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Re: The six hundred pound gorilla in the living room. (was: AmDissidentVoices: Who Is Guilty?)

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From: Jeffrey E Salzberg
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 04:30
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In article <ToJu7.789573$ai2.60092796@bin2.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com>, 
gilstrap@texas.net says...

> | "Goy", translated literaly, means "country", so "goyim" is a colloquial
> | tem for "people from other countries".
> 
> Perhaps it is also related to the way many African Americans use the
> term "country" when describing someone - a hick, uneducated,
> lacking civility or sophistication, someone who is unintentionally rude,
> lacking in good manners, an embarrassment to their community.

Probably not; the usage you describe is a pejorative, which "goyim" 
usually is not.
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From: Jeffrey E Salzberg <salzberg@my-deja.com>
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