Golliwog Axing.

[Earl]

I should imagine the rest of his colleagues will treat him like the twat he is too, so he wouldn't be getting off Scott free.

[Major Starbold]

Telegraph Blogs Culture ‘Golliwog’ is not connected with ‘wog’

'Golliwog' is not connected with 'wog'

By Christopher Howse Books Last updated: February 5th, 2009

In the great golliwog furore, it has only just occurred to me that some people might suppose that the element -wog in golliwog represents the word wog, a vulgar name for a foreigner.

The ‘golliwog’ is no linguistic relation of the word ‘wog’

It certainly does not. Wog is a word first recorded much later than golliwog, and its primary reference was to Arabs, not to black Americans or black Africans.

[syl1]

I still would,nt be happy to be compared to one though. Having said that, I loved my Golly, when I was a kid. Contrary to what some people think, they are still on sale at lots of places.

[Major Starbold]

2/3 weeks ago in Stratford Upon Avon I spotted a Golly strapped to the back of a motorcycle.

[Major Starbold]

Can we say, Paddy, Jock, Limey, Taffy???

[jools182]

thats different Major

Those names are about where people come from, not their race

[Yankee]

Can we say, Paddy, Jock, Limey, Taffy???

Paddy...I know.
Jock, Limey and Taffy are bad???????

[timey]

Paddy...I know.
Jock, Limey and Taffy are bad???????

In what way?

It's actually seen as OK to call someone a Jock or Taffy, but Paddy is seen as being a no-no.

[Yankee]

What's a Taffy?

[timey]

Welshman.