RE: out of topic

[Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl...>]

Jerzy,

It may be your hearing of the word "yusef" which is another Jewish name. 
 The name may have been used to denote a Jew and Jews were perceived as 
stiff, hard-lined people, just as 'Yankl' was a Jewish name used to 
symbolize one kind of Jew in Poland and 'Mausche' was a name term used to 
refer to Jews in Germanic territory.  It became a verb in German, 
'mauschlen' (sp.?) used to describe certain type of speaking.


Reyzl


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From:  Itzik Gottesman [SMTP:itzik (at) mail(dot)utexas(dot)edu]
Sent:  Friday, February 18, 2000 11:20 AM
To:  World music from a Jewish slant
Subject:  Re: out of topic


>One of such words was "husyp" used, I suppose, to
>describe stiff, proncipled or hard-lined persons.
>Is this deformed Yiddisch word or am I completely on
>the wrong path.

I CAN'T COME UP WITH ANYTHING IN YIDDISH FOR 'HUSYP'. A GUESS - "KHUSEV" AS
IN IMPORTANT, RESPECTED, USED WITH SARCASM TO MEAN WHAT YOU DESCRIBE. -
ITZIK
>



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