brown@rochester.UUCP (Chris Brown) (02/27/84)
Let this cup pass from me, Lord. Don't you love election years? Nine jaw-dislocating, soul-killing, oyster-boring months left of such PEOPLE-style gossip as who said "Heinie" to whom in private. What about the deficit and the "Peacekeeper"? I thought Heinie was a mildly derogatory word for German? Since when does Anti-Semitic mean Anti-Jewish? And so on...don't get me started. Bored to tears in Rochester
jbf@ccieng5.UUCP (02/29/84)
"Heini" is a slightly derogatory term for Germans. While it has no bad meaning that I can think of, it does sound slightly infantile (I am German-born, and none of the American derogatory terms, such as "Kraut" (herb) or "Hun" (hardly a relation) ever made much sense to me. It is probably equivalent to calling an American "Joey" or "Charley". Apparently, "Hymie" is a slightly derogatory term for Jews. I asked a Jewish friend here (admittedly far from a fanatic) about its severity and he laughed. Jens PS: When is the next Gilbert & Sullivan performance? -- Reachable as ....allegra![rayssd,rlgvax]!ccieng5!jbf Or just address to 'native of the night' and trust in the forces of evil.
pollack@uicsl.UUCP (03/02/84)
#R:rocheste:-525000:uicsl:16300054:000:187 uicsl!pollack Mar 1 09:56:00 1984 I had a dream... Jesse Jackson was apologizing for his overreported bad manners in a synagogue, and asked: "But seriously, folks, how many of you DON'T think of me as a Schvatze?"