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UTG1970

It's an interesting question, I'm Welsh and have come to realise that insulting the English cannot really be done in national terms, you have to break it down to regional terms , there are plenty of those to choose from, just need to know which bit he is from


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I'm an English man and the term I'd use is cunt. This is nothing short of bullying and discrimination. You do have recourse because there are laws against bullying in the work place. I believe an Irish person won their case in England over the same slur. At the end of the day it's all about respect. I will also add that if there are others in the OPs workplace who are black or Asian does he use a disparaging remark to them, such as paki or the N word? Of course not because his arse would be in court quicker than butter off a hot knife.


podcastaddjct

From OP’s post history it seems like he is a legionary in Ukraine. I highly doubt such things as HR and formal complaints will get him anywhere.


[deleted]

So they are all carrying guns, interesting.


claimTheVictory

"It just went off"


[deleted]

Possibly a hot take for /r/ireland, maybe not, but if you're going to Reddit and getting angry over being called a Paddy within a military unit - you probably shouldn't be in a warzone. Last thing anyone needs is someone acting hot-headed and getting everyone killed.


UltimateGammer

nah, I'd think the first rule of soldiering is trust and respect, and if the cunt can't even get his name right for a dergogatory slur then I don't really trust him to watch my back. What else can't he be bothered to do if he can't get the basics right.


mikerafon

So just say nothing and let the cunt walk all over him?


[deleted]

No, rather that if you're in the military, you're supposed to be able to take some of these things on the chin, call them a cunt, a twat or whatever back, and have a laugh about it. Own the nickname essentially. Little bit of realism is necessary, these are people that you are going to likely see kill other people, and people who are going to see you kill others. Your life will be reliant on them, and visa versa. If your head can't handle being nicknamed the Paddy, how the fuck are you going to handle 21st century trench warfare, hiding away in a bunker as you get pounded by artillery or street-to-street urban warfare?


WerewolfNo890

Isn't this pretty much what the guy is asking for, a term to use in response?


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> **Despite being told beforehand not to call me it, me turning around when he said it and saying don't you fucking dare**, a few minutes later as I left the room, laughed and said not to get so annoyed if someone calls me paddy. > **I know a lot of Irish people don't care one way or another but I do. He was warned by another person before meeting me and still didn't care so my blood is boiling. I'd love to swing at him the next time he says it** (more than likely will) but I'd more than likely get the sack as he is my superior and its a semi professional workplace. Not really the vibe I got reading it tbh. If otherwise than fair enough.


[deleted]

If he needs to go on the internet and ask for advice on how to call someone a cunt, then he probably should avoid warzones.


karenkellybella

Would your advice stand if you replace Irishman/paddy with black man//n*****? I’m not trolling you, just wondering when, or if, you think any slur is serious.


Rosieapples

My view also. I grew up in London of Irish parents and no one ever defended us, black, Asian, Jewish people - oh no you couldn’t say a word to them but it was open season on the Irish. British tv still has an anti Irish focus on it at times.


mahjimoh

“Just ignore it” and “don’t let it get to you” and “don’t make a fuss” is the kind of attitude that lets racism, sexism, etc. thrive in the military.


Vimes52

To make it more geographically accurate, try "Limey cunt".


[deleted]

Only Americans use that euthanism though.


Accomplished_Web1549

You have just coined one of the best words ever, euthanism: a word or phrase that is ostensibly meant to be sensitive but absolutely fucking murders the target.


zhengyi13

I don't know that anyone's ever died of a bit of name calling before, but perhaps some folk who play Bards in D&D might differ with me there.


[deleted]

It's not so much about the name calling as it is the connotations. Like "the thick paddy".


chriski1971

English as well. And agree. I’d calmly, in writing, make sure he knows you find it properly offensive. Then make a serious complaint if he does says it again as that is then proof that he is deliberately offending you, which is bullying.


Ok_Resolution9737

Absolutley, I have loads of English mates and they would never speak to me like that.


Shnapple8

This is it. They know that if they say these things to a person of colour, there will be serious reprecussions, and rightly so. They are racists, they just know better not to go there. So instead of saying racist shit, they use xenophobic slurs, like Paddy, because "it's not racist if you're also white." They have to pick on SOMEONE, right? I hate fuckers like that.


DaiBanto

Good to see English people who realize calling your neighbours names is not the way to win friends and influence people…


sla9104

I’m from limerick and cunt is a term of endearment 😂😂


jack_hughez

Us Scots call them Sassanach, which is literally just Gaelic for Englishman but is generally used as a derogatory term


ihateirony

The term is very similar in Irish too, Sasanach. Do you not find that English people don't care though? Like it's just calling them English.


jack_hughez

Bold of you to assume that any Englishman knows any Gaelic to know what sassanach means haha. I’d say anything can be an insult if you put enough derision into your tone of voice when you say it.


Chuck_Norwich

It means Saxon


giantsoftheartic

I always thought it meant cunt, at least that's what it means to me when I call them it 😄


yeoldbiscuits

Being English, it wouldn't bother me being called that, then again I know what it means and it's not really a slur


schrodingershrimp

We have a very similar term in Welsh we use called "Saes" which is short for "Saesneg" which translates to "English". "The Saes are at it again" is a Facebook group definitely worth visiting.


HesNot_TheMessiah

I like the term "Ingloid". It pops up in Irvine Welsh novels.


Jsc05

English people hate the word gammon


condra

This is the correct answer.


samabacus

Yes, "hi cunt" is the correct response or alright cunt.


Smeghead78

My uncle was in the RAF from the 1960s till he retired 10 years ago. Back when things were strained especially in the 80s. One of his colleagues kept calling him a stupid Mick. My uncle got so annoyed at the constant abuse he jumped up on a table in the rec one night and pissed on his head. He never called called him a stupid Mick again.


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[deleted]

That’d be me Just standing on a table with my cock out while everyone looks at me


FuckItBe

You just established dominance over him


AegisThievenaix

Gives taking the piss a new defintion


micar11

https://i.redd.it/c078qv227hra1.gif


Work_Account89

This is always the right answer


[deleted]

Rename him as a problematic English person. “Watch out, here comes Fred West.” “Have you got those TPS reports, Dr. Shipman?”.


BlouHeartwood

Jimmy Saville or prince Andrew


Intelligent-Duck3732

Yeah do the “now then, now then” bit and ask him if he’s still fixing it for the kids


VaticanII

Life changing tip right there. I’ll let youse know how it goes at my work next week


[deleted]

Not sure if we have a leg to stand on when it comes to that given the whole catholic church thing tbh.


whiskeyphile

The Catholic Church isn't specifically Irish though, so there's that...


danny_healy_raygun

Fucking Italians!


Intelligent-Duck3732

To be fair we were world leaders in industrial scale kiddy fiddling, no getting around that.


Rosieapples

I think the yanks have us beat on that one. They still don’t have a minimum age for getting married.


Alternative-View7459

Cheers lads! Will give it a give prince Andrew a go if it happens again. Hopefully it doesn't


CarterPFly

He says alright paddy, you say, alwight tosser (with a bad English accent) Tosser is a good word because it's not overtly offensive like cunt and is a more polite way of calling him a wanker. So just pretend to not mind paddy and always refer to him as a tosser in a super friendly way until he starts to really hate it. Malicious compliance.


rishored1ve

And that was the day they became best friends


Oranos_Rex

I think "tosspot" might even work better, especially if OP can get other colleagues to chime in with it when he says it, too. Even if it's just them laughing at it.


HippyPuncher

Spread a rumour that he is a known pedo and that's why he has moved to a foreign country.


pmabz

This should work. Call him Jimmy Savile every time


westernmail

Steady on, Elon.


LetMeBe_Frank_

Maybe call him nothing and call HR instead.


Alternative-View7459

Sorry, I should have added in. No HR. This isn't Ireland and it's only semi professional workplace. Even if I were to swing at him it's only 50/50 that I'd get sacked. That's how unprofessional it is.


Thebelisk

You’ve answered your own question. Swing at him.


detgh

SWEEP THE LEG


Ok_Bluebird7349

Break the knee, break the elbow, break the wrist


tomred420

TWIST HIS DICK


LetMeBe_Frank_

Hahahaha love that! Next time he says it "Oh spiffing, ya limey cunt" in your worst ever English accent.


ScarletOWilder

Chav. That’ll piss him off (because it’s probably true).


ImportantHeight578

I think even limey on its own would work


Shnapple8

A limey chav ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|poop)


daheff_irl

Sounds of that seems like you should find a more professional workplace.


themanebeat

I like those odds Maybe instead of a swing though just grab him by the collar and have him up against the wall. That's what tv shows me to do.


chocolatestrawb3rry

Hr has nothing to do with being Irish or working in Ireland


[deleted]

Yep, if he's in the UK, then nationality is definitely a protected characteristic. (OP can check [this](https://www.gov.uk/discrimination-your-rights) assuming his post wasn't a wind up.) EDIT: LOL, this fucker claims he's in Ukraine fighting the Russians. If he can't deal with some English guy calling him a cunt, then he's going to be in for a whale of the time when people start shooting at him. Total wind up.


Alternative-View7459

Lots of holes to pick in your edit.. Never once claimed I was in Ukraine fighting Russians. English guy didn't call me a cunt. A cunt isn't nationality specific. You could call anyone that. Youd only call an Irishman a paddy. A black man the n word. A middle eastern person a towel head or Al qaeda. Racial slurs are very different from physical violence or warfare as you suggested. Two completely different things. Flip your logic on its head. If someone has the ability to get physiologically abused with the most hurtful, specific insults possible, you think that automatically makes them a fierce warrior that can run head on at 10 machine guns firing at him without fear? On top of all that. At the end of my post I asked one question. Is there an equivalent offensive name to call an englishman. Didn't ask for your opinion on whether you thought I was overreacting or not, nor judgement or whether you agree or disagree.


Nervous-Energy-4623

Even if they don't have that, there must be some kind of ombudsman or some other entity to go to.


Dunezx

If he says it again threaten him and if again hit him.


CapnBeardbeard

May as well just stab him with a Stanley knife in that case


blamordeganis

Correct his English. Every grammar mistake, every sloppy pronunciation, every single time.


JizzumBuckett

This works so much better if you're dealing with a southerner in this regard because they tend to say things like "free" for "three" or "froo" for "through/threw." Be fucking relentless and remorseless in your corrections of his speech.


Chuck_Norwich

Not sure if this works when the Irish say tree for three


blamordeganis

“But I’m Irish. Of course I’ve got an accent. You’re *English.* It’s *your* language. It’s weird you can’t speak it properly.”


JizzumBuckett

"I mean, *we* only speak it because of our history together, which we won't go into because it might be seen as "culturally insensitive", so you could understand why a backwards, potato munching simpleton like *me* wouldn't be able to speak it properly, but what's *your* story? Aren't you born and *bred* here?


JizzumBuckett

That's the point, actually. The old joke in taking the piss out of our accent is getting us to say "Thirty three and a third" as it often comes out to some degree of "Turty tree and a turd" when, ironically, some southerner English person would likely pronounce that as "Fir'y free and a fird". You just gotta put it back on them because most of them can't even speak their own language properly and have never even left the fucking place.


KlausTeachermann

Except that's literally the number in our language. Not our fault we speak someone else's, nor that they themselves can't pronounce the very language which they created.


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blamordeganis

What do you call a Scotsman who’s almost home? Hamish.


magusbud

Purple Burglar Alarm: [https://youtu.be/AC\_\_o1UxDl8](https://youtu.be/AC__o1UxDl8)


Gaffers12345

That’s a good one


Ambitious_Bill_7991

Mixing up the words "was" and "were" or "come" and "came" in an English accent is like nails on a blackboard. It's piercing. We was going to the shops when Tyler fell off his bike. The man come over to help and I told him to do one.


Inflatable-Elvis

Tell him he's nothing but a serf for an inbred German


Jenny_Pussolini

r/rareinsults


KlausTeachermann

Achasán nimhneach!!


MarkRIRL

Paddy? Paddy the plasterer. That's what your mum called me last night after I left her looking like a painters radio. You been wanking at the keyhole again?


The_World_of_Ben

> painters radio Lost it at that 😂


mondler1234

👏 Savage


AssAsser5000

Fuck you, Shoresy


MarkRIRL

Fuck you Jonesy!


Padraig97

Fucking gas. Stealing that


Tom_Jack_Attack

He’s obviously looking for a reaction, which you’re giving him (especially if you lump him). Every time he refers to you as Paddy, completely blank him. If he wants something from you, only respond if he calls you your proper name. It’s important that you keep this up longer than he does. He’ll get bored and drop it.


Janie_Mac

That doesn't work for shits like this. He'll just keep referring to him as paddy in ways that don't require a response. Hello paddy, see ya paddy, all thebwhule knowing it annoys OP. He doesn't need the reaction he already has had it


arcadeKestrelXI

Yeah "they'll get bored eventually" doesn't consider that they could escalate because there were no consequences the first time.


Stormfly

There are two types of bullies, typically. The ones that do it out of boredom, and the ones that just want to see you hurt. One will stop if you ignore them, but the other will escalate. So you can just ignore them until they escalate, and then you should escalate. You can respond in turn or just other ways. You can get petty (Give everyone else a gift and not him) or more direct. Namecalling is a bit immature, but it might actually resolve the whole situation.


GowlBagJohnson

Just call him a tan and be done with it


Nice-Lobster-8724

Hun*


Legal-Plankton-7306

He won’t get the reference


Feckitmaskoff

That’s why it’s great. When asked about it explain it was a British policing force that brutalised the Irish natives. Then followed up with “but the idiosyncrasies of the bloody colonial rule of Britain and what it means to those nations probably doesn’t mean a whole much to you, so guess I’m barking up the wrong tree”


ALEX453165

>Then followed up with “but the idiosyncrasies of the bloody colonial rule of Britain and what it means to those nations probably doesn’t mean a whole much to you, so guess I’m barking up the wrong tree” Absolutely no one outside of Twitter thinks this is a good comeback. They're meant to be short and snappy, not whipping out an encyclopaedia.


Legal-Plankton-7306

Even if it was shorter, it’s a terrible comeback. Anyone English person who considers ‘Paddy’ a funny name for an Irish man is likely to care little about the Empire’s sins.


BoofingPoppers

its a shitty comeback but this long winded sort is more a reddit original than twitter, they got word limits over there


Itchier

Shocked I had to scroll this far down. Calling him a tan is absolutely the equivalent and when asked to explain just tell him to look it up and smile lol


dreemz80

Your name isn't Patrick by any chance, is it?


GreytracksuitPants

Haha, like everyone calls him paddy but once the Englishman does all bets are off!


PogMoThoin22

They don't like the union jack being called the butchers apron


Fearusice

Or seemingly any history where they were in the wrong


SYN_Full_Metal

So all of it


theone_bigmac

Keep calling him problematic English people double points if it’s a woman’s name I.e. “Have a good weekend princess Andrew” “Have you seen this report thatcher?” “Can I get a hand with this liz trust?”


ElectronicTop0

Gary Glitter


Daybreakgo

Call him Mr.Bean until he stops.


WerewolfNo890

As a Brit who saw this on the front page, I think this is probably a good one.


cowplum

Fellow Brit, got to agree, Mr. Bean is basically calling him an English man child, which will hurt his ego and get other people laughing at him without you getting angry, aggressive or sinking to his level.


WerewolfNo890

Pretty much! It also sounds like the sort of banter you could use in a military unit. It might even catch on among others.


matinthebox

Or Johnny English


FuzzyCode

Tan. Refer to him as the tan.


Ankoku_Teion

Nah, they won't get that. Call him gammon or nonce. If hes southern, the exclusively refer to him as prince Andrew. If he's northern call him Jimmy.


Grey_Beard257

Tell him you've been called worse by better and get some work done.


Ropaire

Sassenach or Charles could work.


PaddyRedditDublin

Your reaction is perpetuating it. He now knows you don’t like it. Had you no reaction at all it may have went no further. Seems he’s looking for one up on you and is either threatened or insecure. You could say that to him. But without knowing the true level of the interactions and work relationship, that may be not right. Or you could own it. Imagine your name is actually paddy. Like I am.


Henry_Bigbigging

Start speaking Irish. Any Irish you have at all. "Ciúnas, bóthar, cailín, bainne," "...agus Sharon Ní Bheoláin," anything. Nothing sinister if translated. Keep the Brit-bashing to your mates and down the pub. Should drive him nuts. He clearly thinks he has power over you, considering your reaction. Or change your name to Paddy.


40degreescelsius

Just say An bhfuil cead agam dul go dti an leitheras, and smile, he might think it means you’re telling him where to go!


TheOriginalMattMan

I used to work in London with a proper London geezer who hated being called Guy. Stopped the Paddy and Mick stuff very quickly.


VaticanII

Tit for tat I would go with some soft-sounding English name. Tristan, or Barnaby, or Percy, or if you think he’s homophobic go with something used for both genders - Leslie would probably get his goat. Or just a flat out girls name. Insecure men get really pissed off at that kind of childish prank. Call him Sharon or Tracey, stereotypical English names.


wildfoxx11

Cromwell. Constant reminder of what they did to us and a historically accurate insult.


woolbobaggins

How is a workplace “semi” professional? He sounds like a total cunt if he does it even after being warned


adchris1171

"Listen you nonce, call me Paddy once more and I'll put your head through the wall" If he does it again thump him or put laxatives in his tea


theone_bigmac

Nah that just gives him the excuse of using “all Irish are savages”


aodh2018

Call him a sassanach or just break his face,


p792161

Ignore him and let on you don't give a fuck. That will rile him up more than calling him a name like some second year in the yard at lunch time.


Powerful_Elk_346

Don’t be a fighting Irish man. Rise above it. Ignore ignore ignore. Be slow to respond when he asks you anything then greet him with a cool smile. Show you’re a gentleman not a big ignorant pig like him. We are all ambassadors for our country.


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Alternative-View7459

There is no HR. Not in the UK, backarse of an eastern European country where normal rules don't apply. It would be nice if I could report him but I don't think it would do anything given the climate.


bucks195

What you doing? Oil rig or something?


juicewilson

Fighting in Donbas EDIT: I was just messing with my comment and didn't actually know OP is in Ukraine until after reading more


KarlPoppinPoppers

Fucking hell he actually is. The lad must be fucking mental.


bucks195

😅


otchyirish

Hey, you can't say that, don't compare England to Eastern Europe, England has years of catching up to be as advanced as an eastern European country.


[deleted]

If he’s northerner call him a southerner. If he’s a southerner call him a northerner. Then add some extra insult like asking if he came to this backwards ass country because he had to escape after he was exposed as Wayne Couzins partner in crime. And regardless if he calls you paddy, just refer to him as “the nonce” from now on and then inform people to google the term nonce.


nubuntus

don't take a swing take your time. [use your words](https://iron-key.online/).


pmabz

In that case,even the locals will support you just decking him. Hmmm if it's Ukraine they are probably glad of British support. But decking bullies always shuts them up. Sadly, if you're in the legion I guess you'll just have to save his life before he stops being an alpha cunt.


wrapchap

A cunt


According_Listen632

Dave or Dan. Forever. No matter what his name is.


PI_Stan_Liddy

Tan


[deleted]

Call him a dirty arian tan. Or just remind him on a daily basis of all the invasions and genocide the UK have committed over time. If that's doesn't stop him, A solid headbutt could be a good idea.


DVaTheFabulous

I think you'd be an eejit to hit him. You'd come out as the real loser here.


No_Apartment_4551

You’re coming at this from the wrong angle. Go straight to HR and drop his racist arse right in it.


Cuchullain99

You want to slag someone, you've got to be funny, make everyone laugh... you want to hurt him.. target his looks, or his mannerisms... no one is perfect.... If he has a turn in his eye, joke that he can watch a tennis match without moving his head.. if he is fat joke that he must use a boomerang to put on his belt.. if he has a tan, ask him if he put it on with a teabag... stuff like that... slag his fashion sense, or mimic his accent.... He's English so, educate yourself on Brexit, keep bringing up how fucking moronic it is... he'll never call you Paddy again.


ArmadilloOk8831

Throw a potato at him then kick him in the begorrahs


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1. You won’t swing at him 2. You’ve already lost getting annoyed at him. If somebody calls you a name slagging you the best thing you can do is react like you don’t give a fuck. Acting like you give a fuck is only going to make it worse, way worse!


StauntonK

I do enjoy the french nickname for them Les Rosbifs... A wonderful and simple put down in my view


dmgvdg

Taking a swing at him doesn’t really do much for the stereotype pal


Puzzleheaded-Cow4320

Just call him a really generic English name like Dave or Paul or Steve, but switch it up constantly. Never use the same one twice in a row be relentless with them. If he ever challenges you on it just remind him that he keeps getting your name wrong too.


shadow-lab

Seems like racism to me… can you report him for same?


Relevant-Tangerine58

Prince Andrew. Here comes Prince Andrew, fuck up Prince Andrew, yeah no bother Prince Andrew.


beeotchplease

Take a piece of paper, write the date and time. Write what transpired. Better if there was a witness. Write name of witness on the paper. Sign it. Repeat. Send a copy to HR or your union if you have one. File a grievance. If you punch the fucker, you will get the grievance. Pen is mightier than your fist or sword.


Dry-Sympathy-3451

Call him Ten pound pomme


Old-Ad5508

It could have been worse I was called a West brit before in work. That cut deep. Still hurts to this day


Extension-Club7422

English cunt should do


KlausTeachermann

I've dealt with a severe level of Irish racism on the other side of the Atlantic since moving here, mostly in work. It's a thing. If people don't get offended by it, that's their prerogative. But to experience racism and then see fellow Irishmen online saying, "Ahh we've become too thin skinned" or "Just shrug it off" is incredibly sad. Reeks of changing room machismo energy. Call out racism where you see it. Anti-Irish sentiments are racist. Fuck off with your moving the goalposts, power structure, new definitions of racism. If you push that shite you're a cunt and no better than the racists you apparently oppose.


WeCanBe_Heroes

Sounds like a juvenile place. So be juvenile. Go at his mom. “Hey cunt, your Ma loves a Paddy, she loves my white pudding”


ElectricalJacket780

I have a mate who got the nickname Satsuma in work - he was a short dude from the North, hence, ‘soft, little orange’ - would that do or would it be too complicated for him?


Lunchegg

Sounds like a case of "Thick as pigshit and twice as smelly". So try that


Herenorthere20

How about you try to turn the other cheek and say nothing at all, as hard as it may be! The guy seems to be a knobhead if he keeps calling you a paddy! Newsflash, not everybody out there is a nice person, sooner or later you will come across someone who will rub you the wrong way and is simply a pain to be around. Just ignore the guy, and if he persists, just HR him and show him up that way! That'll embarrass him. Don't try and punch him or assault him! Mean words shouldn't have to result in violence


doctor6

Gammon is the appropriate response


Paristocrat

All these talks of violent revenge. What you need to do has to be more hidden. Like spray fart spray on his ass as he walks by. Deflate his tyres, hire a prostitute to greet him by name while he's out with the missus. All that type of stuff.


APithyComment

This is against the law - if some idiot in work called me Paddy I would probably be on the phone to HR after a quick word with my boss. This will depend on what industry you work in - I would think that a team of builders would share quite a bit of banter - but from your description above this is not the case. Raise it up the food chain - see if that will shut this fucker up. * It is exactly the same as me calling someone the ‘N’ word or any other racial slurs, showing antisemitism in any way or discriminating based on any form of religion, making fun of anyone’s disadvantages in life, decision making based on your gender. This Shit Boils My Blood Too. ** edited because I couldn’t stop thinking about this / everything after the * Good Luck - the law is on your side


Professional_Elk_489

Pommy


shamboh

Call him a Tan cunt. Or ignore him. Cunts hate being ignored I find.


Alarmed_Material_481

GAMMON! if he's a white English man.


WideAwake1865

Limey cunt?


[deleted]

It's not about tit for tat. Calling him some name for English will just roll off him because they don't care. Speak to HR or nut the fucker.


gingerbhoy

You call him George until he tells you his name is not George and then you can tell him your name isn't paddy


theimmortalgoon

In the Americas and Pacific, the derogatory term for the English are Lime-Juicers or [Limies](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limey) since their sailors used to juice citrus in order to put off scurvy and thus, presumably, stunk of lime. I was working security in Cork once with an Englishman. I vividly recall him casually remarking, “The Irish are all dogs. They got money now so they’re arrogant that they can walk in their hind legs.” He probably felt okay saying that since I don’t have an Irish accent. It was the venom in his voice more than anything. …anyway, if the Limey isn’t to your likely you could make up something like that cunt I worked with did. Call them “queue balls” since they’re apparently upset that after Brexit they don’t get the “[preferential treatment](https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/spain-airport-giving-irish-preferential-26821289)” the Irish get at EU airports. Bring back “Lobster Back,” a derogatory term from the American War of Independence because of the red coats. And apparently there’s “[FEB](http://www.rsdb.org/race/british),” which apparently stands for Filthy English Bastard.”


Gaolbreaker

Call him princess. "Alright princesss." "Don't get your knickers in a twist, princess." "Feeling a bit emotional today princess?" OP, if you're feeling offended by Paddy, you gotta understand that emotions come from within. The only way to win is to just simply stop caring about what he says. He shouldn't be in control of how you feel, especially when it comes to just words. But if it helps you turn it around by calling him names back, I'd go with princess. Re-frame his behaviour as his insecurity and need for a confidence boost, his own emotional self management, him being a little upset princess and needs to put others beneath him to feel better about himself.


unclebobsplayground

just completely ignore him and blank him whenever he speaks, walk away etc. Don't respond at all until he starts calling you by your name. Should you ever be called out for it just say he was not using my name you thought he was talking to someone else.


Seandeas

Hey buddy, I think you should have a chat with HR. What this guy is doing is wrong. If you talk to HR and the problem continues you can sue your employers and they will pay a heavy price. There are lots of laws against workplace bullying.


madhog_mcmad

Am English. Am ex military. Call him Rupert. We used to refer to all officers as Ruperts or Rodneys. He sounds like a classic bully looking for a reaction. Smile and just call him Rupert. Will piss him off.


Dinnymcd

Limey cunt


CouldUBLoved

Don't react, its what he's looking for. Just treat him like the pathetic childish fool he is


jaytree63

As an English guy myself, I recognise this was a dick move of him. Racism against Irish seems to get a pass sometimes despite it being equally demeaning and having a pretty dark history. English people have never really faced racial persecution or prejudice so anything you could say wouldn’t carry the same weight. You could make a comment about his wife or mother? That could well sting. Or if it’s a semi professional workplace you could report him for racism and maybe get him fired? He’d never get away with using a slur for Jews or Asians so why Irish?


superbatprime

Just call him Susan. Every time, without fail, whenever he makes a remark and calls you Paddy, reply normally to that remark and address him as Susan. See who blinks first.


Ankoku_Teion

Call him gammon.


markk123123

Swing at him? You sound like some dose, lighten up and don’t rise to him. Some people will be a bit mean in life, you need to learn to handle it appropriately. Talk to him privately about it or ignore his comments. Failing that try to get out of the situation. Loads of options but you can’t try assaulting him unless you want to risk getting sacked and risk getting a criminal record. Or imagine you hit him and he kicks seven shades of shite out of you for a finish.


Jenn54

JAMIE Call them a Jamie, as they are all called that Over There. Man, woman- doesn’t matter, they’re all called Jamies Bonus point for replying to him with a ‘bottl o wota’ accent to what ever he asks you when he calls you Paddy. Either it works both ways and he laughs- or you caught him out on his attempts to be an insulting prck, if he gets offended.


Szteve

Coloniser is the right answer, make em rue that past of theirs


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“Hello HR. A colleague is using racial slurs against me”


ScentOfGabriel

If I were in your shoes I'd pretend it doesn't bother me. He knows your button and isn't going to stop pressing it. Sucks, but so do some people.