Capt. JG wrote:
How about this...

Please tell me if you think it's ok to use the phrase "jewing down."

We might as well see just what is and isn't acceptable to some people here.

Not acceptable...

"katy" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:
How about this...

Please tell me if you think it's ok to use the phrase "jewing down."

We might as well see just what is and isn't acceptable to some people
here.

Not acceptable...

Scotty--do you use the term "Jewish overdrive" for neutral? I always heard
that was an old trucker's term.

Max

Please tell me if you think it's ok to use the phrase "jewing down."

We might as well see just what is and isn't acceptable to some people
here.


"katysails" wrote
Not acceptable...


It's not a phrase I'd use myself, but I think it's possible
to go overboard trying to declare what is/isn't acceptable
as third party.


Maxprop wrote:
Scotty--do you use the term "Jewish overdrive" for neutral? I always heard
that was an old trucker's term.


Scotty's not old.
Where did you hear it, on Car Talk?

DSK

It's not hard to see how this might be offensive... just as saying the N
word in front of people is... people of any race. It seems to me that there
are some standards of behavior that are obvious. Declaring something as
acceptable or unacceptable doesn't determine if it can be used, just whether
or not it should be used.

For example, the cartoons that are causing an uproar with Muslims are
offensive, but that doesn't mean a gov't should ban them. It does mean that
someone who chooses to publish them is willing to accept condemnation from
those around him. The US gov't declared that the cartoons were offensive,
but that didn't stop ABC from airing a couple of them, for example.

Some are enjoying the semantic games, but I very much doubt that they would
use terms such as these in person.

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"DSK" wrote in message
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Please tell me if you think it's ok to use the phrase "jewing down."

We might as well see just what is and isn't acceptable to some people
here.


"katysails" wrote
Not acceptable...


It's not a phrase I'd use myself, but I think it's possible to go
overboard trying to declare what is/isn't acceptable as third party.


Maxprop wrote:
Scotty--do you use the term "Jewish overdrive" for neutral? I always
heard that was an old trucker's term.


Scotty's not old.
Where did you hear it, on Car Talk?

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
. ..
Please tell me if you think it's ok to use the phrase "jewing down."

We might as well see just what is and isn't acceptable to some people
here.


"katysails" wrote
Not acceptable...


It's not a phrase I'd use myself, but I think it's possible to go
overboard trying to declare what is/isn't acceptable as third party.


Maxprop wrote:
Scotty--do you use the term "Jewish overdrive" for neutral? I always
heard that was an old trucker's term.


Scotty's not old.
Where did you hear it, on Car Talk?

Old terms get passed down even to the youngsters. Of course Scotty's
probably not a youngster, either.

First heard that term from an old trucker. Imagine that.

Max

"DSK" wrote

Maxprop wrote:
Scotty--do you use the term "Jewish overdrive" for neutral?
I always heard
that was an old trucker's term.


Scotty's not old.


No, but I used to hang with old timers, guys that started driving
in 1940s.

Scotty

"Maxprop" wrote in message
ink.net...

"katy" wrote in message
...
Capt. JG wrote:
How about this...

Please tell me if you think it's ok to use the phrase
"jewing down."

We might as well see just what is and isn't acceptable to
some people
here.

Not acceptable...

Scotty--do you use the term "Jewish overdrive" for neutral? I
always heard
that was an old trucker's term.

I knew it as 'Georgia overdrive', but , I did hear it that way
too.

When I was a kid, my Mom lectured me one time after I used the
phrase, ''that's a gyp. She explained that a good friend of ours
was Jewish and she felt that was derogatory to Jews.
I think some people are just too sensitive.


Scotty

That's bizarre... Did you ask why?

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"Scotty" wrote in message
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When I was a kid, my Mom lectured me one time after I used the
phrase, ''that's a gyp. She explained that a good friend of ours
was Jewish and she felt that was derogatory to Jews.
I think some people are just too sensitive.


Scotty

Claimed that the word 'gyp' is a derivative from the word 'Jew.
Anyway, we were kids, didn't stop using the word.

Scotty


"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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That's bizarre... Did you ask why?

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"Scotty" wrote in message
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When I was a kid, my Mom lectured me one time after I used
the
phrase, ''that's a gyp. She explained that a good friend of
ours
was Jewish and she felt that was derogatory to Jews.
I think some people are just too sensitive.


Scotty

Scotty wrote:
Claimed that the word 'gyp' is a derivative from the word 'Jew.
Anyway, we were kids, didn't stop using the word.

Scotty


"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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That's bizarre... Did you ask why?

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"Scotty" wrote in message
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When I was a kid, my Mom lectured me one time after I used

the

phrase, ''that's a gyp. She explained that a good friend of

ours

was Jewish and she felt that was derogatory to Jews.
I think some people are just too sensitive.


Scotty






Gyp=gypsy=Rom