- Anglophobia
Anglophobia (from
Latin "Anglus" "English" +Ancient Greek "φόβος" -phobos, "fear") is a hatred or fear of the English or English culture; itsantonym isAnglophilia [cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=anglophobia|title=Anglophobia|publisher=Dictionary.com|accessdate=2008-07-20] .Canada and the Province of Quebec
The Canadian Province of
Quebec and its majority-Francophone population has had a long history of Anglophobia since the conquest ofNew France by England in 1760. Some Quebecers feel that their language is threatened by the majority English-speaking population of Canada and North-America as a whole.United States
The word Anglophobia originates from the eighteenth century [cite web|url=http://www.allwords.com/word-anglophobia.html|title=Anglophobia|publisher=Allwords.com|accessdate=2008-07-20]
Thomas Jefferson used the word in a letter toJames Madison dated May 13th 1793:The Anglophobia has seized violently on three members of our council... Anglophobia, secret anti-gallomany, a federalisme outré, and a present ease in his circumstances not usual, have decided the complexion of our dispositions, and our proceedings towards the conspirators against human liberty, and the asserters of it, which is unjustifiable in principle, in interest, and in respect to the wishes of our constituents. [cite web|url=http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/jefferson_f_01.html|title=The Correspondence of Thomas Jefferson|work=Foreign Relations: Britain and France at War|publisher=School of Cooperative Individualism|accessdate=2008-07-20]
During the period of alliance between Britain and the United States, Anglophobia took another form. Fleet Admiral
Ernest King had been noted for his Anglophobic views which affected his decision making during the "Second happy time " (in theBattle of the Atlantic (1939-1945) ) [cite book|last=Moser|first=John E.|title=Twisting the Lion's Tail: American Anglophobia Between the World Wars|publisher=New York University Press|location=New York|date=1998-11-01|isbn=0814756158|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nKLXHQAACAAJ&dq=Twisting+the+Lion%27s+Tail:+American+Anglophobia+Between+the+World+Wars|accessdate=2008-07-20] .France
The "
perfidious Albion " expression is still used by French journalists to mock the Francophobe sentiments of the Britishtabloids , e.g. the accusation that France cheated to win theWorld Cup 1998 , or the accusation that the Frenchbeauty pageant contestantÉlodie Gossuin is atranssexual [cite book|last=Guiffan|first=Jean|title=Histoire de l'Anglophobie en France: de Jeanne d'Arc à la Vache Folle|location=Rennes|publisher=Terre de Brumes|date=2004-03-18|isbn=2843622298|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=efSsAAAACAAJ&dq=Histoire+de+l%27anglophobie+en+France,+de+Jeanne+d%27Arc+%C3%A0+la+vache+folle|accessdate=2008-07-20|language=French] .Australia
'Pom' is a common Australian slang word for Englishman, often combined with 'whing [e] ing' (complaining) to make the expression 'whingeing pom' - an English immigrant who stereotypically complains about everything in Australia. In 2007 a complaint to Australia's Advertising Standards Bureau about a television commercial using the term 'Pom' was upheld and the commercial was withdrawn [cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article1296165.ece|title=Poms Whinge so Hard that Beer Ad is Pulled|last=Lagan|first=Bernard|date=2007-01-26|publisher=The Times|accessdate=2008-07-20] .
Republic of Ireland
In August of 2008 an English pipefitter based in Dublin was awarded 20,000 Euros for receiving abuse because he was an englishman. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7555589.stm]
References
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Perfidious Albion
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