I don't think
it's ever been considered as an acceptable abbreviation. It's not like Brits in that respect.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 21:50, 1 reply)

Well it's never been acceptable in the UK
so perhaps not. I stand corrected - I am sorry if I have offended anyone. I guess I just thought that the sports commentators couldn't possibly mean to use a racist term like that :S
(Ovaltina, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 21:57, closed)

I wasn't
intending that to sound stroppy. I can totally believe that Australian commentators would use a term without even considering whether the people it refers to would consider it racist.

I'm not bashing the ozzies, they are generally lovely people, but they can be quite racist in a kind of unthinking manner. Then again, lots of Australians of Mediterranean descent refer to themselves as Wogs quite happily.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 22:01, closed)

aww yes
I knew you weren't being stroppy :) I just realised I might have come across as a bit boorish and insensitive with what I said!
(Ovaltina, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 22:10, closed)

Jesus
that's just the sort of reply i'd expect from a boorish and insensitive person.

Why don't you fuck off back to QOTW.

Oh, hang on.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 22:17, closed)

althegeordie...
...yes, Aussies can be very racist in an often unthinking way, and they just can't see the truth of this.
Best insult I've heard from an Aboriginal referring to white Aussies is "You Captain Cook Cunts".
(emadex thinks the world will end on, Wed 22 Oct 2008, 1:01, closed)

wogs...
much like black people can call each other 'niggers' but no-one else dare call them that...?
I've lived in Oz for 4 and a half years now and it still always makes me cringe when I hear people talking about wogs. I can accept that it's not generally meant in a derogatory racist way but it sounds awful!
(antigen is running away from something, Wed 22 Oct 2008, 3:33, closed)