George, if you have never seen "Fiddler on the Roof" , there is a scene
where the men in a Jewish Russian village gather in town daily and in
their little group certain key words are used to make a point followed
by vigorous group spitting on the ground to further make the point.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

George Goff wrote:

>In a message dated 2/2/04 12:18:26 AM, jh_rodgers@bellsouth.net writes:
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><< Gussuk (smacks of Cossacks- does it not) >>
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>John,
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>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
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>
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