another old-timey (double-)ethnic slur

[Laurence Horn]

At 5:46 PM -0500 12/14/10, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>And what's more, she probably invented his one herself.
>
>JL

So Google indicates.  Given the paucity of Hebridean individuals of
the Israelite persuasion, perhaps she expected that no actual readers
would have been injured by the comparison, which it should be noted
is voiced not by Lord Peter himself but by the provincial (if
generally sympathetic) police superintendent in the Fens.

LH

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>On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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>>  I'm confident Larry will find not a few additional anti-Jewish slurs
>>  in Sayers.  And various other English mystery writers of various periods.
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>>  Joel
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>>  At 12/14/2010 02:27 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>>  >I'm familiar with the stereotypes of stinginess traditionally
>>  >associated with both Scots and Jews, but this casual remark still
>>  >took me slightly aback in its combo effect:
>>  >
>>  >"She's got a stack of money and the meanness of fifty thousand Scotch
>>  >Jews rolled into one."
>>  >
>>  >--Dorothy L. Sayers, _The Nine Tailors_ (1934)
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>>  >LH
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