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Subject:Re: simple-minded like me? / You Got That Right.
From:George Goff
Date:Mon, 2 Feb 2004 09:30:32 EST
In a message dated 2/2/04 12:18:26 AM, jh_rodgers@bellsouth.net writes:

<< Gussuk (smacks of Cossacks- does it not) >>

John,

Thanks.  When I was young, my grandmother (Lord have Mercy) lead me to
believe the appropriate term for Cossack was Bastard!!! followed by spitting on the
ground.  Apparently, when she was a girl, Cossocks were used as some type of
military police in her village.

George