iridaniotter [she/her]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 months agoThe pro-Palestine immigrants gave me a hate name... Svenhexbear.netimagemessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1143arrow-down1imageThe pro-Palestine immigrants gave me a hate name... Svenhexbear.netiridaniotter [she/her]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square74fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareiridaniotter [she/her]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·11 months agoNo it’s based on the name Sven
minus-squareSkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·11 months agoThat doesn’t seem like an insult to me
minus-squarefox [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoIt’s the same as calling a German Hans or an American Johnny.
minus-squareAmaltheamannen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoIt’s not. It’s mostly used to refer to a very stereotypically Swedish person.
minus-squareSkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoThe Redditor seems to be projecting this word to mean something it’s not then, they must have been called it and felt offended because: . So cringe.
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoIt sounds like it is literally just an affectionate diminutive form of the given name Sven.
No it’s based on the name Sven
That doesn’t seem like an insult to me
It’s the same as calling a German Hans or an American Johnny.
It’s not. It’s mostly used to refer to a very stereotypically Swedish person.
The Redditor seems to be projecting this word to mean something it’s not then, they must have been called it and felt offended because: . So cringe.
It sounds like it is literally just an affectionate diminutive form of the given name Sven.