It's anachronistic. It's not offensive, but it's fuddy-duddy.
The missus and I agree that "goy" is fine. Even if it's meant to be offensive, it's more to the point. It's like honky: well, sure, I guess I am one. Bummer, but not wrong. Meanwhile "gentile" has the connotation of being Christian.
Not offensive to me. I live in Australia though, where Jewish people are a very small minority, and I've never even heard the word used except in media originating overseas.
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Date: 2012-08-23 03:43 pm (UTC)The missus and I agree that "goy" is fine. Even if it's meant to be offensive, it's more to the point. It's like honky: well, sure, I guess I am one. Bummer, but not wrong. Meanwhile "gentile" has the connotation of being Christian.
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