Date:  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 11:05:06 -0500

From:  Benjamin Barrett <Gogaku[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]GNN.COM>

Subject: Re: lugen



>Is anyone familiar with the term "lugen" to mean 'a person of Lithuanian

>descent'? It seems to be especially common in Chicago.



I'd never heard it and the American Heritage doesn't list it, but the

Shogakukan/Random House English-Japanese dictionary gives it as

slang/derogatory for EITHER a Lithuanian OR a person of Lithuanian descent.

It is spelled "lugan" in this dictionary. No etymology is given.



yoroshiku

Benjamin Barrett