Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 10:39:15 -0800

From: "A. Maberry" maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU

Subject: Re: sand nigger



On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, Jim Rader wrote:



Synynoms offered, in addition to camel jockey , are raghead

(already recorded in Dialect Notes in 1921), rughead , and

towelhead .



I remember hearing the term "rug pilot". I think the first time was in the

1970's (probably in some connection with the 1973 war).



Allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu