Jew/Jewish

[A. Maberry]

I've heard "landsman" too, but probably not since the late 1960s or early
1970s. I remember "member of the tribe" (but not M.O.T.) from probably
about the same time. There's also "Yid" as in "he's a frummer Yid"
or "a guter Yid", and from farther back a "guter kop" (kop = head).
However I don't know if "guter kop" is used exclusively Yiddish
expressionor is also used in German.

allen
maberry at u.washington.edu


On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, David Bergdahl wrote:

> I swear I've heard "Is he a landsman?" but whoever said it has been dead a
> long time--ancient in the 1950s.
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