Madralo - is it insulting?

esek_tmp:

raindog:
Angol has a derogatory conotation.

I don't agree... Angol don't have to be insulting... it might be, but not necessary. Also.. it can be used but not well educated person who just doesn't know that it should be 'anglik'.

ShelleyS:

raindog:
Angol has a derogatory conotation.

Probably no more derogatory than calling a Polish person a Pole.

BarneyThreads: 16 Posts: 1,622 Joined: May 26, 08	Edited by: Moderator Sep 10, 08, 18:11 / #
Got called Madralo today in an email by a friend, did a search and came up with przemądrzły as a retort. Is this overly insulting considering that the banter can be at this level? Double checking: Madralo is from mądrośç (however the hell you would pronounce that)?

Easy_TerranThreads: 4 Posts: 473 Joined: Mar 31, 08	Edited by: Easy_Terran Sep 10, 08, 18:15 / #
mądrala - smart ass can be a little bit offensive, depend on the rest of the context, but usually it is a friendly poke with words, imho

BarneyThreads: 16 Posts: 1,622 Joined: May 26, 08	Sep 10, 08, 18:21 / #
Easy_Terran: usually it is a friendly poke with words It was. Is przemądrzły at the same level?

Easy_TerranThreads: 4 Posts: 473 Joined: Mar 31, 08	Edited by: Easy_Terran Sep 10, 08, 18:49 / #
Barney: Is przemądrzały at the same level? yes, and both have practically the same meaning

Arise_St_GeorgeThreads: 15 Posts: 572 Joined: Mar 8, 08	Edited by: Arise_St_George Sep 10, 08, 19:14 / #
Speaking of which I heard the word "Angol" meant something like "pffftt English people" or something like that. One time some Polish girl used that word to some of my colleagues and I asked her about it. Am I correct in it being an unfriendly word referring to English people? She told me it wasn't an unfriendly word and it just meant "English person."

raindogThreads: - Posts: 14 Joined: Dec 26, 07	Sep 10, 08, 19:31 / #
Arise_St_George: Speaking of which I heard the word "Angol" Arise_St_George: She told me it wasn't an unfriendly word and it just meant "English person." I say , she wanted to squirm her way from a sticky situation by giving you a bull answer. Angol has a derogatory conotation.

Arise_St_GeorgeThreads: 15 Posts: 572 Joined: Mar 8, 08	Edited by: Arise_St_George Sep 17, 08, 11:56 / #
raindog: I say , she wanted to squirm her way from a sticky situation by giving you a bull answer. Angol has a derogatory conotation. Yup I thought as much and I'm glad I did question her about it. Slimey cow, pretending to be nicey nicey to everyone O.o I can't stand those people that shit on your back

BondiThreads: 4 Posts: 148 Joined: Sep 11, 07	Sep 24, 08, 02:47 / #
Bleedin’ England is all about people who smile in your face, then talk bullshit behind your back. Shame that most foreigners adopt this behaviour all too easily...

ShelleySThreads: 18 Posts: 3,647 Joined: Jun 26, 07	Edited by: ShelleyS Sep 24, 08, 03:03 / #
raindog: Angol has a derogatory conotation. Probably no more derogatory than calling a Polish person a Pole. Bondi: Bleedin’ England is all about people who smile in your face, then talk bullshit behind your back. Shame that most foreigners adopt this behaviour all too easily... Is it really? So in "foreign" countries people are really honest and upfront all the time...pff!

esek_tmp	Sep 24, 08, 03:32 / #
raindog: Angol has a derogatory conotation. I don't agree... Angol don't have to be insulting... it might be, but not necessary. Also.. it can be used but not well educated person who just doesn't know that it should be 'anglik'.

polishgirltx	Sep 27, 08, 22:56 / #
raindog: Angol raindog: Jusgol pepiczki for czechs....

Michal2Threads: - Posts: 80 Joined: Aug 30, 08	Sep 28, 08, 04:48 / #
z_darius: Angol was used on a daily basis I think that the word angol is, in fact, a Hungarian word.

Polonius3Threads: 1,005 Posts: 4,833 Joined: Apr 11, 08	Sep 28, 08, 14:23 / #
A linguist told me that the suffix -ol mainly used in pejorative expressions has undergone a renascence in recent decades generating such words as Angol, Brytol, Kanadol and katol (for Catholic). Anyone know any others?

BondiThreads: 4 Posts: 148 Joined: Sep 11, 07	Edited by: Bondi Oct 8, 08, 12:04 / #
ShelleyS: Is it really? So in "foreign" countries people are really honest and upfront all the time...pff! No, they aren't... at all. That's why they (we) adopt it so easily. But we have different reasons. (And we have no such manners that the English still seem to have in most cases - I have to admit that!) Michal2: I think that the word angol is, in fact, a Hungarian word. It's meaning is English or Englishman. But it is adopted from Latin. No derogatory meaning (same as "Hungarian" in English). In Hungarian, we only have derogatory/tender names for the neighbouring countries and the ethnic minorities... :)

raindogThreads: - Posts: 14 Joined: Dec 26, 07	Sep 26, 08, 22:18 / #
esek_tmp: raindog: Angol has a derogatory conotation. I don't agree... Angol don't have to be insulting... it might be, but not necessary. Also.. it can be used but not well educated person who just doesn't know that it should be 'anglik'. ShelleyS: raindog: Angol has a derogatory conotation. Probably no more derogatory than calling a Polish person a Pole. I will be content to contend :) Here is empirical evidence: Going aaaaaaaall the way back to the times, when Jugoslavia still existed. Anybody remembers word " Jugol"? It was a word describing a Jugoslavian citizen....and belive you me, it was not a nice choice of a word, you would call somebody "Jugol", I guarantee, he would not buy you a drink. Angol is Jusgol's perjorative brother in arms....

z_dariusThreads: 22 Posts: 5,091 Joined: Oct 18, 07	Sep 26, 08, 22:22 / #
esek_tmp: Also.. it can be used but not well educated person who just doesn't know that it should be 'anglik'. Angol was used on a daily basis by English Philology students in Poland. Hardly uneducated people.