They are not the same person . Nog was played by Aaron Eisenburg . Ferguson W . Darling was played by Jason Zimbler . <| sep |> Words have context and meaning . Unless you ' d like to reduce all language as meaningless then there isn ' t another way about it . If a term has been historically used as a slur , then using it doesn ' t mean you can just pretend it wasn ' t historically a slur . Language occurs in a matrix of social meaning . A single person can ' t decide social meaning or intent . If I say my car has broken down and I need help , you ' d likely assume that my car has broken down and I need help you wouldn ' t assume I ' m worried about whether or not my dog ate today . <| sep |> had to take swimming sophmore year of HS and required to pass red cross test , im in pennsylvania .