25 Jun 05 - 05:39 AM (#1509323)
Subject: RE: Origins: What are 'Frogs and Square Heads'?
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
LEXICON OF RACIAL SLURS http://gyral.blackshell.com/names.html Germans typically have, or are thought to have, rather square heads. Squarehead Germans or Swedes Shape of head, late 19th/early 20th century American word.
The French are said to laugh like frogs. When they laugh, their adam's apples bulge out of their necks like frogs. Also perhaps from the French delicacy of frog-legs. Another possible derivation is the Fleur-de-Lys displayed on the French king's banner in the Middle Ages, which, to the English enemy, looked like squatting frogs. UK origins.
http://www.heretical.com/miscella/mpbigot.html FRENCH: Froggies. Bloody French. (N.B. The French are very easily insulted by the British. Almost anything will do.) GERMANS: Krauts Boche. Sausage-eaters. Square-heads. (N.B. The Germans are an appallingly insensitive nation and therefore extremely hard to insult. Try setting fire to them or calling their Mercedes Volkswagens.
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2134 annexed by Seattle many years ago, maintains its culture and loyalties without much consideration for national or civic boundaries. Its residents, solid and conservative in look and outlook, are often referred to as "square heads," which suggests a stolid stupidity many associate with the Swedes, but all Scandinavian flags fly here.
Sincerely, Gargoyle
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