How various races of people are called in various obscure languages

[Tamas]

Here. Leave the Chav riots thread alone. This discussion has to be one of the most boring I have ever read in my life, so I want it quarantined where I won't see it.

[Martinus]

Shut up, you paprika-gushing Hun.

[HVC]

hungarian = gypsy, FYI

[Ideologue]

Large groups of Hungarians are called "tank obstacles" in Russian.

[11B4V]

Polak

[Eddie Teach]

hungarian = gypsy, FYI

Yep. Also, Portuguese are called "hispanic".

[HVC]

hungarian = gypsy, FYI

Yep. Also, Portuguese are called "hispanic".

ya, in canada portuguese don't have anything against the spanish. Go for the italian angle. They hate eachother here.

[Ideologue]

hungarian = gypsy, FYI

Yep. Also, Portuguese are called "hispanic".

According to the U.S. definitions.  I don't mind it, since it allows me to claim Hispanic origins, although oddly I'm not allowed to claim to Cherokee origins.  Of course, by any sane measure, I'm British.

[HVC]

hungarian = gypsy, FYI

Yep. Also, Portuguese are called "hispanic".

According to the U.S. definitions.  I don't mind it, since it allows me to claim Hispanic origins, although oddly I'm not allowed to claim to Cherokee origins.  Of course, by any sane measure, I'm British.

Wait, what, yo'uve got porkchop in you?

[Ideologue]

hungarian = gypsy, FYI

Yep. Also, Portuguese are called "hispanic".

According to the U.S. definitions.  I don't mind it, since it allows me to claim Hispanic origins, although oddly I'm not allowed to claim to Cherokee origins.  Of course, by any sane measure, I'm British.

Wait, what, yo'uve got porkchop in you?

Not Portuguese (so far as I am aware--there probably actually is, given that I have several million ancestors between the formation of the Portuguese people and today).  But my last name's an anglicized version of a Spanish name.

[Martim Silva]

How do the Hungarians call the other peoples around them? 

I mean, they got bossed around by Turks, Germans and Russians most of the time; surely they developed something in their language to refer to them.

[derspiess]

since it allows me to claim Hispanic origins,

  I'm tempted to do that for my kids sometimes, just to screw with that ridiculous designation and to take money away from the affirmative action initiatives that use it.  But my conscience won't let me.

[Ideologue]

since it allows me to claim Hispanic origins,

  I'm tempted to do that for my kids sometimes, just to screw with that ridiculous designation and to take money away from the affirmative action initiatives that use it.  But my conscience won't let me.

What does conscience have to do with it?  It's like feeling bad because you truthfully claimed a tax deduction.

[derspiess]

What does conscience have to do with it?  It's like feeling bad because you truthfully claimed a tax deduction.

Because I think the "hispanic" designation is absolute bullshit.  Ditto for affirmative action and other types of programs that favor one race/ethnicity over others.

[Razgovory]

Derspeiss disadvantages own children for ideological purposes.  How unsurprising.