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Re: ''ginny''

Posted by Train Dude on Fri Jul 15 09:13:50 2011, in response to Re: ''ginny'', posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Jul 13 11:13:39 2011.

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"not sure of the genesis of "guinea" ... but I'm told "wop" was derived from Immigration officials stamping W.O.P. on papers of arriving Italians, meaning With-Out-Passport"


Similar myth about the name

TONY

rumored to have come from a sign worn around the neck of some US bound, non-English speaking immigrants

To N.Y.

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