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Re: "Shagitz"?
- From: Matthew H. Fields <fields...>
- Subject: Re: "Shagitz"?
- Date: Tue 01 Aug 1995 09.45 (GMT)
In article <gifford_p(dot)366(dot)000F8607 (at)
lib(dot)flint(dot)umich(dot)edu>,
Paul M. Gifford <gifford_p (at) lib(dot)flint(dot)umich(dot)edu> wrote:
>age of 12. Other Yiddish words learned then included shiksa, goy, shvartze,
>tukhes, gelt, shmaltz, etc. It figures...just naughty words.
Gelt and shmaltz, naughty?
Lessee, shvartze <--Ger.schwartz ("dark"); gelt <--Ger.Gelt (gold)...
the naughtiness was in the usage...
Re: "Shagitz"?,
Soren Ragsdale
Re: "Shagitz"?,
Paul M. Gifford
- Re: "Shagitz"?,
Matthew H. Fields
Re: goy,
Rick Turkel
Re: "Shagitz"?,
Mark H. David