What would offend a Celt?

[johnhughthom]

I think the main way to offend a modern Celt is to call him English.

[DaCrAzYmOfO]

I say shave off his mustache :D

[satalexton]

call him a roman? (read too much astrix >_>)

[cmacq]

As there are no Celts today, I assume you're question is about pre-Roman Gaul or southern Germany. In that case, one Gaul to another may tell their enemy, that after he took his head, above the door he'd nail it to the shed, so his ugly face might scare away the crows. And for his body, if he could only hide the smell, he will chop it up and feed it to the dogs, if they'd deem it fit enough to eat?

[Olaf The Great]

Insult his plaid pants/kilt.

[Shigawire]

Certainly by insulting his more famous ancestors.

[Power2the1]

Certainly by insulting his more famous ancestors.

Definitely that!

Another thing is if you and another warrior both lay claim to the Heroes portion of meat at dinner time...that'll end in death for one or both of y'all probably.

Raiding his land/cattle is another sure way to guarantee a reprisal raid of your own land and cattle in the future.

[Havok.]

Insult his plaid pants/kilt.

ohh dear.....
hahahahahah!

[Swordmaster]

Tell them their bagpipes and tartans are all fake 19th century stuff.

[Cyclops]

What would offend a Celt?

Hide his menhir?

Kidnap his druid?

Tell him he is a mythical creation of Hellenic/Roman xenophobia compounded with 19th century sectarian/nationalist sentiment?

As there are no Celts today....

Cheeky fellow, there's lots of people who call themselves Celts.

They live in their ancient homelands of Brooklyn and possibly Queens, and worship at the shrine of the Gallo-Lenape deity Tammany

[roman]

Tell him that he is a part of "Fantasy" 2 hander sword unit, and is desperately trying to substitute lack of manhood with the size of the sword.

Plus i would guess a show of disrespect towards ones chosen deity might get things started nicely as well.

[ibleedgrenchese]

Just cut off his head stock it in his ass and throw him back to the gaul imsure someone might find that provoking

[Aodhan]

As there are no Celts today, I assume you're question is about pre-Roman Gaul or southern Germany. In that case, one Gaul to another may tell their enemy, that after he took his head, above the door he'd nail it to the shed, so his ugly face might scare away the crows. And for his body, if he could only hide the smell, he will chop it up and feed it to the dogs, if they'd deem it fit enough to eat?

What do you mean, there are still Celts in Scotland and Ireland, and most "English" people are in fact at least parts Celt, there are very few Roman bloodlines left in Britain. Did you perhaps mean Gauls?

And in answer to what would offend a Celt, the best thing you could possibly do is kill him, behead him, and then throw his head into a ditch and take the Torque, as a Roman "hero" did in some famous battle in CisAlpine Gaul, although I don't remember the exact battle.

[Celtic_Punk]

tell one of us, we ain't a Celt. someone did that to me back in the last month of school this year. busted his nose in a rage. Wasn't the OOONLY thing he said tho, but thats what really set me off haha.

Thats really only because we are a dying breed these days. Celts were very numerous. The "celt empire" spread from central Europe (around Austria) to all across northern Europe. not united, even so thats quite the achievement for one culture to spread so vastly.

Insulting a Celts honour, forcing him to his knees, defiling his wife, insulting his gods, Hell spit in his face, just simple things like that. Or you could always just dress him up like a prostitute and drag him through Rome?

[cmacq]

Actually, the term Celt means a person that lived in Gaul. It has been misused in recent times to make nationalistic common cause, which is also strange enough another modern myth. Referring in an analytical sense to a Celtic Culture, Language Group, or Archaeological Construct is one thing, however claiming one is a qualitative abstract is quite another, indeed.

edited: sorry it actually means a Gaul.

[||Lz3||]

Actually, the term Celt means a person that lived in Gaul. It has been misused in recent times to make nationalistic common cause, which is also strange enough another modern myth.

watch out you said he wasn't celt... he might bust your nose too JK

[Cyclops]

Actually, the term Celt means a person that lived in Gaul. It has been misused in recent times to make nationalistic common cause, which is also strange enough another modern myth. Referring in an analytical sense to a Celtic Culture, Language Group, or Archaeological Construct is one thing, however claiming one is qualitative abstract is quite another, indeed.

...yep, that'll do it.

Were the Keltoi the folks up the Danube from the Thrakoi? I suspect the Hellenikoi first struck the occasionally-blue-painted metalworkers of La Tene thereabouts. Or was it around Massilia?

Caesar says there were 3 groups in "All Gaul", Belgae, Aquitani and Gauls. Are they all Celts? Its so confusing. And are Celtiberians really Basques, or Irish?

I suppose its a bit like "what is a Turk?" There's a political, linguistic, cultural and mythical answer and all rather different.

Personally I think if you're angry and drink beer you're a Celt. I consider myself a Celt, more so on a Saturday night after my football team loses.

Hety one answer to the OP would be to denigrate the Celt's footy team, that works for me.

[ezekiel2517]

I think the main way to offend a modern Celt is to call him English.

couldn't help but to laugh at this one

[Shylence]

Spit in his face. right in the eye. that would definatly offened anyone let alone a gaul

[Celtic_Punk]

I think the main way to offend a modern Celt is to call him English.

thats more than an offence, thats the quickest way to be sleeping at the bottom of the irish sea



but seriously, if you call into question the parentage of himself or his children, or his skills as a tradesmen/businessmen then you are going to get a mouthful of knuckles