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- From: Solidarity Foundation <svzandt...>
- Subject: derogatory names
- Date: Thu 26 Feb 1998 20.14 (GMT)
Wolf Krakowski writes:
To the list:
The words "yekke" and "yekkishe" to denote "German" (n) and "German"
(adj)
are derogatory. Their equivalents would be "wop" or "dago" for
"Italian", for example. If use of the Yiddish is necessary or
desirable, the word "daytsh"
would be appropriate.
Wolf Krakowski
Kame'a Media
http://www.kamea.com
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No, the word "daytsh" or, in their pronunciation, "daatsh", is also
a derogatory word among Galician hasidim, referring to anyone who is
more assimilated than they are. Sorry. How about "Hebrews of the
Western persuasion?"
Jeffrey Wollock
Research Director
Office of Political Correctness
- derogatory names,
Solidarity Foundation