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Recent communications by Henn [XIV,3], Cragg [XV,1], and Powers [XV,2] on the origins of `Gook' have led me to research the matter.
A roughly approximate atonal pronunciation is thus mā-gwō . A family resemblance, to be sure, but far from “me gook.”
Henry Henn's “Me Gook” [XIV, 3] prompts me to ask which Chinese language his Asians were speaking.
“Gook: Derisive slang for Koreans; a corruption of the Korean han'guk saram, which means Korean.
Based on the above I believe that Mr. Henn is probably correct in attributing Gook to an East Asian Mee Gook, for all of the area by the time of the T'ang was culturally if not politically under the sway of the Central Kingdom (Chungkuo).
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