Re: where are the proofers???

[Ira Apple <iapple@erols.com>]

Your theory may be correct, but it sounds a lot more like a Mel Brooks routine
then it does legitimate etymology.

Ira Apple

Shel Swartz wrote:

> >> Jewlery (jewelry)
> >
> >This is entirely correct.  The original spelling of the word is
> >``jewellery'' (as in the result of a jeweller's craft).  Blame the
> >divergent spelling on Noah Webster.
> >
> >-GAWollman
>
> How about this notion:  Jews were so-hated in (I beklieve) the 16th
> centuiry, that in Europe at least, they were forbidden to use currency; in
> fact, merchants didn't even want their business. So they (my theory) may
> have been forced to use precious gems to trade for various things...this the
> term "Jew-elry".
>
> It would happen that later on, many Jewish people would become some of the
> world's finest and largest jewelers.
>
> :) shel

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