Alternative Names For The British - Alternative Names For English

Alternative Names For English

  • Sassenach - used to describe the English, by their immediate Gaelic-speaking neighbours: the Scots, and the Irish. The term is derived from the original name of the Anglo-Saxon settlers in what is now Lowland Scotland - i.e. the Saxons.
  • The Cornish word for an Englishman is "Sows", and the Cornish word for the English language is "Sowsnek".
  • les goddams - During the Hundred Years' War, the French took to calling the English les goddams because of their frequent use of expletives.

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