On Aug 8, 2007, at 6:17 AM, Chris Stoddart wrote: > Except IMHO between the British and the French. Like an old married > couple, a millenium of warfare between us has earned us the right to > insult each other as we like. Remember they call us Brits Les > Rosbifs; I > actually don't find that even slightly insulting. No more so than you > ex-colonials calling us limeys, anyway.
I have French friends who call themselves "froggies" when they call me, and some German friends who laughingly call themselves "krauts". I think it's OK when they do it, and when it's done with a smile. I don't use those appellations when talking to them, though. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
