On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:59:32 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:

Victor Ibn Smith, Larry bin Butler and Bruce Ibn Paige El Bangkoki are
probably an improvement but Wilbur......

No, we'll let the Buddhists have him.

Just a bizarre thought,
Peter


Actually the Moslems were johnny-come-lately as the orthodox jewish
women wear a wig and then cover the wig with a handkerchief or scarf
or hat. Double protection.:-)

If I were nobility it would be Bruce na Bangkok similar to the old EU
titles, William de Brittany, etc., but since I'm just a common sort of
chap it is just Bruce...

Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

Asalaam Brother

Yes, the truly Orthodox ones used to shave their hair before donning
ill fitting wigs. I had a childhood friend whose grandmother wore one.
Frankly, she looked rather frightening with it. I am rather certain
that it is a Hasidic custom and think that perhaps it was originally
initiated to make their women look less attractive to the surrounding
non-Jewish men - pogroms being as random and as frequent as they were
in Europe. I have never seen any Sephardic Jewish women in Gibraltar,
Morocco Yemen, Egypt or Istanbul with wigs.

I don't wish to appear patronising but you seem to have a wealth of
knowledge for a non-Jew.

cheers
Peter