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From: martillo@ihuxt.UUCP (Yehoyaqim Martillo)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Usage of the Word Goy
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Date: Thu, 14-Jun-84 04:47:36 EDT
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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.
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                    Yehoyaqim Shemtob Martillo

         	 (An Equal Opportunity Offender)