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"Fun with the Hun"

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Cowboy1968

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This is what i love about CFS2. You can put yourself into almost any time period between World War I and Korea

Practice for a new piece I want to add to my website photo gallery

I present the first "sketch" of "Fun with the Hun"

FunWiththeHun.jpg

Albatros D.III (aerocrate model) nearest to camera in formation with a Phalz D.IIIa (alphasim model).
 
The title of the piece is not meant as an insult. It is historically correct. The term "Hun" was used by the allies as a slur against Germans during the great war.

I do not mean to use the term in that maner. It was used to help give the title of the piece a catch name. I to am German..........but I guess as a historian, I don't let the term bother me as much as others do.

Now saying i understand what the term is, and the meanings behind it. I still refuse to change the title of the piece. First as a historian, I won't let the terms die, and second as the artist something just bugs me about a PC (political correctness). It stifles the arts.
 
cowboy,

you are absolutly right. "Huns" is historically correct and part of the German history. And the catch name is strikingly good.
BTW I am German, live in Germany and I am still serving in the German Navy. I am not offended in any way, so keep going.

Cheers

Achim
 
All soldiers in all wars have called their enemies various names and the current wars are no exception.

I've always wondered how Germans came to be call "Huns." Is it somehow connected with barbarians from the east? I always thought that Attila and his "Huns" were the true Huns, but perhaps I am wrong. What did the Germans call the Yanks in WW I and 2 other than "Feind."

Other interesting names for enemies were "Limeys" for the British because their salors ate limes to keep away scurvy, much the same way German sailors became known as "Krauts" for their diet of Sauerkraut.

The term for Americans, "Yankees," came from the British soldiers combining two common Dutch names in America during the colonial period; Jan and Kees. Thus "Yankees" was born. It too was a term of derision, but we are now proud to be Yankees.

In the American military, we also have terms for the sister services. Marines are Jarheads, while Sailors are Squids and Airmen are Zoomies. Infantrymen in the Army are called Grunts and Army aviators are Rotorheads.

I guess when a serviceman uses these terms, the technical definition of the word is "jargon."
 
Well..."Achtung" is the rough equal of "attention" in English. Not sure about "jawohl."
 
"Jawohl" is an emphatic yes, usually used in expressing compliance to a command. Kinda like we use "wilco" (will comply) or "aye-aye, sir".
 
On the topic of military jargon used to refer to other military members: My dad was a Marine, and back in his day, female members of the Corps were called BAMs...as in Broad A$$ Marine.

OBIO
 
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