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No, actually it is. Tom Send a noteboard - 15/06/2010 05:06:54 PM
Wog does not refer to Mediterranean Europeans. It refers to non-white people, particularly from Africa and the Middle East. Arabs are called "wogs" in Lawrence of Arabia, for example.

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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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Did you read his post? There's no reason for an Africanish person to play the part. *NM* Ghavrel - 11/06/2010 06:58:42 AM 172 Views
The only reason for an "Africanish" queen... lyringlas - 11/06/2010 04:09:14 PM 504 Views
why? Cleopatra was not African. *NM* LadyLorraine - 15/06/2010 10:19:11 AM 162 Views
They should get Lyndsey Marshal back, she was awesome. And looked the part. Legolas - 11/06/2010 12:45:48 PM 462 Views
The one from Rome? *NM* Cannoli - 11/06/2010 02:18:48 PM 163 Views
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I'm having a hard time telling if you agree with me about Marshal or not... *NM* Legolas - 16/06/2010 11:29:02 PM 165 Views
she was too pretty in my opinion imlad - 20/06/2010 03:59:57 AM 391 Views
Purefoy was fantastic in his role. Legolas - 20/06/2010 10:42:56 AM 397 Views
Wait...is the racist part the idiocy of trying to say Cleopatra was black or the "wog" calling part? Tom - 15/06/2010 01:38:42 AM 450 Views
it's not even a proper use of the term wog. LadyLorraine - 15/06/2010 10:16:25 AM 414 Views
No, actually it is. Tom - 15/06/2010 05:06:54 PM 502 Views
mk so, looking at that neither use is "wrong". LadyLorraine - 16/06/2010 08:53:05 AM 406 Views
Hence, your statement "it's not even a proper use of the term wog" is incorrect. *NM* Tom - 16/06/2010 01:34:45 PM 150 Views
yah, i implied that i see that it is right LadyLorraine - 17/06/2010 05:10:37 AM 370 Views
And no one in the rest of the world cares about Australian slang. They're just weird down there. *NM* Tom - 16/06/2010 01:35:11 PM 162 Views
Perhaps you've confused "wog" and "wop". *NM* Tom - 15/06/2010 05:07:22 PM 173 Views
no, see above. LadyLorraine - 16/06/2010 08:54:27 AM 343 Views
Wouldn't the closest modern ethnicity to the ancient egyptians be the Coptics? *NM* imlad - 16/06/2010 10:44:39 PM 153 Views
Well, yes, or the non-Coptic Egyptians. Tom - 17/06/2010 12:57:54 AM 410 Views
I wasn't calling anyone a wog, I was suggesting a likely parallel to the Ptolemies' attitude Cannoli - 17/06/2010 09:58:23 PM 480 Views
I completely agree that the "black Cleopatra" syndrome is born of insecurities. Tom - 18/06/2010 02:11:15 AM 413 Views
Yah...i don't see why people ever think Cleopatra should be black. LadyLorraine - 15/06/2010 10:18:12 AM 426 Views
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