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Re: goy
- From: daniel rosenbaum <hbund340...>
- Subject: Re: goy
- Date: Sun 30 Jul 1995 22.37 (GMT)
On Fri, 28 Jul 1995, Sheldon Ackerman wrote:
> Matthew H. Fields (fields (at) zip(dot)eecs(dot)umich(dot)edu) wrote:
>
> : Errr, for completeness, "Goy" is usually derived either from the
> : Hebrew "goyim", meaning nations, of which the singular, "goy", just
> : doesn't ring the same...>>>>>>>> or from the Hebrew "golem", meaning
> : idiot, dummy, mannequin, reanimated body, or Rossum's Universal
> Robots.<<<<<<<
"Goy" is the singular form or goyim, and has nothing to do with golem!