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| quote: | Originally posted by Paranoid
why would people from the middle east refer to themselves as wogs? muzzas yeah.. wogs? i thought that was for greeks and italians?
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You need to learn a bit more. Apart from religious beliefs and some cultural behavoiur originated from those beliefs. Entire North Mediterranian coast down to Egypt have very similar habits when it comes to family and woman.
"Wog is also a racial slur in Australian English denoting Australians of Mediterranean, Southern European, and Middle Eastern origins. It recently sparked a dilemma during the Cronulla Riots when 'Wog' was used to describe youths of Middle Eastern Australian origin. This meaning came into popular use in the 1950s when Australia accepted large numbers of immigrants from Southern Europe. Although originally used pejoratively, the term is increasingly used more affectionately, especially by the individuals the term is used to describe. Wog is a word with definite and widespread currency in contemporary Australian English, and for the most part it is rarely considered to be the sort of racist slur that it remains in other parts of the Anglosphere. The related term wogball, meaning soccer, comes from its greater popularity among such people - among some Australians of British ancestry Rugby League and Australian Rules football are considered more prestigious and manly."
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