Who were the Gerries?

[Artemisian]

"The Gerries" was a name for the adversaries of the Britons in WW2. But who were they?

The usual explanation is that it was derived from the "Germans", but the phonetic sound of the words is different. There were other names for the German foe e.g Fritz, the Hun, so why call them something based on their country, but pronounced incorrectly? How did the Brits go from ruling the world, so to speak, to being ignorantly cloth-eared with our neighbours?

A more likely explanation may be found in the only words in the English language that start with "Gerry" - namely, forms of the word "gerrymander".

To "gerrymander" is to "manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favour one party or class". This appears to be one of the primary functions of the current political system, which indicates that, contrary to popular opinion, the Gerries actually won the war. UK Plc. is born of rotten boroughs, and this fine tradition is being carried on to this day.

This points towards the English (British) Civil War being much more recent than the story books relate, and supports the theory that British history has been disaggregated. My current thinking is that the true Brits lost the civil war to the bureaucratic Gerries, and the Gerries immediately used the conquered people and land to wage further war against nearby Europeans. The World Wars are essentially the same war, with one being an extension of the other by the victors; so the Civil War culminated in WWI.

 

[Breizh]

To "gerrymander" is to "manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favour one party or class" ...is being carried on to this day.

Also this...

New boundary map for UK general election​

Boundary changes mean the 2024 British general election will be fought in altered seats.

The general election on 4 July will be fought across 650 new constituencies after boundary changes were approved by parliament.
Boundaries changed after a review that recommended constituencies be more equal.

From another site:

This year’s UK general election will be fought on new constituency boundaries. These changes are not before time. In England and Wales, the current boundaries were introduced as long ago as the 2010 election, while in Scotland they date as far back as 2005.

 

[SpartyBOT]

Would other words that start with ger or jer support your theory? That have the same phonetic sounds but spelt differently.

I.e gerah, gerousia, geriatric, jerrican(Jerry can), jeroboam etc

What are your thoughts on official version of word gerrymander(jerrymander) of origin from the politician Gerry and (sala)mandar from Boston paper?

Interesting to see Ger is apparently spear in Germanic.

I think there is something to your thoughts!

 

[Ponygirl]

"The Gerries" was a name for the adversaries of the Britons in WW2. But who were they?

The usual explanation is that it was derived from the "Germans", but the phonetic sound of the words is different. There were other names for the German foe e.g Fritz, the Hun, so why call them something based on their country, but pronounced incorrectly? How did the Brits go from ruling the world, so to speak, to being ignorantly cloth-eared with our neighbours?

A more likely explanation may be found in the only words in the English language that start with "Gerry" - namely, forms of the word "gerrymander".

To "gerrymander" is to "manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favour one party or class". This appears to be one of the primary functions of the current political system, which indicates that, contrary to popular opinion, the Gerries actually won the war. UK Plc. is born of rotten boroughs, and this fine tradition is being carried on to this day.

This points towards the English (British) Civil War being much more recent than the story books relate, and supports the theory that British history has been disaggregated. My current thinking is that the true Brits lost the civil war to the bureaucratic Gerries, and the Gerries immediately used the conquered people and land to wage further war against nearby Europeans. The World Wars are essentially the same war, with one being an extension of the other by the victors; so the Civil War culminated in WWI.

I equate the Gerries to the Jeremiah's, the ones the LORD was talking to when overlooking all of the destruction on earth(1728 invasion). I find that the LORD likes to confuse us by spelling things differently when there's not reason to. Like PH for the letter 'F'. Why? Is it a brand of some sorts? Phoenix, Phoenicians, Philistines. They also use the word 'Great' as in fires, Great Britain, Great is the LORD. blah, blah, blah.
As I used to tell my kids, if you have to tell someone how good you are at something--you probably aren't that good at it.