Fwd: Re: Fwd: A question

[SANUSI ALENA LEE]

I think a fair amount has been said about this question on linganth.  It
is possible, though, that none of it has gotten back to the original list
to which it was posed.

--Alena Sanusi

On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Sonja L. Lanehart wrote:

> I wasn't sure if this message I forwarded last week made it through
> to the list so I'm forwarding it again.    --Sonja
>
> >>User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i
> >>Date:         Thu, 4 Oct 2001 11:45:29 -0400
> >>Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> >>Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> >>From: Jesse Sheidlower <jester at PANIX.COM>
> >>Subject:      Re: Fwd: A question
> >>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> >>Status:
> >>
> >>On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 11:49:20AM -0400, Sonja L. Lanehart wrote:
> >>  > I thought I'd pass this on in case anyone on the ADS list had a response.
> >>  >
> >>  > >X-Authentication-Warning: galileo.cc.rochester.edu: majord set
> >>  > >sender to owner-linganth at ats.rochester.edu using -f
> >>  > >User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2106
> >>  > >Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 11:18:36 -0400
> >>  > >Subject: A question
> >>  > >From: Bambi Schieffelin <bs4 at nyu.edu>
> >>  > >To: <linganth at ats.rochester.edu>
> >>  > >Sender: owner-linganth at ats.rochester.edu
> >>  > >Status:
> >>  > >
> >>  > >One of my students heard the following, and was wondering if
> >>any of it was
> >>  > >true - any ideas or is this a language myth?
> >>
> >>It's an absolute myth. See HDAS, which has extensive examples
> >>back to 1920 in reference to Haitians, Filipinos, Nicaraguans,
> >>Italians, etc. It's probably from _goo-goo_ in the same sense,
> >>from the 1890s (Philippines).
> >>
> >>Jesse Sheidlower
> >>OED
> >>
> >>
> >>  > >
> >>  > >Gook, a racial slur for Koreans comes from the Korean word for "America".
> >>  > >Supposedly, when the troops landed in Korean during the Korean war, they
> >>  > >heard local people saying "mee-gook" (America/USA) and assumed they were
> >>  > >speaking English.
> >>  > >
> >>  > >
> >>  > >Thanks - Bambi
>
>
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