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<DIV><SPAN class=687234115-21032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Jeanene,
Siarlys & Rev Ev</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687234115-21032005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687234115-21032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>As Siarlys
predicted, I would have something to say about
Goy/Goyim.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687234115-21032005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687234115-21032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>I don't know
what you saw, Rev Ev, in the dictionary, but merriam webster on line says it
means a non-Jew, or gentile, sometimes disparaging.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687234115-21032005></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687234115-21032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>It comes
from the Hebrew word </FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>"Goy",
which means "nation". Whether or not it is disparaging depends on the
context and tone of voice. In Yiddish, any word can have multiple
connotations depending on the inflection.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687234115-21032005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687234115-21032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Some years
ago there was a big flap about someone calling someone else a "shvartze" on the
radio, the latter was very insulted. The question was, was it disparaging
or not? The word itself simply means "black". But everything
depends on the inflection and context.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687234115-21032005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687234115-21032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Goyim
is the plural.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687234115-21032005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687234115-21032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>By the way, I
agree with Jeanene that the word "guy" has evolved to mean girls as
well.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687234115-21032005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687234115-21032005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>For more
information, check out "The Joys of Yiddish" by Leo Rosten.</DIV>
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<P><FONT face="Kaufmann Bd BT" size=5>greenBubble</FONT>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net
[mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 21, 2005 10:17
AM<BR><B>Cc:</B> Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Re: [GCFL-discuss] Re: [GCFL.net] goy or goyim<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT
face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Heather color=#800080 size=2
PTSIZE="10">Jeanene,<BR><BR>I had never heard the term "goy or goyim"
before....looked it up and from what I learned, it is not a complimentary
term. (I must have missed something in the posts -- why did you
refer to yourself as a goy?) Just curious....<BR><BR>God bless you
abundantly today and always!<BR><BR>"Rev. Ev"</FONT> </FONT></BODY></HTML>
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