On 08/08/05, Radhakrishnan Nair wrote: > Not exactly, Gabe! WOG (Westernised Oriental Gentleman) was a sobriquet > accorded to Western-educated Indian elites like ICS officers during the Raj. > > Cheers, RKN
RESPONSE: Well here it is......:- http://www.daisy.freeserve.co.uk/wog_faq.htm Gabe. ----- Quite interesting, Gabe, but, this is what I found... http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?p=dict&String=exact&Acronym=WOG What does WOG stand for? Your search returned 17 meanings Acronym(s) Definition(s) Info WOG Watch Officer's Guide search Amazon.com WOG Water-Oil-Gas search Amazon.com WOG Way Out Games (old TV game show) search Amazon.com WOG Weight on Gear search Amazon.com WOG Westernised Oriental Gentleman search Amazon.com WOG Westinghouse Owners Group search Amazon.com WoG Whole of Government (Australia) search Amazon.com WOG With Other Goods search Amazon.com WOG Without Girlfriend search Amazon.com WOG Without Guarantee search Amazon.com WOG Woman of God search Amazon.com WOG Word of God search Amazon.com WOG Work Order Generator search Amazon.com WOG Work Out Gardener (prisoner status; Victoria, Australia prison system) search Amazon.com WOG Working On Government (apocryphal: circa 1900s British Empire acronym stenciled on shirts of laborers assigned to government projects) search Amazon.com WOG Worthy Oriental Gentleman search Amazon.com WoG Wrath of God (game) search Amazon.com and, then again... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/102-1132076-3788123?tag=acronymfinder-20&keyword=Westernised%20Oriental%20Gentleman&mode=blended RACISM & THE NEW MATHEMATICS OF EQUALITY .. or sometimes westernised, oriental gentleman) came into use during the ... How ironic it is when an Arab gentleman feels obliged to defend western ... http://www.quebecoislibre.org/04/040207-6.htm Cached - Site Info Australian 'Talkabout' by Anuradha Moulee on Sulekha Like the pictures of westernised oriental gentleman of 18 and 19th century India, they suggest a loss of moorings. When I read the history of Australia, ... http://www.sulekha.com/expressions/articledesc.asp?cid=302394 Cached - Site Info Putin not lost in translation - Deccan Herald The westernised oriental gentleman was a much enfeebled echo of the old time English gentlemen. In much the same way the Oooty Hunt was splendidly imitative .. http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec122004/nanporia.asp Cached - Site Info 1 - 3 of about 276 Web search results powered by Google (^-^) Lawrence -----