Where is wog from?
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Where is wog from?
According to the Macquarie Australian dictionary, the word “wog” originated in the 1920s as British nautical slang for Indians.
What does wog mean in America?
—used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a dark-skinned foreigner and especially for one from the Middle East or Far East.
Is Dutch considered wog?
In Australia, the Dutch are called Clog Wogs: a mash-up of clog – “wooden shoe” – and wog – “foreigner or immigrant”. Inevitably, with it’s many hard g’s, the Dutch language also garners attention from English speakers.
Are Lebanese wogs?
(Australia, slang, pejorative, ethnic slur) A person of Southern European, Mediterranean (especially Italian, Croatian, Lebanese, Greek, Serbian, Macedonian and Bosnian people).
Are Ukrainian wogs?
WOG (West Oil Group) is a gas stations chain in Ukraine consisting of more than 400 Filling stations….WOG (gas stations)
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Website | wog.ua |
Where do Lebanese live in Sydney?
In New South Wales, most Lebanese Australians were reported to reside in the Western Sydney council areas of City of Bankstown, with City of Holroyd, City of Canterbury and City of Parramatta (all pre-2016 council areas). The area included suburbs such as Lakemba, Greenacre and Punchbowl.
Where do Bogans live in Australia?
Bogan: “A lower class inhabitant, usually of South-Eastern Australia. Generally ‘dim-witted’, Bogans are well know for having poor and vulgar language and typically found in rural areas or outer, lower class, suburbs.”
Where do the Lebanese live in Melbourne?
In Victoria, like most Middle-Easterners, Lebanese Australians are mostly found in the Northern Melbourne council areas such as the City of Moreland and the City of Hume, particularly in neighbourhoods such as Broadmeadows, Coburg and Brunswick.
Is yall a southern thing?
Y’all is the main second-person plural pronoun in Southern American English, with which it is most frequently associated, though it also appears in some other English varieties, including African-American English and South African Indian English.
