[thelist] Response to Site Critique - Woggz.com

[Paul Peterson]

Thanks to everyone who has commented on my site. I was shocked to hear about
the implications of the name "Woggz" in the UK...

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> From: "Tony Crockford" <tonyc at boldfish.co.uk>
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> In the UK and it's empire, WOG was derived from western oriental
> gentleman i.e. Black and was used as a derogatory term for many years
> until becoming politically incorrect and no longer used by polite
> racially aware Brits.
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Crud. I hope it's obvious that I NEVER intended it that way! I guess we
Yanks don't know everything after all (*wink*). If you read the "Basics"
section where I discuss the name, you'll see that it's a high school
nickname, but I guess any sensitive British person just browsing the site
probably wouldn't make it that far. So much for brand recognition, eh?

I'll have to seriously reconsider the name, which SUCKS because of all the
hassle involved. If anybody has a helpful idea on this, send it my way.

Thanks all.
Paul