Re: The asterisk

On 21/06/2012 14:55, Wayne Morrison wrote:
> jgoldie247@btinternet.com said:
>>> When I am away from home, I prefer to be a touareg.
>> are they not the nomadic Arabs of the Sahara? ;-)
> Yes, they are tourists. Or travellers. Or visitors.
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> In my vast, incredibly extensive knowledge of Everything, I only first
> learned the word Tuareg a few years ago from the movie "Sahara". It's
> widely mocked, but it was piles o' fun and had a great soundtrack. We
> still watch it fairly regularly.
>
> Wayne
>

There was a popular insult (still is, I suppose) in Glasgow when I was a
child.

"Toe-rag".

At first glance you might think it a nonsense word - but it's a Glasgow
pronounciation of "tuareg". In other words, a racist insult along the
lines of "thieving arab" (anothe popular one when I was young but no
longer acceptable).



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Jette Goldie
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