Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!ihuxt!martillo From: martillo@ihuxt.UUCP (Yehoyaqim Martillo) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Usage of the Word Goy Message-ID: <580@ihuxt.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Jun-84 04:47:36 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxt.580 Posted: Thu Jun 14 04:47:36 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jun-84 00:23:42 EDT References: <557@ihuxt.UUCP> <10@decvax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 11 I agree with Minnow. At the suggestion of Larry Welsh, I looked up Goy in the dictionary. The etymology shows the word coming from Yiddish and not from Hebrew. I could probably make a case that Yiddish is not truly a Jewish language but that arguement would not change the connotations which Yiddish has given the word in English. Therefore, using non-Jew is to be preferred. -- Yehoyaqim Shemtob Martillo (An Equal Opportunity Offender)