Kelpers

Kelpers is a nickname for Falkland Islanders, deriving from the kelp beds surrounding the islands.[1][2] The term is used by islanders to refer to themselves,[3][4] but is considered pejorative when used by Argentinians.[5]

Kelp

See also

References
  1. allwords.com definition for "Kelper"
  2. dictionary.com definition for "Kelper"
  3. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/9176205/How-the-good-life-came-to-the-Kelpers.html
  4. Falkland Islands Newsletter no. 60, 1994. Published by the Falkland Islands Association. https://www.fiassociation.com/shopimages/pdfs/NL%20Archive/FIA%20NL%2060.pdf
  5. Second Class Citizens, The Argentine View of the Falkland Islanders, Falkland Islands Association Newsletter, No.53, November 1992, p10-11 "The idea of Falkland Islanders as second class citizens is now firmly established in Argentina. They are imagined as ignorant elderly serfs of the Falkland Islands Company. The word Kelper is now part of Argentine Spanish too – as a term of contempt."


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