I love it!
Internet fight club. Always hilarious. I love the way you move from Defcon 5 to 1, without spilling Sunny D all over your keyboard.
"Wog" is a nineteenth century word which originated in the UK, which refered to those of African and occasionally Asian origin. It became a racist epithet in Australia after the mass migration to the region from the Med that followed the end of the Second World - they had dark skin too, you see? Hence my point about it not being the "traditional description". And although normalised to a degree in Oz it's clear that this was in a similar fashion to the use of the word "nigger" in the US. You've been in the country long enough to know that, despite the fact your Greek friends use the word, there still exists a huge amount of racism towards the immigrant community which employs the very same term - a totally disproportionate amount of racism, in fact, for the country's population.
I'm pretty certain that shows how little YOU know about language, its uses and anywhere outside of your small world.
To answer your question, I actually think the phrase is probably more offensive to black people than the Scottish. At the same time, the negative connotations of "wog" also reflect your views of the Scottish. I suppose I'd turn the question round on you and ask why "porridge wog" tickles you so (beyond the obvious delight you're taking in trying to wind me up).
In fact, tell me what "porridge wog" actually means.
By the way, I wasn't threatening you in my earlier response... you are clearly a very big and scary man, and funny with it, as evidenced by your pithy witticism "In your dreams kiddy". That you assumed I was, AND that I still live in Scotland, reveals rather a lot about your assumptions about the Scottish - and perhaps explains why you can only respond to a Scotsman complaining about your use of language in such a belligerent fashion.
(, Sun 26 Jul 2009, 16:18, Reply)
Balls.
It's people like you who are trying to homogenise the the entire world. You can't be proud of who are and where you came from. You want to reduce the world to one one inoffensive girly cry of:
"We're all the same under the skin"
Well we're not.
I'm a child of the Universe (pass the sick bucket), then I'm a citizen of Earth, then I'm an ex-pat in Oz, then I'm a European, then I'm a UK citizen, then I'm a Brit, then I'm a Northener, then I'm a Geordie.
All all of them, it's being a Geordie that makes me proud.
And I have no idea where this is going.
But that's because
I am
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Sun 26 Jul 2009, 16:40,
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Eh?
I just can't see the link between what I've written above, and your response. I also can't see a response to my question as to exactly what "porridge wog" means and why it's funny, but we'll gloss over that.
To accuse a Scotsman of not being proud of who he is and where he's come from is a bit silly, though. Fierce patriotism doesn't preclude being offended by loose language.
Oh, and I'd avoid using the phrase "It's people like you" when arguing that I'm the one indulging in over-simplification. Next you'll be saying that "they're all alike, the bloody jocks"..
(, Sun 26 Jul 2009, 16:45, Reply)