Re: gifts for Japanese

From(投稿者):	dame_zumari@yahoo.com (Louise Bremner)
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Subject(見出し):	Re: gifts for Japanese
Date(投稿日時):	Wed, 15 Sep 2004 03:30:36 GMT
Organization(所属):	Freelance in Tokyo
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Craig Welch <craig@pacific.net.sg> wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:01:14 GMT, dame_zumari@yahoo.com (Louise
> Bremner) wrote:
> 
> >> The term WOG means Wiley Oriental Gentleman, no?
> >
> >Westernised, not Wiley.
> 
> The shortness of your reply suggests that you feel quite
> authoritative about your answer. 

Yup.

> But as with all such derivations,
> there is no certainty about it at all. Most credible sources suggest
> that it has nothing at all to do with Oriental gentlemen:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wog
> http://www.alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxwogxxx.html

Ah.... that's what they want you to think....

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