Re: The Bogan Commentaries

Danny Wier scripsit:

> Mick is a pejorative term for an Irish-American, from the name Michael.
I understand that "mick" is more acceptable in the, er, British Isles
than in North America.

> Dego is for an Italian-American,
> and it came from the name Diego, supposedly.  (But isn't that more Spanish?)
Ray Brown said that "dago" for "Spaniard" is still current in the U.K.;
the shift from Spanish to Italian probably happened only in the New World.

> And in Russian, there's an old expression that translates to something like
> this: "here's Yuri and Grandma for you".
"When Russians start to mention grandmothers, all hell is breaking loose."
        -- I forget, maybe Harry Turtledove?

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