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"polish pig" - is it offensive?


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Arise_St_George
  Mar 25, 08, 12:59  #31

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!"

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Mali
  Mar 25, 08, 13:03  #32

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?

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osiol PREMIUM
  Mar 25, 08, 13:08  #33

Piggy-in-the-middle.

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plk123
  Mar 25, 08, 13:10  #34

Mali wrote:
'pigging out'!

which may not be an insult necessarily.

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Shawn_H
  Mar 25, 08, 13:12  #35

pig in a poke

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Mali
Edited by: Mali  Mar 25, 08, 13:14  #36

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.

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Davey
  Mar 25, 08, 14:37  #37

I dont know, my friend is Polish and his nickname is prosiaczek=P

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JustysiaS
  Mar 25, 08, 14:44  #38

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...

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Bartolome
  Mar 29, 08, 15:07  #39

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 :)

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Magdalena
  Mar 30, 08, 08:20  #40

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.

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wildrover
  Mar 30, 08, 08:26  #41

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.....

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z_darius
  Mar 30, 08, 08:52  #42

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?

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Seanus PREMIUM
  Mar 30, 08, 10:38  #43

It depends on the intonation too.

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