ssj12 on 13 January 2009
| Tyrannical said: Last time I checked back in the middle ages when there was wars between kingdoms they just considered battles well battles for land or control of the opposing side's empire. There was no nicknaming of the empire that started the attack. We never heard the Romans writing in their texts "Today there was an act of terrorism in our northern cities by the the terrorist group the Greeks." They simply stated they were attacked, then stated that they should get payback You need to check harder. English rivalry with The Netherlands especially during the period of the Anglo-Dutch Wars gave rise to several phrases including Dutch that promote certain negative stereotypes. Examples include Dutch courage, Dutch uncle and Dutch wife. The particular stereotype associated with this usage is the idea of Dutch people as ungenerous and selfish. I could give many, many other examples. Care to hear what the British think of the French, Spainish, or Germans? |
sure since this is actually educational since your telling us termed created ages ago. Always good to know background of what your discussing.
