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Transcripts - Krauts



ND
What about that other Hun that called up for my place?
VJ
The architect guy?
ND
Did you know they call German "Huns"?
BK
Huns?
VJ
Hans? Heinz?
ND
No, Huns. Like Attila.
VJ
Hans und grete. Ja!
ND
No, not Hansel and Gretel. Attila the Hun. You know Attila the Hun. Right?
BK
Yeah. Attila.
ND
Attila. Okay? That's American slang for Germans. Maybe it's from Hansa. I don't know. You know: niggers. Honkies. Honkies are white people. Crackers. Peckerwoods. Those are all white people. Then you have Limeys for Irish.
BK
Limeys?
ND
I mean for English people. Mickies or Paddies for Irish people.
VJ
Look! a party boat.
BK
Maybe we should do the party boat.
ND
And Germans are called Huns and Krauts.
BK
Krauts!
VJ
Sauerkrauts!
ND
They also call Germans Krauts. But Hun, you know, like Attila the Hun. He came to Germany. So that's why the Germans like to make war. Because they're Huns.
VJ
How do you spell?
ND
H-u-n. French are Froggies.
BK
Froggies?
ND
Frogs.
BK
Why?
ND
Because they eat frogs' legs. It's gross to eat frogs' legs. Italians - there's a million names for Italians. There's almost more names for Italians than any other ones. Guineas, tallies, spaghetti benders.
BK
Yeah. That's the same as us.
ND
Greaseballs. Wops. They call em Wops because they came over without a passport. So wop stands for W-O-P: with out passport.
BK
Wop.
ND
South Americans are spics. Wetbacks.

Modified December 23, 1997