translation question

[Alina Israeli]

>Of course, most modern speakers are probably unaware of this, just as
>they are unaware of the bigotry inherent in such phrases as "to jew
>down," "dutch courage," etc.
>

This reminds me of a joke.

There is a phrase "Nezvanyj gost' xuzhe tatarina". The joke goes as following:

The Russian people thought it was unfriendly towards "bratskij
tatarskij narod" and decided to do something about the phrase. After
some delibiration they decided to change the phrase to "Nezvanyj
gost' luchshe tatarina."

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Alina Israeli
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