they make food that makes you puke green