Would It Be Considered Too Woke To Hope That...

[sandyRoe]

... derogatory phrases aimed at other nations fell out of use?
An example, 'Dutch oven', used colloquially to describe foetid flatulence deliberately trapped under the bedclothes. Others include, Spanish practises, Chinese whispers, and the ubiquitous, French letter.

[ToraToraTora]

Chinese whispers is anything but a derogatory phrase neither is French Letter really.

[Impatiens]

The French call a French letter une capote anglaise.

[Khandro]

I f you have a degree from the [i] Sorbonne Université [i] do you have French letters after your name?

[McMouse]

I’ve Roman numerals on my watch face. Seemed a better choice than French letters.

[Zacs-Master]

IV got Roman numerals II

[ichkeria]

Dutch oven is a term in its own right for a type of oven of course

[ichkeria]

"turning Japanese" is surely a big no-no :-)

[Peter Pedant]

Ay record with regret that Dec 1941 - my father had been in POW camp for 18 m by then. Japan entered the war and the stories of the massacres which infiltrated the camps were greeted with

I say! not quite yellow what?

Russian Sap - would that be allowed ? I wont tell you what that is, but you see them now, every now and then.

yeah and foo, age eight ( so will fit in very nicely here) someone was heard to complain at skool lunch - - Russian Salad - I am sure that it isnt made by a Russian!

[Peter Pedant]

yes! welching on an agreement - - - - is due to er the Welsh not being looked on as reliable partners

[Peter Pedant]

Yes - the Balearic Islanders - named from stone slinging, ballw - I throw in Greek no less
and so in La Guerra Civil ( 1936) when they ran away, ( from whomever) were they deprived of their names ( Balearic) because they had no er balls? Thomeone tell me

[Peter Pedant]

Yeah and Hungary - you cant say that anymore because they arent now ( hungry, EEC aid see)
and the Greeks dont like Greece - even they say - the slimy ones
ter daah !

[Hopkirk]

Russian roulette

[Bobbisox1]

It’s come out beneath its rock ^^^

[Hopkirk]

Dutch cap