hope those from uk might like to know that this is the slang term the portuguses use to describe the british..wonder why????

is it because they are now a nation as the bbc so describe...fat..or is it because they like roast beef..or hamburgers???

now what can we call the portuguese....ermmm.....i know

P O R K I E S (they lurve febras) and also when they sell land some of em tell porky pies

My wife (who is Portuguese but spent most of her adult life in England and now feels more English than Portuguese) and I both daily refer to all Portuguese as “mac” (our own little fun abbreviation for “macaco”)

I think the french call us"roast beef"

I have no term for the Portuguese but recall that during our residency there..the young Portuguese fellas who worked for us often referred to us as 'LULAS'!...SQUIDS!.... cos our legs are' white' when we first put shorts on
Whats 'Macaco ' mean Digger

macaco : monkey
the Portuguese use it quite a lot when meaning mischievous/naughty

Anonymous wrote:hope those from uk might like to know that this is the slang term the portuguses use to describe the british..wonder why????

is it because they are now a nation as the bbc so describe...fat..or is it because they like roast beef..or hamburgers???

now what can we call the portuguese....ermmm.....i know

P O R K I E S (they lurve febras) and also when they sell land some of em tell porky pies

well from what i`ve learned is its deprived from roast beef and this relates to the redness as a lot of english(or so it seems) go to the sunny spots pale as hell and turn lobster(or roast beef in this case) red within a few days.

not beef, bife

Bleeker wrote:well from what i`ve learned is its deprived from roast beef etc etc.............................

lol. Deprived may just be the correwct word here. Though I suspect it should be Derived

Anonymous wrote:

Bleeker wrote:well from what i`ve learned is its deprived from roast beef etc etc.............................

lol. Deprived may just be the correct word here. Though I suspect it should be Derived

might be guest! i`m Dutch so might make some mistakes but i hope you understand what i was trying to say though!

I believe the Germans have an affectionate name for we Brits
But Ive ccmpletely forgotten what it is..anyone here know?
Do the Dutch have one Bleeker?
I only know:
with Americans its 'limey' (from when our sailors ate limes on board ship to prevent scurvy?
Australians call us 'Whinging Pommes' (why )

As far as I know calling the english "beefs" or "bifes" (as we say it) dates a while back from recent times. The name orginis come very simply from the Beefeaters - the guards in the Tower of London - white necks and tudor hats.

This was explained during the Euro2004 on tv and I was surprised because I'd assume that this was something made up recently - circa late 60's with the tourism boom.

Digger, I hope your wife is coping well with returning to this country.

Ellie wrote:I believe the Germans have an affectionate name for we Brits
But Ive ccmpletely forgotten what it is..anyone here know?
Do the Dutch have one Bleeker?
I only know:
with Americans its 'limey' (from when our sailors ate limes on board ship to prevent scurvy?
Australians call us 'Whinging Pommes' (why )

i think the germans say inselaffen(island monkeys).

As for the dutch....don`t really know of one that sticks out sort tbh!

Bleeker - would that be roast beef with sliced egg

Dee X

whinging pomes...derived from the fact that when uk immigrants arrived by plane in auz,..it was said that the aircraft was still whining even when the engines had stopped

Anonymous wrote:Bleeker - would that be roast beef with sliced egg

Dee X

heya Dee! top of the morning to ya! and rofl! no no filet american with sliced boiled egg and rosbief with salt pepper and sweet chili sauce!