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"polish pig" - is it offensive?

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Arise_St_GeorgeThreads: 15 Posts: 572 Joined: Mar 8, 08	Mar 25, 08, 12:59 / #
The word "pig" is offensive to anyone. English pig, Polish big, fat pig, stupid pig etc. It's an insult. The word cow is also an insult but used mainly at girls. "Look at that silly cow!"

MaliThreads: - Posts: 333 Joined: Mar 3, 08	Mar 25, 08, 13:03 / #
Arise_St_George wrote: The word "pig" is offensive to anyone. English pig, Polish big, fat pig, stupid pig etc. It's an insult. Don't forget 'pigging out'! The word cow is also an insult but used mainly at girls. Isn't it odd that calling a guy a 'bull' usually has the opposite effect?

osiolThreads: 59 Posts: 4,714 Joined: Jul 25, 07	Mar 25, 08, 13:08 / #
Piggy-in-the-middle.

plk123Threads: 30 Posts: 6,412 Joined: Aug 29, 07	Mar 25, 08, 13:10 / #
Mali wrote: 'pigging out'! which may not be an insult necessarily.

Shawn_H	Mar 25, 08, 13:12 / #
pig in a poke

MaliThreads: - Posts: 333 Joined: Mar 3, 08	Edited by: Mali Mar 25, 08, 13:14 / #
plk123 wrote: which may not be an insult necessarily. I know it doesn't have to be bad but it can have negative connotations. Its a phrase that can be used as an insult towards the way that someone eats. It doesn't bother me personally but I wouldn't consider it a neutral term either.

DaveyThreads: 17 Posts: 436 Joined: Jun 29, 07	Mar 25, 08, 14:37 / #
I dont know, my friend is Polish and his nickname is prosiaczek=P

JustysiaSThreads: 15 Posts: 2,869 Joined: Oct 14, 07 MEMBER	Mar 25, 08, 14:44 / #
Davey wrote: I dont know, my friend is Polish and his nickname is prosiaczek=P prosiaczek is cute, nothing wrong with it you can say "ty świnio" (you pig!) to your friend when he is being messy or not very polite during a meal or something, so it is also a joke, but ONLY among friends. and a nickname "świnia" is not cute or nice or anything positive really...

BartolomeThreads: 2 Posts: 1,345 Joined: Sep 14, 06	Mar 29, 08, 15:07 / #
My dad knew one Silesian guy whose nickname was Duschwein (German for 'you pig'), for he had a custom to pointing at someone and shout 'Du Schwein !' in the heat of discussions :)

MagdalenaThreads: 5 Posts: 1,387 Joined: Aug 15, 07	Mar 30, 08, 08:20 / #
Nazi Germans used to call Poles "polnische Schweine" (Polish swine) and I do not think calling Polish people pigs - especially in a WW2 context as mentioned in the initial posting - is a very good idea or especially sensitive.

wildroverThreads: 180 Posts: 8,188 Joined: Jun 7, 07	Mar 30, 08, 08:26 / #
Polish policemen especially like the affectionate pig name.....try it next time you want a free bed for the night and a punch in the face.....

z_dariusThreads: 22 Posts: 5,091 Joined: Oct 18, 07	Mar 30, 08, 08:52 / #
Babylon wrote: So part of you think that PIG is OFFENSE, but my Polish-Jews friends from FORUM ŻYDÓW POLSKICH are saying almost all the same that Poles are overreacting If you already had an answer from Jewish pigs, why did you come here to ask?

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	Mar 30, 08, 10:38 / #
It depends on the intonation too.

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