[drt1]

I believe the moniker refers to their eyes. If you have ever seen a true ethnic Frenchman you'll see that the eyes are quite large and frog like.

[kingattax]

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[Tanniker Smith]

This was posted within the last couple of hours.

[Mad Mammoth]

Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys has to be one of my all time favorites, and I understand that Jacques ChIraq takes great offense to that expression.

[William of Orange]

perhaps we should call them liberals, or democrats, or Barbara Boxers....

or: Les Hillarys!

[Doctor Stochastic]

If this limey author would spend some time with the bosch, he'd learn about political correctness and frogs.

[yarddog]

How do you say "The Weasels" in French? No offense intended to Weasels.

[Nachum]

Whatever happenned to: Smelly, Jew-hating, backstabbers?

[DManA]

Why is it ok to call the British Brits but bad to call the Japanese Japs?

[Lion in Winter]

In March of 1756 the great English artist, WILLIAM HOGARTH did two engraving about the start of the Seven Years' War( French & Indian war to us Americans).

I wish I could post it for you but I do not have a scanner.

Anyway, it is satirical as are almost all of his works.

The scene shows a starving, ragged French Army getting ready to invade England.

Anyway, there is a group of hungry looking soldiers looking over at a young officer's sword on which, he is roasting several fat frogs on an open fire.

This print always makes me laugh. There are many interesting things depicted in the print, but the roasting frogs always gets me!! LOL!!

[quark]

Because "Les Grenouilles" like to eat frog's legs, along with snails & horse meat. Civilized bunch, no?

[MortMan]

"Frogs" is a socially acceptable shortened version of what many of us prefer to call them.

[Abigail Adams]

I believe the origin (perhaps in the 18th or 19th centuries?) of the name "frog" for the French was based on their tendency to jump from bed to bed.

[dog breath]

I had always guessed that they were called frogs because they ate frog legs. Except for their arrogance I have no problem with them. Sure the fact that they think their culture is better is annoying but I can live with that. OK, the socialism, of which they are so proud, that has destroyed their country is a problem. Their tendancy to continue to act like a big dog which they have no real muscle is another problem. Their butt kissing the Arabs is another problem along with that tendency to shelter terrorists. Their love of thumbing their nose at America in the UN to feel important is another problem. Then their is the collaboration with the Nazis and later denial of it which is a problem. Come to think of it any name they are called on this thread they have certainly earned.

[airborne]

[Gorzaloon]

Maybe it is because they eat garden pests...?

I had a frog living in my koi pond. Every evening my wife and I would sit on the little bench and feed the fish. Something about the pitch of my voice turned the frog on, and as I spoke to my wife, the frog would constantly interrupt me.

So I developed a ritual, where I would say, "Bonjour, Monsieur le Grenouille!", and the frog would dutifully croak...every time!!!

This went on for at least a month.

We had a family cookout for the Fourth. "Hey! Everyone" Come and see the talking frog!!!! It's true! Every night I talk to him and he answers me!!'

So everyone came down to the pond.

"Bonjour, Monsieur le Grenouille!".

.......Silence...........

"Bonjour, Monsieur le Grenouille!"

....Silence......

People began drifting away.

Basically it's this: He BETRAYED ME!

[hushpad]

Their sports teams are called the Horned Frogs. Go Frogs!


Really? I thought that would be "Horned Toads", something Texas used to have plenty of.

[bert]

He might be right. Maybe we should use the "F(r)" word to be PC.

[Junior]

No mention of the most probable derivation of the word: The British coined the term "WOG" (Westernized Oriental Gentleman) to describe upper class natives of some of their colonies -- or at least those upper class natives who had the foresight to attend western schools and adopt western culture. The British also had a saying, "All WOGs start at Calais," indicating the British belief in the inferiority of all non-British. "Frog" is simply a concatenation of "French WOG."

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I was in Paris waiting on a Visa when the US said they were not going to allow the Concorde to land in very many places in the States and I think the US pulled money from the Concorde project.
Any one could tell I was an American.
I was trying to eat breakfast and the french would come over to my table, puff their chest out and pull their neck down between their shoulders.
I then understood why they were called frogs.

They would stick a french newspaper in my face and started speaking through their nostrils.
I would stand up and look mean at these ill mannered crud.
They would leave and a little later another frog would do the same thing.

I did look up French and frog on the web but I like my answer better.