Re: the meaning of gunzel

[Barry Campbell <barryC@qimr.edu.au>]

"" wrote:

> I heard on ABC news radio today that the meaning of Gunzel derives from
> the fact that in the olden days of rail fanning the old guys who used
> chase the steam trains called the new railfans that were only interested
> in the diesels "gunzels". In hebrew the word gunzel means goose, there
> fore the new, inexperianced railfans were gooses or silly for hat they
> did?
>

I recently heard the word "gunsel" used to describe an inexperienced
horseman. This was used by an American (Pat Parelli - if you are interested
in horses you will know who I mean) in a story describing his early days
working with horses and livestock in the US.

Just to be difficult.

Barry Campbell