"Kraut" ? really ? in the 21st century ? after 70 years ?
Maybe this is a thing for Brexiters, maybe I just feel too European after working on one of those old 'Esprit' projects back in the AI Spring of the 1980's ... On the other hand ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-80133/Germans-sour-Kraut.html
from which I quote ...
"In its ruling today, the ASA said the word krauts did portray German's negatively, but ruled it would be "generally understood as a light-hearted reference to a national stereotype and was unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence".
But staff at the German Embassy in London disagreed with the ASA decision, saying that most Germans would find the phrase offensive.
An Embassy spokeswoman said: "It is not a very nice name and it is certainly not nice to be called a name related to cabbage.
"I think over time the word has attracted very negative connotations, so most people would be offended by it."
And Cultural attache Tilman Hancker added: "Speaking personally I would be offended to be called it and I think most people would not find it a very nice name."
FYI: According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraut the word first surfaced 99 years ago - I think it's time to put down the "Commando" & "Victor" comics and grow up a bit ?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
