Date:  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 13:40:00 CST

From:  Edward Callary <TB0EXC1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MVS.CSO.NIU.EDU>

Subject: Re: lugen



Re: Lugen:



Ten years ago, several of my undergraduates reported Lugen

as a 'common' term in South Chicago for, as you say, a

person of Lithuanian extraction. They also reported

Bohunk as a more general term. At that time, they didn't

claim more than the mildest derogation associated with

either term, although of the two Lugan was the more

neutral. Of course, these were non-Lugans doing the

reporting.

Also possibly of interest, and coming from the same

'etnic' neighborhoods, was the pronunciation of HOOD

with the vowel of rude; hoods were the neighborhood

toughs and tough wannabes.



Edward Callary

Northern Illinois University