Terms for Enemy and Former Enemy Troops

[Raellus]

I just thought of a nickname for hostile Polish troops: "'Ski". It comes from the perception that "-ski" is a common suffix for Polish surnames. It's kind of like Ivan, in that sense.

Example:

"Our patrol got ambushed by a platoon of 'Skis about two klicks outside of Wrolclaw."

It fairly rolls off the tongue.

[Mohoender]

Originally Posted by Raellus

I just thought of a nickname for hostile Polish troops: "'Ski". It comes from the perception that "-ski" is a common suffix for Polish surnames. It's kind of like Ivan, in that sense.

Example:

"Our patrol got ambushed by a platoon of 'Skis about two klicks outside of Wrolclaw."

It fairly rolls off the tongue.

If you were French you would call them "Polacks". Then, Italians would be "Ritals" but that's also a name I heard in the mouth of people from northern Italy toward people from the South.

For Germans there is also "Teutons" or "Prussians".

Americans would be "Ricains".

Soviets would be "Les Rouges" (The Reds/Rusty) but that could apply to any one within the Warsaw Pact with the exception of the Poles.

Japanese are simply the "Japs". People from other Asian countries would be "les Jaunes" (yellows), a fairly racist name. An even more racist one will be "Les Bridés" (a reference to the shape of their eyes). That last one would include Japanese and many Russians as well. After all most Russians are looking Asians.