Date:  Fri, 1 Dec 1995 08:48:25 -0500

From:  SETH SKLAREY <crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IPOF.FLA.NET>

Subject: Re: -head



>How about other languages? I think of (transliterated) goyishe cup -

>Gentile head - a relatively mild insult in Yiddish, for stupid person.





I don't think "stupid person" is quite accurate. From usage I have heard

it is more of a Christian way of looking at things than a Jewish one. It is

more one of attitude and cultural philosophy, but with the slant that one

is a more intelligent way of looking at a subject.



Examples might be interesting if you're game.



Goyishe cup:               Yiddishe cup:



Drives a

Ford station wagon            Oldsmobile Cutlass

Lincoln                  Cadillac

Saab                   Lexus



spreads on roast beef:



mayonaise or horse radish         ketchup



eats:



white bread                rye or pumpernickel

flatbread                 pita



wears:

pearls                  gold necklace

wool skirt                leather skirt



wants son to become a:

banker                  doctor



wants daughter to marry a:

banker                  doctor



I'm sure you could come up with better examples.