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Re: "Shagitz"?

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...

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