There's a derogatory phrase to be "beat like a red-headed step-child". Surely other Americans have heard that one. As for being a "ginger," I didn't personally become aware of that until I became good freinds with a redheaded Welsh woman. As an American, though, I'd call her a redhead, even if it was more carroty/ginger. In the romance novel
cliches, red hair is the most desired for the ...