Rasmus Underbjerg Pinnerup <hobbes@post1.tele.dk> wrote:
> Jo. Ifølge Nudansk Ordbog og Retskrivningsordbogen.
Det hedder begge ting, og i Augsburgske Confession bruges direkte ordet
»muhamedaner«.
Prøv at slå op i Ordbog over det Danske Sprog og se om den overhovedet
kender ord som »muslim« og »islam«.
Prøv at se om Oxford English Dictionary kender til verber som »to
welsh«, »to gypsie« eller »to jew«.
Jeg kan da så nøjes med at citere for ordet:
to jew:
colloq.
[f. Jew n. (sense 2).]
trans. To cheat or overreach, in the way attributed to Jewish traders
or usurers. Also, to drive a hard bargain, and intr., to haggle. Phr. to
jew down, to beat down in price; also transf. Hence "Jewing vbl. n.
These uses are now considered to be offensive.
1824 C. Harding Diary 29 Apr. in Sketch (1929) 75 He is a country
clergyman; and, from his Jewing disposition, I should judge he had more
taste in tithes than pictures. 1825 Constitutional Adv. (Frankfort,
Kentucky) 15 Dec. 3/1 We hope, for the honour and character of the
state, that neither the legislature nor the people, will Jew the items
of expence. 1833 L. Dow Dealings of God (1849) 189 If they [sc. the
Jews] will Jew people, they cannot flourish among Yankees, who are said
to 'outjew' them in trading. a1845 Barham Ingol. Leg., Bro. Birchington
lxv, Is it that way you'd Jew one? 1847 W. Irving Let. 30 Apr. in Life
& Lett. (1864) IV. 19 Some mode of screwing and jewing the world out of
more interest than one's money is entitled to. 1848 W. Bagley Let. 14
Mar. in N. E. Eliason Tarheel Talk (1956) 279, I Jewed old Galloway down
to 1·50 for ploughs. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 368/1 Some of the
ladies in the squares+sets to work Jewing away as hard as they can,
pricing up their own things, and downcrying yourn. 1854 D. G. Rossetti
in Rossetti Ruskin, Rossetti, etc. (1899) 15 But as to his doings And
jawings and jewings, William brought me the news. 1870 Congress. Globe
7 July 5340/1 This bill supposes that Congress+is ready to commence
jewing down the pay of its General. 1872 Chicago Tribune 14 Oct. 8/2
The prices [for lodging] asked vary - the lodger being generally asked
as much as it is thought he will give. If he jews, he will get it for
comparatively little. 1883 G. M Hopkins Let. 6 Dec. (1938) 195 You will
I know say+that Jew is a reproach because the Jews have corrupted their
race and nature, so that it is their vices and their free acts we
stigmatise when we call cheating 'jewing' - and that you mean that
Disraeli in 1871 overreached and jewed his constituents. 1891 Daily
News 2 Nov. 7/3 He'd take care he didn't 'Jew' him again. 1897 [see
Highland a. 2b]. 1908 Dialect Notes III. 324 Jew, to beat down the
price. 'I tried to jew him, but he wouldn't jew.' 1926 Market Growers
Jrnl. 1 July 3, I make my retail prices about half way between grocery
store wholesale and retail prices, and do not stand for any 'jewing'
down. 1937 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 25 Thought we might get the divorce a
little under fifty dollars. Maybe we might jew the young man down. 1939
A. Powell What's become of Waring v. 140 Then we can meet again and jew
each other down. 1946 W. G. Hammond Remembrance of Amherst 121 Both
here and at the mountain top we were unmercifully jewed for all the
refreshments. 1947 L. Z. Hobson Gentleman's Agreement i. 9 Now she was
describing the large new house she and Dick wanted to buy. 'Did you
close the sale on the old place?' Mrs. Green asked. 'Not yet. That cheap
Pat Curran keeps trying to Jew us down.' 1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish
142 Just as some Gentiles use 'Jew' as a contemptuous synonym for
too-shrewd, sly bargaining ('He tried to Jew the price down,' is about
as unappetizing an idiom as I know), so some Jews use goy in a
pejorative sense. 1970 R. Lowell Notebk. 69 This embankment, jewed -
No, yankeed - by the highways down to a grassy lip. 1971 R. Thomas
Backup Men xxi. 184, I say how much and he says this much and I say it's
not enough so we jew around with each other until we make a price. 1972
Harper's Mag. May 83 Jew the fruitman down for his last Christmas tree.
1972 New Society 11 May 301/1, I got jewed down+over the cheap offer.
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Der gøres korrekt opmærksom på at ordet i dag ikke opfattes som
»passende«, og selv om mange PCere har krævet det fjernet fra ordbogen,
er det altså ikke sket.
Man fjerner ikke et ord fra et sprog ved at fjerne det fra en ordbog!
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