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Sadly, we now know that physically calling someone a name will not hurt them, but it does lead to other problems. One example being during WWII when the Nazis referred to the Jews as "Uttermensch" or "Juden raus" being called those names did not hurt them, but the psychosis it created in the German people allowed the terrors that happened to go on. </font></p> <br><br><p align="left"><font size="2">Let's jump to the "Auld Firm" now and some of the lovely ditties we love to call each other. The name Tim is not taken as an offensive name by most Celtic fans, mostly because we believe it stems from the "Timothy Malloy" gang theory. The other more credible story I obtained is that Paddy, Mick and Tim were common names used to describe someone of Irish descent. Still nothing there to get worked up about. </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2">Let's jump to our favorite moniker of Rangers fans, the Huns. If you read Follow Follow and its commandants you will hear various explanations of this word, not many of them true either. "It is degrading to Protestants/Rangers fans." "You're the real Huns because the Irish supported the Nazis in WWII" etc etc etc. The word Hun (in modern English usage) derives from the occupying German forces in Belgium in WWI. British newspapers at the time were comparing their rampaging and wrecking of the Belgian city to the famous Attila and his assaults. Now how did our Blue friends from across the river get such a term of endearment, you may ask? Well the story goes something like this…Rangers fans on an invasion of England (otherwise known as a "friendly") were involved in, should we say, a "little bit of bother." </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2">The local newspapers referred to the invasion from the north as similar to the Huns (German army) rampaging through Belgium; hence the name stuck. Personally, it is my favorite name for our great rivals, the simple reason being, it has no connotation. It does not infer political persuasion, colour or creed. A Hun is simply a pet name for a Gers fan, regardless of his religion or colour. What fun would it be calling them something they did appreciate? Could you imagine running about between 1988 and 1998 calling them a bunch of "champions" just doesn't have the same ring now does it, even though in that period it would have been more fitting. </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2">Well, let's compare the name-calling groups: after all, we are all just as bad as each other right, as Nil by Mouth often says. We call them Orange Bastards (or Dobs) they call us Fenian Bastards so we are equal there, as both those names have no real meaning unless you're a member of "the Ludge" or "the Fenians" - which the biggest majority of us aren't. </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2">Well, what about other names that Follow Follow refers to us by? 'Taig'…is a good one. A Rangers fan on the Follow Follow internet message board told me the definition of this is an Irish Catholic. Having researched this (with sources if anyone wants them) the term 'Taig' is derived from the name Tadgh, which means "a poet or philosopher." Maybe our ancestors bored them to death with poetry or philosophy, I don't know… but I don't think we should take it as an offense. On the contrary, take it as a compliment - you bunch of poets and philosophers you! </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2">Another favourite is the term 'bead-rattler' or 'Pape'. Considering that most Celtic fans are in fact Catholic then in fact we have as a group rattled a few beads in our time, not something to be offended by. 'Peatdigger'…could you imagine running down to Lanarkshire or Ayrshire and screaming abuse by calling someone a 'bloody miner'? Nope neither can I. How about their favourite name these days, "Yahoos"? It's not in reference to our favourite search engine on the net but to a mythical group of people in Gulliver's travels. In his book Jonathon Swift describes the Yahoos as "human-like or degraded human inhabitants found on the island of Houyhnhnm Land. The Houyhnhnms, a race of rational horses, who have enslaved the Yahoos and use them as beasts of burden. The term Yahoo has come to refer to any kind of brute." Maybe I'm mistaken here, but this would be a good definition of the term "Uttermensch" used by the Nazis. </font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2">Hey, maybe that English reporter knew something about them that we didn't and that's why he called them Huns…</font></p> <p align="left"><font size="2">By M.C.</font></p> </font> </td></tr></table><br></td><td> </td><td valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#000000" width="150"><tr><td> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FF9900" width="100%"><tr><td align="left"> <font class="content" color="#363636"><b>Login</b></font> </td></tr></table></td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="150"> <tr valign="top"><td bgcolor="#ffffff"> <form action="/" method="post"><center><font class="content">Nickname<br><input type="text" name="uname" size="8" maxlength="25"><br>Password<br><input type="password" name="pass" size="8" maxlength="20"><br><input type="hidden" name="op" value="login"><input type="submit" value="Login"></font></center></form><center><font class="content">Don't have an account yet? 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