I was a Korean Linguist in the Air Force. Our instructor, a Korean-born American Citizen told us one day how we got the word Gook for Korean.
The Korean word for America is Mi Gook (pronounced megook). You know the tire brand? Hankook? It's a variation on HanGook, which is the Korean word for Korea. Some genius just thought the Kook would sell better than Gook.
Anyway, when the first American troops were arriving to help the south in the Korean War, a bunch of Koreans would meet the planes yelling "Megook! Megook!" (Americans!, Americans!). So, the GIs being GIs basically said, Okay, you're gooks.
His story. Not mine.
LOL I’ll have to remember that :)
Man Trump could call me a WOP to my face and I’d die laughing.
I’m SICK of blacks and asians and hispanics and other groups being SO sensitive because they have No Real Problems.
If they did, this crap wouldn’t matter.
And they may, soon.
Then “offensive” words won’t matter so much when their children are dying.