Anonymous wrote:Just based on my limited experience, parents of red-headed children are rather unsufferable about how "special" their snowflake is. That said, i know that kids motice but am not sure there is a culture of teasing red-headed children.

LOL! I haven't experienced this except one friend's husband told me, speaking about their red-headed little girl, " She's going to have such an unfair advantage in life because of the color of her hair." He knows that my own daughter has brown hair. I was kind of at a loss how to respond.

I was worried about my redhead getting teased in private school, but it never materialized. He's been called a ginger before but he embraces it as unique.

I think kids have been schooled in PC so much that kids don't make too many comments on appearance anymore. Or maybe that's wishful thinking.

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Anonymous wrote:All I can say is Prince Harry is HOT! If the Brits don't want him, he can stop by my house any time he wants.

Can't post it here, but the Prince Harry Vegas pics off him running around on his birthday suit are pretty awesome. All I can say is he's a genuine ginger.

+1 on the pics.

Wow. I'm a believer.

Yes. It's part of the private school secret code. We make fun of kids with red hair. Anyone who won't agree to do so during their admissions interview is permanently banned and shunted off to public school. Too bad you've outed us.

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Anonymous wrote:All I can say is Prince Harry is HOT! If the Brits don't want him, he can stop by my house any time he wants.

Can't post it here, but the Prince Harry Vegas pics off him running around on his birthday suit are pretty awesome. All I can say is he's a genuine ginger.

+1 on the pics.

Everyone in my family has red hair except me - siblings, nieces and nephews, cousins. They all endured lots of teasing.

Anonymous wrote:When did the stupid term "ginger" come along?

https://britishisms.wordpress.com/2011/05/19/ginger/

Anonymous wrote:When did the stupid term "ginger" come along?

In the UK, they are called gingers, not red-heads. I think the term came to the US via the Harry Potter books.

When did the stupid term "ginger" come along?

Huh? Its not a thing anywhere in the US.

Ginger woman here. I was bullied in school but it's because I was a nerd, not my hair.

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Anonymous wrote:All I can say is Prince Harry is HOT! If the Brits don't want him, he can stop by my house any time he wants.

Can't post it here, but the Prince Harry Vegas pics off him running around on his birthday suit are pretty awesome. All I can say is he's a genuine ginger.

And you get to see the royal jewels.

Anonymous wrote:All I can say is Prince Harry is HOT! If the Brits don't want him, he can stop by my house any time he wants.

Can't post it here, but the Prince Harry Vegas pics off him running around on his birthday suit are pretty awesome. All I can say is he's a genuine ginger.

Everyone knows that gingers have no soul.

Anonymous wrote:Might the reason the Brits make fun of redheads have something to do with the way they used to treat the Irish?

I have always thought this was the case as well, but I really have no idea. There have been actual PSAs in other countries about this.
Here's one that came out in Canada.