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Dafuq is a weshwesh supposed to be

Weshesh, one of the groups Ramesses III said he defeated when the Sea Peoples attacked Egypt. As far as I know, though, they're one of the groups that we have basically no other mentions or evidence of, so we have no idea who they were

There's one meaning I know of "weshwesh" and it's definitively pretty racist

source: am French and also Arab

Est-ce que ça s’écrit pareil en français ?

Je pense, PENSE, que c'est "ouechouech" mais je suis pas sûr.

On peut prononcer "weshwesh" de la même façon, donc pourquoi pas l'écrire comme ça?

Idéalement on ne devrait pas l'écrire du tout, enfin pas pour désigner des Arabes (ça reste une salutation familière, comme dans le titre du film : https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/104234-wesh-wesh-qu-est-ce-qui-se-passe)

Same (except the Arab part), this post was highly confusing at first 😅